Anime adaptation of Kazuyoshi Takeda's Peleliu: Rakuen no Guernica manga.

The story follows the daily lives of Japanese soldiers taking part in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II: a high-casualty, months-long campaign. The main character, Tamaru, dreams of returning home to become a mangaka, and sees their island outpost as a wild paradise that can one day be used as a setting for one of his stories. Most of his comrades, however, are prepared for the more realistic scenario - that they will not be leaving Peleliu alive.

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Studios

• Toho
• Shin-Ei Animation
• Fugaku

Staff

• Kenji Kawai — Music
• Toshihiko Kojima — Editing
• Yuusuke Takeda — Concept Art Board
• Junji Nishimura — Script
• Hiroshi Katou — Art Director
• Shinichi Igarashi — Director of Photography
• Aki Watanabe — Color Design
• Kazumi Hasegawa — Color Design
• Noritaka Suzuki — Prop Design
• Gouichi Iwahata — Prop Design
• Mika Nakajima — Art Design
• Ryouji Nakamori — Character Design, Chief Animation Director
• Hirofumi Sakagami — Art Director
• Takaaki Suzuki — History Research
• Takamasa Masuki — Concept Art Board
• Chikako Yokota — Sound Director
• Katsumi Saruya — Art Design
• Gorou Kuji — Director
• Kuniko Iwatani — Art Director