Longform Tailenders Trailer Released

Humberto Saabedra

Production initiative Anime Innovation Tokyo has released the first longform trailer for the forthcoming Tailenders sci-fi racing action anime film from the Hokkaido-based Picograph animation studio. The year old project does not have a release date at this time and tells the story of of promising race car driver Tomoe Shiro.

When he nearly dies in an accident, he’s saved by having his natural heart replaced with the core of his car’s engine. However, now deemed an automobile part, he’s subsequently banned from racing as a driver, forcing him to migrate to a distant frontier planet where racers barred from sanctioned racing are allowed to drive freely.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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