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That was it for the first season of 2019. Many good titles graced our screens, but if we want to be honest, there are too many series in the new season we have been waiting for quite a long time.
Toshima Ward and Animate Ltd. have produced a promotional anime video with the title Ikebukuro PR Anime to make an appeal to Japanese and foreign anime fans and to show them the ‘Anime Pilgrimage Place Ikebukuro’. The three-minute-long video will be available from 17 January 2019. Ikebukuro PR Anime has released two versions of its teasers.
Anime studio Shaft (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Monogatari Series) is in charge of this short production. The staff members are director Yukio Takatsu (Monogatari Series) and scriptwriter Reiko Yoshida (Yowamushi Pedal, Lu Over the Wall).
The video takes place in 2020 in the Hareza Ikebukuro complex that is due to open in summer 2020, and three other parks in the Ikebukuro area, whose maintenance is to be completed in 2020. It tells the story of a young girl growing up led by an ‘owl’. The ‘owl’ is a personification of the famous owl statues in the area, and the design is based on an original draft selected in a public poll and produced by character designer Akio Watanabe. He is voiced by Japanese singer, songwriter and voice actor Shouta Aoi.
30 Seconds Teaser
15 Seconds Teaser
Ikebukuro PR Anime
To be released on 17 January 2019.
Staff
Director: Yukio Takatsu
Script: Reiko Yoshida
Character Design: Akio Watanabe
Original Character Design: Yuru Soma
Music: Kenta Higashioji
Animation Production: Shaft
Production: Ikebukuro PR Anime Production Committee
Authoring: Toshima Ward, Animate Ltd.
Cast
Shouta Aoi
