Television broadcaster NHK announced an anime adaptation of Machiko Kyou‘s Cocoon manga on Tuesday, revealing the main staff and a teaser visual (pictured above). The anime is scheduled to premiere on NHK in Summer 2025.
Staff
Animation Producer: Hitomi Tateno (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari in-between animation)
Studio: Sasayuri
Production: NHK, NHK Enterprises
Kyou serialized the historical drama manga in Elegance Eve from May 2008 to July 2010.
Synopsis
San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.
Official site: https://www.nhk.jp/g/blog/4xp6rzqv73v
Source: PR Times
Cocoon on MAL
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