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 in January 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.

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 Satou (Kase-san and Morning Glories, Fragtime, St'eins;Gate) and will star Yumiri Hanamori as Sorawo and Ai Kayano as Toriko.

Staff

 * Original - Iori Miyazawa (Published by Hayakawa Bunko JA/ Hayakawa Publishing)
 * Character Draft - shirakaba
 * Director/Series Composition - Tatsuya 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
 * Nishina Toriko - Ai Kayano
 * Kozakura - Rina Hidaka
 * Akari Seto - Miyu Tomita