Tono Monogatari Anime in Development

An anime short film adaptation of the Mizuki Shigeru no Tono Monogatari (Shigeru Mizuki’s Legends of Tono) manga is now in development as an exhibit for the Tono Municipal Museum in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture. Late author Kunio Yanagita’s book Tono Monogatari, a collection of folktales about the spooks, spirits, and monster residents of the city of Tono, celebrates its hundredth anniversary next year. Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki launched his manga adaptation of the hundred year old book in July 2008. It’s that manga adaptation which will be getting turned into an anime that will debut next spring as part of the Tono Municipal Museum’s centennial celebration of the publication of the original book.

Source: Anime News Network