Kemono Friends anime director TATSUKI announced on October 28 that he is recruiting experienced background artists for an unannounced project. He said that he would reply to proposals by the end of the month.

TATSUKI and his Irodori team recently released an original anime short last month. The short is their first since the announcement that TATSUKI is no longer working on the new Kemono Friends anime project. Irodori is the three-person independent animation group that worked with the studio Yaoyorozu to produce the Kemono Friends anime. Besides TATSUKI, the members include Yūko Shiromizu and Yoshihisa Isa, the art director and animation director on Kemono Friends .

TATSUKI reported on September 25 that, per a notification from publishing and production company Kadokawa, he is no longer working on the Kemono Friends project.

[Via Nijipoi]