A new original anime feature film is working through production that has now been unveiled with Komada – A Whisky Family. The film from P.A. Works is set for a November 2023 theatrical release in Japan but is also getting a showing at Annecy International Animation Film Festival later this year as well as its formal debut.
The film has Masayuki Yoshihara directing it from the screenplay by Yukito Kizawa and Munemasa Nakamoto. Tomomi Takada is handling the character designs concepts with Kousuke Kawazura adapting them. P.A. Works is handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Saori Hayami as Rui Komada
- Kensho Ono as Kōtarō Takahashi
- Maaya Uchida as Tomoko Kawabata
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yasumoto
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Plot Concept: The film centers on Rui Komada, the young head of her ailing family whisky distillery. She took over the distillery after the death of her father. Facing financial difficulty, a divided family, and the aftermath of natural disaster, Rui takes it upon herself to reforge her family’s bonds by reviving the family’s signature Japanese whisky.
[Source: ANN]
