New International Anime Production Announced

California based visual development company Akira Creative has announced plans to create a full CG animated film involving both Japanese and American animation studios. The project is currently early in the pre-production stages and is tentatively titled “Project Requiem.” Project Requiem is a co-production of “The Kaworu Seven,” seven artists/employees of Akira Creative, and Japanese publishing company Tekkon Ink. The “Kaworu Seven” include Akira Creative founder and President Akira Tezuka, a former visual artist for Squaresoft whose credits include Final Fantasy 7-10; Vice President Makoto Sayori, producer and animator on anime including Graveyard of Fireflies, Mononoke Hime and Spirited Away; Ichiyo Kamehiko, development and background artist on anime including Macross Plus, Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop and RahXephon; Nobuo Takahashi, Squaresoft development artist and animator on games including Kingdom Hearts, The Bouncer and Parasite Eve 2; Hajime Kaneko, development artist and animator on anime including Akira, Trigun, Jubei nin Pocho and Metropolis; Shirow Tadayuki, development artist and CG artist on anime including Ghost in the Shell, End of Evangelion and FLCL; and American animator and writer “Vicious Iori.”

Source: Anime News Service