Seiji Kishi, the talented director behind "Assassination Classroom" and "Danganronpa 3," will direct the upcoming original TV anime "Tsuki ga Kirei." The new anime is officially set for release on April 2017.
This romantic anime TV series follows the story of Akane Misuzo and Kotaro Azumi, who both are third grade junior high school students, Crunchyroll reported. "Tsuki ga Kirei" means "The moon is beautiful" in English. However, Souseki Natsume, the Japanese Meiji-era novelist translates the title as "I love you," which is more appropriate for the sweet love story that revolves around the two protagonist in the TV series.
The show is created by a powerhouse production team. Its director, Seiji Kishi also brought fans "Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace," "Persona 4 The Animation," and "Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova." Meanwhile, its scriptwriter is Yuuko Kakihara, who also penned "Digimon Adventure tri," "Persona 4 The Animation," and "Orange." The studio behind its music production is FlyingDog, which is responsible for the music of "Arpeggio of Blue Steel-Ars Nova" and "Macross Delta."
Meanwhile, the producer of "Tsuki ga Kirei" is studio feel, which brought fans "Dagashi Kashi," "This Art Club Jas a Problem!," "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!," and "Please Tell Me! Gaiko-chan," Anime News Network reported.
The anime series will show how the character evolves as they grow up and relate to other people, especially to their parents, classmates, and teachers. The show is a beautiful depiction of young love challenged by change and uncertainty.
It is a big thing for the new anime show that Seiji Kishi will be taking the helm as the director. Kishi was born in Japan's Shiga Prerfecture. At an early age, Kishi was already very interested in comics and films.
He won prizes with an image he drew during second grade and after that he knew he was set to become an anime director. He went ot Yoyogi Animation Gakuin after he graduated high school, then he worked for Asia-Do.
After that he became a freelancer. He also worked for Logistics as a software developer creating animation works for games. While in Logistics, he created in 2002 the "Team Till Dawn," which gave him the big break to becoming a anime director.
