'Ongaku' Director Kenji Iwaisawa Helms New Anime Movie

by DatRandomDude
Apr 21, 2023 10:32 PM | 10 Comments

A new anime movie by the Ongaku (On-Gaku: Our Sound) director Kenji Iwaisawa titled Hina is Beautiful is in production, according to a report by entertainment news outlet Variety on Friday. The movie will use 2D animation and rotoscoping.

Iwaisawa is directing the movie and Takamasa Ooe (Drive My Car) is penning the script. Naoyuki Asano (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!, Urusei Yatsura (2022)) is credited as the animation director and character designer. Hina is Beautiful will screen as a part of the Annecy Animation Showcase at this year's Cannes’ Marché du Film on May 21.

Iwaisawa's Ongaku anime movie, adapting Hiroyuki Oohashi's slice of life music manga, premiered in Japan in January 2020 after a seven-year production. A crowdfunding campaign to raise 3.5 million yen (approximately US$26,000) was launched in July 2018, which ended with over 4.1 million yen (approximately US$30,500).

Synopsis
The "highly entertaining action drama" is set in Izu, Japan, where men are fighting over a woman called Hina. What is it exactly that makes Hina mislead men? As the men try to reveal their true feelings for Hina, strong, muscly men also get involved and the sound of the festival drum signals the start of a confrontation. (Source: Variety, edited)

Source: Variety

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Seems interesting, will keep an eye on it.

Apr 28, 2023 11:39 PM by MegamiRem

>Ongaku director
>based on a short story by Hideki Arai

Hipster anime of 2023/2024 incoming.

Apr 23, 2023 2:23 PM by Varendants

never thought i'd live to see the day an arai manga gets adapted. this'll be good

Apr 23, 2023 9:16 AM by Convectuoso

Been a while since ive seen these kind of character design lol

Apr 23, 2023 8:21 AM by CQLLIST

It seems that the upcoming new Anime Movie "Hina is beautiful" by Kenji Iwaisawa (On-Gaku: Our Sound) is based on the 1994 Manga Short Story "Hina" by Hideki Arai (The World is Mine, Ki-ichi).

https://twitter.com/MangaMoguraRE/status/1650106556682317824

Apr 23, 2023 5:51 AM by ZXEAN

After all the weird stuff I've read, it looks to me like Hina will turn out to be a guy.

Apr 22, 2023 1:14 PM by knktzvra

Ongaku was an absolute banger of a film so this is a must watch for me too.

Apr 22, 2023 11:38 AM by Phlaryx

Looks interesting 🤔

Apr 22, 2023 10:28 AM by ZXEAN

Sounds like some Simp Club, a bunch of dudes fighting over 1 lady.

But I do enjoy unique shows like this done with rotoscoping. I enjoyed Aku no Hana adaptation done with the same technique way back then and will watch this too.

Apr 22, 2023 6:36 AM by Ramkec

Interesting , I loved her eyebrows

Apr 22, 2023 4:15 AM by Mu8tada