Earlier today, an official website and Twitter account opened their doors to announce that Kentarō Okamoto and illustrator Riri Sagara’s Are You Lost? (Sounan Desu Ka?) manga will get an anime TV series. The first cast and crew, along with a visual and trailer were revealed.
We break the details down below.
Trailer
The minute-long promo introduces the major concepts, using character dialogue to drive the main points.
Key Visual
The image features the show’s four leads, laying on the beach as the tide comes in.
Staff
Nobuyoshi Nagayama (Happy Sugar Life, My Girlfriend is Shobitch) will direct the project at Ezo’la, with Junnosuke Nishio providing character designs. Touko Machida (Happy Sugar Life, Lucky Star) is in charge of series composition.
Other confirmed crew members include:
- Prop Design: Reiko Sato
- Concept Art: Noboru Sakuma
- Art Setting: Noboru Sakuma
- Art Director: Tsutomu Nishikura
- Color Design: Yumika Ogawa
- Director of Photography: Yasuyuki Itou
- Editor: Yūji Oka
- Sound Director: Teruaki Sugawara
- Music: Akiyuki Tateyama
- Production: NAS
Cast
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Homare Onishima: M.A.O
- Asuka Suzumori: Hiyori Kono
- Mutsu Amatani: Kiyono Yasuno
- Shion Kujou: Azumi Waki
Are You Lost? will hit Japanese TV in July. Tokyo MX is confirmed to carry the title.
Kentarō Okamoto and illustrator Riri Sagara’s Are You Lost? manga lost in the pages of Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine in January 2017. Three compiled volumes have been published to date, with volume 4 slated to ship to stores on March 6.
Kodansha Comics currently holds the rights to the title in North America, and describe it as:
Because of a plane crash … starting today, we’re spending the springtime of our lives on a desert island!! There’s nothing here, so we have to make everything!! And eat everything!! (Ugh!) Check out our high-school-girl survival story of courage and knowledge. We’re actually doing pretty well!
Source: Animate Times
Kentarō Okamoto & Riri Sagara’s “Are You Lost?” Manga Gets Anime TV Series – Samantha Ferreira
