Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (茄子 アンダルシアの夏) is a 2003 Japanese anime film by Madhouse, directed by Kitarō Kōsaka – a long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli and the animation supervisor for Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. The film was based on the manga series by Iō Kuroda titled Nasu, which was serialized in Monthly Afternoon.
Kōsaka became interested in adapting the work after his long-time collaborator Hayao Miyazaki himself, a fan of cycling, recommended the manga to Kōsaka.[1][2] The film soon went on to become the first Japanese anime film ever to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]