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2nd Sumikko Gurashi Anime Film Gets Switch Game
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Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Aoi Tsukiyo no Mahō no Ko (The Magical Child of the Blue Moonlit Night), the second film in San-X's Sumikko Gurashi franchise, is getting a game for Nintendo Switch on December 2.
The Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Aoi Tsukiyo no Mahō no Ko – Game de Asobō! Eiga no Sekai party game includes 20 mini-games based on the movie's episodes. Every mini-game can be played with a single Joy-Con and supports up to four players. By playing mini-games, players can receive jigsaw puzzle pieces as prizes. Each jigsaw puzzle depicts a scene from the movie. New magician characters from the film will also be in the game.
The film will open in Japan on November 5.
Takahiro Ōmori (Durarara!!, Natsume's Book of Friends, Princess Jellyfish) is directing the film. Reiko Yoshida (Violet Evergarden, Lu over the wall, K-ON!) is penning the script, and Kaori Hino (Modest Heroes, Napping Princess) is returning from the first film as the art director. Fanworks is returning to animate the film, and ASMIK Ace is distributing.
In the film's story, the main characters go on a camping trip one day in the fall, and that night they recall a legend: that once every five years, on the night of a large and blue full moon, magical creatures will visit the town. The characters look up, only to see a large and blue moon overhead.
Sumikko Gurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma," a polar bear who is sensitive to cold; "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin; "Tonkatsu," a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten; "Neko," a shy cat; and "Tokage," who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs.
The first anime film, titled Sumikkogurashi – Good to be in the corner, opened in Japan in November 2019. The film ranked at #3 in its opening weekend. The film eventually sold a total of 1.22 million tickets, and it earned 1.4 billion yen (about US$12.8 million) at the box office in Japan as of February 2020. The film won the award for Best Animation of the Year at the 29th Annual Japan Movie Critics Awards in June 2020.
Mankyū (Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Theater, Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur) directed the first film at Fanworks. Takashi Sumita (Europe Kikaku) penned the script. Kaori Hino (Napping Princess, In This Corner of the World) was the art director.
The franchise has inspired toys, books, stationery material, and video games. The first film inspired the Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko – Game de Asobō! Ehon no Sekai (Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Unexpected Picture Book and the Secret Child – Let's Play a Game! Worlds of Picture Books) Switch game, which launched in November 2019.
Source: Famitsu.com
