by The production staff of the TV anime Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi produced it. The anime Kannon Who Rose from the Sea, based on a folk tale from Tashirojima, an isolated island in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, was completed, and a screening was held on the 11th.
“Kannon who rose from the Sea” in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi is a 5-minute anime set on Tashirojima, an isolated island in Ishinomaki City. Approximately 70 people from the island attended the screening. From the anime: “Is this the place where Kannon lives?” “I want you to build a shrine on this rocky shore. When it’s finished, I’ll take your nets with me.”
In the anime, Kannon appears in a dream of a fisherman having trouble catching fish and asks him to “build a Kannon hall.” The story goes that the fisherman completed the Kannon hall over three days and three nights and was blessed with a significant catch. A person from Tashirojima says, “It was nostalgic. I knew there was a story, but I was grateful to have it made into an anime.”
A person from Tashirojima: “I’m happy to be able to see it as an animation, and it’s made me proud of Tashirojima, so it was a good day.” “Kannon Bodhisattva Rising from the Sea,” completed in December last year, was produced as part of the “Umi no Minwa no Machi Project” by the Nippon Foundation and others, which aims to express folk tales from all over Japan in animation and pass them on to the next generation. The TV anime “Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi” production staff were also involved.
The production staff of ” Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi” (Japanese folktales ) were involved in the production. The animation “Kannon Bodhisattva Rising from the Sea,” based on a folktale from Tashirojima, an isolated island in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, has been completed, and a screening was held on the 11th. The Nippon Foundation and others produced it as part of the “Umi no Minwa no Machi Project.” The TV animation “Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi” production staff was involved.
