Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 (2018)

Original title

ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間－

Directed by

Akihiko Yamashita, Yoshiyuki Momose, Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, anthology film, family film

Country

Japan

Runtime

54 min

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 195 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology of three animated short stories. One follows a young boy with a severe egg allergy. Another shows the bond between a mother crab and her son. The third tells the story of an invisible man trying to connect with others.

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What happens

Modest Heroes (Japanese: ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間－, Hepburn: Chīsana Eiyū: Kani to Tamago to Tōmei Ningen) is a 2018 Japanese animated anthology film produced by Studio Ponoc. The film is the first volume in the studio's Ponoc Short Films Theatre anthology, and includes films written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, and Akihiko Yamashita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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