Otherside Picnic (Anime)

Otherside Picnic ( 裏世界ピクニック Ura Sekai Pikunikku) is the anime adaptation of the novel series written by Iori Miyazawa and is set to air on January 4, 2021. The anime adaptation will be directed by Takuya Satō, who is also working on the series composition at LIDENFILMS and FelixFilm. Yumiri Hanamori will voice Sorawo Kamikoshi and Ai Kayano will voice Toriko Nishina.

Summary
Sorawo has been exploring the strange dream-like world she calls the Otherside ever since she stumbled upon it during her days as an urban explorer, but her most recent trip has gotten her into serious trouble. That's when she meets Toriko, a strange young woman searching the Otherside for her missing friend. Toriko helps Sorawo out of her predicament, and Sorawo falls into helping Toriko in her mission. But each journey into the Otherside brings strange new dangers and skills, and Sorawo isn't sure that the search is worth it.

Announcement
On March 5, 2020, Shonen Gangan, a manga imprint of Square Enix Holdings, announced that Iori Miyazawa’s science fiction Yuri series, Otherside Picnic (Urasekai Picnic) would be adapted into a TV anime. Early February, Shonen Gangan hinted at a possible anime adaptation on Twitter. Additionally, in December, a short PV was released to promote the fourth volume of the light novel.

On September 12, 2020, Otherside Picnic's official twitter announced the anime is set to broadcast in January 2021, along with additional staff and also released a second PV which latest cuts from the anime production.

The anime will be produced at Liden Films and Felix Film. The series will be directed by Takuya Satō (Kase-san and Morning Glories, Fragtime, St'eins;Gate) and will star Yumiri Hanamori as Sorawo and Ai Kayano as Toriko. The opening theme 醜い生き物 (tl: Ugly Creature) will be performed by CHiCO with HoneyWorks, while the ending theme will be performed by Miki Sato.

Staff

 * Original - Iori Miyazawa (Published by Hayakawa Bunko JA/ Hayakawa Publishing)
 * Character Draft - shirakaba
 * Director/Series Composition - Takuya Satō
 * Character Design / Animation Director - Ayumi Nishihata
 * Creature Design - Kazutaka Ema
 * Effects Animation Director - Toru Yoshida (AnimeR)
 * Art Director - Hiroki Matsumoto (Atelier Platz)
 * Color Design  - You Iwaida (Assez Finaud Fabric.)
 * Director of Photography - Takeshi Kuchiba (Assez Finaud Fabric.)
 * 3D Director - Yuya Shiraishi (FelixFilm)
 * Editing - Masahiro Gotou (REAL-T)
 * Music - Tsuyoshi Watanabe
 * Animation Production - LINDENFILMS x Felix Films

Cast

 * Sorawo Kamikoshi - Yumiri Hanamori
 * Toriko Nishina - Ai Kayano
 * Kozakura - Rina Hidaka
 * Akari Seto - Miyu Tomita