Cocoon (KYOU Machiko)

Akita Shoten announced on Tuesday that Machiko Kyō's Cocoon manga is inspiring an anime that will air on NHK in summer 2025. Hitomi Tateno, a veteran Studio Ghibli animator, is the animation producer, with the studio Sasayuri producing the anime. The announcement did not reveal a format for the anime. The manga is set in a tropical southern island, and centers on San and her best friend Mayu, who go to the island's top all-girls school. War soon comes to their country, and the students of the school soon become embroiled in the war effort, and soon enough, the rear-line care of the wounded. One by one, San and Mayu lose their friends in the ever-worsening war.
Kyō released the manga in 2010, 65 years after the end of World War II. The anime's 2025 release comes 80 years after the end of World War II.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-27/machiko-kyo-cocoon-wartime-manga-gets-anime-in-summer-2025/.199649

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