With word coming down late last week about the pickup of the short film This Boy Can Fight Aliens! from Sentai Filmworks, a few more details have come out as they’re making a different push with it compared to previous titles. The new short film produced by CoMix Wave is getting a push with its own website and a Facebook specific page with www.thisboycanfightaliens.com and www.facebook.com/ thisboycanfightaliens .

The short film is also planned for a few different distribution routes with digital streaming expected through The Anime Network as well as a DVD and Blu-ray release, which according to current Sentai Filmworks practices will mean that it will be a bilingual release.

Plot concept: When aliens suddenly invade the world, Earth seems to be fighting a losing battle until Arikawa, one of the defense command staff, accidentally discovers a young man lying on a hill. Tests soon prove the impossible: this one teenager, Kakashi, has the power to defeat the attackers! Unfortunately, Kakashi has also lost his memory, and with it the knowledge of how to actually use his power. Moving Kakashi in with himself and his own commander, Shiro, Arikawa accidentally starts a strange triangle of emotions and relationships. A triangle that threatens the fate of the planet as Kakashi begins to question his own motivations! From up and coming director Soubi Yamamoto, and CoMix Wave, who spearheaded Japan’s new wave of independent anime production, comes a film that turns The War of The Worlds inside out: THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS!

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