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BLUE RIGHTS unveils a Nakamura-directed anime film, OROCHI -Seventh Echoes-
Anime News Network reports that BLUE RIGHTS, the company founded by former MAPPA executive Makoto Kimura, has released a pilot film for OROCHI -Seventh Echoes-, an original feature directed by Takashi Nakamura.
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The entertainment company BLUE RIGHTS has released a pilot film for an original theatrical anime, OROCHI -Seventh Echoes-, Anime News Network reported on November 12. Takashi Nakamura, the character designer and animation director on the Akira film, is directing and is credited with the original concept, original character design, and art setting.
BLUE RIGHTS was founded in 2024 by Makoto Kimura, a former MAPPA executive director, rights management director, and producer, ANN says, citing the company's announcement at the time.
The project, as announced
ANN, working from a BLUE RIGHTS press release, says the company also issued a teaser visual and a staff list. The pilot film's theme song is "Zankyo," performed by neNna.
The studio's official story description, as quoted by ANN, is set in Kukulkan, "a kingdom sustained by sound waves." A boy named Agni, born with a power called "Hizumi," awakens Orochi, "a force of calamity believed to have died a thousand years ago." The announcement frames the film as an original feature-length project and says it is seeking creative and co-production partners, with longer-term plans that could include manga, short films, and merchandise.
Tokuyuki Matsutake is designing the characters, ANN reports. Makoto Kimura is listed as planning producer. Other credited staff include art director Kazuyuki Hashimoto, CGI director Keisuke Sasagawa, and production producer Shō Shigemitsu.
No theatrical release date was included in the ANN report.
About the new company
ANN notes that BLUE RIGHTS, in its 2024 launch announcement, said it would produce television and theatrical anime as well as work outside animation, and that it "prioritizes planning and production over animation production." Kimura had retired from MAPPA before founding the company.
Nakamura's other directing credits cited by ANN include A Tree of Palme and the Harmony films.
The takeaway
BLUE RIGHTS has put a Nakamura-directed original film, OROCHI -Seventh Echoes-, into public view with a pilot, a teaser visual, and a staff announcement. It is an early-stage reveal, not a dated theatrical opening.
Cover image: An anime bookshop in Kyoto, photographed by Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato). Licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The photo is a bookstore interior, not official OROCHI artwork.
Key facts
- Title
- OROCHI -Seventh Echoes-, an original feature, per ANN
- Director
- Takashi Nakamura, also credited with the original concept
- Company
- BLUE RIGHTS, founded in 2024 by former MAPPA executive Makoto Kimura
- Release date
- Not announced in the ANN report