Makoto Shinkai is known to be one of the biggest names in Japanese animation, and the critically-acclaimed anime director, who is responsible for classic anime films such as Voices of a Distant Star, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and The Garden of Words, is having his work sourced in a brand new TV anime. Titled She and Her Cat –Everything Flows-, the upcoming anime has been previewed in a brand new video:

She and Her Cat –Everything Flows- will be a short anime, and it is slated to premiere on 4 March 2016. It will be the very first TV anime which has been sourced from one of the famous anime director’s works, She and Her Cat, which was originally presented in black and white. However, unlike the original, this new TV anime will be presented in full color, as is seen in the video above.

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The TV anime may be sourced from a work by Makoto Shinkai, but the anime will not be directed by him. The series is byKazuya Sakamoto, with the character designs being handled by The Heroic Legend of Arslan Animation director, Senbon Umajimi, with Naruki Nagakawa writing the script.