Sol Levante
About Sol Levante
A young warrior and her familiar travel toward Sol Levante, a sacred place said to grant wishes. The world they cross is full of old spirits that are dangerous to anger. Akira Saitoh directed the four-minute short for Production I.G. There is no spoken plot beyond that search.
Cast & crew
More about Sol Levante
Saitoh directed, storyboarded, and supplied the original concept. Netflix released it on 2 April 2020. The short was drawn by hand in 4K HDR and took about two years. Emily Rice composed the music. Hisashi Ezura designed the characters. Miho Tanaka did costumes and color. Will Files was supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer.
Themes
Making
Saitoh spent two years drawing the short at 4K with HDR, after years of effects and grading work, and Netflix put it out in April 2020.
Technique
The short was drawn by hand and finished in 4K HDR, a format Production I.G and Netflix used here for a four-minute film.
Music
Emily Rice wrote the score. Will Files supervised the sound.
Notes
- Saitoh had been a visual-effects artist at Production I.G since 1999 and a freelancer from 2002, with credits on Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and The Sky Crawlers.
- Netflix's creative-technology group worked on the short with the studio.
- The language track is Japanese.
- It runs about four minutes.
Also available
- Netflix