U.K. theatrical company Whole Hog Theatre announced on Monday that it is producing a stage play adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s anime film The Garden of Words.
The anime won The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival in August 2013.
Whole Hog Theatre’s stage play adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke anime film ran at London’s New Diorama Theatre in April and June 2012.
Based on the stereotype-defying Anime by world-renowned director Makoto Shinkai (your name.), The Garden of Words is a modern Tokyo tale inspired by ancient Man’yōshū poetry.