Grotesqqque reveals Junna and yutori song
The GROTESQQQUE anthology film adds a new Junna and yutori collaboration to its battle-focused second story.
The original anime film Grotesqqque has confirmed “ZUKIZUKI”, a new song performed by Junna and Kotoko Satō of the rock band yutori. The track appears in the film’s “Yoroshiku★Girl” segment, and a collaboration music video has also been released alongside the song.12
A song for the film’s middle story
Grotesqqque is an anthology film from director Atsushi Nishigori and CloverWorks. It is divided into three stories: “A(E)liens”, “Yoroshiku★Girl” and “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque”. The film’s official website says “ZUKIZUKI” is the in-story song for the second segment, which follows girls battling for the title of Queen in the neon-lit city of GALs TOKYO.1
Junna is known for her work as the singing voice of Mikumo Guynemer in Macross Delta, while Kotoko Satō fronts yutori. Yuyoyuppe wrote, composed and arranged “ZUKIZUKI”, bringing together two performers from different corners of Japan’s contemporary anime and rock scenes.1
The official site has also published comments from both singers. Junna describes the song as matching the characters’ hidden aggression and fighting spirit, while Satō says she was pleased to give the film’s battle scenes their musical colour. Those comments are promotional rather than independent reviews, but they explain why the track is tied specifically to the film’s second story.1
The announcement follows the film’s earlier release of other segment songs and promotional videos. Anime News Network reports that “ZUKIZUKI” is now available on music services, with the film’s official website streaming the collaboration video.2 The official trailer gives a useful sense of the anthology’s sharply different visual styles.3
Our opinion
A song announcement is a small update, but “ZUKIZUKI” is a good fit for Grotesqqque because it adds detail to the film’s most visually confrontational segment. The collaboration also gives the anthology a stronger musical identity before release: three stories, three moods and a soundtrack that appears designed to keep them distinct rather than flattening them into one generic anime-film package.