Studio Dot's Beyond the Trail Anime Short Gets Late-Night Screenings in Japan on October 10
Film screened at Fantasia Festival on July 19
Animation studio Studio Dot began streaming a trailer for its Beyond the Trail (Wadachi o Koete Yuke) theatrical anime short on Tuesday. The trailer reveals that the anime will open with late night screenings at Tokyo's Theatre Shinjuku for one week beginning on October 10, followed by screenings in other cinemas in Japan.
The Fantasia Festival in Montreal screened the anime as part of its Anime no Bento lineup of shorts on July 19. The anime screened in competition for the Satoshi Kon for Excellence in Animation Competition in the festival, and won the Bronze Audience Award for Best Animated Short. The festival describes the anime, quoting Canadian comic artist and writer Rupert Bottenberg:Studio Dot ran a Campfire crowdfunding campaign for the anime last year.Artist Vab.png is the director, scriptwriter, and a key animator for the anime. CUZ is the art director and color designer, while Shimauma is the color key artist. FutaMoku and Utsuro Ishinomaki are producing. CloA and Massy are the compositing directors of photography. Shunpei Yokoyama handled the audio recording and engineering. Takuto Fukuyama was responsible for sound effects, and Keisuke Sogō (evance inc.) is the foley artist. Abu-Se-Ken, Yuki Hayashi, Lemone Ido, ZEROKU, and Mizore composed the music. Abu-Se-Ken produced the theme song "Kamome feat. Takanashi Yaya."The cast includes:Sources: Beyond the Trail anime's website, Comic Natalie