Ribon Event Anime Announced

The February issue of Ribon magazine that goes on sale in Japan on Thursday formally announces the premiere of two shoujo anime short films.

Yuko Kasumi and Yasushi Akimoto’s shoujo manga Marimo no Hana: Saikyo Butou Shogakusei Densetsu (Marimo’s Flower: Strongest Elementary School Fighter) will get a short movie. The ongoing manga about a fourth-grade girl who learns to stand up for her convictions, both emotionally and physically, premiered last year. Yasushi Akimoto is the creator/producer behind the popular J-pop group AKB48 and produced the 2007 ICE OVA series.

Mayu Murata’s romance manga Nagareboshi Lens (Shooting Star Lens) will also get a short film. The manga about a romance developing between a timid girl and the most popular boy in her school premiered earlier this year.

The Marimo no Hana and Nagareboshi Lens anime films will both screen at the touring Ribon Haru no Event publicity event that will stop at four locations throughout Japan next spring.

Source: Anime News Network article 1 & article 2