Parasite Director Bong Joon-Ho Plans an Animated Project

Bong Joon-Ho revealed during the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 ceremony that he is planning an animation project in Japan.

However, no other details about the project have been revealed.

Bong Joon-Ho has firmly established himself as a mastermind in the filmmaking industry. The Oscar-winning director has already established himself in Hollywood after successful projects like Snowpiercer, The Host, and Okja.

Fans are also looking forward to his new upcoming film, Mickey 17, which is delayed due to unknown reasons. The director has just revealed plans to venture into animation, and here’s that information.

Bong Joon-Ho, the Oscar-winning director and co-writer of the film Parasite, revealed during the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 ceremony that he is planning an animation project in Japan.

Bong Joon-Ho announced this exciting news before presenting the Best Director Award to Shōta Goshozono of Jujutsu Kaisen fame. The South Korean filmmaker reported spending the whole day before the ceremony in his hotel room, drawing storyboards for the project.

Previously, during this month, Bong Joon-Ho revealed his plans for an upcoming animated feature film in South Korea.

He had begun working on the script for this new feature back in 2018, and the film will begin production in the second half of the year. According to CartoonBrew, the film’s story will focus on the “relationship between humankind and marine life.”

Now, it isn’t clear if the Japanese animation project is related to the previously announced feature film or a separate project. The master director did not specify which studio or studios would work on the planned project in Japan.

But fans have been hoping for him to collaborate with MAPPA or Studio Bones and create something spectacular. It will be interesting to see what the director comes up with.

Source: Crunchyroll