

I know that they are the writers of Nagi no Asukara, just that I wanted to
know more about that exactly. A group being named after a "project" sounded
curious to me. Can someone tell me more about these authors? (or author)


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What exactly is Project-118?


**The meaning of "Project-118" is the sum of the name of the staffs in the
planning stage converted to numbers.**

It was explained in the "Nagi no Asukara" Special Staff Talk Show ([凪のあすから
汐鹿生大宴会 ―「凪のあすから」スペシャルスタッフトークショー](https://www.loft-
prj.co.jp/schedule/plusone/22229)) on April 19, 2014. Some tweets from it:

> [澤村・スク水・英梨々
> @nanoexpTS2](https://twitter.com/nanoexpTS2/status/457509532113973248)
>
> Project118の意味。辻さん **凪のあすからの企画段階のメンバーの名前を数字に変換して足したら118だった**
> 。検索してみたら、海上保安庁の番号だった。[...]
>
> The meaning of Project118. Tsuji (ed. the Animation Producer) said that **if
> the name of the staffs in the planning stage of Nagi no Asukara is converted
> to numbers and then summed, the total is 118**. Searching about it, it is
> the number of Japan Coast Guard. [...]
>
> * * *
>
> [しらこ @srcsn](https://twitter.com/srcsn/status/457529612528922624)
>
> **Project-118の118の意味は、製作決定当初のスタッフさんの名前をあてたものを足して118になった** とか。[...]
> …ちなみに118は海上保安なんたらの番号らしく、海という共通点が偶然にも。
>
> **The meaning of 118 in Project-118 is, when the name of the staffs at the
> beginning of production decision is "matched"(?), the sum is 118**. [...]
> ... By the way, looks like 118 is the number of Japan Coast Guard something,
> having "sea" as a common point is a coincidence.
>
> (emphasis mine, archived from [togetter
> (Japanese)](https://togetter.com/li/657114?page=6))

However, they didn't explain further about the conversion and who the staffs
are.

It might be possible as [nhahtdh's
comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11669/what-exactly-is-
project-118#comment14376_11669) to calculate the kanji strokes of the name
(example: 辻充仁 is 5 + 6+4=15), but it's also possible to use
[_goroawase_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Goroawase)
(example: 辻充仁, _Mitsuhito Tsuji_ is 3+2+1+10 + 2+10 = 28 [or any other
possible combinations]). But at this point, both are only speculation though.


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