KILLTUBE Anime Film Streams Trailer Ahead of Anime Expo World Premiere Panel
Studio Dotou began streaming a new trailer for its first anime film KILLTUBE on Monday:This year's Anime Expo event will screen the world premiere of a scene from KILLTUBE featuring guest director Kazuaki Kuribayashi on July 5 at 12:00 p.m. PDT.Japanese company CHOCOLATE Inc. (live-action film Mondays: See You "This" Week!, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's Total Concentration exhibition, production and publicity for Dark Gathering anime) announced its plan to produce KILLTUBE in April 2024. The company is targeting the 90-minute film for spring 2026, with plans for a worldwide release.CHOCOLATE Inc. describes the film: The staff aims to use 3D CG to depict the look of shin-hanga (Showa period woodblock prints) in vivid colors and different textures. CHOCOLATE Inc. is working with up-and-coming VFX studio KASSEN and concept artist group WACHAJACK with a budget of 1 billion yen (about US$6.6 million). Kazuaki Kuribayashi is directing and planning the film at STUDIO DOTOU. CHOCOLATE Inc. is in charge of planning and production. The film's staff also includes: The film project is part of the "108 Experiments" initiative by CHOCOLATE Inc. to develop new ways to create works, present them, and earn revenue to nurture original stories.CHOCOLATE Inc., Kassen Inc., and WACHAJACK established Studio Dotou (Dotou means "raging waves" in Japanese) to bring together various professionals to create "new ways of making things," without being bound by the boundaries of their respective fields of expertise or industry conventions.Source: Email correspondence
