TOHO began streaming a teaser video on Saturday for Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX, the all-new 3D CG anime film (as opposed to the stop-motion animation of the previous series) for Shinei Animation's Pui Pui Molcar stop-motion anime series.
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The film's website also revealed the characters of the previously revealed cast. Masaki Aiba will voice the CEO of “Many Many Eyes Company,” while Akio Ōtsuka will voice the driver of Dodge. While the series has featured human characters before, this will be the first series to feature voiced dialogue. This will also be Aiba's first time voicing an anime film.
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The film will open in Japan on November 29.
The story of the film begins with the appearance of the first high-tech Molcar in Molcity, with drivers starting to drive Molcars that are controlled by modern AI. Potato and his friends get caught in a chase between a mysterious organization and the Molcar AI named Kanon and are saved by a talented driver. Potato discovers that the driver is looking for his missing Molcar Dodge and comes up with the idea of using Kanon's AI function to assist in the search.
Mankyū (Sumikkogurashi – It's Good to Be in the Corner, Migi & Dali, The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors) will direct the film, with original stop-motion series Pui Pui Molcar director Tomoki Misato attached as chief supervisor. Yuuko Kakihara (Chihayafuru seasons 2 and 3, Cells at Work!, Buddy Daddies) is writing the script.
The stop-motion series debuted in January 2021 on TV Tokyo's Kinder TV children's variety show. The series focuses on guinea pigs that become cars (the title “Molcar” combines “car” with “morumotto”, the Japanese word for “guinea pig”, and a variation of the English word “marmot”). Netflix began streaming the series worldwide outside of some Asian territories in March 2021. Tobidase! Narase! Pui Pui Molcar, a compilation film of the series, premiered in Japan in July 2021.
The film uses stop-motion animated puppets made of felt.
The series marks Tomoki Misato's directorial debut on an animated television series. Misato also wrote the script and worked on the storyboards with Hana Ono and Kei Sato. The series' animators include Misato, Ikuko Iwatsuki, Kei Sato, and Makoto Takano. The artists include Misato, Ikuko Iwatsuki, Kei Sato, Harune Satō, and Michiko Kaihatsu. Shōta Kowashi composed the music.
The franchise also inspired the smartphone game Pui Pui Molcar Mogu Mogu Parking, which launched in July 2021.
Shinei Animation produces Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon, among other titles. Wit Studio established a stop-motion studio with Misato in December 2020.
Source: website, Comic Natalie
