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Studio Ponoc's Modest Heroes Anime Anthology Unveils Cast, Composers
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The official website for Chiisana Eiyū: Kani to Tamago to Tōmei Ningen) announced its cast and musical composers on Monday.
Gintama) is composing his first film soundtrack.
Portable Kuukou and its sequels) is composing the soundtrack.
Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as "tales of Modest Heroes of our times." Modest Heroes will open on August 24 as the first volume of Ponoc Short Films Theatre (Ponoc Tanpen Gekijō), an anthology of anime shorts divided into volumes with different themes. Yoshiaki Nishimura is credited as producer for the project.
Yonebayashi, who directed the studio's previous Mary and The Witch's Flower film and The Wind Rises.
Mary and The Witch's Flower opened in Japan last July and has opened the anime in U.S. theaters on January 18.
Sources: Modest Heroes film's official website, Comic Natalie
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