Studio Ponoc

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Native name
 株式会社スタジオポノック
Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Ponokku
KK
Industry Animation
Founded April 15, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-15) in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Founder Yoshiaki Nishimura
Headquarters Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations
 1
Key people
 Yoshiaki Nishimura (CEO)
Website ponoc.jp

Studio Ponoc (株式会社スタジオポノック Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Ponokku?) is a Japanese animation studio based in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in April 2015 by Yoshiaki Nishimura, former lead film producer of Studio Ghibli. Its first feature film, Mary and The Witch's Flower, was released on July 8, 2017, throughout Japan with the film's main character Mary Smith serving as the company's mascot in their logo, similar to Studio Ghibli's mascot, Totoro.[1]

History

Yoshiaki Nishimura founded Studio Ponoc on April 15, 2015, and gained the support of several animators previously working under Studio Ghibli, including director Hiromasa Yonebayashi.[2][3][4] The name of the studio comes from the Serbo-Croatian word pónoć, for "midnight", meant to signify "the beginning of a new day".[5]

The studio worked on an advertisement for JR West for its 2015 summer campaign.[2] Mary and The Witch's Flower, the studio's first feature film, was able to reach number six of the highest-grossing films of the year in Japan. The film is based on The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart. Several former employees of Studio Ghibli have joined the studio to work on the film.[4][6] Studio Ponoc produced a animated short film titled “Tomorrow’s Leaves”, written by Yoshiaki Nishimura and directed by Yoshiyuki Momose, in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage, timed to coincide with the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games and inspired by Olympic values of “Excellence, Friendship and Respect". Production on the film started in June 2019. Its release was postponed along with the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, and the film had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival during its opening ceremony on June 14, 2021. The animated short film screened at the Tokyo Skytree from July 12 until September 5. The animated short film officially premiered when it was made available on YouTube by the International Olympic Committee and on Studio Ponoc’s official website at ponoc.jp on July 23, the opening date of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.[7][8][9]

Works

Commercials

Short works

Films

English Title Release date Directed by Screenplay
Mary and The Witch's Flower 8 July 2017 Hiromasa Yonebayashi Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Modest Heroes 24 August 2018 Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Akihiko Yamashita Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Akihiko Yamashita
The Imaginary TBA Yoshiyuki Momose

References

  1. ↑ Yonebayashi, Hiromasa (2017-07-08), Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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