{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e1ea8fedb37b153f2f89805b","clusterId":"c_8c336255773940424b46ac1b","slug":"ichika-souya-joins-art-animation-team-for-natori-s-pupa-music-video","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Ichika Souya Joins Art Animation Team For Natori's Pupa Music Video","summary":"Nanashi Inc. announced on October 22, 2026 that Ichika Souya is an art animator on the music video for natori's \"pupa.\" Emi Fukayama directs the video, with illustrations by TENATEL (ARUGA Utena), who is working on a natori video for the first time. \"pupa\" was released digitally on October 1 and written for the drama \"Chinggis - VIVANT THE ORIGIN STORY -,\" which streams on U-NEXT.","whyItMatters":"The credit puts a Nanashi Inc. talent on a natori video at the illustration and animation layer, alongside director Fukayama and illustrator TENATEL, rather than in front of the camera.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe art team lists ten animators on the \u0026#34;pupa\u0026#34; video, among them Azuki Osanai, Shuhei Kobayashi, Haru Yamao and Kana Kurimoto. Yamao also handled location design, and Shiori Saeda of STUDIO mojito is credited for still artwork. Fukayama is credited as director, editor and compositor.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe song itself was written for the U-NEXT drama \u0026#34;Chinggis - VIVANT THE ORIGIN STORY -,\u0026#34; built around the childhood of the VIVANT character Chinggis. takachi of muque shares arrangement duties with natori, and TAIKING of Suchmos plays guitar.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ichika Souya is one art animator among several on the 'pupa' video, not its illustrator. TENATEL handles the illustrations, so Souya's contribution sits inside a team rather than defining the video's look.","twitterPost":"Ichika Souya is listed as one art animator on natori's 'pupa' video, with illustrations by TENATEL. The credit marks a role inside a team, not a lead visual credit.","threadsPost":"Ichika Souya joins natori's 'pupa' music video as one of its art animators. The illustrations belong to TENATEL, who is drawing for a natori video for the first time, so Souya's credit is a team role beside that illustrator rather than the video's defining visual hand.","newsletterBlurb":"Nanashi Inc. confirmed Ichika Souya's credit as an art animator on natori's \"pupa\" music video, directed by Emi Fukayama with illustrations by TENATEL. The song was released digitally on October 1 and written for the U-NEXT drama \"Chinggis - VIVANT THE ORIGIN STORY -.\" takachi of muque co-arranged, with TAIKING of Suchmos on guitar.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"PANORA\",\"url\":\"https://panora.tokyo/archives/160859\",\"title\":\"Nishinisan? No - Nanashi Inc.'s Ichika Souya Joins Art Animation Team for natori's \\\"pupa\\\" Music Video\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4527,"outputTokens":651,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792702332,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T20:46:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T20:51:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T20:51:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8c336255773940424b46ac1b","canonicalTitle":"ななしいんく 宗谷いちかが、なとり「pupa」ミュージックビデオのアートアニメーターの1人として参加","representativeArticleId":"a_9cbea29d0d688182d7c7eae8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"pupa\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Soya Ichika\",\"Natori\",\"Ei Minami\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T19:04:20.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T19:04:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T20:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"PANORA","url":"https://panora.tokyo/archives/160859","title":"ななしいんく 宗谷いちかが、なとり「pupa」ミュージックビデオのアートアニメーターの1人として参加"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["pupa"],"studios":[],"people":["Soya Ichika","Natori","Ei Minami"],"type":"news","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}