Prime Video Japan has launched a clip compilation that previews the Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 anime anthology’s varied quirky entries, simply forward of their worldwide streaming launch on November 8 JST. The video has a complete size of 17 minutes and 26 seconds.
The anthology beforehand had its world premiere at Los Angeles’ TCL Chinese language Theatre on October 5, as a part of the World Stage Hollywood movie competition, in addition to a restricted Japanese theatrical run that started on October 17 JST.
The anime shorts are based mostly on early one-shots by Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of Hearth Punch and Chainsaw Man. Considered one of them, “Shikaku,” scored the Viewers Prize within the Bucheon Worldwide Animation Competition 2025’s quick movie class. The Naoya Ando-directed quick sees a harmful younger murderer (Kana Hanazawa) tasked by her newest consumer (Tomokazu Sugita) to kill him.
Avex Animation Labels president Ryo Oyama, who beforehand had a planning and produce credit score on the anime movie Look Again, additionally an adaptation of a Fujimoto one-shot, is concerned in Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26’s manufacturing. One of many collaborating animation studios, STUDIO GRAPH77, was based by the Avex-owned anime planning, manufacturing, and gross sales firm FLAGSHIP LINE, which Oyama is a FLAGSHIP LINE board member.
“A Couple Clucking Chickens Have been Nonetheless Kickin’ within the Schoolyard”
Employees
• Director and script: Seishiro Nagaya
• Character designer: Moaang
• Animation manufacturing: ZEXCS
Forged
• Kensho Ono
• Shion Sakurai
• Kazuki Ura
• Kimiko Saito
• Mitsuo Iwata
“Sasaki Stopped a Bullet”
Employees
• Director: Nobukage Kimura
• Script: Teruko Utsumi
• Character designer: Naho Kozono
• Animation manufacturing: Lapin Monitor
Forged
• Toshiki Kumagai
• Chika Anzai
• Yoichi Okano
“Love is Blind”
Employees
• Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
• Script: Teruko Utsumi
• Character designer: Tomoko Mori
• Animation manufacturing: Lapin Monitor
Forged
• Shun Horie
• Shion Wakayama
• Toshiyuki Morikawa
• Takahiro Yamamoto
• Junichi Suwabe
• Mamiko Noto
“Shikaku”
Employees
• Director and script: Naoya Ando
• Character designer: MYOUN
• Animation manufacturing: GRAPH77
Forged
• Kana Hanazawa
• Tomokazu Sugita
“Mermaid Rhapsody”
Employees
• Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe
• Script: Tatsuo Kobayashi
• Character designer: Nozomi Shimazaki
• Animation manufacturing: 100studio
Forged
• Chiaki Kikuta
• Eri Yukimura
“Woke-Up-as-a-Woman Syndrome”
Employees
• Director and script: Kazuaki Terasawa
• Character designer: Kohei Tokuoka
• Animation Manufacturing: Studio Kafka
Forged
• Yuki Sakakihara
• Maki Kawase
• Seiichiro Yamashita
“Nayuta of the Prophecy”
Employees
• Director and script: Tetsuaki Watanabe
• Character designer: Hisashi Higashijima
• Animation manufacturing: 100studio
Forged
• Hitomi Sasaki
• Yohei Matsuoka
“Sisters”
Employees
• Director: Osamu Honma
• Script: Yoko Yonaiyama
• Character designer: Haruka Sagawa
• Animation Manufacturing: P.A.WORKS
Forged
• Runa Nakashima
• Tomo Nakai
• Tomohiko Imai
Supply: Prime Video JP YouTube channel
