This Thursday (16), the company Toei released on its official YouTube channel the announcement teaser for its new project, the film Peleliu: Rakuen no Guernica (Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise), which will premiere on December 5th .
The manga of the same name is the basis for the anime and author Kazuyoshi Takeda is participating in the film as co-writer along with Junji Nishimura (Nagi no Asukara). In addition to having Goro Kuji (Chained Soldier) as director of the project.
The production launched the official website along with the teaser, and a comment from Takeda about the adaptation of his work:
“I myself am involved in the production of the film in the form of supervision and co-writing with veteran anime director Junji Nishimura. It took a long, long time to complete the script.
Peleliu's original manga has 11 volumes on the main story alone, excluding Gaiden, and how do you incorporate that into the film? Trying to include everything from the original story and ending up with a bland summary is something you don't want as an original author.
There was a plan to carefully craft only the first half of the original story, and it was still a bit unsatisfying story-wise. And not only is there an original story, there is also a historical fact that underlies this work: the war 80 years ago. There are people who lived there .
The script for the film version of Peleliu was a story that we can confidently deliver to fans of the original work. Right now, I’m eager to meet Tamaru, Yoshishiki and other beloved characters populating the screen as soon as possible.”
About Peleliu: Rakuen no Guernica
The story takes place during the summer of 1944, during the Battle of Peleliu , an island in Palau, a paradise with coral reefs and beautiful forests. The battle that took place during World War II between the USA and Japan and lasted months, and to this day is known as the “most bitter battle in the entire history of the Marines”.
The main character is Tamaru , a soldier who wants to become a manga creator and we follow his life during the battle, between the approximately 10,000 soldiers of Japan and the 50,000 soldiers of the USA.
The work explores the lives of soldiers , their dreams and themes such as: what do soldiers fight when they are so far from home, on a small island?
The work inspired a spin-off titled Peleliu Gaiden , released by Hakusensha 's Young Animal in March 2022. The manga is scheduled to end with the fourth volume, in July 2025.
Source: Official website .
