Ichirin-sha Movie in Development

Anime Innovation Tokyo has announced plans to sponsor the production of director Ushio Tazawa’s 75 minute fantasy action anime film Ichirin-sha (Unicyclist). Tazawa served as character designer and animation director for director/creator Makoto Shinkai’s anime film The Place Promised in Our Early Days. Tazawa also worked as a key animator on productions including 5 Centimeters Per Second, Afro Samurai, and Mind Game. Animation studio Nomad (Chocotto Sister, Kampfer) will animate the movie.

Ichirin-sha is set on an alternate world in which sentient “missile mechanoids” threaten humankind. Shaleen, the world’s last motor unicycle rider, encounters a mysterious girl whose behavior and emotions seem to affect the missile mechanoids.

Source: Anime News Network