Ponoc study, the Japanese animation studio born from a rib of the more famous Studio Ghibli, has announced its new anime feature film entitled The Imaginary.
Together with the announcement, the first trailer of the film also arrived (published on the offi website, a production that will be the adaptation of a classic of English literature for children, namely that of the homonymous children’s novel by the British author and poet. AF Harrold.
The trailer for The Imaginary by Studio Ponoc
The Imaginary, of which we can admire the promotional video right below, can already be counted among the masterpieces of the genre Meisaku (World Masterpiece Theater), that is, the souls drawn from classic Western novels or works such as Heidi, Anna with red hair, Heart, From the Apennines to the Andes, Remi and many others.
Yoshiyuki Momose – director of the short film “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose” in the anime anthology Modest Heroes by Ponoc, of the film Ni no Kuni, and of the short film of the Olympic Games “Tomorrow’s Leaves” – is directing the film.
Yoshiaki Nishimura, former producer of numerous Studio Ghibli films, as well as Ponoc-branded films such as Mary and the witch flower And Modest Heroes, is producing the film.
… And here’s the first poster! You can find our press release at https://t.co/3toOl1J1Vt.
Famed animator Yoshiyuki Momose is directing “The Imaginary”… please look forward to it!
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What is The Imaginary about?
Rudger is Amanda Shuffleup’s imaginary friend. No one else can see Rudger, until the evil Mr. Bunting arrives at Amanda’s door. Mr. Bunting hunts down imaginary beings. It is said that he even eats them. And now he’s found Rudger.
Now the boy is alone and on the run with his friends in the Imaginary City they will have to face an epic adventure (“that no one can see”) in order to survive. He needs to find Amanda before Mr. Bunting takes him and before Amanda herself forgets him and condemns him to oblivion.
But how can an imaginary guy get by on his own in the real world?
