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Animatrix's Koji Morimoto Co-Directs Japanese-Italian Stop-Motion/2D Animation Film Shinku
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Bicchū Takahashi Machizukuri Kenkyūsho (Studio Machiken), a new anime studio founded last year in Genius Party). The film will begin production this fall, and is expected to debut in 2021.
The film expands upon the characters and setting of sco Filippi and Studio Mistral's "Mani Rosse" ("Red Hands"), a short film which debuted last year. In the 30-minute short, a daydreaming boy named Ernest befriends Luna, a neighborhood girl whose red-tinged art belies dark family secrets.
Filippi is directing the Shinku project, and he is also penning the script alongside Renato Rivera Rusca are credited as producers. Sattva Films, Paul Thiltges Distribution, RAI, and Studio Machiken are credited for production.
Sources: Press release, Shinku press conference
Update: Fasano clarified that the film is expected to debut in 2021.
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