Anime News

Toki Wo Kakeru Shoujo To Become Animated Film
Date: 12/7/2005
Update on the Toki Wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Conquered Time) anime project we first learned about last week. New details say Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1972 juvenile sci-fi novel will be adapted to an animated feature film produced by MADHOUSE, with a schedled theatrical release in Japan in the summer of 2006. Confirmed staff inlude Director Mamoru Hosoda (who was originally attached to direct the animated film adaptation of Diana Wynn Jones's Howl's Moving Castle in spring 2003 but left the production and Studio Ghibli midway, he's also know for his roles on Digimon and directing the last One Piece Movie "Omatsuri Danshaku To Himitsu No Shima"). Okudera Satoko (Makai Tensho) will provide screenplay, GAINAX's own Yoshiyuki Sadamoto will provide original character designs.
Source: Anime News Service