It has been confirmed that Mamoru Oshii’s Sand Whale and Me will debut on 18th March 2017 and will be shown in five parts:

Presented in a hybrid live action/CG style, “Sand Whale and Me” is the story of a female paratrooper in the distant future who is stranded in a vast desert. With limited supply of food and water, her only hope is to catch a Sand Whale from a pack. If she can’t, her life may just hang in the balance.