Anime Supremacy!

Anime Supremacy! (ハケンアニメ!, Haken Anime!) is a Japanese novel by Mizuki Tsujimura with illustrations by CLAMP.[1][2] A stage play adaptation was performed from October to November 2019, and a live-action film adaptation premiered on May 20, 2022.

Anime Supremacy!
Cover
ハケンアニメ!
(Haken Anime!)
Created byMizuki Tsujimura
Novel
Written byMizuki Tsujimura
Illustrated byCLAMP
Published byMagazine House
English publisher
PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Novel
Anime Legend!
Written byMizuki Tsujimura
Illustrated byCLAMP
Published byMagazine House
PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Live-action film

Plot

Anime Supremacy! tells the stories of three women working different roles in the anime industry: a producer, a director and an animator. Through the course of the story, the women experience the challenges that crop up when creating an anime series as they aim for the title of ‘Supremacy’ – a term given to the very best anime that season, either in sales or from the buzz surrounding it.[3]

Media

Novel

The novel, written by Mizuki Tsujimura and illustrated by CLAMP, was first published by Magazine House on August 22, 2014. An English-language translation of the novel was published by Vertical on October 3, 2017.[4][1][5]

A spin-off novel, titled Anime Legend! (レジェンドアニメ!, Rejendoanime!) was published on March 3, 2022.[6]

Stage play

A stage play adaptation was performed at Cool Japan Park Osaka and Kinokuniya Hall from October to November 2019, written and directed by G2 and produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo.[7]

Live-action film
Main article: Anime Supremacy! (film)

Toei announced a live-action film adaptation of the novel in November 2021 with posters, film trailer, and trailers of two in-story anime films, Soundback: Kanade no Ishi, directed by Azuma Tani with character designs by Eisaku Kubonoucji, and Unmei Sensen Liddell-Light, directed by Takashi Otsuka with character designs by Takahiro Kishida. The film stars Riho Yoshioka, Tomoya Nakamura, Tasuku Emoto, and Machiko Ono. It is filmed at Toei Tokyo Film Studio and premiered in theaters on May 20, 2022.[2][5][8][9]

References
    1. "Mizuki Tsujimura's Anime Supremacy! Novel Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
    2. "Toei Streams Trailers for Anime by Fictional Directors from Mizuki Tsujimura's Anime Supremacy Novel". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
    3. Demelza (2017-10-12). "Anime Supremacy! Review • Anime UK News". Anime UK News. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
    4. "Anime Supremacy!". Kodansha USA. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
    5. Komatsu, Mikikazu (December 1, 2021). "Creators of The Two In-story Anime in Live-action Film Haken Anime! Revealed". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
    6. "レジェンドアニメ!" [Anime Legend!]. Magazine World (in Japanese). March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
    7. "ＳＫＥ４８・大場美奈が「ハケンアニメ！」通し稽古「舞台を見た後に好きなアニメ作品をもう一度見て」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
    8. "Anime Supremacy! Live-Action Film Reveals Staff for In-film Anime". Anime News Network. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
    9. Inc, Natasha. "吉岡里帆、中村倫也、柄本佑、尾野真千子の共演で小説「ハケンアニメ！」映画化（コメントあり / 動画あり）". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-01-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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