Kaina of the Great Snow Sea will have a sequel movie, as announced on Saturday, Polygon Pictures is animating the series, which is an original work by mangaka Tsutomu Nihei (BLAME!). Yorushika is singing the opening theme song titled “Telepath” while Greeeen is in charge of “Juvenile” – the ending theme song. A non-credit version of the opening was recently revealed:
POLYGON PICTURES is animating the series. Hiroaki Ando is directing the series, with Sadayuki Murai on the series composition. Murai is also working on the scripts with Tetsuya Yamada. Kohta Yamamoto and Misaki Umase are composing the music. The first four episodes were screened at Crunchyroll Expo on August 6, 2022. Blu-ray listing shows that the anime Kaina of the Great Sea will have a total of 11 episodes. The previously announced voice cast includes:
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kaina
- Rie Takahashi as Liliha
- Maaya Sakamoto as Amerote
- Kenyuu Horiuchi as Atland Kokuo
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Handagir
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ngapoge
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Orinoga
- Ayumu Murase as Yaona
A manga adaptation with art by Itoe Takemoto is currently being serialization in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine. The official website describes the plot of the anime as:
A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow. The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet’s atmosphere. A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world.
Source: Official Twitter
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