Film production and distribution company TOHO announced an anime film adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi's Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome (The Night is Short, Walk on Girl) novel on Thursday, scheduled to open in theaters in Japan on April 7, 2017. The lead staff returning from the Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy) television anime are as follows:

Staff
Director: Masaaki Yuasa (Ping Pong The Animation)
Script: Makoto Ueda (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)
Original Character Design, Character Design: Yuusuke Nakamura
Music: Michiru Oshima (Zetsuen no Tempest)
Studio: Science SARU

Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino (Saint☆Oniisan) is starring as the character Senpai. Alternative rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation is performing the theme song.

The novel ran in Shousetsu Yasei Jidai magazine for four chapters between August 2005 and October 2006. Kadokawa published the novel in November 2006. Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome has a cumulative 1.2 million copies in print.

A manga adaptation by Ranmaru Kotone was serialized in Shounen Ace magazine between July 2007 and January 2009.

Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome won the 20th Yamamoto Shuugorou Award and placed second in the 4th Japan Booksellers' Award in 2007.

Synopsis
A black haired girl is walking around the streets of Kyoto, from the night scene of Pontocho to a second-hand book fair in Shimogamo, then off to a college fair. The main character that has a romantic feeling for her secretly follows her around and looks for the opportunities to run into her in a manner that seems like a coincidence. Unfortunately for him, she is not interested in love yet so she does not notice his feelings. What waits these two characters are crazy incidents caused by individuals such as a person who introduces himself as a Japanese mythical creature Tengu, the god of second-hand book or the money lender in a three story vehicle. (Source: Sugoi Japan)

Teaser Trailer


Official site: http://kurokaminootome.com/

Source: Eiga Natalie

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