Anime Limited has been on quite the streak when it comes to picking up feature film licenses of the anime kind and they’ve now added Penguin Highway. The film is set for an August 2018 debut in Japan and Anime Limited is planning it for part of their 2019 lineup for the first feature film from Studio Colorido. As we’ve seen before, there’s chances for some limited theatrical releases at special events so it might get a 2018 UK showing somewhere with all of that to be determined later.
Based on the novel by Tomihiko Morimi, it’s set for an August 2018 debut in Japan with Hiroyasu Ishida directing it based on the screenplay by Makoto Ueda. Youjirou Arai is handling the character designs with Studio Colorido handling the animation production.
The cast includes Kana Kita as Aoyama-kun and Yuu Aoi as Lady.
Plot Concept:Aoyama is a serious 10 year-old boy who records all of his day-to-day experiences in his notebook. One day in May, penguins inexplicably appear in his home town, despite being located a long way from the sea. When Aoyama sees “Big Sis” – a young woman who works at a dentist’s office – drop a soft drink can which inexplicably turns into a penguin, he decides to investigate and resolve the mystery behind these strange events.
Together with his classmates, Aoyama happens upon a strange phenomena which is surely the key to these goings-on. Will their investigation bear fruit, and just how is “Big Sis” linked to these occurrences?
