Sarazanmai (2019)
After accidentally breaking a statue of the guardian god of the Asakusa district, middle school students Kazuki, Toi and Enta are transformed into kappas -creatures from japanese folklore- by Keppi, self-proclaimed prince of the Kappa Kingdom. If they want to regain their human form, they must collect the five Dishes of Hope for him, which fulfill the wishes of whoever possesses them. To do so, they will fight against the kappa-zombies and extract their "shirikodama", the mythical organ containing humans' deepest desires. Two policemen, Reo and Mabu, are the ones behind this evil scheme, turning humans into zombies as agents of the Otter Empire, enemy of the Kappa Kingdom since ancient times. In the guise of "Kappazon, Inc.", they control society by manipulating the desires of the masses for their own goals. To succeed in their mission, the boys must be connected through the "Sarazanmai", revealing their most intimate secrets in the process...
Release date: 2019-04-12
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Orginal language: 日本語
Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara
Screenwriters: Kunihiko Ikuhara, Teruko Utsumi
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Kunihiko Ikuhara - Series Director, Toshirou Hamamura - CGI Director, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Series Composition, Toshihiro Funahashi - Music Producer, Teruko Utsumi - Series Composition, Yukari Hashimoto - Original Music Composer, Ayaka Fujii - Art Direction, Kayoko Ishikawa - Supervising Animation Director, Tomomi Kawatsuma - Supervising Animation Director, Kayoko Ishikawa - Character Designer, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Sound Director, Haru Yamada - Sound Director, Takeo Ogiwara - Director of Photography, Kenta Suzuki - Producer, Yuka Okayasu - Producer, Seina Yaguchi - Assistant Art Director, Toshihiro Fujita - Assistant Director of Photography, Maimu Matsushima - Assistant Director, Masayuki Kurosawa - Editor, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Original Series Creator, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Original Story, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Screenplay, Teruko Utsumi - Screenplay