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Haruka Naru Toki No Naka De To Become Feature
Date: 10/20/2005
Based on the popular Koei shoujo video game series, an official announcement was made at a symposium held in Tokyo Thursday that Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de will become an animated film. Both manga and a popular TV Tokyo animation series have spun off from the franchise. Toshiya Shinohara (Inu Yasha Movie) will direct the feature. Production will be carried out by Yumeta. The film will feature the appearance of a new, original character although it was mentioned the details of the content and story have not yet been clarified. Distribution will be handled by Cinequanon when the release is made to Japanese theaters sometime in 2006. The director mentioned the film will draw on beautiful pure love based on an original charm. "The Heian period used as the stage has a world layout that is very difficult for transfering to animation because of the handling of the color and clothes etc. I want bring together a powerful staff to make it."
Source: Anime News Service