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Fragtime Theatrical OVA Reveals November Debut, Staff, Visuals
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the anime adaptation of Sato's Fragtime manga began streaming a teaser promotional video on Monday for the project. The video reveals that the project is a theatrical OVA project that will open in Japanese theaters in November as a limited screening.
The site also revealed a teaser visual and character visuals for Misuzu and Haruka, as well as the film's staff.
Misuzu
Haruka
Takuya Satō (Kase-san and Morning Glories) is directing the anime and writing the script at Tear Studio (Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King, Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!?). Tomoko Sudo (Kase-san and Morning Glories animation director) is designing the characters. rionos (Kase-san and Morning Glories) is composing the music. Pony Canyon will distribute the film.
Other staff members include:
- Prop Design: Seiji Nishimoto
- Color Design: You Iwaida
- Art Director: Takashi Honda
- Art Setting: Takashi Honda, Masahiro Satō, Hidefumi Kimura
- Director of Photography: Takeshi Kuchiba
- Editing: Masahiro Gotō
The "time-stopping yuri" manga centers on high school student Misuzu Moritani. Misuzu has the power to stop time for three minutes a day. One day, she uses that power to try to peek up the skirt of her classmate, the beautiful Haruka Murakami, but the power for some reason doesn't work on Haruka, and Haruka finds out Misuzu's secret.
Sato published the manga on Akita Shoten's "Champion Tap!" manga website (now known as Manga Cross) from 2013-2014. Akita Shoten published two compiled book volumes for the series.
Sources: Fragtime anime's website, Comic Natalie
