Kozue Amano's "Amanchu! , TV anime adaptation in the summer of 2016!　Junichi Sato (General Director) x Kenichi Kasai (Director) x J.C.STAFF (Production)

Amanchu! will be adapted into a TV anime. The first visual and staff members were also announced.

Amanchu! is a manga work serialized in Comic Blade by Kozue Amano, who is known for "ARIA," which has been made into an anime many times. It is an everyday manga set in the "diving club" of a high school on the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, and has been published up to volume 8 of the comics.

The anime version announced this time is scheduled to start airing in the summer of 2016. General director is Junichi Sato of the "ARIA" and "Tamayura" series, directed by Kenichi Kasai of "Hachimitsu to Clover" and "Bakuman," script by Deko Akao of the "Noragami" series, and character design by Yoko Ito. Animation production will be handled by J.C. STAFF. Comments are as follows.

Kozue Amano (original author)
Finally, the long-awaited information release... "Amanchu! It's an anime adaptation! And with director Sato, who helped us with "ARIA," we will be able to share that "wonderful time" with you again.... I am so happy to be able to share that "wonderful time" with you all again, together with director Sato, who helped me with "ARIA". After "ARIA" was finished, I got a diving license for the purpose of setting up another work, which I had an idea for a new serial at the time. I wanted to know more about the world under the sea, and I found the experience to be so "wonderful! I wanted to share my impressions with as many people as possible, so I started from scratch with diving itself as the main theme of this new work, "Amanchu! is a work that started from scratch with diving itself as its main theme, so that many people would be able to experience the excitement of diving. Diving is a fantasy world that we can actually go to if we want to. Amanchu!" is a cross between everyday life on land and fantasy in the sea. Please join us in the wonderful world of anime!

Junichi Sato (General Director)
Ever since the manga series began, I knew that there must be an anime adaptation. However, when I thought that someone other than myself might make it, I was both excited and sad at the same time... and then I received a very kind offer to do another anime adaptation. I was thinking that I would be looking forward to it, but at the same time I would miss it... Then I received a very kind offer to do another anime adaptation, and it was so wonderful to be able to make the announcement at the same time as the 10th anniversary of the "ARIA" TV anime broadcast, when I was making the BD version and a new movie. As more and more wonderful stories and characters are being added to the original work, we have started to have fun and agonizing days just like "ARIA", such as "how to connect which episodes and how to animate them", "what kind of music would be good", "what kind of casting should we use"... and so on. It will be a little while before we can invite you to the "Amanchu! world" will not be available for a while, but please look forward to it.

Kenichi Kasawai (Director)
I am very honored to be participating in this project together with Director Sato, whom I respect very much. I am very honored, but at the same time I am nervous that I may cause trouble. I had never heard of this work until you unknowingly introduced it to me, and I read the previously published book in one sitting. I was warmed by the human relationships woven by the kind-hearted characters. I would like to treat this book with the utmost care in the anime adaptation. I was born in a port town, but moved to a mountainous area before I can remember, so scuba diving is an unknown subject for me. I am also not familiar with the Izu Peninsula, which is the model for the film, so I would like to study both subjects carefully. I will do my best to make the film enjoyable not only for those who love the original story, but also for those who are seeing it for the first time.

Deko Akao (scriptwriter)
I will be working on the script for "Amanchu! The story of Teko and Pikari in "Aman-chu!" is filled with many important things for girls.
There are feelings that I know well and others that I have never experienced at all, and I found myself nodding deeply and feeling envious while reading the original story. And at the same time, I was enchanted by the chemistry between the sea and the girl. Teko staring straight out at the sea, Pikari bobbing around at the bottom of the sea... Why is it that youth, with all its moisture, is so dazzling? I will try my best to scoop up their emotions, which are as delicate as the waves, without spilling a drop, and give them shape in the form of a screenplay! I hope you are looking forward to it.

Yoko Ito (Character Designer)
I will be working with Yoko Ito in the form of character design for "Amanchu! I was so happy that I wanted to jump up and down with Pikari when it was decided that I would be working with her in the form of character design for "Amanchu! I was so happy that I wanted to jump up and down with Pikari. I was so happy that I wanted to jump up and down with Pikari when it was decided that we would be working with two directors whom I respect and with my favorite author on a work that I love and love. My heart is dancing, and at the same time, I am very nervous about the fact that I will be doing the design. I was so happy to be able to design the "Amanchu! is full of tenderness that makes you smile, heartbreaking sadness, and fun.
I will do my best to create pictures that allow Picari, Teko, and the others to run around with all their might, so that fans of the original work, as well as those who are seeing this work for the first time, will be able to feel the many tenderness, heartbreaking sadness, and the excitement of running full speed to find something fun in "Amano Chyu!

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