Haken Anime!", a live-action film adaptation of the popular novel by Naoki Prize-winning author Fukatsuki Tsujimura, unveiled a collaboration visual with the creative group CLAMP, which created the cover illustration for the original novel. a collaboration visual with the creative group "CLAMP," which created the cover illustration for the original novel, was unveiled. The design is a collage of the live-action cast, including Riho Yoshioka, Rinya Nakamura, Tasuku Emoto, and Machiko Ono, and the illustration. This work is a work film about people struggling to obtain the title "Haken (supremacy)," the title for the "most successful anime" in the anime industry. Yoshioka plays Hitomi Saito, a local civil servant who jumps into the animation industry and grows as a director, and Nakamura plays Chiharu Oji, a star director in a slump. Emoto co-stars as the eccentric producer Gyoshiro Osamu, and Ono as Kayako Arina, a producer who puts her life on the line for Oji's talent. Director Kohei Yoshino, who made his feature film debut with "Wednesday Vanished," helmed the film. Legend Anime!", a collection of spin-off works released prior to the film's release. CLAMP", who also created the cover illustration for the book. In addition to the main characters written when the original novel was first published, the collaborative visual also features illustrations of the characters that appear in the anime. An admission present has also recently been decided. From May 20, the first week of the film's release, a postcard with an illustration of Hitomi Saito (played by Yoshioka), written by popular manga artist Hidesaku Kubonouchi, will be distributed. Mr. Kubonouchi is in charge of character design for the animated film "Soundback: The Sound of Stone," which Hitomi, played by Yoshioka, works on in the film. From May 27, the second week of the film's release, postcards featuring visuals from the collaboration with "CLAMP" will be distributed. The distribution will be limited to the first 200,000 postcards each week, and will end when all the cards are gone. Haken Anime! will be on a nationwide roadshow on May 20. (C)2022 "Haken Anime! Production Committee
【Background】
・Graduated from Kyoto University with a major in Japanese Culture Studies, Faculty of Letters
・After graduation, worked 4 years as editor and proofreader for a print magazine specializing in traditional performing arts and culture
・Became a freelance journalist in 2021 and launched japanculturean.com in 2022
【Expertise】
・Pop-Culture Fusion Analysis
Analytical commentary on how modern pop-culture media (anime, film, fashion) incorporates and reinterprets traditional Japanese motifs.
