Animation film "The Night is Short and the Walking Maidens" won the Grand Prix in the feature animation category at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival!

The animated film "The Night is Short and the Walking Maidens" won the Grand Prix in the feature film category at the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival held in Ottawa, Canada.

The Night is Short and the Walking Maidens" is an animated film based on the best-selling novel by Tomihiko Morimi (KADOKAWA Kadokawa Bunko). It is a coming-of-age love story about a "senior" who has feelings for a "black-haired girl" who is a junior in his club, and tries to "catch her eye" as much as possible. The film depicts the love story of the "senpai" who struggles to get involved in unusual incidents caused by his unique friends in Kyoto. The film is directed by Masaaki Yuasa, written by Makoto Ueda (Europe Kikaku), and the original character design by Yusuke Nakamura.
⇒ "The Night is Short and the Walking Girl", a novel by Tomihiko Morimi, will be adapted into an anime film! 　 Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino will play the role of the main character, Senpai.

At the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival held in Ottawa, Canada from September 20 (Wed.) to 24 (Sun.), the animated film "The Night is Short and the Walking Maidens" won the Grand Prix in the feature film category. This was the first time for a Japanese film and a Japanese director to win the Grand Prix in the feature film category at the festival. The 41st edition of the festival received 1,992 submissions from 85 countries, and five films were nominated for the Feature Film Competition, including Yuasa's "Yoru wa tanashi aru no uta" and "Yoru wa tanashi arukete yo otome". This was the first time in the festival's history that two films by the same director were nominated in the Feature Film Competition at the same time, and it became a hot topic of conversation at the festival.

Director Masaaki Yuasa said, "I have very good memories of visiting Ottawa four years ago for my short film "Kick Heart. It is such an honor to receive an award in Ottawa. Congratulations to the crew!　To the cast!　I would be very happy if even more people could see it!　A maiden walking the streets of Kyoto is also walking the world. The award-winning comment is now on its way.

The Blu-ray and DVD of the animated film "The Night is Short and the Walking Maiden," which won the Grand Prix in the feature film category at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, will be released on October 18, 2017 (Wednesday). Please check it out as well.

Product Information] (*Honorific titles omitted)
Yoru wa tanashi arukke yo otome" Blu-ray&DVD
Release date: October 18, 2017 (Wed.)
Contents: Approx. 93 min.
Price: Blu-ray special edition: 8,800 yen (excluding tax) Blu-ray normal edition: 5,800 yen (excluding tax) DVD normal edition: 4,800 yen (excluding tax)

Blu-ray special edition (limited first production)]
<With limited first production bonus
Character design and chief animation director Nobutaka Ito's original three-sided case
A reduced-size theatrical pamphlet
A reduced-size theatrical pamphlet.
Special Disc
Digest video of the completion announcement screening
Speakers: Minamoto Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryuji Akiyama (Robert), Director Masaaki Yuasa
Stage Greeting Video
Speakers: Minoru Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Ryuji Akiyama (Robert), Director Masaaki Yuasa, Tomihiko Morimi
Official Interviews
Director Masaaki Yuasa, Director Masafumi Goto (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION)

<Bonuses common to both the initial and regular releases
Special video features
Special feature, preview
TV spot collection

Blu-ray/DVD Normal Edition]
[Special features
Special feature, trailer
TV spot collection

Illustration Yusuke Nakamura