It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the director of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
With the failure of the project, Hideaki Anno, who had been slated from the beginning to direct Aoki Uru, was freed up.
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It is thought that Iwai was inspired to shoot in digital by his friend, the anime and live-action film director Hideaki Anno, who shot his own digital film entitled Love & Pop, in 1998.
At the 2013 Tokyo Anime Fair, Gainax announced that they are finally producing the Blue Uru film with Honneamise veterans Hiroyuki Yamaga as the director and screenwriter and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto as the character designer, but without Hideaki Anno's involvement in the project.