An Anime Series Based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Short Stories Will Premiere in November on Prime Video

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©藤本タツキ/集英社・「藤本タツキ 17-26」製作委員会

Eight short stories from Tatsuki Fujimoto of Chainsaw Man, Look Back, and Fire Punch fame have received the anime treatment, and their adaptations are coming on November 8 JST to Prime Video as a single collection titled Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 (the numbers refer to the age range at which Fujimoto created these short stories).

You can get a taste of the anime anthology in the trailer below. A key visual was also revealed.

As for the production teams and cast involved with these eight stories, here’s the list:

“A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard”

Staff

• Director and script: Seishiro Nagaya
• Character designer: Moaang 
• Animation production: ZEXCS

Cast

Kensho Ono
Shion Sakurai
Kazuki Ura
Kimiko Saito
Mitsuo Iwata


“Sasaki Stopped a Bullet”

Staff

• Director: Nobukage Kimura
• Script: Teruko Utsumi
• Character designer: Naho Kozono 
• Animation production: Lapin Track

Cast

Toshiki Kumagai
Chika Anzai
Yoichi Okano


“Love is Blind”

Staff

• Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
• Script: Teruko Utsumi
• Character designer: Tomoko Mori
• Animation production: Lapin Track

Cast

Shun Horie
Shion Wakayama
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Takahiro Yamamoto
Junichi Suwabe
Mamiko Noto


“Shikaku”

Staff

• Director and script: Naoya Ando
• Character designer: MYOUN 
• Animation production: GRAPH77

Cast

Kana Hanazawa
Tomokazu Sugita

©藤本タツキ/集英社・「藤本タツキ 17-26」製作委員会

“Mermaid Rhapsody”

Staff

• Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe
• Script: Tatsuo Kobayashi
• Character designer: Nozomi Shimazaki 
• Animation production: 100studio 

Cast

Chiaki Kikuta
Eri Yukimura


“Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome”

Staff

• Director and script: Kazuaki Terasawa 
• Character designer: Kohei Tokuoka 
• Animation Production: Studio Kafka

Cast

Yuki Sakakihara
Maki Kawase
Seiichiro Yamashita


“Nayuta of the Prophecy”

Staff

• Director and script: Tetsuaki Watanabe
• Character designer: Hisashi Higashijima 
• Animation production: 100studio

Cast

Hitomi Sasaki
Yohei Matsuoka


“Sisters”

Staff

• Director: Osamu Honma 
• Script: Yoko Yonaiyama
• Character designer: Haruka Sagawa
• Animation Production: P.A.WORKS

Cast

Runa Nakashima
Tomo Nakai
Tomohiko Imai

As mentioned in the trailer’s video description, the original short stories are available in the short story collections Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17-21 and Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22-26.


Source: Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 website

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