First Look Teaser Trailer for ‘100 Meters’ Anime About Runner Rivalry
by Alex Billington
April 22, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Do your best.” GKids has revealed a first look teaser trailer for a highly anticipated new anime film called 100 Meters, made by filmmaker Kenji Iwaisawa (On-Gaku: Our Sound) as his latest big animation project. The film is set to debut first in Japanese theaters in September, before opening in US theaters this October in the fall. Gifted runner Togashi dominates 100m races until transfer student Komiya arrives. As he helps teach him and improve his technique, it also motivates him to train harder. Years later, they compete as rivals on the racetrack, revealing their true selves. The film was previewed as a work-in-progress at the 2024 Annecy Film Festival last year. Featuring music by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The voice cast includes Shouta Sometani and Tori Matsuzaka. This is a cool teaser – packing in tons of footage in 45 seconds! Looks like an epic rivalry story spanning decades, not just a simple story about students who like to run. Worth a look!
Here’s the first US teaser trailer (+ poster) for Kenji Iwaisawa’s anime 100 Meters, direct from YouTube:
100 Meters follows Togashi, a track star who is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without much effort. But in 6th grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives him a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, and Togashi and Komiya meet again later as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves. 100 Meters, originally known as ひゃくえむ。 or Hyakuemu in Japanese, is directed by Japanese animation filmmaker Kenji Iwaisawa, director of the anime film On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019) previously, plus many other short films. The screenplay is written by Yasuyuki Muto; adapted from the manga “ひゃくえむ。” created by Uoto. Iwaisawa’s 100 Meters will open first in Japan on September 19th, 2025. GKids will also debut 100 Meters in US theaters starting October 2025 later this year. Anyone interested in this?