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anime Operation ONI that we're creating in the traditional
brush painting style named Sumi-e. The first 15 minutes (episode 1) is currently in production. The release of the first 15 minutes (episode 1) and the next crowdfunding are scheduled for 2024. Thank you for supporting our crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The names of those who support this project will be listed during the credits of the film. Let's make a great film together and surprise the world with this Sumi-e anime. Our goal is to bring this film to the film festival abroad and walk the red carpet. We sincerely appreciate your warm support. |
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Sumi-e is one of the East Asian styles of traditional brush painting.
While it's monochrome, it can express rich and impressive
scenes. Watch these drawing videos and you'll find what it is.
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Drawing the castle town in Sumi-e
Drawing an alley in Sumi-e
Drawing Tomiko Claire in Sumi-e
A Sumi-e trial lesson with Tomiko Claire and Sho Hosokawa
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ONI are Japanese demons with horns. They have been popular stock
characters in Japanese fairytales, manga, film, art, literature,
theatre and so on for a long time.
And the lead of this film has these horns too, even though she is not an ONI. You will be able to see the reason why she has horns and discover the meaning of "Operation ONI" at the end of story. It's a military operation concerning her. |
| This is a fictional story about Japan when there were "samurais". A war is about to break out between humans and the Empire of Spirits. Mao, the strongest samurai with ONI horns, had been separated from her parents by death and was raised by the tyrannical lord. Mao is human, but because of the demon horn on her head, she is not considered human. She has always felt lonely. Only her best friend, Onatsu, was able to save her from her loneliness. Filled with Onatsu's family-like love and affection, Mao felt happy for the first time in her life. Then, a war begins between humans and monsters. Mao wants to protect both their country and Onatsu, but Onatsu says, "This is the end of our friendship." She bursts into tears and disappears. What is the true meaning of Onatsu's words? And what will become of their friendship? The truth is hidden in Mao's mysterious horns... |
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Issa Manager of a Local Restaurant Voice actor: under consideration  |
Sora Rice Shop Girl Voice actress: under consideration  |
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Umi Rice Shop Boy Voice actor: under consideration  |
Metoba Hakuo's Aide Voice actress: under consideration  |
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Kaidori Hakuo's Aide Voice actor: under consideration  |
Neon Town Girl Voice actress: Neon (YouTube)  |
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Sumi-e is one of the East Asian styles of traditional brush
painting. While it doesn't use many colors, it can express rich and
impressive scenes. These Sumi-e art will be background pictures of the
film. It's extremely compelling and I'm sure you will feel
inspired by it. We are very honored to invite you to this mysterious and
traditional Asian world.
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A video message from our lead voice actress, Risa Imayanagi
Fawkes Sutherland introduction
Introduction of the voice actress of Sanagi, Tomiko Claire
Introduction of Hakuo's voice actor, Takashi Narumi
Introduction of Ohaguro Bettari's voice actress, Momoko Iwasawa
Introduction of Town Girl's voice actress, Neon
| Hiroshi Takane Producer, Director, Story, Script Writer and Editor |
| A scriptwriter and director born in Tokyo Japan in 1979. After graduating from high school, he studied at McGill University in Canada and at schools in France. In 2005, he graduated from the department of scriptwriting of the Japan Academy of Moving Images, the film school established in Tokyo by director Shōhei Imamura, and began his career in 2006 with 428: Shibuya Scramble as a member of Synthese Co., Ltd., a scriptwriting company, of which he is a founding member. He has been writing scripts for Fire Emblem and other famous titles in Japan for more than 17 years, and also has been working on advertisements for NHK, LEXUS, SONY, Wacoal, BABYMETAL, and Granblue Fantasy etc. This is his first film as a director. (Linkedin / FilmFreeway / IMDb) |
| Suzu Nomiya
Character Designer |
| A freelance illustrator. Striving to draw attractive expressions. (Linktree) |
| Sho
Hosokawa Sumi-e Art Director, Background Artist |
| Has been self-taught in Suibokuga and watercolor since junior high school. For several years after his high school years, he explored the roots of beauty by copying famous paintings from all over the world. He discovered that the oldest animation techniques in Japan, such as Chōjū-giga (Animal Caricatures), and modern animation techniques have the same tradition that has been handed down from generation to generation while changing their forms. Since then, he has been researching "the expression without discomfort" as a bridge between traditional culture and modern animation culture. (Linkedin / YouTube / Twitter / Threads) |
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Kinosuke Rakuga
(Yoko Mori) Action Director / Main Animator |
| Studied at Tokyo Animator Gakuin. This is her first film as the main animator. (Threads) |
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Miya Painting Animator |
| Agreed with the project and joined to help in any way she can. She draws manga and novels as a hobby. |
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Oksana Grabenko Inbetween Animator |
| An animator, artist and screenwriter. Worked on such projects as “Hacking Universe” series and “Winter“ comics, “Marilya. In search of weirdos” series, “Take my muffin” YouTube series. (Linkedin / Instagram) |
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Kaori Fukui Director of audiography |
| She started her career in 2010 as a game recording director and has worked in a wide variety of genres including dubbing, commercials, and radio dramas. |
| Hiroko
Aoyama Script Director |
| Has worked several times with Director Takane since NHK, and directed most of his scripts. Founded a creative team named "DIP.LÔME" with him in 2015. This film is the first work as DIP.LÔME. |
| Fawkes
Sutherland (南国 鷹) Music Composer |
| As a student, this is his first major project as a composer. (Twitter) |
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Alejandro Jiang (Hazeiko) Monster Designer |
| A freelance illustrator and concept artist. His inspiration comes from the deep value and heart of things that roam in our world, in meanings behind surfaces, behind crude ideas that blossom into beauty. Searching for a way to express those hidden gems to the jeweled eyes of those that wander. (Website / Twitter) |
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Roberta Alosi Monster Designer |
| Italian character designer and concept artist. She graduated from her country's art academy. She loves art in all its forms, from traditional to modern. Her goal in life is to get into people's hearts by her art. (Instagram / Twitter) |
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Marco Preißer English Advisor |
| A teacher for English, ethics and philosophy from Germany. In his spare time, he writes music and plays the guitar in several metal bands. |
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Vidro Official FanArt Designer |
| Creating lots of fanart for Operation ONI such as Kyofu All Back. (Twitter(x)) |
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Deanna J. Wright English Translator |
| She is an American writer, translator, teacher, and project leader currently living in Berlin to complete her Master's degree in Sociology and Politics. She lived in Osaka for seven years and hopes to share her love and appreciation for Japan and the Japanese language through her translation and teaching work. (LinkedIn) |
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Eugene Kwaku Public Relations |
| A marketing executive and public relations specialist who covers broad range of category from art, music to business and entrepreneurship. His mission is to connect different countries through individuals “passion” of building things and contributing to the good of people and society. (LinkedIn) |
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kofudeya (Kumiko
Goto) Kanji Logo Designer |
| An amazing Kanji Logo Designer who created a Kanji Logo for this anime. |
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Pedro H. de
Souza Brazilian portuguese Translator |
| Hi I'm a college student that just likes pop culture so much and fell in love with this project so I decided to help with what I can. (Twitter) |
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Soundays Arranger |
| Producing and providing background music, mixing, mastering, and karaoke sound sources. He's extremely thrilled because he loves Japanese style music and wanted to be involved in this film production. |
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Jean-Michel Bruyere Business Advisor |
| A Belgian entrepreneur, passionate about start-ups and self-employed projects. He has worked in various fields such as chemistry, catering, the environment and energy. |
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Thanks to all of you, our crowdfunding campaign for the first 15
minutes (Episode 1) in 2022 ended successfully on both
Kickstarter and
CAMPFIRE. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your warm
support!
The first 15 minutes (episode 1) is currently in production. The release of the first 15 minutes (episode 1) and the next crowdfunding are scheduled for 2024. The length of the film is approximately 60 minutes. Since we do not have a large production team, it will take about 5 years to complete the film. We feel bad about keeping you waiting for a long time, so we decided to divide the film into 4 episodes and produce and release 15 minutes of each part every year (12-15 months). In the scripts, I created a climax and a cliffhanger every 15 minutes , so this anime can be enjoyed either in full version or in small 15-minute episodes. This way, our supporters will be able to enjoy our film every year or so. Our ultimate goal is to combine these four episodes into a single movie and bring it to film festivals in the U.S. We would like to walk the red carpet. It is our dream. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Best regards, Producer, director, story, script writer and editor of Operation ONI Hiroshi Takane
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| Actor/actress agency | YU-RIN PRO |
| Foreign talent agency | Free Wave Co.,Ltd. |
| Actor/actress agency | Early Wing |
| Recording Studio | STUDIO effort |
| Tengu idea | Arnaud Bruyere |
| Social Media Icon | iconmonstr |
Copyright (C) Operation ONI. All rights reserved.