The Long Summer of August 31st Gets TV Anime and Drama, Shaft Animates
Shaft's involvement signals a high-profile treatment for a niche time-loop comedy, while the simultaneous drama and anime orders suggest Kodansha is betting on the property across media.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
On August 31, Kodansha announced that Ikkado Ito's manga "The Long Summer of August 31st" will receive both a TV anime and a TV drama adaptation. Shaft, the studio behind "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" and the "Monogatari" series, handles animation production. The time-loop comedy, serialized in Morning, has all 13 volumes in print.
The announcement arrived on the manga's signature date, August 31, with a teaser visual. The series, about two high school students, Suzuki-kun and Takagi-san, who meet inside a repeating August 31st and confront love, runs in Morning. Shaft, known for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" and "Monogatari," will produce the anime. The manga's compiled volumes total 13. An annual August 31-only special edition went up on Comic Days the same day, and a noon announcement was teased.
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- Denfaminicogamer マンガ『8月31日のロングサマー』のTVアニメ化とTVドラマ化が決定！アニメーション制作はシャフトが担当