Modest Heroes

Modest Heroes (Japanese: ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間－, Hepburn: Chīsana Eiyū: Kani to Tamago to Tōmei Ningen) is a three-part Japanese anime anthology film by Studio Ponoc. The film is the first volume in the studio's Ponoc Short Films Theatre anthology, and includes segments directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, and Akihiko Yamashita.

Characters

Kanini & Kanino

Kanini (カニーニ, Kanīni)

Voiced by: Fumino Kimura

Kanino (カニーノ, Kanīno)

Voiced by: Rio Suzuki

Life Ain't Gonna Lose

Mama (ママ)

Voiced by: Machiko Ono

Shun (シュン)

Voiced by: Sōta Shinohara

Father (パパ, Papa)

Voiced by: Kentaro Sakaguchi

Doctor (医者, Isha)

Voiced by: Kentaro Sakaguchi

Invisible

Invisible man (透明人間, Tōmei ningen)

Voiced by: Joe Odagiri

Blind man (盲目の男性, Mōmoku no dansei)

Voiced by: Min Tanaka

Production

Studio Ponoc announced on March 27, 2018 that it would be launching a new project called the Ponoc Short Films Theatre (ポノック短編劇場, Ponokku Tanpen Gekijō), an anthology of anime short films divided into volumes based on their themes. They announced that the first volume would be titled Modest Heroes, and would consist of three short films by former Studio Ghibli staffers Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, and Akihiko Yamashita. The film is produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura. Yonebayashi's 15-minute "Kanini & Kanino" (カニーニとカニーノ, Kanīni to Kanīno) is a fantasy adventure film with music composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu, who had previously worked with the director on When Marnie Was There and Mary and the Witch's Flower. Momose's 15-minute "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" (サムライエッグ, Samurai Eggu) is a drama film scored by Masanori Shimada. The soundtrack is the first Shimada has composed for a film, having previously only worked in television. Yamashita's 14-minute "Invisible" (透明人間, Tōmei Ningen) is an action film with music by Yasutaka Nakata.

Release

The film will open in Japan on August 24, 2018.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)Template:Hiromasa Yonebayashi