Blue Rights has presented a pilot of Orochi -Seventh Echoes-, which will be his first original animated film. The announcement arrived in mid-November 2026 together with the Visual Teaser and the main project team, which for now does not have a confirmed release date, duration or distribution format.
The pilot incorporates the theme “Zankyo”, performed by Nenna, an artist who already appears in the company’s musical catalog with a release in October 2026. The producer proposes the project as a long-term bet and seeks creative and co-production partners to develop it beyond the CINEMA.
Takashi Nakamura, from original concept to direction
The film is directed by Takashi Nakamura, who also signs the original concept, the original character design and the Art Setting. Its name is linked to the character design and the animation direction of Akira, and to the address of A Tree of Palme and of the movies HARMONY.
Tokuyuki Matsutake is in charge of character design, with previous works in medabots, , Ninja vs. Gokudo and Tales of Phantasia. The rest of the main team looks like this:
- Intermediate Animation Monitoring: Mitsunori Murata
- Art Direction: Kazuyuki Hashimoto
- Art Setting Assistance: Koji Hashiguchi
- Color design: Terumi Nakauchi
- CGI Address: Keisuke Sasagawa (Trick Block)
- Direction of photography: Mitsuhiro Sato (Animocaramel)
- Planning Production: Makoto Kimura (Blue Rights)
- Production: Shō Shigemitsu (Ikko-ikko)
Kukulkan, a kingdom that is held with sound
The story is situated in Kukulkan, a kingdom supported by sound waves. Agni is born there with a power called “Hizumi”: the royal family abandons him and the boy grows up surrounded by his tutor and his friends. That power awakens Orochi, a force of calamity that had been believed dead for a thousand years and that, when opening its eyes, calls Agni “my son”.
With that starting point, the film raises what that power really is and why the protagonist decides to face the threat that he himself has awakened to protect those he wants.
an intellectual property designed beyond the film
Blue Rights does not conceive Orochi -Seventh Echoes- like an isolated tape. The project seeks co-production allies with an eye on building a long-term intellectual property that covers serialized manga, short films, character projects, toys and other merchandise.
Behind the company is Makoto Kimura, former CEO, Director of Rights Management and producer of MAPPA, who founded Blue Rights in April 2024. The company is defined as an entertainment company and prioritizes planning and production above production of Animation: works anime for television and film, but also manga, novels, music, video clips, events, commercials and products.
The catalog where the title has not yet appeared
The public list of works of Blue Rights shows series such as The Boxer, , mere × death and Perfect Addiction, in addition to video clips such as Ryo (Supercell) «1996» for the Pokémon project with Hatsune Miku. The catalog also includes a pilot of Ninja Skooler dated November 6, 2026, a few days before this announcement.
Of Orochi -Seventh Echoes- There is still no confirmed voice cast or animation studio, and it has not been clarified if the pilot can look complete or how it will be distributed. What is clear is the roadmap: finding partners and turning the pilot into the first stone of a franchise.