20th Animation Division Jury Selections
ERASED
Animated TV series
ITO Tomohiko [Japan]
Outline
In a series based on the time-slip suspense manga of the same title by SANBE Kei, unsuccessful manga artist FUJINUMA Satoru is haunted by a phenomenon called “revival” that happens only to him, in which time rewinds to just before something bad occurs?as if someone is forcing him to prevent it. The animation enhances the complex structure of the original manga with a tightly woven plot and psychologically detailed depictions of the characters.