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Child of Kamiari Month Anime Film Debuts on Netflix on February 8
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Netflix announced on Friday that it will add cretica universal's Child of Kamiari Month (Kamiari no Kodomo) anime film project on February 8. Netflix is streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the film.
The film opened in Japan on October 8. The Anime Expo Lite event screened a first look at the film in July earlier this year.
Aju Makita (live-action Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai's Kayo) voiced the protagonist Kanna, who loses her love of running after her mother passes away. Maaya Sakamoto (Escaflowne's Hitomi, Fate franchise's da Vinci and Jeanne) voiced Shiro, a one-winged rabbit messenger of the gods, while Miyu Irino (Spirited Away's Haku, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE's Syaoran) voiced Yato, an oni boy. Both appear before Kanna and journey with her to Izumo. In the old Japanese calendar, the month of October is called "Kannazuki" ("the month of no gods"). But in Izumo, it is called "Kamiarizuki" ("the month of gods") due to a legend that the myriad gods of Japan gather at Izumo Shrine during October.
cretica universal announced the project along with its first crowdfunding campaign in March 2019. The campaign marked the beginning of the project's "first commit" from March to May 2019, with the second crowdfunding campaign from July to August 2019 as its "second commit." The third crowdfunding campaign ran from April to June.
LIDEN FILMS representative director Tetsuro Satomi was the project's animation producer. She and Her Cat -Everything Flows- director Kazuya Sakamoto was the "creation director." Toshinari Shinohe was in charge of planning and credited for the original work, while Takana Shirai was credited with the original concept and as animation director. Michihiko Suwa (Detective Conan films) and Teppei Mishima were the planners and producers for the project. Haruka Sagawa was the character designer. Tetsurō Takita and Ryūta Miyake penned the script. Singer-songwriter miwa performed the film's theme song "Kanna."
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