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Oct 15, 2013 11:16 AM
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The visuals and staff for the 2014 Anime Mirai shorts were revealed at Machi Asobi vol.11 this weekend. Anime Mirai is a part of the Young Animator Training Project, created by the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). The first iteration of the project launched in 2010 and the effort, which funds the training of young animators in on-the-job scenarios at studios over the course of a year, is supported by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs.

The 2014 shorts are as follows:

Harmonie
Synopsis: A film about making connections in a classroom.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Producer: Ryosuke Inagaki
Character Designer/Animation Director: Atsushi Ikariya
Assistant Animation Director: Daisuke Mataga
Animation: Ultra Super Pictures

The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader
Synopsis: A small girl takes her big but timid friends for a walk into the the Ipponsugi forest to look for a bellflower.
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Producer: Makoto Sotozaki
Character Designer: Shizue Kaneko
Animation Director: Keiichirou Matsui
Assistant Animation Director: Koji Watanabe
Animation: A-1 Pictures

Paroru's Future Island
Synopsis: A film about strange creatures living on a remote island, whose isolation is broken when curiosity inspires the younger members to seek out the human world.
Director: Kazuaki Imai
Producer: Maiko Okada
Character Design/Animation Director: Yoshimichi Kameda
Animation: Shin-Ei Animation

Kuro no Sumika -Chronus-
Synopsis: This film is about a student with a dark destiny.
Director: Naoyuki Onda
Producer: Eiko Tanaka (founder of Studio 4°C)
Production Manager: Hiroto Yonemori
Character Designer/Animation Director: Yasuyuki Shimizu
Assistant Animation Director: Mikine Kuwabara
Animation: Studio 4°C

These short anime films will be screened at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills on March 1, 2014.

Official Website: http://animemirai.jp/

Source: Gigazine, Crunchyroll

Harmonie, Ookii 1 Nensei to Chiisana 2 Nensei, Parol no Mirai Shima, & Kuro no Sumika -Chronus- on MAL
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Oct 15, 2013 11:21 AM
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Source: Gigazine http://gigazine.net/news/20131014-animemirai-2014-films-machiasobi11/

I recognize the location where they made the announcement. It is by the river that crosses the city of Tokushima, where the festival Machi Asobi was held. Sometimes bands play there in the evening. I think I could even see the head office of ufotable across the river in the photo!
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Oct 15, 2013 11:28 AM
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Everyone if you have some time take a look at the pictures in the sources. They were really interesting in my opinion.
Wind_SrOct 15, 2013 11:32 AM
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Oct 15, 2013 11:31 AM
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Looking forward to this year's titles too. Especially the one about the island with strange creatures.


BTW it's Young Animator Training Project.
Oct 15, 2013 11:35 AM
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IntroverTurtle said:
BTW it's Young Animator Training Project.


If only I was a little faster at editing haha. Thanks for noticing though.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:35 AM
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Looking forward to all of these, surprisingly. These are getting better as the years go on.
Oct 15, 2013 11:39 AM
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Interesting titles once again.
Steel Ball Run anime when?
Oct 15, 2013 12:00 PM
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I have a feeling i'm going to love Harmonie, since it's directed by the person who did Time of Eve.
Oct 15, 2013 12:16 PM
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Kuro no Sumika -Chronos- looks cool.
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Oct 15, 2013 12:22 PM

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Kuro no Sumika -Chronos- looks cool.


Seems like the only interesting one.
Oct 15, 2013 12:49 PM

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Indeed looking forward to it. Death Billiards and Little Witch Academy were two stand outs from last year so fingers crossed.
Oct 15, 2013 12:55 PM

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Dat titles. Cool. I will definitely check out some of these. Thanks for the news!
Oct 15, 2013 1:05 PM

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Looking forward to Harmonie by Time of Eve's director.
Oct 15, 2013 1:15 PM

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Paroro sounds interesting. I'll have to keep an eye on this.

Vengeance of everyone's grudge.

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Oct 15, 2013 1:45 PM

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Exciting : D
I really like the young animator project.
Oct 15, 2013 2:08 PM

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Interesting. Can't wait to see them.
Oct 15, 2013 2:12 PM
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All of them looks interesting!! I will watch all of them :3
Oct 15, 2013 2:50 PM

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Ah, so that's what the Time of Eve director is doing at the moment. Hype.
Oct 15, 2013 3:06 PM

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They look interesting but are they only short anime
Oct 15, 2013 3:53 PM

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Hopin' we get more quality anime this year


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Oct 15, 2013 4:02 PM

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Wow, some great people involved this year.
Yasuhiro Yoshiura - Eve no Jikan
Ayumu Watanabe - Uchuu Kyoudai

And also some notable character designers and studios (Studio 4°C :D).

IntroverTurtle said:
Looking forward to this year's titles too. Especially the one about the island with strange creatures.


Yup! Looks the most interesting, though I'm excited for all of them. Now we have to wait like 10 months... :>
Oct 15, 2013 4:18 PM

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Those certainly look interesting enough for me to watch them.
Oct 15, 2013 5:03 PM

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Paroru and the Future Island
Kuro no Sumika -Chronos-

These look interesting.
Oct 15, 2013 6:48 PM

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Harmonie and Kuro no Sumika -Chronos- look very good, but A-1 Pictures' elementary school kids' thing looks nice too.
Oct 15, 2013 7:21 PM

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After looking at the photos which had the pictures for the respective projects, the only one that interests me is Kuro no Sumika -Chronos-. It's interesting to see that there seems to be some diversity amongst them in age groups they're targeting. They all seem to be similar in that connections play an importance in the story though from the general descriptions, which I also find interesting.
(Almost) 13 years on MAL!
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Oct 15, 2013 8:12 PM

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Noooo, based trigger isn't doing one ;_;
Oct 15, 2013 9:06 PM
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Anime Mirai. Always looking good. Always smelling dank.
Oct 15, 2013 10:07 PM
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Yesss more of Yoshiura Yasuhiro's work is always welcome! The visual for Harmonie looks nice :) And also Onda Naoyuki who worked on some of my favorite anime, Ergo Proxy, Witch Hunter Robin, and Wolf's Rain. Looks like he's going to be directing something similar to those anime ^^ Looking forward for these!
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Kuro no Sumika -Chronos-
dark destiny
Studio 4°C


Oh sheeeeeeeit STUDIO4°C

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