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CloverWorks, the Japanese animation studio behind hits like Spy x Family, has released a brand-new trailer for its upcoming theatrical movie about three young men acquiring telepathic powers from a mystical hedgehog-like creature. Fureru, releasing this fall, also features the creative team behind Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day.

The movie's official X (formerly Twitter) account shared the latest trailer for Fureru. The initial teaser from early July advertised the main creative team behind Fureru, including Tatsuyuki Nagai (director), Mari Okada (writer and director) and Masayoshi Tanaka (character designer). The trio -- who commonly go by the name of the Super Peace Busters from the childhood friend group of Anohana -- worked on the 2011 TV anime series and 2013 movie, as well as The Anthem of the Heart and Her Blue Sky. This newly-released trailer digs deeper into the main story of Fureru, which marries the supernatural with coming-of-age elements.

Released a full three years after the original installment, burgeoning J-sploitation director Hiroki Yamaguchi returns with the next installments in the franchise with these back-to-back filmed efforts. Initially released separately as ‘Bloody Chainsaw Girl 2: Giko Awakens’ and ‘Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Revenge of Nero,’ the two efforts have been edited together into one singular feature for their screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg.

Bloody Chainsaw Girl 2 & 3 screened at Japan Filmfest Hamburg:

After barely surviving an assassination attempt, chainsaw-wielding schoolgirl Giko Nokomura (Nana Asakawa) learns that she has attracted the attention of rival Nero Aoi (Ano), who has been sending killer cyborgs after her. When her friend Asako Senzaki (Nanami Hidaka) becomes involved in the struggle to stop Nero’s rampage, they end up back at their old school to learn more about her and meet up with the last of her cyborgs, Drie (Momoko Kaechi) who doesn’t...