The new short film is part of Kodansha's “Animehon” project, which adapts comics into commercials and short anime.
Kodoani.com – Kodansha has launched a new project called “Animehon” on Friday aims to adapt Japanese picture books (“e-hon”) into animated commercials or web shorts. The first part of the project is a three-minute anime short adapted from the series painting “Harinezumi no Luchika” (Luchika the Hedgehog) by writer Yūko Kanno and illustrator Yōko Kitami.
The anime partially adapts the first story in the picture book series. Minami Shinoda voices Luchika, while Fukuko Yukimiyama voices Soru. Kakeru Hota narrates the short story. Masanori Numaguchi directs short films at Fanworks.