A Avex Pictures released this first teaser trailer online Garden of Remembrancean original short anime by the director Naoko Yamada which will debut in 2024.
The character design is Etsuko Mizusawa (Hello, this is Terumi.) and the music is the responsibility of Lovely Summer-chan.
According to the co-founder and producer of Science SARU, Eunyoung Choishe pitched the idea of making a music-centric anime short film to Naoko Yamada. Yamada described the anime’s theme: “Someone is thinking about someone, where is the destiny of the heart.” Both Choi and Yamada created keywords and concepts for the project, compiling them into a single poem, with Yamada producing the film and Lovely Summer-chan composing the music. In the announcement, Yamada described Lovely Summer-chan as an “invincible girl.”
Yamada revealed that he asked Mizusawa to draw the characters in a “chubby” way.
Yamada is a veteran director in several works at Kyoto Animationbefore leaving the studio and moving to Sceince Saru as director in 2021. There she directed The Heike Storyhis first work with the studio, which premiered in September 2021. Kyoto Animationshe directed some of the studio’s most iconic work, including K-ON!, The Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, Tamako Market It is Tamako Love Story. She was also the director of Sound! Euphonium.
