Akiwashi's 'Living in a World Without Magic' Music Video Gets Animated Film Project
The project marks a rare independent music video-to-film pipeline and signals Kasagi Labo's push into international anime production with backing from a veteran industry figure.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
The self-produced music video 'Living in a World Without Magic' by illustrator Akiwashi and Euluca Lab is being developed into an anime film. The project has overseas plans, with a fan campaign on AnimeOshi and an industry panel at Annecy featuring Kasagi Labo and Madhouse/MAPPA co-founder Masao Maruyama.
Illustrator Akiwashi's self-produced music video 'Living in a World Without Magic' (Mahoseka) is being turned into an anime film. The original video, released on YouTube in July 2022, has over 6.39 million views. Akiwashi handled direction, script, character design, animation, backgrounds, 3D CG, and compositing as a graduation project, with vocals by Natsuki Hanae and philo. Kadokawa previously adapted the story into a novel.
The film version is set in a world where witches live among ordinary people. The story follows a boy named Haru who meets the one-eyed witch Sara and is led to 'the forgotten past of witches.' The project already has overseas plans: English-language site AnimeOshi is running a Mahoseka Film Club campaign for fans to back the release. Singapore-based anime venture studio Kasagi Labo will discuss the project at Annecy on June 24 alongside Madhouse and MAPPA co-founder Masao Maruyama. Kasagi Labo will also have a booth at Anime Expo next month.
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