The anime studio
ufotable
(
Kara no Ky?kai - the Garden of sinners
,
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
) revealed its newest work, the
Yawarakame
short anime, at the Bizan Summit Fall Festival
event
during the October 10-12 holiday weekend. The anime's title comes from the phrase "yawarakai kame" or "soft turtle."
The project is a collaboration between
ufotable
and manga creator
Yu Yagami
(
Those Who Hunt Elves
,
Hikkatsu!
); they previously worked together on the
Sumeba Miyako no Cosmos-sou Suttoko Taisen Dokkoider
television anime series (
released
as
Dokkoida?!
by
Geneon Entertainment
and
Sentai Filmworks
in North America).
Miyuki Sawashiro
, the voice actress best known for playing Puchiko/Petit
CHARAT
in both the Japanese and English versions of
Di Gi Charat
, is not only playing the title character Kame and the female roles, but all the roles in the main cast.
The
Yawarakame
anime will be streamed on the
BeeTV
mobile phone television service. Yagami has been working two to three days a week at
ufotable
on this project. The Bizan Summit Fall Festival also screened the first
Kara no Ky?kai - the Garden of sinners
film,
Cencoroll
, and the anime promotional video that
ufotable
created
for Bandai
NAMCO
's
God Eater
game at Tokyo Game Show last month.
Source:
Gigazine
Update:
Gigazine
posted
an English translation of its original Japanese article on October 14. Thanks, Gigazine.