Novel 'Oshie to Tabi suru Otoko' Gets Anime

by tsubasalover
Feb 20, 2018 11:16 AM | 16 Comments

An announcement video posted by Trimega Institute on Tuesday has revealed that Ranpo Edogawa's Oshie to Tabi suru Otoko novel will get an anime adaptation, which will be shown in an exhibit (Art Exhibition that Travels with Glasses) at Aomori Museum, Shizuoka Museum, and Ishimi Museum in Shimane Prefecture from July 2018 to January 2019.

Synopsis
The narrator meets a matured man with glasses, who has an illustration of an old man wearing suit and a young lady wearing kimono. He then starts to talk about the story of the illustration, which happened around 35 years ago when his older brother was 25 years old. He too, wore glasses, went to Asakusa Twelfth Floor (now Ryouunkaku), and met a lady who he had a crush. The lady turned out to be Oshie, which is a classic 3D art made out of cloth and Japanese traditional paper. The matured man then told the narrator about his imagination on how he would take his brother and the lady (the couple) to wherever, though the lady doesn't age while his brother did. He got embarrassed talking about it and said he would get the illustration a rest. When he got the illustration into the futon, it seemed like the narrator saw the lady move as if she smiled and greeted to him.

Cast
Younger Brother: Yuki Kaji (Dive!!)
Older Brother: Yoshimasa Hosoya (No.6)
Old man: Raikou Sakamoto (Nobunaga no Shinobi)

Staff
Director: Shigeyoshi Tsukahara (Kotatsu Neko)
Character Design: Yabomi
Music: Chota Akatsuki (Hashi no Mukou)
Producer: Yuuki Sakoda
Planning: Trimega Institute
Assistance: Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities

Oshie to Tabi suru Otoko is a collection of short stories novel that was published in the July issue of Shinseinen in 1929. It also received a live-action movie in 1994 as well as a live-action drama in 1989 within Saturday Wide Theater.

Announcement

Exhibition website: http://torimega.com/megane/

Source: Nijimen

Oshie to Tabi Suru Otoko on MAL

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So another Edogawa work being adapted huh.

Well, I'll probably take a peak on it but I KINDA enjoyed Ranpo Kitan? Idk. I need to give it a rewatch since I'm more like do I like it or dislike it? Lol. This is one of those series where I'm like leaning between.

Feb 22, 2018 8:35 AM by removed-user

Baskervillain said:

anemonespotte said:

there is little to no animation (?)

Doesn't mean it can't be beaut. It looks simplistic but charming.

maybe u mean art is beautiful

Feb 21, 2018 2:50 PM by anemonespotte

Baskervillain said:
That animation is beaut.

there is little to no animation (?)

Feb 21, 2018 2:02 PM by anemonespotte

Does this have a hint of horror or psychological stuff in it? If so, that would make it more interesting.

Swagernator said:
Getting a bad feeling from combination of "Novel" and "Anime adaptation".

Not really. There is a handful of Novel-to-anime adaptation done that are decent (not counting LN, though most of them are bad).

Feb 21, 2018 7:57 AM by Samii

@NG_Calen The duration hasn't revealed yet, but it's exclusively streamed via exhibition, so probably special?

Feb 20, 2018 6:30 PM by tsubasalover

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NG_Calen said:
movie or series, and what studio

Neither. The announcement PV doesn't indicate any studio.

[quote=AdrianRubinsky]What is this Synopsis? It needs a complete rewrite.

well if it's neither TV or Movie. Is it an OVA, an ONA, or a Special

Feb 20, 2018 5:55 PM by NG_Chloe

NG_Calen said:
movie or series, and what studio

Neither. The announcement PV doesn't indicate any studio.

AdrianRubinsky said:
What is this Synopsis? It needs a complete rewrite.

Isn't easy to just write that a narrator and a man talks about the past of an illustration and then the illustarion seems to come to life?

If you understand the synopsis (because it seems like that's the summary of what I wrote, which is also an English summary from that I got, meaning it's a lot longer from the original synopsis), then it's fine, but the main points are glasses (both brothers wear glasses, which the exhibition's theme is about) and Oshie, which is a traditional Japanese art, that moves.

Feb 20, 2018 4:35 PM by tsubasalover

not looks bad I will give it a try

Feb 20, 2018 3:50 PM by elior1

Looks.... interesting.
That's all I need.

Feb 20, 2018 3:37 PM by Bourmegar

I'm fairly confident that a good adaptation of Edogawa novels can't exist in this universe.

But hey, being bad can't stop me from watching it.
(i'm looking at you Ranpo Kitan)

Feb 20, 2018 2:31 PM by lezerman

Getting a bad feeling from combination of "Novel" and "Anime adaptation".

Feb 20, 2018 1:50 PM by Swagernator

What is this Synopsis? It needs a complete rewrite.

Isn't easy to just write that a narrator and a man talks about the past of an illustration and then the illustarion seems to come to life?

Feb 20, 2018 1:48 PM by AdrianRubinsky

Could it be? A decent Ranpo Edogawa anime?

Feb 20, 2018 1:46 PM by Paulo27

movie or series, and what studio

Feb 20, 2018 1:17 PM by NG_Chloe

Seems promising.

Feb 20, 2018 11:37 AM by Kleferi

Kaji Kaji and Hosoyan as brothers. Haha!

Feb 20, 2018 11:34 AM by shanimebib