Nasu: Summer in Andalusia

Based On the book by Iou Kuroda

Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (Japanese: 茄子アンダルシアの夏, Hepburn: Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu) is a 2003 Japanese anime film by Madhouse, directed by Kitarō Kōsaka – a long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli and the animation supervisor for Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. The film was based on the manga series by Iou Kuroda titled Nasu, which was serialized in Monthly Afternoon magazine. Kōsaka became interested in adapting the work after his long-time collaborator Hayao Miyazaki himself, a fan of cycling, recommended the manga to Kōsaka. The film soon went on to become the first Japanese anime film ever to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

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