Animated project to adapt the "Aniseka Novel Award" Grand Prize winner into anime, with Junichi Sato as general director and produced by NAGOMI

The award ceremony for the Twin Engine and Straight Edge literary award "Anime to the World! Novel Award (Aniseka Novel Award)" was held in Tokyo on September 17th. This open literary award guarantees that the winning work will be adapted into an anime or book. The grand prize winner, selected from a total of approximately 6,000 submissions, is Puri's "I'm Sorry About My Hometown," which is about a mother (the heroine) who forces her to surround herself with people and doesn't treat her like a bride in the frontier where she married, but thanks to that, I can live freely!" An anime adaptation project has been launched. The staff was announced, with Junichi Sato, who has worked on "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon," "Ojamajo Doremi Doremi," and "ARIA," serving as general director, and it was revealed that the work will be produced by NAGOMI, a cutting-edge studio founded in 2024.

The film is a love romance about a princess who is banished from the royal palace by her mother, the queen, and finds happiness in a remote area where she is exiled. The light-hearted story and heartwarming worldview of the princess, who overcomes difficulties with the help of a magical stuffed animal despite her unfortunate circumstances, were highly praised.

Puri commented, "I am truly grateful for receiving this prestigious award. When I heard that I had won the grand prize, I held my breath and covered my mouth. I was honestly very happy, but at the same time, I felt like I was in a dream for a while, wondering if something so good had happened and if it was some kind of mistake. In anime, the characters' movements, lines, and everyday scenery pass by in the blink of an eye. When it is eventually made into an anime, I hope to be able to enjoy the ingenuity and thought that has been put into each and every one of them, as well as the differences from the original, from the perspective of both the original author and the viewer. To that end, I will work hand in hand with everyone involved with 'Ofuru' and do my best, so I would appreciate your continued support."

Director Sato said, "Congratulations to Puri-sama on winning the Aniseka Grand Prize. I was delighted to hear about the ingenuity and importance that went into writing this work, and was very inspired by the different approach and way of thinking than we would normally consider. Once the work is released, I'm sure many people will read it and become fans of the main characters and their strange...excuse me, cute characters. I'm sure there are some concerns about it being made into an anime, but let's work together with the animation staff to make it an even more interesting work. I hope everyone will look forward to it and await the day the anime is unveiled."

The awards also awarded special prizes to Nanase Natsume's "Dungeon Sumikko Gurashi: The world is desperately searching for streamers who are unaware of their abilities. Come out of the dungeon quickly!?" and Aoi Miyamae's "I was tutoring a handsome boy when a handsome older marquis proposed to me?" The two works will be made into books and published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha in 2026.