posted on by Alex Mateo
Makoto Kimura‘s BLUE RIGHTS anime planning company unveiled on Friday a pilot film and images for Kinema Citrus‘ original anime project Ninja Skooler. The company also digitally released the featured song “Knots” written and performed by Takashi Iwami.
The company describes the story:
Rappa is an orphan who idolizes fictional ninja.
One snowy night, he falls from a rooftop and is saved by a real ninja named
Okachimachi and his master.
Rappa turns up at their door asking to become an apprentice, and the three
begin living together as a family.
Years later, Rappa throws himself into training to become a ninja who can
protect the town.
The children who look up to him gather at the master’s traditional Japanese
candy shop, a place where he can laugh with family and friends.
Rappa thinks these days will last forever, but he sees Okachimachi tending to
their retired master and catches a glimpse of the pain the master has kept
hidden…
Shunsuke Takarai is directing and supervising the Ninja Skooler with character designs by Hami. The anime is based on a concept by Kinema Citrus.
The staff also includes:
- Key Animators: Yuka Kuroda, Franziska van Wulfen, Shunsuke Takarai
- In-between Checker: Aoi Higuchi
- In-between Checker Assistance: Studio BUS, Min Kyung-ae
- In-betweeners: Gift-o’-Animation (Keito Suzuki, Mizuki Hori), Studio BUS (Min Kyung-ae, Park Kyung-sook, Min Su-in, Shin Sun-mi, Jang Yun-young, On Nuri Park)
- Color Key Artist/Coordinator/Checker: Hiroaki Kaguchi
- Finishing: Hiroaki Kaguchi, Anitus-Kobe, YOSHIKI Eri, Studio BUS (Na Jong-ah, Kim seo-young, Kim Jung-hye, Kim Yeon-mi, Kim Eun-kyeoung, Baek Sung-hee, Kim Mi-yeon, Lee Jeong Mi)
- Background Art: Hami, Shunsuke Takarai
- Compositing Director of Photography/Editor: Shinichirō Miyazaki
- Sound Director/Mixing: Haru Yamada
- Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi
- Audio Production: Sound Team Donjuan
- Music: Nanatsukaze(PIKASONIC＆nakotanmaru)
- Studio Management: Kōji Sone, Naoko Matsumoto, Michiko Akima, Tomoka Kuwahara, Naruhito Mitsuwaka
- System Management: Takanori Sunaga, Shigeo Miyagi
- Creative Department Management: Kensuke Aoshima, Miyu Inoue
- Translation: Hiromi Hasegawa, Jorge Herrera
- Vehicle Coorporation: Komatsu Tsusho Co., Ltd.
- Animation Producers: Muneki Ogasawara, Satoshi Wada
- Production Assistant: Satoshi Wada
- Animation Production/Based on concept by: Kinema Citrus
Kinema Citrus originally announced the anime at the Anime Central event in Rosemont, IL in May 2024.
Source: Press release
