GKIDS introduced on Thursday that it’s going to display screen the unique quick anime Deiji Meets Woman (“Deji” Meets Woman) in theaters this yr.

The anime premeired on October 1 “within the tail finish of the Tremendous Animeism” block on MBS, TBS, and 26 different affiliated stations. The anime had 12 90-second weekly episodes.

The anime had its worldwide premiere as a closing-day screening of Montreal’s twenty fifth Fantasia Worldwide Movie Competition final August.

The wondrous story is ready in movement one summer season when Maise Higa, a listless first-year highschool lady who works part-time on the entrance desk of her household’s resort in Okinawa, meets an “Ichirō Suzuki,” a mysterious youth who got here alone from Tokyo as a resort visitor. Since Suzuki’s arrival, “dëji” issues have been occurring round Maise, like fish swimming across the room or a large banyan tree smashing via the resort ceiling. (“Dëji” is an Okinawan phrase which means “completely” or “very.”)

Kiyono Yasuno voices the principle character Maise Higa within the anime.

Tatsuyuki Kobayashi voices the character Ichirō Suzuki.

Ushio Tazawa (chief animation director for Makoto Shinkai works reminiscent of The Place Promised in Our Early Days) directed the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Tazawa additionally tailored the unique characters designs by collection script supervisor and Okinawan illustrator Akane Malbeni (Facet-By-Facet Dreamers, DAOKO‘s CD jacket artwork and music video character designs) for animation.

Norifumi Okuno and Kaori Akatsu desgined the props. Miu Miyamoto directed the artwork, and Kunio Tsujita was the colour key artist. Yoshimasa Yamazaki was the 3D director. Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto was the compositing director of pictures, and Kiyomi Yamada (EditZ) was the editor. Ryousuke Naya directed the sound at Studio Mouse, and Hiroshi Nakamura composed the music. The unique story is credited to “Naminoue Seinendan.”

Supply: GKIDS‘ Twitter account