Short film anthologies are some of the most impressive showcases of boundary-pushing visual storytelling in animation, let alone Japanese animation. A cursory glance of anime anthologies produced ...

"You'll be carried away by these modest heroes." Oh my goodness!! Studio Ponoc, the animation studio in Japan that is essentially the spiritual successor to Studio Ghibli, has released the first ...

Studio Ponoc, the up-and-coming animation studio founded by two-time Academy Award-nominee Yoshiaki Nishimura (The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There) and featuring many artists from ...

The upcoming film is titled Modest Heroes and will be an anthology of short films. Each short film will have a distinctive feel, a different animation style, and its own director. Just announced by ...

Modest Heroes isn't really a film, or even a full-fledged anthology. Instead, it's a showcase for the nascent Studio Ponoc. Founded in 2015, the Japanese animation house pulled heavily on Studio ...

ComicBook.com: Mary and the Witch‘s Flower was your studio’s debut film, so how do you feel about the film’s success in the West? Does the success of it add any pressure to future projects? If we were ...

With the time and expense that goes into producing a hand-drawn piece of animation, it’s easy to understand the attraction of the short film format. The catch is that it can be difficult to wholly ...