Studio Ponoc

From the Creators of Mary and The Witch’s Flower

STUDIO PONOC’S ANIMATED ANTHOLOGY MODEST HEROES ARRIVES ON BLU-RAY™ + DVD & DIGITAL DOWNLOAD JUNE 18, 2019 FROM GKIDS & SHOUT! FACTORY

After Hayao Miyazaki retired and shut down Studio Ghibli (a move he reversed), several of the key players went off and formed their own animation company called Studio Ponoc. The new studio proved worthy of it’s legacy as Mary and the Witch’s Flower was well received. Now they’re back with Modest Heroes, an anthology with three cartoons about various levels of heroic actions. The collection comes out June 18. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory and GKIDS.

From Studio Ponoc comes a thrilling collection of stories exploring ideas of heroism in their own unique way.

MODEST HEROES is an ambitious collection of three thrilling tales created by some of the greatest talent working in Japanese animation today. Kanini & Kanino is directed by Academy Award®-nominee Hiromasa Yonebayashi (When Marnie Was There, Mary and The Witch’s Flower); Life Ain’t Gonna Lose, featuring the voice of Maggie Q (Nikita, Designated Survivor), is helmed by Yoshiyuki Momose, who was a key animator on Isao Takahata’s films at Studio Ghibli; and Invisible director Akihiko Yamashita was a key animator on many of Hayao Miyazaki’s best-known films. Each is produced by Studio Ponoc’s Yoshiaki Nishimura.

Special Features: · Modest Heroes of Studio Ponoc · Film Completion Press Conference · Interviews with Japanese Voice Cast · Art Galleries · Trailers and TV Spots Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 – Available on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital on 6/18!

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About Studio Ponoc

Studio Ponoc is an animation film studio based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded by Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura in 2016 and staffed with veterans of Studio Ghibli and some of the finest talent in Japanese animation, Studio Ponoc creates beautiful hand-drawn, hand-painted animated films for families to enjoy together and for general audiences around the world. Producer Nishimura was nominated for two Academy Awards for Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and When Marnie Was There, and produced Studio Ponoc’s first film, Mary and The Witch’s Flower, directed by Oscarâ-nominated director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty and When Marnie Was There) and released in 2017 to worldwide acclaim. The Studio’s newest project, Ponoc Short Films Theatre, begins with Modest Heroes (2018), an anthology of three short films.

article by Joe Corey of insidepulse.com

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