Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
夜のクラゲは泳げない
(Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai)
Created byJELEE
Anime television series
Directed byRyohei Takeshita
Written byYūki Yaku
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioDoga Kobo
Original networkTokyo MX, Kansai TV, BS11
Original run April 2024 – scheduled
Manga
Written byJELEE
Illustrated byNiko Fujii
Published byKodansha
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 2024 – scheduled

Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night (夜のクラゲは泳げない, Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai) is an upcoming original anime television series produced by Doga Kobo and created by JELEE. It is directed by Ryohei Takeshita, with series composition by Yūki Yaku, original character designs by popman3580, and designs adapted for animation by Junichirō Taniguchi. It is scheduled to premiere in April 2024.[1][2][3] The series celebrates the 50th anniversary of Doga Kobo and takes place in Shibuya, Tokyo.[2] A manga adaptation illustrated by Niko Fujii is scheduled to begin serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga website in the same month.[3]

Plot

Four girls, "Yoru Mitsuki", an illustrator who stops drawing, "Nonoka Tachibana", a former idol who wants to prove herself with singing, "Nox Ryūgasaki", a self-proclaimed "the strongest" VTuber, and "Kimura-chan", a mysterious composer who wants to support her favourite person, together form an anonymous artist group, "JELEE".[4]

Characters

Mahiru Kōzuki (光月まひる, Kōzuki Mahiru)
Voiced by: Miku Itō[3]
Kano Yamanouchi (山ノ内花音, Yamanouchi Kano)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[3]
Kiwi Watase (渡瀬キウイ, Watase Kiui)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[3]
Mei "Kim Anouk" Takanashi (高梨・キム・アヌーク・めい, Takanashi "Kimu Anūku" Mei)
Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro[3]

Production

On March 24, 2023, Doga Kobo announced it was producing an original television anime series titled Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night which would be scheduled to premiere in 2024, together with main staff, a teaser promotional video (PV) and a teaser visual.[2] It was also revealed that the story takes place in Shibuya.[1] Later three more batches of teaser PVs and teaser visuals were released on May 12,[5] July 28,[6] and October 23, 2023,[7] respectively. According to Ryohei Takeshita, the teaser PVs were produced in the from of live action mainly because he did not want to strain the resources from the production of the anime series, and partly because he wanted to attempt to create something in live action.[8]

On November 1, 2023, its first fully animated PV was released, together with main cast and more staff. It also was announced that the anime series would premiere in April 2024 on the Tokyo MX, Kansai TV and BS11 channels, and a manga adaptation would began serialization in the same month.[3][9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 竹下良平×屋久ユウキ×動画工房のオリジナルアニメ「夜のクラゲは泳げない」来年放送. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 24, 2023). "Doga Kobo Announces Original TV Anime Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cayanan, Joanna (November 1, 2023). "Doga Kobo's Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Anime Reveals Cast, More Staff, April Debut in 1st Promo Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ 「夜のクラゲは泳げない」アニメーションPV公開！. Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night official website (in Japanese). November 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ 竹下良平×屋久ユウキ×動画工房「夜のクラゲは泳げない」ティザービジュ＆PV第2弾. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 12, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ 竹下良平×屋久ユウキ×動画工房「夜のクラゲは泳げない」第3弾ビジュ＆PV公開. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 28, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ 「夜のクラゲは泳げない」4人の少女を捉えた新ビジュ公開、実写映像収めた新PVも. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 23, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  8. ↑ Takeshita, Ryohei [@ryoppe0905] (October 23, 2023). 実写にしたのはアニメ本編のリソースをティザーPVに割きたくないのが主な理由ですね。単純に自分が実写作ってみたかったのもあります。 (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 1, 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ 「夜のクラゲは泳げない」に伊藤美来、高橋李依、富田美憂、島袋美由利　PV第1弾公開. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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