Fly Me to the Saitama

Fly Me to the Saitama
Japanese theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	翔んで埼玉
Literal meaning	Fly to Saitama
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Tonde Saitama
Directed by	Hideki Takeuchi
Written by	Yuichi Tokunaga
Based on	Tonde Saitama by Mineo Maya
Produced by	Hiroki Wakamatsu Shinya Furugori
Starring	Fumi Nikaido Gackt Yusuke Iseya Masaki Kyomoto
Cinematography	Sohei Tanikawa
Edited by	Shinji Kawamura
Music by	Face 2 Fake
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥3.76 billion (Japan)[1]

Fly Me to the Saitama (Japanese: 翔んで埼玉, Hepburn: Tonde Saitama, stylized as Fly me to the Saitama) is a 2019 Japanese comedy film directed by Hideki Takeuchi, based on the 1980s manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Mineo Maya.^[2][3][4]

It was released to critical acclaim and received 12 nominations at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize, taking home the Director of the Year, Screenplay of the Year, and Best Film Editing. It also won the Best Film at Blue Ribbon Awards.^[5] With a gross of $32.8 million it was the 13th highest-grossing film of 2019 in Japan.^[6]