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Japan Government Helps Fund Budori Gusuko, Blood-C Film
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The Production I.G will each receive 50 million yen ($650,000) for the two anime projects.
Tezuka Productions bankruptcy, production of the new film was halted. The anime and computer graphics company owed about 650 million yen (US$7.7 million) to about 167 creditors at the time of its demise.
Yoshihiro Shimizu, general manager of Tezuka Productions, stated in his interview with Total Licensing magazine that the initial production cost estimate for the anime film was 300 to 600 million yen (US$4-8 million) when Group TAC was set to produce the film. According to Shimizu at the time of the interview, the Tezuka Productions film has found some investors, but still needed about 50 million yen to ensure the film's completion.
The manga creator team open on June 2, 2012.
Eight live-action films and three animated projects had applied to receive this year's funds, but only five projects will receive funding. The three live-action films that will also receive funds are CMC's Tenjō no Kaze, Shimensoka's Legend of the T-Dog, and Eurospace's The End.
Source: animeanime.biz
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