THE BREATHING SHORE | Atmospheric 2D Anime Film Project
Project Overview
Hey everyone, we're Summit Picture, a small indie studio pouring our hearts into our first original animated short film — "The Breathing Shore" (息づく岸辺)! It's a short film set in a cold, isolated Japanese coastal town. It blends slice-of-life realism, internal poetic monologue, and quiet psychological surrealism. Super passionate project! Right now we're growing our remote team and looking for talented people who love Japanese poetic anime movies as much as we do. Kickstarter is coming soon, so the project is gaining momentum. Remote-friendly, flexible schedule, and full credits on the final series. Small team, big dreams. The script is set, The next stage is making this film come to life with YOUR help. Follow our Linkedin for more information: https://www.linkedin.com/company/summit-pictures/?viewAsMember=true
Voice Actor
LEAD VOICE ROLE. We are seeking a native Japanese voice actor to provide the primary voiceover narration for "The Breathing Shore," a 22-minute atmospheric 2D anime short film. Character Profile: Ao (16-17yo male). Quiet, contemplative, and emotionally grounded. The delivery should be soft, measured, and reflective—like internal thoughts spoken aloud.
Deliverables: High-quality dry 24-bit WAV audio files of all narration lines
- japanese
- male teen
- japanese
Line 1: 街頭の歌... ひび割れた道に、霜が静かに満ちていく。 (The streetlight's song... frost quietly fills the cracked road.)
寒さは深く刺す... だが、人の顔ほど嘘をつかない。 (The cold bites deep—but lies less than a face...)
足音も、声もない... ただ私と、広大な空だけ。 (No voice calls out, no footsteps—just me, and the vast sky.)
Voice Actor
LEAD VOICE ROLE. Seeking an English voice actor to perform the full narration track for international festival release.
Character Profile: Ao (16-17yo male). Quiet, introspective, restrained. Requires a smooth, calm, atmospheric voice capable of poetic cadence.
Deliverables: Clean 24-bit WAV files synced to the timing of the visual animatic.
- english
- all english accents
- male teen
The ghost of my own breath... quietly, beside me, walks through the star-stopped night.
The cold bites deep—but lies less than a face... and I trust its sharp kiss.
A tiny figure, on the breathing shore—an emptiness stretching endlessly! And yet, I am held in these empty hands.
Voice Actor
SUPPORTING / SFX VOICE ROLE. Seeking a voice performer capable of organic, realistic animal calls or natural vocalizations for key scene transitions.
Requirements: Perform a sharp, thin, distant fox cry that gets swallowed by silence in a snowy landscape (Act IV).
Deliverables: High-quality WAV recordings with varying distances and reverb preferences.
[ACT IV - SCENE 19] (In the distance: A sharp, thin fox cry that echoes briefly across the snowy plain and is quickly swallowed by the white distance.)
[ACT IV - SCENE 19] (A second, softer cry—more distant, fading out into complete silence.)
Artist
Seeking a Character Designer to create full model sheets and pose layouts for Ao (16-17yo male).
Art Style: Mushishi line art style—clean, organic, simple, and expressive without being overly detailed.
Deliverables: Character turnarounds, expressions (restrained/introspective), and clothing interaction (wearing a thin worn coat).
*Say something you think would fit*
Artist
Seeking Background Painters for a 22-minute 2D anime short.
Visual Style: Inspired by Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō and The Garden of Words. Environments include cold urban streets, a cramped warmly lit apartment, an expansive night beach, and snowy plains.
Deliverables: High-resolution layered digital background paintings (PSD format with separate lighting/foreground layers).
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Artist
Seeking a Storyboard Artist to visualize a 4-act, 23-scene script.
Key Focus: Cinematography, camera movement (slow pull-backs, extreme close-ups, wide landscape shots), and timing between voiceover narration and visual action.
Deliverables: Clean visual storyboards / animatic frames matching the script scene directions.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Animator
Seeking 2D Key Animators for character motion (walking, pulling coat tight, turning into wind, writing at desk).
Requirements: Mastery of traditional/digital frame-by-frame 2D animation with a focus on subtle weight, movement, and quiet pacing.
Deliverables: Keyframe roughs and clean line key animation exports (PNG sequence or MOV).
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Animator
Dedicated Effects Animator to handle natural element dynamics.
Key Elements: Frost forming on poles/glass, breath vapor dissolving in wind, flame flickering, steam rising from tea, and ocean waves rolling.
Deliverables: Isolated 2D FX passes with alpha transparency.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Singer
Seeking a female vocalist for wordless, breathy, multi-tracked vocal textures featured in Track 03 ("Ghost of My Own Breath").
Tone: Eerie, soft, haunting, and intimate—mimicking the sound of wind or vapor taking shape.
Deliverables: High-quality dry WAV vocal stems.
- female young adult
(Perform a soft, breathy, wordless melodic swell in A minor, starting as a whisper and fading out like wind.)
Musician
Lead Composer to oversee the 8-track original soundtrack for "The Breathing Shore".
Tone: Ambient, acoustic, minimal, and haunting. Uses low cello, single piano notes, guitar tremolos, and ambient drones.
Deliverables: Fully mixed and mastered audio tracks / stems aligned to the film's timing sheet.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Musician
Cellist to perform low-register harmonic cello solos for Track 01 ("Frost Forms in Silence") and Track 06 ("The Sharp Kiss").
Deliverables: High-quality studio-recorded cello audio stems (WAV).
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Musician
Pianist for minimal, spaced piano arrangements in D minor and C major. Focus is on held notes, decay, and space between keys.
Deliverables: High-quality WAV recordings or MIDI tracks.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Audio Engineer
Foley and Sound Design artist to build the organic soundscape.
Key Sounds: Frost cracking, footsteps on icy asphalt, key turning in lock, floorboard creaking, kettle whistling, sea waves, and wind.
Deliverables: Isolated 24-bit WAV Foley and ambient sound stems.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Video Editor
Post-production editor/compositor to assemble background art, character animation, and lighting effects.
Visual Polish: Apply 5 Centimeters per Second shading aesthetics, Wolf Children textures, and color grading.
Deliverables: Final 1080p/4K master export and project files.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
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