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Sunrise Produces “Road To You” Promo Movie For Dunlop Tires

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Spoiler alert: The Suzuka Circuit’s famed Dunlop curve actually hides a Gundam hangar.

Earlier today, tire manufacturer Dunlop announced that they’re partnering with Sunrise to produce promotional anime short. The film, titled Road To You ~Hoshifuruoka no Yakusoku~ (Road To You ~The Promise of a Shooting Star Made on a Hill~). The main staff, as well as a teaser video for the feature were revealed for the project, which launches on YouTube on October 3. We break the details down below.

Key Visual

The image features the film’s leads standing on a hill with a telescope, as they look up at a shooting star.

Road To You Promise of a Shooting Star Visual

Staff

Kou Matsuo (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt) is directing the project at Sunrise, with an unspecified Studio Ghibli animator providing the original character designs. Suda Ken Nagi is scoring the soundtrack.

Dunlop and Sunrise previously released a Road To You short in 2017, which told a tale of a “nighttime miracle love story” in a snowy region of Japan. You can check it out below.

Source: Comic Natalie

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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