During the MAPPA STAGE 2023 event , new information was revealed for director Sunao Katabuchi 's upcoming film , which will be titled The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black ( Tsurubami-Iro no Nagiko-tachi ). It was also announced that music composer Akira Senju ( Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood , Mobile Suit Victory Gundam ) will be in charge of the soundtrack for this project. Finally, a promotional video for the tape was shared that shows behind the scenes of the production and also a new promotional image.
It should be remembered that the director himself founded the Contrail studios in September 2019 with the aim of producing this feature film. Katabuchi began planning in 2017, but Contrail would not start accepting production staff until January 2020.
It is also important to note that this study is related to MAPPA studies, as Manabu Ohtsuka is the representative director of the company, at the same time he is also the executive director of MAPPA studies .
On the other hand, some representative works of Sunao Katabuchi include the award-winning feature films Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni ( In This Corner of the World ), Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Mahou ( Mai-Mai Miracle ), among others. She also handled the anime adaptation of Black Lagoon in collaboration with Madhouse studios .
Production team
- Sunao Katabuchi ( Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni, Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Mahou ) se encarga de la dirección del largometraje en los estudios Contrail , contando con la asistencia de Chie Uratani ( Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki, Princess Arete, Ushiro no Shōmen Daare ).
- Masashi Andou ( Kimi no Na wa, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, Mononoke Hime ) se encarga de la dirección de animación.
- Toshiharu Mizutani ( Akira, Children of the Whales, Banana Fish, Little Busters! ) is handling the art direction.
Fuente: Comic Natalie
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