Sexy Voice & Robo's Kizara write "near-future" story of girl with robo substitute for boy she lost

The January issue of Shueisha 's Bessatsu Margaret ( Betsuma ) magazine is announcing on Thursday that manga creator Io Sakisaka ( Strobe Edge , Ao Haru Ride ) is creating the original character designs for an anime film titled Haru . The "near-future romance" follows a girl named Kurumi who lost Haru, a boy she liked, in an accident. A robot "Robo Haru" turns into her substitute for Haru.

Ryoutarou Makihara (storyboard and episode direction on Guilty Crown , The Tatami Galaxy ) is making his directorial debut with this film. Izumi Kizara (live-action Sexy Voice and Robo ) is writing the screenplay, which is not based on preexisting material. Art director Asami Kiyokawa ( Paradise Kiss ) collaborated on the key piece of visual art that Betsuma published in a fold-out poster. A manga adaptation will also run in Betsuma .

The film will open on June 8, 2013. The official website will open at Hal -anime.com and the Twitter account will be @halanime.

[Via Manga News]

Image © 2013 Haru Production Committee