The manga "Flying Witch", which is set in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, has been announced as an anime, and is showing excitement in the city.

The same work serialized in the separate Shonen Magazine. Makoto Kobata, a witch who came to Aomori, describes her daily life with her relatives who are living there. Bi-monthly series began in September 2012, and up to three volumes are currently published. The author is Chihiro Ishizuka from the same city. He now makes a U-turn and writes manga while living in the city.

The Hirosaki Tourism and Convention Association posted information on the website on August 1 when the announcement was made. The Hirosaki Film Commission Executive Committee added the words "Animation decision" to the large signboard of the same work that was installed in front of JR Hirosaki station in May, and some of the tourist tour maps around the stage were replaced with illustrations and distributed continuously To do.

On the same day on YouTube, the video "Hirosaki, a town where magic could be used-HIROSAKI-" was released. A story about two high school girls who get lost in the magical world and experience a mysterious experience, set in a place that appears in the play of the same work. Yuichiro Fujishiro, a director living in Tokyo, said, "I'm interested in the cityscape where the unique atmosphere mixed with the Western world has been inherited, and in this video, I actively adopted these historic buildings."

Yamato Printing (Kanda) started selling clear files using the illustrations of the same work on August 3rd. Masanori Sasaki of the company said, “It started when we talked about whether there would be a manga artist from the local area who could do publicity activities by themselves. , I wish everyone knew it, but it wasn't expected to be animated right away, "smiles.

Clear files will be sold in limited quantities of 1500 mainly at the anime specialty store "Branco".