Lollipop Chainsaw: Sparkles Unleashed

*"I know what you're thinking... I'm getting SO fat. But they're so YUM!" — Juliet*
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## *Lollipop Chainsaw: Sparkles Unleashed*

Logo for *Lollipop Chainsaw: Sparkles Unleashed*.

## Development staff

### Genre(s)

* Comedy
* Action

### Production company(s)

* Kadokawa Daiei Studio
* Nostalook

## Overview

### Distributor(s)

* Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures (JPN)
* FUNimation (NA)
* Madman Entertainment (AUS)

### Licensed by

* Kadokawa Corporation
* Grasshopper Manufacture

### Release date

**Japan:*** October 12, 2024 (theatrical)
* January 3, 2025 (home video)

**United States:**

* April 29, 2025 (home video)

### Rating(s)

R

***Lollipop Chainsaw: Sparkles Unleashed*** (ロリポップチェーンソースパークルアンリーッシュ, *Roripoppu Chēnsō Supākuru Anrīsshu*?) is an animated movie that was released in Japanese theaters on October 12, 2024 for a limited two-week run, later receiving a home video release for DVD and Blu-Ray on January 3, 2025. It is a film adaptation of the first game (which received a remastered version for the Nintendo Switch, a game that recieved an enhanced version for the Nintendo Switch Focus and Microsoft Windows) and was first announced at the Japan Game Awards on April 1, 2024. A dubbed release of the movie, handled by FUNimation Entertainment and featuring the majority of the original cast members, was released on April 29, 2025.

*Sparkles Unleashed* uses various unconventional techniques to make the film appear more like the anime films that were shown in the 1970s, despite being presented in 16:9 aspect ratio. It was created by the anime studio Nostalook, a studio responsible for anime projects such as Dua Lipa's "Levitating" music video. The movie was directed and storyboarded by Yu Tsubaki to a story based on a screenplay being written by Kenta Orisaka. Ai Yokoyama (*Bayonetta: Bloody Fate*) designed the characters based on Suda51's original artwork, whilst Suda51 also supervised the project. Mai from Avex Trax contributed the theme song. Other music for the film was composed by Shinji Miyazaki, with some additional pieces provided by reworked versions of tracks from the game.

## Changes in *Sparkles Unleashed*

### Visuals

As the film is an adaptation of the first game rather than a direct translation, there are some slight visual and location differences in *Sparkles Unleashed*. Juliet Starling's overall outfit features some minor differences. Localwise, the film has locations from the game such as O'Bannon Farm and Fulci Fun Center, but certain events happen in other locations or in brand new ones not featured in the game.

### Plot

The story of *Sparkles Unleashed* follows the general plot of the game but has various points changed or added as part of the adaptation. Some of these changes are new to the film, such as an additional emphasis on certain character traits or they are changes that were originally intended to be part of the original *Lollipop Chainsaw* that had to be cut during production.

After information revealed during the plot of *Lollipop Chainsaw 2*, the movie is officially non-canon.

* The movie contains an opening featuring a television advertisement for Chop2Shop.zom, which parodies the advertisement for Big Bill Hell's Cars.
* After the events of the film, placed in front of Juliet's house is a sign that reads "No Zombies Allowed: Feck Off" ("feck" is an obvious misspelling of "fuck"), and Mariska and Josey are seen in the bush after having survived their defeats from O'Bannon Farm and Fulci Fun Center, respectively. They are the only members of the Dark Purveyors to have survived those respective defeats in both the film and the game. All other members (Zed, Vikke, and Lewis Legend) have been deceased, since they were successfully killed by Juliet.

## Cast

### Japanese Original

* Eri Kitamura as Juliet Starling
* Kenichi Suzumura as Nick Carlyle
* Bin Shimada as Sensei Morikawa
* Shintaro Asanuma as Zed
* Mayumi Asano as Cordelia Starling
* Jūrōta Kosugi as Vikke
* Mariya Ise as Rosalind Starling
* Akeno Watanabe as Mariska
* Jōji Nakata as Gideon Starling
* Hajime Iijima as Josey
* Kikuko Inoue as Elizabeth Starling
* Hiroki Tōchi as Lewis Legend
* Nobuhiko Okamoto as Swan and Killabilly

### English Dub (FUNimation)

* Tara Strong as Juliet Starling
* Michael Rosenbaum as Nick Carlyle
* Bruce Locke as Sensei Morikawa
* Jimmy Urine as Zed
* Linda Cardellini as Cordelia Starling
* Michael Rooker as Vikke
* Kimberly Brooks as Rosalind Starling
* Shawnee Smith as Mariska
* Gregg Henry as Gideon Starling
* Dave Fennoy as Josey
* Vanessa Marshall as Elizabeth Starling
* Rick Wasserman as Lewis Legend
* Sean Gunn as Swan
* Nobuhiko Okamoto as Killabilly

## Transcript

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