MARRIAGETOXIN Director and Producer Talk Chaos at Anime Expo
The panel reveals how the production team approached the adaptation, prioritizing character growth and preserving the manga's deliberate ambiguity over straightforward panel reproduction.
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At Anime Expo, MARRIAGETOXIN director Motonobu Hori and Bones Film producer Tatsuya Saito discussed adapting the manga by Jomyaku and Mizuki Yoda. They cited the characters and the series' ambiguous tone as key draws, and detailed the challenge of translating the manga's chaotic panel energy into animation.
MARRIAGETOXIN director Motonobu Hori and Bones Film producer Tatsuya Saito took the Anime Expo stage to discuss the action-romcom, adapted from the manga by Jomyaku and Mizuki Yoda. The series follows assassin Gero, who must find a wife to secure his family's bloodline while protecting his sister.
Hori and Saito explained that the characters drew them to the project, with heroines like Himekawa, Ureshino, and Arashiyama each having distinct personalities that let Gero grow through his interactions. Hori called the manga "outrageous," praising its blend of serious and comedic moments, and noted that its well-constructed panel work made animation a difficult but rewarding challenge.
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