#WIT Studio Returns for New The Girl from the Other Side Feature Length Anime Adaptation in March 2022

Alongside the release of the final chapter of Nagabe’s award-nominated manga series The Girl from the Other Side in Japan today, it was announced that the series will be adapted into a feature-length original animation DVD (OAD) produced by WIT Studio, who is coordinating a Kickstarter campaign for the anime. A teaser trailer, key visual, and lead cast and staff were revealed for adaptation.

WIT Studio and directors Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Tani are returning to the franchise after originally animating a 10-minute OAD that was bundled with the manga’s eighth volume in September 2019. Kubo and Tani are also working on the character design and screenplay for The Girl from the Other Side feature. 

The other staff members include:

• Art Director: Yusuke Takeda (Bamboo) 
• Director of Photography: Takeru Yokoi (WIT Studio) 
• Editor: Akari Saito (Mishima Editing Room) 
• Music: Schroeder-Headz 
• Music Production: Flying Dog
• Sound Director: Shoji Hatashi 
• Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
• Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan 
• Animation Production: WIT STUDIO 
• Production: The Girl from the Other Side Production Committee

Voicing the two lead characters are:

Jun Fukuyama as Teacher

A cursed “outsider.” He is cloaked in a pitch-black form, lacking any sense of taste or pain. He finds the abandoned Shiva in the Outer Lands, and they begin to spend time with each other. Shiva gave him the name “Teacher” because of his expertise in medicine.

Rie Takahashi as Shiva

Shiva is a young human girl who was found by Teacher after being abandoned in the Other Side. She has white hair and wears a white dress. Even though Teacher is in a different form, Shiva is full of child-like innocence and isn’t scared of him. She excels at making flower crowns.

To aid in the production of the OAD, WIT Studio has decided to start a Kickstarter with the goal of improving the quality of the animation and help increase the promotional budget for the feature-length anime. The campaign starts on March 10 and runs until May 9. The aim is to gather 3 million yen (US$27,837) to help out the production of The Girl From the Other Side.

The Girl From the Other Side manga series, created by Nagabe, is published by Mag Garden in Japan, an I.G. Port subsidiary, with the final volume of the manga set to be released on April 9. It was nominated for the Best Comic award at the 45th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2018, and was on the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list by the American Library Association’s YALSA division in both 2018 and 2019.

Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the series in English, describing it as such:

In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher’s care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light.

The Girl from the Other Side feature-length anime OAD will be released on March 10, 2022, with a special extra edition of the manga series.

Source: Supplied Press Release 

©2022 Nagabe / Mag Garden, The Girl from the Other Side Production Committee

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.