Anime studio Gainax ( Evangelion , Nadia ) confirmed on Thursday that it is making an anime film of its long-dormant Blue Uru ( Aoki Uru ) project. Hiroyuki Yamaga is writing and directing the project with character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto . Both had worked together in the same roles in the 1987 anime film Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise . The announcement was made on the first day of Tokyo International Anime Fair.

Gainax began plans for Blue Uru in 1992 with director Hideaki Anno ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), writer Hiroyuki Yamaga ( Wings of Honneamise ), and executive producer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ( Wings of Honneamise ). The project was suspended the following year, with revivals announced in 1998 and 2001.