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To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the popular mahjong app Mahjong Soul (Jantama), MANAA ANIMATION produced an original animation themed around gratitude and encouragement. Rather than using existing game characters, four original characters were created specifically for this project, telling a story of friendship and growth with the message: “Even when apart, we can stay connected.”
MANAA ANIMATION handled the project from start to finish, including planning, scriptwriting, production, casting, and music direction.
The animation reflects the shared experiences of both users and the operations team, who built a bond over the past five years, expressing them through the sparkle of youth and fresh, vibrant visuals—turning a “thank you for five years” into a heartfelt story that gently inspires and supports the audience.
CREDIT
- Director・Storyboard・Character Design・Direction・Chief Animation Director・Key Animation
- asano66
- Cast
- Nobunaga Shimazaki / Aya Yamane / Junya Enoki/ Junta Terashima
- Yosuke Adachi / Sho Fujisawa / Jyoichiro Otsuki
- Theme Song
- Kohana Lam “Hitorijanainda” (You’re Not Alone)
- Vocal: Kohana Lam / Lyrics, Music & Arrange: Guiano / Mix: D.O.I. (Daimonion Recordings)
- Script
- Miyuki Ono
- Animation Director
- Nishio Satomi
- Key Animation
- Nodoka Kadowaki / Namie Saito / Takumi Fujiwara
- 2nd Key Animation
- Sorano Harufu（CANTERA） / WAO（CANTERA） / GK Sales / reboot
- Color Design
- Suiren Akitsuki
- Animation Clean-up・Cell Checking
- Maho Urata
- In-between・Finishing
- GK Sales / reboot / Nichieikobo
- Art Director
- Takeru Yanagisawa（ARTMOSPHERE）
- Background Art
- T（ARTMOSPHERE） / Suiren Akitsuki（ARTMOSPHERE） / Anhelo（CANTERA）
- Design Works
- GraphersRock
- Compositing Director・3DCGI
- Sanshiro Sato
- Compositing
- Shusaku Takayanagi / Anhelo / REC
- Grading
- TAKUYA KATSUMI / Sanshiro Sato
- Sound Production Manager
- Masakaze Uma（Aegir.,Inc）
- Recording Assistant Director
- Shingo Suzuki
- Recording
- Miyu Kumagai
- Recording Studio
- LORETTA studio
- Sound Production・Sound Studio
- SALMIX
- Production Manager
- Souki Uegaki
- Animation Producer
- Kyosuke Matsuno
- Account Producer
- Kohei Matsumoto
- Planning・Produce
- Ryu Ishii
- Production
- MANAA ANIMATION
