The project saw Masaaki Yuasa as the director working from the script by Makoto Ueda and character designs by Yuusuke Nakamura.
We learned previously that Anime Limited had picked up UK distribution rights for it and now we’ve gotten confirmation that GKIDS will be handling it in North America.
Originally released in 2006 as a four-chapter novel, the Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome film debuted on April 7th, 2017 in Japan and had some solid exposure thanks to overseas distribution as The Night is Short, Walk On, Girl.