Okinawa Sponsors Promotional Anime Production

The Okinawa chamber of commerce has comissioned local anime studio Soratia to produce an original anime to promote Okinawan agriculture and industry. Shimanchu MiRiKa will be a bishoujo anime starring three girls that enjoy music and dance, Okinawan stage productions, and karate. Rocket Girls & Himitsu ~The Revelation~ character designer Kyuma Oshita will co-direct with 6 Angels & Metal Fighter Miku script supervisor Yasushi Hirano. The anime production has a 118 million yen ($1.4 million USD) budget and is tentatively scheduled for completion in March 2011.

Source: Anime News Network