Summer Anime "Aquatope of White Sand", 1st KV & PV released! Additional characters played by Azumi Wake and Lynn, and theme song information announced!

New information about the completely new original animation "Aquatope of White Sand," scheduled to start airing in July 2021, has been released one after another.

The TV animation "Aquatope of White Sand" is a completely new original animation directed by Toshiya Shinohara, series composed by Yuko Kakihara, and produced by P.A.WORKS. They have worked together on "From Tomorrow in a Colorful World," which depicts the adolescence of girls, and their new work is a story set in a small aquarium in Okinawa.

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This time, the work will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, BS Fuji, MBS, and Ryukyu Broadcasting System.

In conjunction with the announcement of the broadcasting stations, the first key visual depicting the four characters, Kukuru Umesakino, Fuka Miyazawa, Tsukimi Teruya, and Nairin Kudaka, each spending time in a place associated with them, with an image of a lapping wave in the background, has been released.

The first PV using the latest footage was also released at the same time.
The video depicts Kukuru Umisakino struggling to achieve her dream while being watched over by those around her, and Fuka Miyazawa giving up on her dream but starting a new path after meeting Kukuru, and the two meeting and making up their minds.

The visuals of additional characters and cast information have also been released.
Tsukimi Teruya, a classmate of Kukuru's and the signboard girl of the set restaurant "Kame," will be played by Azumi Waki, and Natsurin Kudaka, who works for the tourist association of Nanjo City in Okinawa Prefecture and is a good adviser to Kukuru and her friends, will be played by Lynn. Comments from Ms. Kazuki and Ms. Lynn have been received and will be introduced below.

In addition, the artists in charge of the OP and ED for "Aquatope of White Sand" were also announced: ARCANA PROJECT and Mia REGINA will be in charge of the OP and ED, respectively. The titles of the songs are "Tayutaeta, Nanashiki" (OP theme) and "Gekkai no Yurikago" (ED theme)! We will keep an eye out for further news on what kind of music they will be!

Comments from ARCANA PROJECT and Mia REGINA have also arrived. U35, the character designer, has also sent in his comments and a colorful illustration of Tsukimi and Natsurin.

The first key visual has been released!

The first key visual of the four characters, Kukuru Umesakino, Kazuka Miyazawa, Tsukimi Teruya, and Natsurin Hisaka, are spending their time at a place associated with each of them, with an image of the lapping waves in the background.

The visual is reminiscent of an aquarium, with a rounded border around Kukuru and her friends like an aquarium.

The first PV was released!

The first PV, which uses the latest footage, shows Kukuru Umisakino happily interacting with the creatures of the "Gamagama Aquarium" and struggling to achieve her dream while being watched over by the people around her. Miyazawa Kazehana meets Kukuru and begins a new path. The scene at the end of the episode where Fuka asks Kukuru to "Please leave me here" and Kukuru is confused by her request foreshadows the beginning of a new story, and will surely make viewers eagerly await the broadcast starting in July.

In addition, the character voices of Teruya Tsukimi and Kudaka Nairin were also unveiled for the first time! Watch out for these two as they watch over Kukuru and Fuka.

First PV

Additional character and cast information revealed!

Character visuals of Teruya Tsukimi, a classmate of Kukuru's and the signboard girl of the set restaurant "Kame," and Kudaka Natsurin, who works for the tourist association of Nanjo City, Okinawa and is a good adviser to Kukuru and her friends, have been revealed. Cast information has also been released!
Tsukimi Teruya will be played by Azumi Waki and Natsurin Kudaka by Lynn. Comments from Ms. Kazumi and Ms. Lynn have also been received.

Tsukimi Teruya: CV Azumi Waki

A classmate of Kukuru's and a friend since elementary school. She helps out at her mother's restaurant "Kame," a set menu restaurant, and her friends gather there whenever they can. Her nickname is "Udon-chan," which is derived from her name "Tsukimi. She is easygoing and carefree, but she is also very caring and loved by everyone.

＜Comments by Azumi Waki

───Could you tell us your impression of this work?
I thought it would be a very beautiful and mysterious work since it is set in an aquarium in Okinawa. The dialogue between the characters is funny and heartwarming, but the creatures and scenery of the aquarium are so beautifully depicted that I felt the seriousness of the production staff!
I usually visit aquariums without much thought, but I think I will look at the inside of the aquarium and the aquarium staff in a different way in the future!

─ ─ Could you tell us about your impression of the character you play and your enthusiasm for the role?
Tsukimi is always high spirited and is the mood maker of Kukuru and her friends! She likes to gossip, makes more noise than anyone else, and has many childish aspects, but she sometimes shows a motherly side, which I find fascinating!
She is a very fun character to play because she is a bit of a goofball, but also has a lot of sense of humor!

Natsurin Hisataka: CV Lynn

She is a civil servant who works for the town's tourist association. She is a dependable older sister who helps out at the aquarium and is always willing to help out when there is a problem.

<Lynn's comment

─ ─ Could you tell us your impression of this work?
It is a work that is right in line with my personal tastes. There are life-size girls with their own problems, and the rich nature of Okinawa is beautifully depicted in the pictures. I feel that there is an exquisite balance between the play, which is not overly exaggerated, and the fantastical aspects of the story. I also feel that time is passing very slowly.

─ ─ Could you tell us about your impression of the character you play and your enthusiasm for the role?
Natsurin, who I will be playing, is a little older than Kukuru and the others and is very strong, so she is dependable in some ways.
On the other hand, I feel that she still has a childish and cute side to her. I will put my heart and soul into my performance, including her gentle side that watches over the aquarium from the outside and supports it from time to time.

The artists in charge of the OP and ED have been decided!

The artists in charge of the OP and ED of "White Sand Aquatope" and the titles of the songs have been decided!
ARCANA PROJECT and Mia REGINA will perform the OP and ED, respectively. The titles of the songs are "Tayutaeta, Nanashiki" (OP theme) and "Gekkai no Yurikago" (ED theme)! Watch out for further information on what kind of music they will be!
In addition, comments from ARCANA PROJECT and Mia REGINA have arrived.

OP theme: ARCANA PROJECT "Tayutaeta, Nanashiki" (lyrics by Tomoya Tabuchi)
(Lyrics: Tomoya Tabuchi, music: Kayoko Kusano, arrangement: Shota Horie, strings arranged by Sachiko Miyano)

<ARCANA PROJECT Comments
─ Would you please give us your comments on the theme song and the music?
My name is ARCANA PROJECT, and I will be in charge of the opening theme song for "Aquatope of White Sand.
I am very happy to be able to sing the theme song for this project.
I put it into the song with the image of the preciousness of their daily life and the magnificence of the shining sea, and with a sense of life.
We will do our best to grow up together with Kukuru and Fuka, and to be one of the pieces that add color to this wonderful work!

◆OP Theme Product Information

Release date: July 14, 2021 (Wed.)

Limited First Edition [regular position ver.] (CD+BD)
Number of songs: 3
BD includes: "Tayutaete, Nanashiki" Music Video and other special videos
Limited edition: LACM-34136
Price: 2,200 yen (including tax (10%)) / 2,000 yen (excluding tax)

Limited First Edition [reverse position ver.] (CD+BD)
Included songs: 3
BD includes: "Tayutaete, Nanashiki" Music Video and other special videos
Limited edition: LACM-34137
Price: 2,200 yen (including tax (10%)) / 2,000 yen (excluding tax)

Normal Edition (CD)
Number of songs: 3
Stock version: LACM-24136
Price: 1,430 yen (including 10% tax)/1,300 yen (excluding tax)

Anime Edition (CD) *Newly illustrated jacket
Number of songs: 2
Version: LACM-24137
Price: 1,320 yen (including 10% tax)/1,200 yen (excluding tax)
All forms include "Tayuta, Nanashiki" in Tr.1 and common music in Tr.2.
*[Normal position ver.], [reverse position ver.] and regular disc Tr. 3 all contain different songs.

Jacket photos are all different.
The contents of the bonus video on the BD included in the [normal position ver.] and [reverse position ver.] are different.
Instrumental is not included.

ED theme: Mia REGINA "Gekkai no yurikago" (lyrics and music by Kusano)
(Words and music by Kayoko Kusano, arrangement by Masato Nakayama)

＜Mia REGINA's comment
─ ─ Could you give us your comments on the theme song and the music?
My name is Mia REGINA, and I am in charge of the ending theme song for "Aquatope of White Sand. I am very honored to be involved in this work.
I sang the song as if I was gently wrapping myself around the main characters, as if I was watching over their dreams.
We sang the song as if we were watching over the dreams of the main characters, and it became an important song for us as well.
We would be happy if you love "Gekkai no yurikago" along with our work.

Comments from the character designer, U35, and a newly illustrated colorful paper arrived!

We have received a comment from U35, the character designer of this work, as well as a color paper illustration depicting Tsukimi and Natsurin.

Comment from U35, the original character designer
I designed Natsurin to look like a flower blooming when she smiles and to give the image of a cute older sister, and Tsukimi to be full of vitality, as if she were a girl who looks good in the sun.

Work information
TV animation "Aquatope of White Sand

＜introduction
Directed by Toshiya Shinohara, series composition by Yuko Kakihara, and produced by P.A.WORKS.
They worked together on "From Tomorrow in a Colorful World," which depicted the adolescence of girls, and their new project is a completely new original animation set in a small aquarium in Okinawa.

Kukuru Umisakino, an 18-year-old high school girl who works at the aquarium, meets Fuka Miyazawa, a former idol who has lost her place in Tokyo and has run away. Kukuru and Fuka spend their days at the aquarium with their own feelings in their hearts.

However, the important place is facing the crisis of closing its doors.

The girls' dreams and reality, loneliness and companionship, bonds and conflicts...
A sparkling new page will open this summer.

<story> "Did you see it?
Did you see it?

Kukuru quietly tells the girls the secret of the Gama-Gama Aquarium.

Sometimes you can see 'mysterious things' here.

The summer sun shines down on Okinawa.
The aquarium is located about an hour's bus ride from Naha City.
The tiny and somewhat deserted Gamagama Aquarium is located right next to a beautiful beach in the southern part of Okinawa's main island.

An 18-year-old high school girl, Kukuru Umisakino, works there with a straight face and dedication.
She loves the aquarium more than anyone else, to the point of calling herself the "director" in place of her grandfather.

One day, Kukuru meets a girl named Fuka Miyazawa, who was shedding tears while shaking her long hair in front of the aquarium.
Fuka had given up her dream of becoming an idol and had come to Okinawa from Tokyo on an aimless getaway.

Slow and gentle time flows at the GAMAGAMA Aquarium.
Seeking a place to belong, Fuka asks to work at the aquarium.

Their daily lives, which were never meant to meet, began to move in this way.

However, along with the "wonder" of the aquarium, it also faces a big problem: the closing crisis.

With a time limit looming, the two begin working to rebuild the aquarium.

To protect an irreplaceable place, a warm haven.

＜Broadcast Information
Scheduled to air on TOKYO MX, BS Fuji, MBS, and Ryukyu Broadcasting System from July 2021.

＜CAST
Kukuru Umisakino: Miki Ito
Miyazawa Fuka: Aida Rikako
Teruya Tsukimi: Kazumi Wake
Nairin Hisataka: Lynn

＜STAFF>
Original story: project Tingara
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara
Character Planning：U35
Character Design / Chief Animation Director：Yuki Akiyama
Art Director：Kurumi Suzuki
Art Director：Junichi Azuma
Art Director：Yoshinori Shiozawa
Director of Photography：Satoshi Namiki
Color Designer : Naomi Nakano
3D Director: Haruki Suzuki
Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Music: Yoshiaki Dewa
Music Production: Lantis
Sound Director: Yo Yamada
Produced by infinite
Production: P.A.WORKS

＜Theme Song Information
OP Theme: ARCANA PROJECT "Tayutaeru, Nanashiki" (Seven Colors)
ED Theme: Mia REGINA "Gekkai no yurikago

(C)project Tingara