The staff of KILLTUBE, the theatrical anime film directed by Kazuaki Kuribayashi (CHOCOLATE Inc.), has revealed its presenters for the Work in Progress (WIP) session of the 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which takes place June 21 to 27, 2026 in Annecy, France. During the Annecy festival, KILLTUBE director Kazuaki Kuribayashi, concept art director Fujihiko Sawai (WACHAJACK), scriptwriter Ryo Takebayashi (CHOCOLATE Inc.) and producer Kayane Fujimura (CHOCOLATE Inc.) will give a presentation at the WIP session to share more insight about the anime.
Kazuaki Kuribayashi
Fujihiko Sawai
Ryo Takebayashi
Kayane Fujimura
The main cast of the KILLTUBE anime film includes:
- Yui Tsukada as Musashi
- Kengo Kawanishi as Kikuchiyo
- Ayane Sakura as Leonardo
The staff of KILLTUBE includes:
- Director: Kazuaki Kuribayashi
- Assistant Director: Yutaka Uemura
- Screenplay: Saeri Natsuo, Ryo Takebayashi, and Takenori Tokuyama
- Character Design: Nike Shimaguchi
- Storyboard & Direction: Takumi Shiga, Nike Shimaguchi, Masato Goto, Ryoji Yamada, and Bivi
- Worldbuilding Supervisor: Yusuke Ujita
- Character Development & Dialogue Support: ARuFa
- Concept Art Director: Fujihiko Sawai
- CG Supervisor: Yuki Mizoguchi
- CG Animation Supervisor: Satoshi Takeno
- CG Animation Associate Director: Daisuke Kaneko
- Technical Director: Hiroyuki Okada
- Character Modeling Supervisor: Shuhei Kitano
- Rig Supervisor: Masashi Mukai
- Background Modeling Supervisor: Jun Kazuse
- Lead Background Modeler: Koki Sekino
- CG Effects Supervisor: Tai Komatsu
- Shot Supervisor: Mamoru Takahashi
- VFX Supervisor: Takahiro Ota
- Graphic Designer: Masataka Yoshida
- Editor: Jo Kobayashi
- Production Editor: Yuto Suda
- Music Supervisor: Takumi Matsuzaka
- Music: Takao Ogi
- Music Producer: Sayoko Narukawa
- Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
- Sound Production: dugout
- Animation Producers: Fuko Noda, Kenichi Shimada, Taiyo Sato. Nao Nakatsuka, and Ai
Kamiyama - Line Producer: Juria Akagawa and Shugo Uramatsu
- Production Managers: Ryudai Tsunoda, Ryo Arai, Hikaru Sato, Tetsuya
Wadabori, and Haruko Kitakura - Producers: Yasushi Miwa, Naoki Koyama, Chiharu Nagai, Kayane Fujimura, and Ryoichiro
Taketomi - Promotion Producer: Kayane Fujimura
- Promotion / Official SNS: Minori Kuragami
- Promotion: Shiori Tanaka
- Promotion Planner: Issei Ishikura and Kei Tominaga
- Art Director: Takuya Sekikawa
- PR Global Marketing Nanami Yamada
- Production: STUDIO DOTOU
CHOCOLATE is also in charge of planning and production.
