Akiko Okuda's Rusuban Manga Gets Short Anime Film in August
The project marks the directorial debut of Ayumi Yanagisawa and a deliberate shift away from the rotoscoping technique used in the studio's previous feature 100 Meters.
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Kenji Iwaisawa's ROCK'N ROLL MOUNTAIN studio is producing a short anime adaptation of Akiko Okuda's short manga "Rusuban" (House-Sitting). The film will screen for one week at K's Cinema in Shinjuku, Tokyo starting August 1, paired with Iwaisawa's 2010 short "Yama." Ayumi Yanagisawa makes her directorial debut, and the animation is hand-drawn by younger staff.
ROCK'N ROLL MOUNTAIN, the studio behind Kenji Iwaisawa's 100 Meters and ON-GAKU: Our Sound, announced it is producing a short anime film based on Akiko Okuda's short manga "Rusuban." The story is set in August 1987 and follows a day in the life of Tokko, who stays home alone in a large house while her family is away. Ayumi Yanagisawa, who served as assistant united director on 100 Meters, will direct, storyboard, and edit the film. Unlike 100 Meters, the short will use hand-drawn animation rather than rotoscoping, with younger staff handling the animation. The film screens for one week starting August 1 at K's Cinema in Shinjuku, Tokyo, alongside a screening of Iwaisawa's 2010 short "Yama."
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