The Tale of Genji Museum in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan is putting a modern, animated twist on The Tale of Genji – a classic work of Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu that is considered to be one of the world’s first novels – with an original anime entitled GENJI FANTASY: The cat fell in love with Hikaru Genji which will screen at the museum beginning in April of 2019.
GENJI FANTASY: The cat fell in love with Hikaru Genji is a historical fantasy work that explores the daily life of Murasaki Shikibu and the creation of The Tale of Genji during the Heian Period from the perspective of Hana, an ordinary high school girl who travels back in time.
It will begin screening at The Tale of Genji Museum on April 02, 2019.