The 3rd project in Kodansha's 'Aniehon' initiative
Japanese explorer Yasunaga Ogita and illustrator Nana Inoue's children's picture book Pihotek: Walking With the Wind in the North Pole (Pihotek: Hokkyoku o Kaze to Aruku or Pihotek: Walking the Arctic With the Wind) inspired an anime short. Animehon, a new animation initiative by Kodansha, posted a 30-second commercial version of the anime and a two-minute director's cut version on September 6.
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This short film is the third project in the Animehon initiative, which uses short video animation based on Kodansha's picture books (ehon in Japanese).
Kodansha describes the story:
Informed by his relationships with Inuit friends and 20 years of mostly solo exploration, Yasunaga Ogita writes a poetic account of a trek in the Arctic. He observes animals in their natural habitats and falls asleep feeling one with nature through the wind. Then, as a new dawn brings energy to the world, he sets out again. An essay at the end of the book discusses the seriousness of climate change.
Kazuhiro Hocchi (episode director for Rita et Machin, Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan) directed the short and Yuri Habuka (More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, Maebashi Witches, Zannen na Ikimono Jiten) composed the music. Fanworks animated the short.
Kodansha publishes the book in August 2022.
Source: Animehon's YouTube channel, Cocreco, Natalie Comics, Kodansha
