The first two and a half minute animation part of the live-action film based on Maru Ayase’s Yagate Umi he to Todoku (Eventually Reaching the Sea) novel has been released on YouTube.
The novel was published from Kodansha in 2016 and its live-action film adaptation directed by Ryutrao Nakagawa, the director of Studio Ghibli-produced tourism promotion CM for Aichi Prefecture, is set to be released in Japan on April 1, 2022.
In the animation part, the fantastic world of Sumire is expressed with delicate watercolor touch.