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Relative Worlds' Yūhei Sakuragi, Craftar to Release CG Anime Film This Fall
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Distributor Shochiku is listing that animation studio Craftar and The Relative Worlds' director Yūhei Sakuragi will release a CG anime film this fall.
CG anime studio Craftar worked with Sakuragi on The Relative Worlds. Hulu Japan and Craftar's original two-part "smart CG animation" project premiered via streaming on Hulu Japan on April 28.
Craftar is Hakuhodo's in-house animation studio. The company previously collaborated with Marza Animation Planet to produce a 13-minute short adaptation of Genki Kawamura's Moom picture book. The company created the Uchū Neko Mardock no Bōken and Pâtisserie no Monster series of animated shorts in 2016.
The company has also been involved with Hayao Miyazaki's "Boro the Caterpillar" short, as well as the Garo -Vanishing Line-, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, Drifters, and Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions anime. Craftar has also worked on the Pokémon GO and Osomatsu-san VR games.
Source: Anime! Anime! (Kōtarō Nakase)
