A new visual for the In This Corner of the World anime film, drawn by its director Sunao Katabuchi (Black Lagoon), has been unveiled ahead of its new Japanese limited-time screening on August 1 JST.
A trailer for the World War II drama was also released.
The screening intentionally falls on the 80th anniversary (in terms of year) of the end of World War II. The MAPPA-produced anime, which adapts the manga by Fumiyo Kono, originally premiered in 2016. It later received an updated version with extra content titled Kono Sekai no [Sara ni Ikutsumono) Katasumi ni in 2019.
The original manga ran in Futabasha’s Manga Action between 2007 to 2009 and was originally compiled into three tankoubon volumes. COAMIX later published the manga in a two-part format. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the plot as:
1940’s Hiroshima Prefecture. Suzu, a young woman from the countryside, joins her new husband and his family in the shipbuilding city of Kure. As her beautiful home collapses around her, Suzu must confront the challenges of a new life while coming to grips with a world in turmoil. Unwilling to give up hope, Suzu struggles against the horrors of war to create her own happiness.
The In This Corner of the World anime was recognized with multiple awards, among them the Jury Award at Annecy 2017 and Best Animated Work at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize. A novelization of it was published in 2016.
The manga has also inspired live-action dramas, which aired in 2011 and 2018.
Source: @konosekai_movie (via Comic Natalie)
