<p><strong>The meaning of &quot;Project-118&quot; is the sum of the name of the staffs in the planning stage converted to numbers.</strong></p>
<p>It was explained in the &quot;Nagi no Asukara&quot; Special Staff Talk Show (<a href="https://www.loft-prj.co.jp/schedule/plusone/22229" rel="nofollow noreferrer">凪のあすから　汐鹿生大宴会 ―「凪のあすから」スペシャルスタッフトークショー</a>) on April 19, 2014. Some tweets from it:</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nanoexpTS2/status/457509532113973248" rel="nofollow noreferrer">澤村・スク水・英梨々 @nanoexpTS2</a></p>
<p>Project118の意味。辻さん <strong>凪のあすからの企画段階のメンバーの名前を数字に変換して足したら118だった</strong>。検索してみたら、海上保安庁の番号だった。[...]</p>
<p>The meaning of Project118. Tsuji (ed. the Animation Producer) said that <strong>if the name of the staffs in the planning stage of Nagi no Asukara is converted to numbers and then summed, the total is 118</strong>. Searching about it, it is the number of Japan Coast Guard. [...]</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/srcsn/status/457529612528922624" rel="nofollow noreferrer">しらこ @srcsn</a></p>
<p><strong>Project-118の118の意味は、製作決定当初のスタッフさんの名前をあてたものを足して118になった</strong>とか。[...] …ちなみに118は海上保安なんたらの番号らしく、海という共通点が偶然にも。</p>
<p><strong>The meaning of 118 in Project-118 is, when the name of the staffs at the beginning of production decision is &quot;matched&quot;(?), the sum is 118</strong>. [...] ... By the way, looks like 118 is the number of Japan Coast Guard something, having &quot;sea&quot; as a common point is a coincidence.</p>
<p><sup>(emphasis mine, archived from <a href="https://togetter.com/li/657114?page=6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">togetter (Japanese)</a>)</sup></p>
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<p>However, they didn't explain further about the conversion and who the staffs are.</p>
<p>It might be possible as <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11669/what-exactly-is-project-118#comment14376_11669">nhahtdh's comment</a> to calculate the kanji strokes of the name (example: 辻充仁 is 5 + 6+4=15), but it's also possible to use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Goroawase" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>goroawase</em></a> (example: 辻充仁, <em>Mitsuhito Tsuji</em> is 3+2+1+10 + 2+10 = 28 [or any other possible combinations]). But at this point, both are only speculation though.</p>

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That said, if someone is successful in solving this puzzle with sufficient details, feel very free to post it as an answer...
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<p>I know that they are the writers of Nagi no Asukara, just that I wanted to know more about that exactly. A group being named after a "project" sounded curious to me. Can someone tell me more about these authors? (or author)</p>

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It's just a name that a group of writers came up with for themselves, nothing more. They thought it would sound interesting and look where it got them − people are asking questions :)
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https://twitter.com/shiracombo/status/457529612528922624 and https://twitter.com/nanoexpTS2/status/457509532113973248 says that 118 is the sum of the strokes (?) of the staffs in the planning stage, and it is coincidentally the telephone number for Coast Guard. Unfortunately, I don't know who are the staffs in question, so I cannot confirm these 2 tweets.
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@nhahtdh Shinohara Toshiya (director, 44 strokes) + Okada Mari (series composition, 38 strokes) gives us 82 strokes, so if we happen across one or more relevant people that sum to 36 strokes, that might do the trick.
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What exactly is Project-118?
# What exactly is Project-118?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-07-06
I know that they are the writers of Nagi no Asukara, just that I wanted to know more about that exactly. A group being named after a "project" sounded curious to me. Can someone tell me more about these authors? (or author)
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's just a name that a group of writers came up with for themselves, nothing more. They thought it would sound interesting and look where it got them − people are asking questions :)  
> **username_2**: https://twitter.com/shiracombo/status/457529612528922624 and https://twitter.com/nanoexpTS2/status/457509532113973248 says that 118 is the sum of the strokes (?) of the staffs in the planning stage, and it is coincidentally the telephone number for Coast Guard. Unfortunately, I don't know who are the staffs in question, so I cannot confirm these 2 tweets.  
> **username_3**: @nhahtdh Shinohara Toshiya (director, 44 strokes) + Okada Mari (series composition, 38 strokes) gives us 82 strokes, so if we happen across one or more relevant people that sum to 36 strokes, that might do the trick.  
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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-09-06. Score: 1
**The meaning of "Project-118" is the sum of the name of the staffs in the planning stage converted to numbers.**

It was explained in the "Nagi no Asukara" Special Staff Talk Show ([凪のあすから　汐鹿生大宴会 ―「凪のあすから」スペシャルスタッフトークショー](https://www.loft-prj.co.jp/schedule/plusone/22229)) on April 19, 2014. Some tweets from it:

> [澤村・スク水・英梨々 @nanoexpTS2](https://twitter.com/nanoexpTS2/status/457509532113973248)
>
> Project118の意味。辻さん **凪のあすからの企画段階のメンバーの名前を数字に変換して足したら118だった**。検索してみたら、海上保安庁の番号だった。[...]
>
> The meaning of Project118. Tsuji (ed. the Animation Producer) said that **if the name of the staffs in the planning stage of Nagi no Asukara is converted to numbers and then summed, the total is 118**. Searching about it, it is the number of Japan Coast Guard. [...]
>
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>
> [しらこ @srcsn](https://twitter.com/srcsn/status/457529612528922624)
>
> **Project-118の118の意味は、製作決定当初のスタッフさんの名前をあてたものを足して118になった**とか。[...] …ちなみに118は海上保安なんたらの番号らしく、海という共通点が偶然にも。
>
> **The meaning of 118 in Project-118 is, when the name of the staffs at the beginning of production decision is "matched"(?), the sum is 118**. [...] ... By the way, looks like 118 is the number of Japan Coast Guard something, having "sea" as a common point is a coincidence.
>
> (emphasis mine, archived from [togetter (Japanese)](https://togetter.com/li/657114?page=6))

However, they didn't explain further about the conversion and who the staffs are.

It might be possible as [nhahtdh's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11669/what-exactly-is-project-118#comment14376_11669) to calculate the kanji strokes of the name (example: 辻充仁 is 5 + 6+4=15), but it's also possible to use [*goroawase*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Goroawase) (example: 辻充仁, *Mitsuhito Tsuji* is 3+2+1+10 + 2+10 = 28 [or any other possible combinations]). But at this point, both are only speculation though.
> **Comments:**
> **username_4** (2019-09-06): That said, if someone is successful in solving this puzzle with sufficient details, feel very free to post it as an answer...  
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