The TV anime adaptation of Otherside Picnic, a yuri sci-fi novel series by Iori Miyazawa, got a new trailer on September 12, showcasing the animation of the series and announcing a January 2021 broadcast date alongside more of the staff that will be bringing the series to life.

Joining director Takuya Sato (STEINS;GATE) will be Ayumi Nishihata (SHIROBAKO) working on the character designs and as the animation director on the series, Kazutaka Ema (Haganai's mechanical designs) as the creature designer, Toru Yoshida at Anime R is the Effects Animation Director, Hiroyuki Matsumoto at Atelier Platz is working on the Art Setting, You Iwaida at Assez Finaud Fabric doing the Color Design alongside Takeshi Kuchiba as Director of Photography, Yuya Shiraishi as the 3D Director, Masahiro Goto at REAL-T editing the TV anime, and Takeshi Watanabe tackling the music. Otherside Picnic will be produced at LIDENFILMS and FelixFilm

J-Novel Club publishes the novels into English and describes it as:

Her first encounter with Toriko Nishina was on the Otherside after seeing "that thing" and nearly dying. Ever since that day, exhausted university student Sorawo Kamikoshi's life changed. In this Otherworld, full of mystery, which exists alongside our own, dangerous beings like the Kunekune and Hasshaku-sama that are spoken of in real ghost stories appear. For research, for profit, and to find an important person, Toriko and Sorawo set foot into the abnormal. A tale of two girls' bizarre exploration and survival, brought to you by an up-and-coming Sci-fi author!

Otherside Picnic premieres on Japanese TV in January 2021.

Source: Comic Natalie

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.