New Studio Ponoc Film Project: Modest Heroes In Cinemas 24th August
Studio Ponoc have revealed its working on a new anime project titled Ponoc Short Films Theater (Ponoc Tanpen Gekijō). The project is an anthology of anime shorts, divided into volumes with different themes, the first of which is titled Modest Heroes which opens in Japan on 24 August.
Modest Heroes will consist of three shorts by three different directors: “Kanini & Kanino” (“Kani no Kanino”) by Hiromasa Yonebayashi will be a 15-minute fantasy adventure story of two crab siblings, and will be long. “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose” (“Samurai Egg”) by Yoshiyuki Momose will be a 15-minute “human drama” showing the love between a mother and a boy. “Invisible” (“Tōmei Ningen”) by Akihiko Yamashita will be a 14-minute “action spectacle” that centers on the lonely struggle of one invisible man. Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as “tales of modest heroes of our times.”
Studio Ponoc debuted a teaser video for the project with both English and Japanese text, heres the English one below
Yonebayashi, who directed the studio’s previous Mary and The Witch’s Flower film and Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There, will tackle an original story for the first time. Momose worked closely with Ghibli director Isao Takahata in various roles on his films Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko, and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, including as animation director, storyboarder, visual design, and special scene design. Yamashita also worked in various roles in Hayao Miyazaki’s films in Ghibli, including as animator, animation director, character designer, animation supervisor, and assistant director in such films as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises.
Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower メアリと魔女の花 Japanese Special Edition 4K plus Bluray
I can’t wait to finally see the first film by Studio Ponoc and ex Ghibli director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, if only the general UK cinema release date had been a bit sooner than May 2018 i would have held off to see it on the big screen, i know a lot of you lucky Americans have already had the chance to see it! This sweet Japanese home edition comes with the 4K ultra disc, bluray disc, guide books and autograph art board featuring a watercolour of Mary the main character.
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