Nippon TV's debut anime series "Tsukimichi" goes global

Nippon TV, Japan's leading cross-platform entertainment center, has announced key sales for TSUKIMICHI - Moonlit Fantasy (Moonlight fantasy) - (30 min. Episodes), the first international anime series produced by the newly established Anime Department.

With Nippon TV acting as a distributor with full international rights, the company secured sales to Crunchyroll for worldwide distribution excluding Asia, along with TV stations and platforms across Asia through Medialink's Ani-one platform. , the TV station ANIPLUS TV and the Aniplus platform aniplus.tv, shortly after its first broadcast in Japan. Together, these platforms represent over 200 countries and territories combined.

“Launch in October 2020 alone, the impact that our new anime department and its first international project TSUKIMICHI -Moonlight fantasy- did the anime industry far exceed our expectations. We are so proud to be able to show the series to so many viewers around the world, so soon after its broadcast in Japan, ”commented Kako Kuwahara, Executive Vice President, Anime Department, Nippon TV. “We are honored to be a part of one of Japan's strongest genres and the wonderful welcome we have received has given us more confidence, as well as an intensified mission to continually strengthen our anime production. We look forward to creating new worldwide hits, improving our global distribution of these series and ultimately reaching as many anime fans as possible, for many generations. "

In addition to securing the international distribution rights to this award-winning series, Nippon TV was able to cast top Japanese voice actors with credits including the film and the record-breaking / blockbuster series. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu from Yaibaand the award-winning long-lasting series My Hero Academia.

TSUKIMICHI - Moonlit Fantasy (Moonlight fantasy) - is based on the award-winning novel and manga written by Kei Azumi and produced by C2C Studios (Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina). Makoto Misumi is just an ordinary high school student who lives a normal life, but is suddenly summoned to another world to become a "hero". The goddess of the other world, however, insults him for being different and strips him of the title of "hero" before throwing him into the desert on the edge of the world.

As he wanders through the wilderness, Makoto encounters dragons, spiders, orcs, dwarves and all manner of non-human tribes. Since Makoto comes from a different world, he is capable of unleashing unimaginable magical powers and fighting abilities. But how will he manage his encounters with various species and survive in his new environment. In this fantasy, Makoto tries to turn the other world into a better place despite the humans and gods turning their backs on him.

More information on the series and the official trailer available on the website of NTV here.