Inside Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26: Directors and Producer on Adapting the Chainsaw Man Creator’s Early Works
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In a rare anime anthology series, Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 made its world debut at the Global Film Festival. It allowed fans to see several of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s early works from his mangaka career, such as A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard and Love is Blind, and see a different side of the mangaka who is renowned for his work on Chainsaw Man. Anime Trending had the opportunity to talk with A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard’s director Seishiro Nagaya, Love Is Blind’s director Nobuyuki Takeuchi, and producer Ryo Oyama about what it was like to turn Fujimoto’s one-shots into an anime anthology adaptation series for everyone to see on screen. This interview was conducted via interpreter and has been edited for clarity. Questions by Anime Trending submitted by Gerrymelyn Casupang, Melvyn Tan, and Isabelle Lee. Director Nagaya and Director Takeuchi’s thoughts on Fujimoto-sensei’s early works and creating an anime film adaptation What was your first exposure to Fujimoto-sensei’s work like? Seishiro Nagaya: It was an unconventional story, but in a good way. When you’re reading Jump for example, you sometimes encounter extremely talented artists. I immediately thought, “This creator is one of them.” Nobuyuki Takeuchi: Of course, [Love is Blind] is about a love confession, but the impression didn’t come all at once — I gradually realized the details of the story. First, I thought, “Ah! So it’s this type of story,” but then I started to think, “Wait, these two protagonists are standing for a long time. There isn’t a lot of…
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Spice and Wolf Season 2 Reveals New Teaser Visual & Main Staff
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A new teaser visual and main staff have been revealed for the upcoming second season of Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF TV anime series. A premiere date for the second season has not yet been announced, as of the time of writing. © 支倉凍砂・KADOKAWA／ローエン商業組合 An English version of the teaser visual was also posted on the English TOHO Animation Twitter/X account. Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF Season 2 Teaser Visual Revealed!A new journey begins for Holo and Lawrence. Stay tuned for more adventures! #SpiceAndWolf #TOHOanimation pic.twitter.com/MET9ux7osM— TOHO animation EN (@TOHOanimationEN) November 7, 2025 The main staff involved in the production of the second season include Takeo Takahashi (reprising, director of the original Spice and Wolf anime) and Hijiri Sanpei (Season 1 director) serving as chief directors, Nobuyoshi Nagayama (Nukitashi the Animation, Smile Down the Runway) and Takahiro Majima (Ishura co-assistant director) as directors, Kouji Haneda (The Faraway Paladin) and Rina Sugimoto as character designers, and Kevin Penkin (reprising) as music composer. Passione is once again in charge of the animation production. Meanwhile, the main voice cast stars Ami Koshimizu as Holo and Jun Fukuyama as Kraft Lawrence, who reprise their respective roles from the 2008-2009 TV anime series. The fantasy romance light novel series is written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Juu Ayakura. It was published under Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko label on February 10, 2006, with 24 volumes being released as of January 2023. Yen Press releases both the light novels and manga adaptation in English for North America. A sequel spinoff light novel…
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