It’s time to meet the youngster who will run this inn.
Earlier today, the official Okko’s Inn (Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!) anime film’s website updated with a new teaser trailer and poster visual.
We break the details down below:
Trailer
The 90-second promo introduces the film’s major cast members and plot beats. Theme song
Key Visual
The new visual features the four main characters standing before the titular inn. Okko is front and center, holding a broom.
Okko’s Inn made its world début at the Annecy Film Festival, which runs from June 11 – 16 in Annecy, France. The feature was voted as an Official Selection in Competition for the Feature Films category.
The feature will hit Japanese theaters in September. A TV series based on the project launched on TV Tokyo on April 8.
Kitaro Kousaka (Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, Clover) was tapped to direct the film at Madhouse and DLE, with Reiko Yoshida (Aria the Animation, Violet Evergarden) writing the script. Other confirmed crew members include:
- Animation Director: Shunsuke Hirota
- Art Setting: Kyōko Yauchi
Hiroko Reijō and illustrator Asami’s Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! books first hit retailers in 2003, under Kodansha’s “Aoi Tori Bunko” imprint. The series ran through 2013, spanning twenty volumes, plus seven spinoff books and a short story collection.
Reijō launched a manga adaptation, which features illustrations by Eiko Ōuchi, in Nakayoshi magazine in 2006. To date, seven compiled volumes have been published, with the most recent hitting stores on February 2012.
According to news outlets, the film will feature an original story, not found in the manga or books.
Source: Ota-suke
“Okko’s Inn” Anime Movie Gets 90-Second Trailer and Poster Visual – Samantha Ferreira
