Last Gasp Publishing and jaPress released Kono’s manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms in North America.
Entertainment news website Variety reported on Friday that London-based anime production, distribution, and sales company Animatsu Entertainment has acquired the global rights to the In This Corner of the World anime film, which is based on Fumiyo Kono’s To All The Corners Of The World (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) manga.
The film screened at Annecy in a Work in Progress session on Thursday.
Director and writer Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle, Black Lagoon) had announced the feature film in 2012.