Yona Yona Penguin

Yona Yona Penguin

Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by Rintaro
Produced by Jungo Maruta
Denis Friedman
Tony S. Izumi
Written by Tomoko Konparu
Starring Féodor Atkine
Rica Matsumoto
Jeanne Savary
Yves Barsacq
Ludmila Ruoso
Ei Morisako
Michel Elias
Céline Ronté
Pierre Baton
Serge Biavan
Mehani Taric
Cédric Dumond
Clara Quilichini
Yûji Tanaka
Yoshio Kojima
Jeremy Prevost
Hiroshi
Paolo Domingo
Gilles Morvan
Adrian Solis
Dandî Sakano
Satoshi Kanada
Leah Friedman
Caroline Combes
Akiyoshi Kawashima
Audrey Sablé
Bernard Bouillon
Hikari Ôta
Abraham Taïeb
Music by Toshiyuki Honda
Cinematography Tomoko Konparu
Edited by Alexandra Pocquet
Production
company
Madhouse
Dynamo Pictures
Def2shoot
Storm Lion
Denis Friedman Productions
Distributed by Shochiku
Release dates
  • December 23, 2009 (2009-12-23) (Japan)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country Japan
France
Language Japanese
French
Budget $12,000,000
Box office $12,000,000

Yona Yona Penguin (よなよなペンギン) is a 2009 Japanese-French 3D computer animated fantasy comedy adventure family film by the Japanese anime studio Madhouse and sister company Dynamo Pictures. It was Madhouse's first fully 3D CGI film. Famed Madhouse staff director Rintaro, known for Galaxy Express 999 and Metropolis, helmed the project, while French production company Denis Friedman Productions collaborated and helped fund the film. An animated adventure about three children who travel to a fantasy land.

Plot

An animated adventure about three children who travel to a fantasy land.

Cast

Production

Madhouse has announced this film as being a "3D anime", or a film which brings an anime sensibility and design structure into the 3D CGI world. Unlike in other Japanese CG productions, such as Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, photo-realism is not emphasised. Rather, attention has been focused on giving the feel of a traditionally-made anime to a completely computerized production. As Madhouse's expertise has long been in the creation of traditional 2D animation, much of the actual 3D animation was done by the French animation studio Def2shoot, the Thai studio Imagimax, and the Japanese studio Dynamo Pictures, with Madhouse providing direction and storyboards.

Release

In a move away from the typical anime release schedule, distribution deals for showing the film outside Japan have been signed with the Hong Kong based Golden Network (for Asia) and the French based management company Wild Bunch (for Europe). Rights to release the film in the United States are currently set to be given by Japanese studio Shochiku and Madhouse's U.S. division. Three versions of the film are to be produced: one for the Japanese market, one for the French market, and one for the English language market.[1] The Japanese version of the film, which will use the original script (it is unclear if changes will be made to the other versions) was originally scheduled for a December, 2008 release, but was pushed back to 2009.[2] The other versions remain tentatively set for release in 2009. At the 2008 European Film Market (a film trade fair held in tandem with the Berlin International Film Festival), the film was licensed by Wild Bunch for 11 European markets. The film was distributed in the UK by Metropolitan, in France by JBK, in Russia and other former Soviet countries by Central Partnership and in South Korea by Next Entertainment World (NEW).[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Frater, Patrick (2007-05-24). "Cartoon partners team for Rintaro's "Penguin"". Variety Asia Online. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Rintaro's Yona Yona Penguin Film Pushed Back to 2009". Anime News Network. 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Rintaro's Yona, Ghibli's Ocean Licensed at Berlin Fest". Anime News Network. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
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