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Studio Ponoc Produces Anime Short for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The Studio Ponoc to produce an anime short inspired by the Olympic values. The short will debut in the lead-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9.
The hand-drawn short will be part of the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage's Arts & Culture Programmes. The film is in pre-production, and it will be Studio Ponoc's first commissioned work.
Studio Ponoc founder Modest Heroes (seen right). However, Nishimura said that he did not believe his studio's animators had the particular skills required for a feature-length film about sports. The IOC then proposed a short, which the studio agreed to produce.
Nishimura screened both films in the United States.
developing the The Pegasus Dream Tour game for the International Paralympic Committee in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Sources: IOC's Alex Dudok de Wit)
