Otherside Picnic (Anime)

is the anime adaptation of the yuri sci-fi novel series written by Iori Miyazawa. The anime adaptation, which premiered on January 4, 2021, was directed by Takuya Satō, who is also working on the series composition at LIDENFILMS and FelixFilm.Yuri Sci-Fi Novel Series, Otherside Picnic Announces TV Anime, Crunchyroll Yumiri Hanamori will voice Sorawo Kamikoshi and Ai Kayano will voice Toriko Nishina.
== Summary ==
Sorawo has been exploring the strange dream-like world she calls the Otherside ever since she stumbled upon it during her days as an urban explorer, but her most recent trip has gotten her into serious trouble. That's when she meets Toriko, a strange young woman searching the Otherside for her missing friend. Toriko helps Sorawo out of her predicament, and Sorawo falls into helping Toriko in her mission. But each journey into the Otherside brings strange new dangers and skills, and Sorawo isn't sure that the search is worth it.Otherside Picnic (TV) Anime News Network
== Announcement ==
On March 5, 2020, Shonen Gangan, a manga imprint of Square Enix Holdings, announced that Iori Miyazawa’s science fiction Yuri series, Otherside Picnic would be adapted into a TV anime. Early February, Shōnen Gangan hinted at a possible anime adaptation on Twitter. Additionally, in December, a short PV was released to promote the fourth volume of the light novel.Yuri Horror Series ‘Otherside Picnic’ TV Anime Announced The Holy Mother of Yuri
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On September 12, 2020, Otherside Picnic's official twitterOtherside Picnic official twitter announcement @OthersidePicnic announced the anime is set to broadcast in January 2021, along with additional staff and also released a second PV which latest cuts from the anime production.
The anime was produced at Liden Films and Felix Film. The series was directed by Takuya Satō (Kase-san and Morning Glories, Fragtime, St'eins;Gate) and starred Yumiri Hanamori as Sorawo and Ai Kayano as Toriko.
== Staff ==
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* Original: Iori Miyazawa (Published by Hayakawa Bunko JA/ Hayakawa Publishing)
* Character Draft: shirakaba
* Director / Series Composition: Takuya Satō
* Character Design / Animation Director: Ayumi Nishihata
* Creature Design: Kazutaka Ema
* Effects Animation Director: Toru Yoshida (AnimeR)
* Art Director: Hiroki Matsumoto (Atelier Platz) 
* Color Design: You Iwaida (Assez Finaud Fabric.)
* Director of Photography: Takeshi Kuchiba (Assez Finaud Fabric.)
* 3D Director: Yuya Shiraishi (FelixFilm)
* Editing: Masahiro Gotou (REAL-T)
* Music: Tsuyoshi Watanabe
* Animation Production: LINDENFILMS x Felix Films
== Voice cast ==
=== Japanese ===
* Yumiri Hanamori as Sorawo Kamikoshi
* Ai Kayano as Toriko Nishina
* Rina Hidaka as Kozakura
* Miyu Tomita as Akari Seto
* Takuma Terashima as Seiji Abarato
=== English ===
* Madeleine Morris as Sorawo Kamikoshi
* Emily Neves as Toriko Nishina
* Sarah Wiedenheft as Kozakura
* Amanda Lee as Akari Seto
* Christopher Wehkamp as Seiji Abarato
== Music ==
Opening Theme 	Ending Theme
 	
performed by CHiCO with HoneyWorks	performed by Miki Sato
 	
Episode 12 Ending Theme 	Original Soundtrack
 	
performed by rionos 	composed by Takeshi Watanabe
== Episodes ==
:
# 	Title 	Directed by 	Written by 	Air Date
01	Kunekune HuntingKunekune Hantingu(くねくねハンティング) 	Tomoei Makino 	Takuya Satō 	January 4, 2021
02	Hasshaku-sama SurvivalHasshaku-sama Sabaibaru(八尺様 サバイバル) 	Koji Aritomi 	Takuya Satō 	January 11, 2021
03	Giant VillageKyotō no Mura(巨頭の村) 	Yuta Takamura 	Iori Miyazawa 	January 18, 2021
04	Time, Space, and Old ManJikan, Kūkan, Ossan(時間、空間、おっさん) 	Michitaka Shiraishi	Koji Shuki, Tomoe Makino 	January 25, 2021
05	Station FebruarySutēshon Feburarī(ステーション・フェブラリー) 	Takanori Yano 	Toshizō Nemoto 	February 1, 2021
06	Meat TrainMīto Torein(ミート・トレイン) 	Takeshi Tomita 	Toshizō Nemoto 	February 8, 2021
07	Resort Night at the Beach of the EndHate no Hamabe no Rizōto Naito(果ての浜辺のリゾートナイト) 	Kana Kawana 	Yasunori Ide 	February 15, 2021
08	Attack of the Ninja CatsNeko no Ninja ni Osowareru(猫の忍者に襲われる ) 	Tomoe Makino 	Takayo Ikami 	February 22, 2021
09	Sannuki-san and Karateka-sanSannuki-san to Karateka-san(サンヌキさんとカラテカさん) 	Michita Shiraishi 	Takayo Ikami 	March 1, 2021
10	How to Go to Yakiniku by ElevatorErebētā de Yakiniku ni Iku Hōhō(エレベーターで焼肉に行く方法) 	Koji Aritomi 	Iori Miyazawa 	March 8, 2021
11	The Operation to Rescue the U.S. Forces at Kisaragi StationKisaragi-eki Beigun Kyūshutsu Sakusenきさらぎ駅米軍救出作戦 	Yuta Takamura 	Toshizo Nemoto 	March 15, 2021
12	Sorawo and TorikoSorawo to Torikoソラヲとトリコ 	Tomoe Makino 	Yoriko Tomita, Takuya Satō	March 22, 2021
== Blu-Ray Box Releases ==
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== Promotional Material ==
=== Newtype Magazine ===
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== Videos ==
=== Trailers ===
『裏世界ピクニック』特別PV
TVアニメ「裏世界ピクニック」PV第2弾-0
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《Otherside Picnic》- PV 【Ani-One】
=== Tokubetsu Activity Report ===
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第1杯 「日常系じゃなかったんだ」
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第2杯 「お前も裏ごしてやろうか？」
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第3杯 「アルコールあったら何も怖くない」
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第4杯 「チーズとバーボンに愛されし女」
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第5杯 「美味いですぅ！ 美味いですぅ！ ※語彙力」
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第6杯 「水分補給だ！ （※テキーラ入り）」
裏世界トクベツ活動報告 第8杯 「私達ただの酔っ払いだな（お気づきになりましたか）」
== Trivia/s ==
* On Episode 1, when Sorawo and Toriko are on the way to the building in Jinbouchou, a sign on a bookstore says 早川書房 which translates to Hayakawa Shobō (Hayakawa Publishing), a well-known SF publishing company that published the Otherside Picnic series.
* On Episode 3, on the bookstore near the elevator entrance where Sorawo and Toriko frequently meets, an image of the volume 4 cover art can be seen in posted on the wall.
* Real life locations that were featured and advertised in the anime includes the bookstore Shosen Grande (Episode 3)@shosengnd and cafe pause (Episode 4)@walkeri.
* They hired military advisors in order to properly portray the Marine Corps for the adaptation of Station February in the anime.@col_AYABE
* Episode 3 and Episode 10 are both anime originals, with screenplay written by Iori Miyazawa himself.
* Despite the anime not following the chronological per file order of the original novels, some of the episodes are aired during interesting dates such as, Episode 5 (titled 'Station February') was aired on the 1st of February; the adaptation of File 6: Resort Night at the Beach of the End aired in Episode 7, following the trope of anime beach episodes; and Episode 8 (titled 'Attack of the Ninja Cats') was aired on February 22, which is 'National Cat Day' in Japan, as the date resembles the words "nyan nyan nyan" (meow meow meow), and also 'Ninja Day' celebrated in some places in Japan.
== External Links ==
* Otherside Picnic Official Website
* Otherside Picnic Official Twitter
* Iori Miyazawa Official Twitter
* Otherside Picnic on Ani-One Youtube Channel
* Otherside Picnic on Crunchyroll
== References ==
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