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Ayakashi To Feature Amano Character Designs
Date: 12/4/2005
Fuji Television has announced the 3rd work to broadcast in it's "NOITAMINA" late-night anime time slot which begin last spring will be Ayakashi. Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy / Vampire Hunter D) will provide character designs. "NOITAMINA," is a play on the word "ANIMATION", just spelled backwards. The concept of the segment is "anime resembling serial dramas", and the series broadcast therein are all touted to be groundbreaking and challenging the cutting edge of animation storytelling. The block is aimed at adult women viewers. Honey And Clover and Paradise Kiss have also aired there. Ayakashi will broadcast at midnight on Thursday, every week from January 12th, 2006. Ayakashi is horror themed, based on the classic Japanese horror tales Yotsuyakaidan, Ten Shu Monogatari and Bakeneko. Kozo Nagayama will direct, his past work includes a directing position on the Fuji TV drama, "Tokyo Love Story".
Source: Anime News Service