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This year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced on Thursday the films screening at the event. Official Selections for Feature Films include: Ghost Cat Anzu — 2D animation from Shinei Animation and France's Miyu Productions, The Colors Inside (Kimi no Iro) — a new anime feature film from Science SARU and directed by Naoko Yamada, and Totto-Chan: The Girl at the Window (Madoigwa no Totto-chan) — Shinei Animation's anime film based on the autobiographical memoir by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, The Imaginary — Studio Ponoc's anime film based on the novel by AF Harrold and Emily Gravett. This will be the world premiere of The Colors Inside.
The anime film The Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of Gegege (Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo) is competing in the Contrechamp Feature Film category.
Pokémon Concierge, the latest stop-motion animated series in the Pokémon franchise, is competing in the Drama category for”Episode 2: What Are You Thinking”. The anime based on the manga Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto) by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata is competing in the same category as the first volume “Akira of the Dead.”
Akihito Izuhara”Kawauso”and”Miserable Miracle”, a co-production between studios from Japan, France and Canada, are competing in the Short Film category”Yapolaponky” by Masataka Kihara will be screened in the category Graduation movie.
The Movie Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube (Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram), an anime film adaptation of Akira Toriyama's SAND LAND manga will be screened at the event, and Give It All, a theatrical anime film based on the novel Yoshiko Shikimura's Ganbatte Ikimasshoi theory were all screened at the event. presented at the event. Transformers One, the new animated prequel to the Transformers franchise. Ultraman: Rising, the upcoming Ultraman CG animated film from the streaming service and Tsuburaya Productions, will have its world premiere at Annecy on June 12, before launching online on June 14.
This year's Annecy will take place from June 9-15 in the French town of the same name. Founded in 1960, Annecy is the world's oldest and largest animation festival.
Source: Annecy