Six-Year Wait for Anime Film FIRE CRAFT Ends as Trailer Reveals 2022 Debut
The short anime film Fire Craft (Hizukuri) is a testament to how our small interactions with others can lead to many new things.
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Naoki Matsuura, an anime director, known for his work in Black Clover, started work on this original anime from an interaction with a scissor smith simply known as “Mr. Sasuke.” The project, which Mr. Matsuura announced in 2016, has seen many ups and downs.
With 2021 rolling on, fan’s expectations too have risen along with the scope of the project.
Fire Craft’s youtube channel released a new trailer, and the end card of the trailer reveals that the anime short will be released in 2022.
The trailer gives us a glimpse into a surreal world with floating mega structures and giant windmills. Our main character is an unnamed boy who is clutching a pair of gardening scissors.
The theme song of Fire Craft titled “Dry Dry Try” is by music band UQiYO, and is heard in the background.
Trailer of the original short animation “FIRE CRAFT”! It will be open to the public after 2022. We look forward to working with you in the future!
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The anime follows the tale of the boy as he sets out on a journey to distinct land to repair the broken scissors that belonged to his father. The only other person in the trailer is a blacksmith inspired by the real-life scissor blacksmith, Mr. Sasuke, who works in Sakai City, Osaka.
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The trailer’s end card reveals the staff and cast of Fire Craft.
The cast of Fire Craft includes:
| Characters | Cast | Notable work |
| — | Yumi Yamamoto | Voice of the Cast (large! Genius TV-kun) |
| — | Nakata AkiraShiro | — |
| — | Mizuki Nyoko | Dr. Yoko Kirishima (What is a gravitational wave?) |
The staff of Fire Craft includes:
| Position | Staff | Notable works |
| Director | Naoki Matsuura | Black Clover |
| Character design | Yumi Nakamura | — |
| Music | UQiYO | — |
| Character draft | Keiichiro Akashi | — |
The anime production is expected to cost around 8 million yen, according to director Naoki Matsuura.
Out of which, 1.7 million yen have been raised through crowdfunding, and Mr. Matsuura’s private property will cover the remaining.
With such an exciting story behind the anime, it will be interesting to see how well the actual plot of the anime adapts from this. We hope that the wait is worth it till 2022!
About Hizukuri
Hizukuri is an original anime that is being directed by Naoki Matsuura. The anime was produced through a crowdfunding campaign.
In a parallel world, a little boy finds a pair of scissors from the belongings of his deceased father. He learns that his father was a gardener.
He finds out that the scissors were made by Sasuke, an artisan from a foreign country. The boy sets out on a journey to find Sasuke and repair the scissors.
Source: 松浦直紀 Official channel
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