The production team of Shigeyoshi Tsukahara and Twiflo's original anime series project Kurayukaba and the brand new spin-off anime series titled Kuramerukagari aired the final trailers of both films last Friday when released on April 12.
Kurayukaba
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Kuramerukagari
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©Shigeyoshi Tsukahara/KURAGARI Production Committee
Kurayukaba and Kuramerukagari will premiere in Japan on April 12. Crunchyroll will stream both series this spring.
Staff describes Kurayukaba:
“That's right, Ootsuji Detective Agency” Within the purple smoke lay a faint dream, and in the town, rumors swirled like smoke. Now, faced with the strange “mass disappearances” that confuse society, detective Soutarou must face it! With no witnesses and unclear intentions, the identity of the “ominous traces” always appears in its footsteps… In search of clues, the detective delves into the underworld of the town named “” Kuragari”. There, the encounter with the black armored train and its commander, Tanne, will dramatically shake up the detective's fate!
The film has the participation of the following stars:
Tsukahara (“The Man Who Traveled with the Brocade Portrait,” “Joseito,” “Hashi no Mukou,” rock band SEKAI NO OWARI concert footage and set design) made his directorial debut with the film anime series at Makaria, and he is also credited with the original film. story and script. Kazunori Minagawa (animation director of Macross Delta, Tokyo Ravens, Yuruyuri, Code Geass: Akito the Exiled) designed the characters.
maxcaffy is the digital animation director and Chōta Akatsuki is the animation supervisor. Pochi is in charge of the art installations and Kentarō Ōnuki is the art director. Eriko Kimura is the sound director, Katsuhiro Nakano is in charge of sound effects, and Tohokushinsha is in charge of sound production. Akatsuki also composed the music and Team OneOne produced the animation.
The film won Best Animated Film in the Audience Award category of the 27th annual Fantasia International Film Festival in August. The film was screened in competition at this year's Niigata International Animation Film Festival on March 15-20.
©Shigeyoshi Tsukahara/KURAGARI Production Committee
Staff describes Kuramerukagari:
This is a story that brings people and a town together. A coal mining town crowded with small-scale excavators, commonly known as “Hakoniwa”. In this maze-like town that changes daily, there is a girl named Kagari who runs a map-making business and a boy named Yuya who dreams of escaping from”Hakoniwa”. In the end, the two, along with the town's peculiar residents, face a plot that shakes the entire town. The fate of “Hakoniwa” depends on Kagari's drawings on the map.
Tsukahara is credited as the film's original writer, screenwriter, and director. Ryohgo Narita (Baccano!, Durarara!!) is credited with the original idea. Team OneOne is producing the animation. The film stars Ayane Sakura as Kagari. Kuramerukagari is the opening film for this year's Niigata International Animation Film Festival on March 15.
The Kurayukaba project's first crowdfunding campaign ran from December 2018 to February 2019 to fund the pilot film. The campaign raised 6,901,864 yen (about US$63,000) from 397 backers: 276% of the 2,500,000 yen (about US$22,100) goal. The campaign reached 4,000,000 yen (about US$35,300). ) stretch the goal of creating a one-minute video (the original goal was a 30-second video).
Kuramerukagari adapted from the short novel by Ryohgo Narita is available to project backers at the “Rental Shop” level (12,000 yen, or about US$110).
Motion Gallery's official crowdfunding campaign for the film was launched by Twin Engine in April 2020 and aims to raise 20 million yen (about US$188,000) to fund a film that is at least 40 minutes long. . The campaign ended in August 2020 with an amount of 8,798,500 yen (about 79,513 USD).
Source: Press release