is a Japanese novel by

Mizuki Tsujimura is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi. Tsujimura specializes in mystery novels. She writes both for adults and children. She has been writing mystery novels from since she was a high school student, and she decided to go to Chiba Univ ...

with illustrations by CLAMP. A

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adaptation was performed from October to November 2019, and a live-action film adaptation premiered on May 20, 2022.

Plot

''Anime Supremacy!'' tells the stories of three women working different roles in the anime industry: a producer, a director and an animator. Through the course of the story, the women experience the challenges that crop up when creating an anime series as they aim for the title of ‘Supremacy’ – a term given to the very best anime that season, either in sales or from the buzz surrounding it.

Characters

Media

Novel

The novel, written by

and illustrated by CLAMP, was first published by

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on August 22, 2014. An English-language translation of the novel was published by

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on October 3, 2017. A spin-off novel, titled was published on March 3, 2022.

Stage play

adaptation was performed at Cool Japan Park Osaka and Kinokuniya Hall from October to November 2019, written and directed by G2 and produced by

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Live-action film

Toei announced a

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film adaptation A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

of the novel in November 2021 with posters, film trailer, and trailers of two in-story anime films, ''Soundback: Kanade no Ishi'', directed by Azuma Tani with character designs by Eisaku Kubonoucji, and ''Unmei Sensen Liddell-Light'', directed by Takashi Otsuka with character designs by Takahiro Kishida. The film stars

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Tomoya Nakamura is a Japanese actor. He is known for the Japanese voice of Aladdin in the 2019 live action remake Career Nakamura made his debut in the film '' The Innocent Seven'' in 2005. Filmography Film Television Japanese dub Awards References ...

Tasuku Emoto is a Japanese actor represented by Alpha Agency. His father is actor Akira Emoto, his mother is actress Kazue Tsunogae, his brother is actor Tokio Emoto, and his wife is actress Sakura Ando. Biography Emoto was born in Tokyo on 1986. In 2001 he ...

, and

Machiko Ono is a Japanese actress. Career Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's '' Suzaku'', which earned the f ...

. It is filmed at Toei Tokyo Film Studio and premiered in theaters on May 20, 2022.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://kodansha.us/book/anime-supremacy/ 2014 Japanese novels 2022 Japanese novels Japanese novels adapted into films Japanese novels adapted into plays