Musubi-maru Anime Announced

Anime studio Asahi Production, which has worked on anime including Basquash, Tayutama, Cross Game, Michiko to Hatchin, Hyakko, and countless other titles, has announced plans to break ground on a new studio in Shiraishi City, Miyagi prefecture next April. The studio’s goal is to create employment and training opportunities for young animators in the region. The studio will employ up to 30 people from the area. The local government will give the new studio roughly 17 million yen ($200,000 USD) from its job creation fund which the studio will use to create an original Musubi-maru promotional anime.

The prefectural mascot character Musubi-maru combines characteristics of historical samurai Masamune Date and “musubi” (onigiri), rice packed into a triangle or ball shape to be held and eaten with fingers instead of chopsticks.

Source: Anime News Network