Crowdfunding Campaign of 'Kaze no You ni' Anime Movie Launched

A crowdfunding campaign was launched on Monday for an anime movie adaptation of the 1969 manga Kaze no You ni. The one-shot drawn by Tetsuya Chiba, best known for Ashita no Joe and Ashita Tenki ni Naare, was originally published in that year's 25th issue of Shoujo Friend magazine.

Kaze no You ni tells the story of Sanpei, the lone survivor of an accident which killed the rest of his beekeeper family, and Chiyo, whom he meets after she is stung by a bee. Sanpei moves into Chiyo's village and begins to work on a tract of land that the villagers have abandoned. However, Sanpei later disappears. As flowers grow on the plot of land, Chiyo waits for Sanpei to return.

Although the campaign has a funding target of 2 million yen, producer Hitomi Toyonaga points out that production costs exceed 20 million yen. Funds from the campaign, which runs through April 22 on the art crowdfunding platform FUNDIY, will be used to enhance the quality of animation. As of writing, 44% of that goal has been reached with a total backing of 896,000 yen.

Kaze no You ni is estimated to premiere at the Shimokitazawa Tollywood theater in Tokyo in May 2016 or later. It will have an approximate running time of 40 minutes. Supporters who contribute 10,000 yen or more to the campaign will receive a DVD copy of the movie, expected to be delivered in August.

Cast
Sanpei: Masako Nozawa (Ginga Tetsudou 999)
Chiyo: Minami Fukuhara
Kamekichi: Hana Takeda (Boruto: Naruto the Movie)
Sabu: Asako (Danchi Tomoo)
Kunio: Aine Shiono
Shige: Megu Ashiro (School Days)
Sachi: Yuri Noguchi (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
Teacher: Junpei Asashina (Grisaia no Kajitsu)
Osen: Reiko Suzuki (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders)
Tora: Hiroki Maeda (Himouto! Umaru-chan)
Masayoshi: Toshiya Chiba
Jisuke: Takayuki Yoshi
Shigesaku: Masaaki Yano
Tsune: Megumi Miyatsu
Villager A: Keisuke Hamaoka (Owari no Seraph)
Sanpei's Father: Yukio Takaku
Otome: Shiori Inoue
Narrator: Michiyo Yanagisawa (Sore Ike! Anpanman)

Staff
Original Creator: Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe)
Planning, Storyboard, Episode Director: Toshiyuki Honda (Doraemon Movie 01: Nobita no Kyouryuu)
Script: Chie Hidono
Assistant Episode Director: Runa Fukuda
Animation Director: Masatsune Noguchi (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV))
Art Director: Mariko Kadono (Fuichin-san)
Color Design: Maimu Sagae
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita (Paradise Kiss)
CG Production: Digital Design Studio
Editing: Takeshi Seyama (Tokyo Godfathers)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama (Nisekoi)
Sound Production: Grooove
Music: Kou Nakagawa (Basilisk: Kouga Ninpou Chou)
Theme Song Performance: Kana Matsumoto
Studio: Ekura Animal

Crowdfunding site: http://fundiy.jp/project/animekazenoyouni
Official site: http://www.kazenoyouni.com/

Source: Anime! Anime!

Kaze no You ni on MAL