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Annecy Reveals ON-GAKU: Our Sound Director Kenji Iwaisawa's New Film Hyakuemu (Updated)
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Update: Akane Taketsugu. The film will open in Japan in 2025. Source: Comic Natalie
Annecy lists the film with a runtime of 95 minutes. Keisuke Kojima is serving as the character designer and animation director, and Keikankun Yamaguchi is the art director. Akane Taketsugu is producing the film, for which the film festival describes the story:
Togashi is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years by, Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.
Uoto launched the Hyakuemu manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in November 2018 as Uoto's first series, and Kodansha published the manga's third compiled book volume in August 2019.
This year's Annecy will run from June 9 to June 15 in the French town of the same name. Established in 1960, Annecy is the world's oldest and largest animation film festival.
Iwaisawa Hina is Beautiful. In addition, he anticipated that this other film will come out before Hina is Beautiful.
Iwaisawa previously directed released the film on home video in March 2021.
The film nominated for an Annie Award in the same year.
Sources: Annecy International Film Festival Tadashi Sudo)
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