This Wednesday it was announced via a newly-opened website that Takako Shimura’s Happy-Go-Lucky Days (Donika Naru Hibi) romance omnibus manga will be receiving an anime film adaptation. According to the announcement, the film will open for a limited run in select Japanese theaters next summer.

In addition, a short 1-minute PV was released for the upcoming film adaptation, giving us a glimpse into the characters and the poignant animation. Check it out here!

A main visual was also released, featuring all the characters:

The anime film is directed by Takuya Sato, who also directed the OVA adaptations of yuri titles Kase-san and Morning Glories as well as the upcoming Fragtime. Koji Aritomi (Naruto Shippuden) serves as technical director. Director Sato, Yasunori Ide (Leviathan: The Last Defense), and Yoriko Tomita (As Miss Beelzebub Likes) co-wrote the script. Character design is done by Haruka Sagawa (Sorcery in the Big City), with Yukihiro Saito as art director. The anime film is produced by LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio, with distribution to be handled by Pony Canyon.

The Happy-Go-Lucky Days manga is a collection of a stories that revolve around everyday life and ordinary love, be it sweet or painful. Some examples of stories are a divorcee finding new love, and two childhood friends who reunite as adults and realize that a lot of things have changed between them. The manga also features both yuri and yaoi stories, such as a woman who attends the wedding of her ex-girlfriend and a male student who confesses his feelings for his male teacher. The stories range from slice-of-life to erotic content (good heavens, there’s incest—but I suppose it won’t be in the film) to comedy.

The manga was published from 2002 to 2004 and was serialized in Ohta Publishing’s Manga Erotics F.

Takako Shimura also wrote the 2004 yuri high school manga Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana) and Wandering Son (Horo Musuko), both of which received anime adaptations.

Source: Crunchyroll News