California-based studio Tonko Home (Oni: Thunder God’s Story), dwarf studios (Rilakkuma and Kaoru), and Akihiro Nishino — creator of the Poupelle of Chimney City (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) image e-book — introduced on Monday that the world premiere of their 13-minute “Bottle George” animated quick will display in competitors at this yr’s San Francisco Worldwide Movie Competition. The workers additionally unveiled a trailer and poster:

This yr’s San Francisco Worldwide Movie Competition will happen from April 24-28.

Tonko Home‘s Daisuke “Cube” Tsutsumi (Hayao Miyazaki‘s nephew-in-law) is directing the quick and can also be writing the screenplay. dwarf studios‘ Noriko Matsumoto (Rilakkuma and Kaoru) is the producer. Nishino is writing the screenplay for the stop-motion animated quick, and he’s credited for the unique work. His Chimney City firm is co-producing.

The quick explores the connection between George, a person trapped inside a small bottle, and Chako, a younger woman who’s petrified of her alcoholic father. She is poor, however resilient, and he or she lives together with her cat. The story depicts the sunshine and darkness of individuals.

Tonko Home and dwarf studios beforehand collaborated on the Oni: Thunder God’s Story CGI animated sequence. The four-episode sequence debuted in October 2022. The Animation Is Movie Competition hosted the theatrical world premiere of the sequence in the identical month.

dwarf studios animated Pokémon Concierge, a stop-motion animated sequence for the Pokémon franchise, which debuted with 4 episodes on Netflix on December 28.

Studio 4°C‘s anime movie of Nishino’s Poupelle of Chimney City (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) image e-book opened in Japan in December 2020 and ranked at #4 and earned 322,998,700 (about US$3.13 million) in its opening weekend. Eleven Arts screened Poupelle of Chimney City throughout North America in January 2022.

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