Collaboration with “Tenho no Sakunahime” x JA. Post updates on the bucket rice cultivation challenge on SNS.

It has been decided that the TV anime “Tenho no Sakunahime'', which is based on the rice farming action game that became a hot topic as “Rice Riot of Reiwa'', will collaborate with the National Agricultural Cooperative Association (JA).

As part of the project, a “bucket rice'' collaboration will be held to get a wide range of young people interested in rice.

“Bucket Rice Cultivation'' has been held since 1989 as part of the “Good Food for Everyone Project'' promoted by the JA Group.It aims to cultivate rice and rice cultivation culture through a series of tasks of growing rice in buckets, targeting children who will lead the next generation. In addition, we are working to provide seeds, cultivation manuals, and other materials in order to increase interest in the Japanese diet centered on rice and domestic agricultural and livestock products.

With a history of 35 years since its inception, the JA Group Bucket Rice Cultivation Project has been permeated and used as food and agriculture education materials at educational institutions across the country, and has provided more than 11.4 million sets in total.

This initiative will be announced on the official TV anime (@sakuna_anime) of “Sakunahime of Tenho” on X (formerly Twitter), titled “#Sakuna Bucket Rice Cultivation Diary,” which will cover the challenge of growing rice in buckets until October. Send from time to time. In addition, 397 (Sakuna) names will be selected by lottery to receive a special “Sakuna Bucket Rice Farming Set” with an original sticker from the TV anime “Tenho no Sakuna Hime”.

This work, released in 2020, is a Japanese-style action RPG game set on Hinoe Island, which combines the action of fighting the demons that rule the island with simulation elements that deeply recreate the ancient Japanese rice cultivation process.

There is a “rice cultivation'' part in the game, and if you carefully perform each step of rice raising, planting, and harvesting, and harvest good rice, the main character, the fertility god Sakunahime, will become stronger.

“Rice cultivation'' is an important element to conquer the game, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' homepage is being talked about as the best strategy site by players for its realistic rice cultivation process. The total number of copies shipped worldwide has exceeded 1.5 million, and sales were strong, leading to it being called the “Rice Riot of Reiwa”.

This animation will be produced by PAWORKS, who also worked on “SHIROBAKO'' and “Hanasaku Iroha.'' The cast includes familiar faces from the original game, including Naomi Ozora as the main character, the fertility god Sakunahime, and Rika Kinugawa as Kokorowahime, Sakunahime's best friend and a senior god living in the capital.