The POMPO THE CINEPHILE anime film will premiere in the United States in April, distributor GKIDS has announced. The movie about movie-making will have special fan preview screenings on April 27 and 28 before having regular screenings in select theaters starting from April 29.
The fan preview screenings will include an “exclusive introduction” from director Takayuki Hirao (God Eater).
POMPO THE CINEPHILE is an adaptation of the Kadokawa-published manga by Shogo Sugitani, which begin serialization on pixiv in 2017. Six tankoubon volumes published under the MFC Gene Pixiv Series label have been released as of May 2021.
GKIDS describes the movie as:
Pompo is a talented and gutsy producer in “Nyallywood,” the movie-making capital of the world. Although she’s known for B-movies, one day Pompo tells her movie-loving but apprehensive assistant Gene that he will direct her next script: a delicate drama about a tormented artistic genius, starring the legendary and Brando-esque actor Martin Braddock, and a young actress seeking her first break. But when the production heads towards chaos, can Gene rise to Pompo’s challenge, and succeed as a first-time director?
Aside from Hirao, the staff includes Shingo Adachi (Sword Art Online, Wagnaria!!) as character designer, Kanji Miyake (Tower of God episode 11 director) as the director’s assistant, Takafumi Nishima (HoneyWorks 10th Anniversary “LIP×LIP FILM×LIVE”) and Miu Miyamoto (Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! co-art director) as art directors, Kou Hoshina and Masashi Uoyama (Deca-Dence) as photography directors, and song composer Kenta Matsukuma as music composer. Studio CLAP is the animation production company.
Meanwhile, the cast includes Hiroya Shimizu as Gene Fini, Konomi Kohara as Joelle Davidovich “Pompo” Pomponett, Rinka Ootani as Nathalie Woodward, Ai Kakuma as Mystia, Akio Ohtsuka as Martin Braddock, and Ryuichi Kijima as Aran.
Source: @GKIDSfilms
