Takashi Yamazaki to Make an Anime Film

Returner & Yamato (live action) director Takashi Yamazaki is now developing an original 3D CG anime film for Japanese release next December. Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (Friends: Naki of Monster Island) will be an original fantasy story starring SMAP’s Shingo Katori and veteran voice actor Kouichi Yamadera as two oni (demons) that encounter a human boy named “Naki.” Yamazaki will write the original screenplay and direct the film.

Source: Anime News Network