We all know just how grand it is for a film to receive an Oscar. While this honor has traditionally been given to American movies, Asian films have started competing for such awards in recent years. Ever since Parasite swooped all the Academy Awards in 2020, film enthusiasts have started[…]
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced the selections of their feature film categories. And yes, three of your favorites, including Josee, The Tiger and The Fish, are among them! The film festival is the most awaited time of the year for all the animation film enthusiasts[…]
Imagine growing up in a town that is deprived of the beauty of the night sky. Sounds heart-breaking already, right? Poupelle of Chimney Town takes us to such a town filled with smoke and surrounded by walls, where the people have never seen the clear sky. Can Lubicchi and Poupelle unravel the […]
Poupelle of Chimney Town is an art book illustrated by Akihiro Nishino. The story is about a young Lubicchi living among the thick smoke from the chimneys of his isolated town. The official website for Studio 4°C’s anime film of Akihiro Nishino’s Poupelle of Chimney Town picture book announced on Wednesday that a new version of L’Arc-en-Ciel frontman HYDE’s […]
Poupelle of Chimney Town is an intricately woven story of adolescence in the form of a children’s book. It urges its readers to rise above and beyond the ‘smoke’ caused by their version of ‘chimney town.’ Poupelle represents the crushed hopes and dreams of children when faced with reality and adulthood. Akihiro Nishino and a […]