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The Albino’s Trees (アルビノの木, Masakazu Kaneko, 2016)
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『夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口』本予告映像【2022年9月9日(金)公開】
―あの日の君に会いに行く。ー デビュー作が第13回小学館ライトノベル大賞において「ガガガ賞」と「審査員特別賞」をW受賞した八目迷による小説『夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口』(小学館「ガガガ文庫」刊)が劇場アニメーションとして2022年9月9日(金)公開決定。 劇場アニメーション『夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口』は、監督を映像表現に定評のあるアニメーション監督・田口智久(『デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆』(20)、『アクダマドライブ』)、キャラクター原案・原作イラストを精緻でドラマティックなイラストレーションで知られるくっか(『D_CIDE TRAUMEREI』キャラクター原案）、制作を『映画大好きポンポさん』(21)などを手がける新進気鋭の制作会社CLAPが担当。 ウラシマトンネル――そのトンネルに入ったら、欲しいものがなんでも手に入る。ただし、それと引き換えに…… 掴みどころがない性格のように見えて過去の事故を心の傷として抱える塔野カオルと、芯の通った態度の裏で自身の持つ理想像との違いに悩む花城あんず。ふたりは不思議なトンネルを調査し欲しいものを手に入れるために協力関係を結ぶ。 これは、とある片田舎で起こる郷愁と疾走の、忘れられないひと夏の物語。 ■作品概要 ＜出演＞ 塔野カオル：鈴鹿央士 花城あんず ：飯豊まりえ 加賀翔平：畠中祐 川崎小春：小宮有紗 浜本先生：照井春佳 カオルの父：小山力也 塔野カレン：小林星蘭 ＜原作＞ 原作：八目迷「夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口」（小学館「ガガガ文庫」刊） キャラクター原案・原作イラスト：くっか ＜スタッフ＞ 監督・脚本：田口智久 キャラクターデザイン・総作画監督：矢吹智美 作画監督：立川聖治 矢吹智美 長谷川亨雄 加藤やすひさ プロップデザイン：稲留和美 演出：三宅寛治 色彩設計：合田沙織 美術設定：綱頭瑛子（草薙） 美術ボード：栗林大貴（草薙） 美術監督：畠山佑貴（草薙） 撮影監督：星名工 CG監督 ：さいとうつかさ（チップチューン） 編集：三嶋章紀 音楽：富貴晴美 音響監督：飯田里樹 音響制作：スタジオマウス 音響制作担当：鵜澤加奈 設定制作：西川真剛 制作：金澤明之介 田口慶次郎 豆田真起子 制作プロデューサー：松尾亮一郎 アニメーション制作：CLAP エグゼクティブプロデューサー：伊藤裕史 企画・プロデュース：小山直紀 プロデュース協力：ARCH 主題歌・挿入歌：「フィナーレ。」「プレロマンス」／eill 配給：ポニーキャニオン 製作：映画『夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口』製作委員会 ■公式サイト https://natsuton.com/ ■公式 twitter https://twitter.com/natsuton_anime #夏トン #田口智久 #CLAP #鈴鹿央士 #飯豊まりえ
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