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Toshinari Shinohe's New Anime Film Beast of Kamisari Month Unveils Visuals, 'Pilot Video'
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The staff for Beast of Kamisari Month (Kamisarizuki no Kemono), the new anime film from Child of Kamiari Month original creator Toshinari Shinohe, revealed the "pilot film" and three new visuals for the film on Thursday.
The above visuals all have the tagline, "The story of a beast that races to the place that gave birth to the island nation."
The new film was first revealed at the recently-concluded Osaka Expo in April. The film traces back through chapters of Kojiki — an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, and accounts of the origin of the Japanese archipelago. The film takes the story from Izumo, where Japan's nation-building myth is believed to have originated, to Awaji Island, believed to be Japan's island of birth. Shinohe stated that the new film is the counterpart of the first film Child of Kamiari Month.
The Child of Kamiari Month opened in Japan in October 2021. Netflix started streaming the film in February 2022.
cretica universal announced the project along with its first crowdfunding campaign in March 2019.
LIDEN FILMS representative director Tetsuro Satomi was the project's animation producer. She and Her Cat -Everything Flows- director Kazuya Sakamoto was the "creation director." Toshinari Shinohe was in charge of planning and credited for the original work, while Takana Shirai was credited with the original concept and as animation director. Michihiko Suwa (Detective Conan films) and Teppei Mishima were the planners and producers for the project. Haruka Sagawa was the character designer. Tetsurō Takita and Ryūta Miyake penned the script. Singer-songwriter miwa performed the film's theme song "Kanna."
Source: Press release
