Things are moving along with the Hakubo anime feature film from Yutaka Yamamoto that’s being crowdfunded as the staff and cast have surfaced as well as a teaser visual. With Yamamoto doing the originals script and direction, Sunao Chikaoka is on board as the character designer for it and Twilight studio being listed as handling the animation. Check out the new visual below!
The cast for the film includes Kana Hanazawa, Kaori Fukuha, and Sumi Shimamoto so far with more to be announced.
The project is being produced with a 15 million yen budget and is about halfway through the funding it needs ahead of its April 29th closure. Yamamoto has said previously that the film will be made regardless, but the big push usually comes toward the end and it’s expected to close that gap a decent bit as progress on the production continues with a planned 2018 release.
Plot concept: The film follows youths living in “the now and present” in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.
[Source: ANN]