The anime short film "Summer Ghost" by the artist loundraw
"Summer ghost, ”The directorial debut of loundraw (I want to eat your pancreas, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-), announced more cast and staff members, to the manga adaptation. The project also unveiled new designs and illustrations by loundraw:
The new cast members announced are:
In addition to the internationally renowned pianist Akira Kosemura, Itoko Toma, Guiano e Hideya kojima they are contributing to the soundtrack.
Yoshi Inomi will launch the manga adaptation in Tonari no young jump service on October 8 and his compiled volume of books will be released on November 19. The anime screenwriter (and acclaimed novelist) Otsuichi wrote a novel that expands the story and will be released on October 29th. Also, the original spinoff novel Ichinose Yuna ga Uiteiru (Yūna Ichinose Is Floating), which takes up the theme of “fireworks and ghosts”, will be released on November 26th.
The story of the short film developed from a single illustration that loundraw had drawn. Tomoya, Aoi and Ryō are high school students who met online. An urban legend speaks of a summer ghost ”, a spirit girl who appears when the fireworks are started.
Tomoya cannot live the life he imagined for himself. Aoi cannot find his place in the world. Ryō suddenly sees his once-bright future snatched away. Everyone has their own reason for needing to meet summer ghost. On a summer night when life and death cross, where will each of their emotions take them?
Chiaki kobayashi plays the main character Tomoya Sugisaki, a third year student with good grades. However, he is reluctant to take college entrance exams because he prefers to draw art.
In addition to directing, loundraw he also drew up the original character designs, and Studio Apartment, I study loundraw founded in 2019, it is animating. Hirotaka Adachi, better known as the novelist Otsuichi (fixed movie, Goth, he calls you, zoo), wrote the script. Flagship Line is planning and producing the project, and Avex PicturesWithex is distributing.
The short will be released in Japan on November 12th.
The short is part of Project Common, a multimedia initiative “to express the truth loundraw. " The illustrator said last summer: “Immutable at any time, I want to find my steadfast self. This project is a challenge to find the real 'loundraw'with myself and everyone. " The project website included the English text “true or false? The way he thinks, the way he draws. These all become 'one' ”.
loundraw he drew the original character designs for the Tsuki ga Kirei television anime series, and also provided the original character designs and cover illustration for Yoru Sumino'S I want to eat your pancreas novel. The novel inspired an anime film using his original character designs.
He also drew the character designs for an animated promotional video based on Yusuke Yamada'S Boku wa Robot Goshi no Kimi ni Koi wo Suru (I fall in love with you through a robot) novel. The novel is also getting a full film adaptation.
