Grotesqqque Anime Movie Trailer: CloverWorks Previews Vampire Segment Nocturne Ahead of Release

There are anime trailers that look polished, trailers that look expensive, and then there are trailers that make you stop halfway through and think, “Okay, what the hell am I actually watching?” The latest trailer for GROTESQQQUE belongs firmly in that third category. CloverWorks is bringing this bizarre three-part original anime movie to Japanese theaters on November 6, 2026, and the new footage for its final chapter, Nocturne: On This Grotesque Night, has completely grabbed my attention.

I’ll be honest: the vampire segment is the part that sold me. I went into GROTESQQQUE expecting a flashy anthology with a couple of interesting ideas, but Nocturne has a mood that feels completely different from the usual anime vampire stuff. It is gloomy, stylish, strangely romantic, and just a little uncomfortable in the best possible way. Instead of screaming “LOOK HOW DARK I AM,” the trailer seems more interested in atmosphere, loneliness, complicated relationships, and the uncomfortable consequences of intimacy.

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Three Stories, Three Completely Different Anime Flavors

The biggest gamble with GROTESQQQUE is also what makes it interesting. This isn’t one conventional movie stretched across two hours. It is an anime anthology divided into three separate stories, with different directors, characters, visual identities, genres, and moods. That could easily turn into a messy collection of unrelated shorts, but from everything we’ve seen so far, CloverWorks seems to be treating the format as an excuse to let each creative team go absolutely wild.

That immediately reminded me of older anime anthology projects such as Memories, Neo Tokyo, and Robot Carnival. Those films worked because they weren’t afraid to change the rules every time the screen went dark and came back on. GROTESQQQUE appears to be chasing that same feeling, except with a distinctly modern CloverWorks visual polish.

And personally, I would much rather watch an original anime movie take a strange swing like this than another perfectly competent franchise sequel. At least GROTESQQQUE looks like it has something to prove.

Aeliens Looks Like Pure Chaos

The first segment, Aeliens, is written and directed by Atsushi Nishigori, and it looks like the most colorful and ridiculous part of the package. The story follows Ellie, an alien girl who arrives on Earth as a goodwill ambassador, only to discover that humans are considerably less enthusiastic about meeting extraterrestrials than she expected. She ends up working with Kento Kurikura, an exhausted space-agency bureaucrat, as they try to find people willing to become her friends.

The premise sounds deliberately silly, but there is a surprisingly interesting idea hiding underneath it. Ellie is basically an outsider desperately trying to connect with people who are frightened by what makes her different. That’s a pretty familiar anime theme, but the presentation seems to be going in the opposite direction from melancholy drama. Aeliens looks loud, colorful, hyperactive and slightly insane.

Visually, I get flashes of FLCL-style chaos mixed with bright video-game aesthetics. The combination of traditional 2D animation, CG elements, saturated colors and aggressive compositing gives the segment a personality of its own. Kana Ichinose voices Ellie, while Gen Hoshino plays Kento, with Akio Otsuka adding some veteran voice-acting weight to the cast.

I’m especially curious about the comedy here. If Nishigori manages to balance the goofy alien premise with the story’s themes about acceptance and social isolation, Aeliens could end up being the anthology’s sneaky emotional surprise.

Yoroshiku Shoujo Is the One for Action Fans

Then GROTESQQQUE apparently decides that we’ve had enough colorful alien nonsense and throws us directly into a violent competition. Yoroshiku Shoujo, also known as 4649Girl, is directed by Takahiro Miura, the man known for some seriously impressive action work in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.

The setup revolves around Queen of Butterfly, a brutal game in which a group of girls fight for supremacy inside an urban battlefield. The character designs come from illustrator tarou2, and judging by the promotional material, the segment has a much sharper and more fashion-conscious look than Aeliens.

This is probably the part where anime fans who live for sakuga are going to start pausing every three seconds.

The cast is stacked with performers including Sara Minami as Stella, Ikumi Hasegawa as Nanashi, Saori Hayami as Hikarin, Maaya Uchida as Gorgeous Mika, Chika Anzai as Sword and Miyu Tomita as Chiffon. With Miura handling the direction, I’m expecting the fights to be one of the major reasons people leave the theater talking about this movie.

What interests me more is whether Yoroshiku Shoujo can give those fights enough character. Great animation can carry a scene, but spectacular combat becomes unforgettable when you actually care about the people throwing punches. If the personalities are as strong as the animation, this could be the segment that steals the show.

Nocturne Is Where GROTESQQQUE Gets Really Interesting

And now we get to the reason I’m paying serious attention to this movie.

Nocturne: On This Grotesque Night feels like a completely different beast. The final segment returns to Nishigori, but instead of aliens or battle royale action, we’re dropped into a gothic supernatural story about a pureblood vampire and three human girls who survive a disastrous encounter after being infected when the vampire feeds on them.

That description alone would probably be enough to get me interested, but the visual direction is what really hooked me. The trailer combines gloomy gothic architecture with flashes of neon, pale faces, deep shadows and an almost dreamlike atmosphere. It doesn’t look like a conventional vampire action story. It feels intimate, strange and almost painfully melancholic.

That’s exactly the kind of vampire anime I want to see right now. Give me complicated relationships and weird supernatural rules over another endless parade of CGI monsters punching each other.

The cast is also an unusual choice. Nagi Inoue, Aruno Nakanishi, Miku Ichinose and Nao Tomisato of Nogizaka46 take on the principal roles. I’m genuinely curious to see how their performances fit the material, especially because Nocturne appears to depend heavily on subtle emotional exchanges rather than nonstop action.

The Music Could Make Nocturne Even Better

One thing I really appreciate about the GROTESQQQUE project is that the music doesn’t seem to be treated as background decoration. Each story has its own musical identity, which makes perfect sense for an anthology where the visual language changes dramatically from segment to segment.

The main theme, “Shoot Shoot Shoot,” comes from Metalverse and gives the project an energetic opening punch. But the song I’m more interested in is “Tiny Luck” by Kairi Yagi, which appears in the new Nocturne trailer.

That track fits the vampire segment ridiculously well. There’s something fragile about it that works with the imagery of the trailer, especially the contrast between beautiful characters and the disturbing circumstances surrounding them. If the full movie maintains that level of musical cohesion, the soundtrack could become one of GROTESQQQUE’s biggest strengths.

Why I’m More Excited for This Than I Expected

Original anime movies are a tough sell these days. Established franchises have built-in audiences, while an original title has to convince people to care about characters they’ve never seen before. GROTESQQQUE doesn’t have the luxury of relying on an existing manga fandom or a decade-old franchise.

Instead, it has to sell itself through visual identity, animation, atmosphere and curiosity. And honestly? That’s working on me.

There are a few things that make the project stand out:

• Three radically different stories instead of one predictable narrative.
• Atsushi Nishigori leading two of the segments, including the vampire story.
• Takahiro Miura bringing his action expertise to Yoroshiku Shoujo.
• CloverWorks using the anthology format to experiment visually.
• A surprisingly eclectic cast and soundtrack that give every chapter its own identity.

That variety is also the movie’s biggest risk. Anthologies can be frustrating when one segment is brilliant and another feels like filler. I wouldn’t be surprised if fans come out of theaters arguing about which chapter deserves the top spot. Honestly, that’s probably a good thing. I’d rather watch an anime that gives people something to argue about than one everyone forgets five minutes after the credits.

GROTESQQQUE Could Be One of 2026’s Wildest Anime Bets

The upcoming GROTESQQQUE anime movie doesn’t look safe, and I’m very glad about that. Aeliens has the colorful absurdity, Yoroshiku Shoujo has the action spectacle, and Nocturne brings the gothic supernatural drama that currently has me the most curious. They shouldn’t work together on paper, yet somehow the contrast is exactly what makes the whole project feel fresh.

The new Nocturne trailer especially makes me think this could be one of those anime movies where the individual segments start competing with each other in the fandom. Someone will swear Aeliens is the best because it’s hilarious. Someone else will post twelve screenshots from Yoroshiku Shoujo and call Miura a genius. Meanwhile, I’ll probably be sitting in the corner defending the vampire girls because Nocturne looks like the kind of beautiful emotional disaster anime fans become completely obsessed with.

GROTESQQQUE arrives in Japanese theaters on November 6, 2026, and I think it’s worth keeping on the radar even if you normally skip original anime films. CloverWorks is taking a real swing here, and after seeing what the latest trailer reveals, I’m much more interested in the entire experiment than I was before. If the finished movie can deliver on the atmosphere, animation and character work promised by these previews, this strange little anthology might end up being one of the most memorable original anime releases of the year.