{"id":29253,"date":"2021-12-07T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=29253"},"modified":"2021-12-07T22:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T06:35:57","slug":"new-studio-ponoc-movie-the-imaginary-announced-for-summer-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/12\/07\/new-studio-ponoc-movie-the-imaginary-announced-for-summer-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New Studio Ponoc Movie The Imaginary Announced For Summer 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A new <strong>Studio Ponoc<\/strong>-produced movie titled <em>The Imaginary<\/em> (<em>Yaneura no Rudger<\/em>) has been announced with a teaser trailer, poster, and a Summer 2022 Japanese release date. Directing the movie is <strong>Yoshiyuki Momose<\/strong>, who previously helmed the 2019 <em>Ni no Kuni&nbsp;<\/em>movie and has credits ranging from character design on the<em> Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom<\/em> video game to key animation on Studio Ghibli films like<em> Porco Rosso<\/em>, <em>Pom Poko <\/em>and <em>Whisper of the Heart<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>The Imaginary<\/em> is based on the 2014 novel by<strong> A. F. Harrold<\/strong> with illustrations from <strong>Emily Gravett<\/strong>. <strong>Ponoc<\/strong> describes the movie as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>The main character of&nbsp;<strong>The Imaginary<\/strong>&nbsp;is Rudger. Born from a young girl\u2019s imagination, Rudger is a boy no one can see who lives in a world where imaginations can live and be eaten by others.&nbsp;<strong>The Imaginary<\/strong>&nbsp;is an extraordinarily touching and beautiful hand-drawn fantasy film in which Rudger and his new friends in \u201cThe Imaginaries Town\u201d embark on an adventure no one can see at the risk of the futures and fates of those they love.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Imaginary \u2013 Official Teaser Trailer (Studio Ponoc, Japan Summer 2022)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxpOBDINQZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The other announced staff member for <em>The Imaginary<\/em> is producer <strong>Yoshiaki Nishimura<\/strong>, who founded Ponoc and previously produced the studio&#8217;s debut film <em>Mary and The Witch\u2019s Flower <\/em>and the <em>Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1<\/em> anthology (<strong>Momose\u00a0<\/strong>directed the anthology&#8217;s &#8220;<span id=\"&quot;Life_Ain't_Gonna_Lose&quot;\" class=\"mw-headline\">Life Ain&#8217;t Gonna Lose&#8221; short<\/span>). Like <strong>Momose<\/strong>, <strong>Nishimura<\/strong> was previously affiliated with Studio Ghibli, with producer credits on films like <em>The Tale of The Princess Kaguya <\/em>and <em>When Marnie Was There<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"971\" data-attachment-id=\"29259\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/12\/07\/new-studio-ponoc-movie-the-imaginary-announced-for-summer-2022\/theimaginary_poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?fit=1200%2C1673&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1673\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"theimaginary_poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?fit=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?fit=696%2C971&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=696%2C971&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=734%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 734w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=768%2C1071&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=1102%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1102w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=696%2C970&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=1068%2C1489&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?resize=301%2C420&amp;ssl=1 301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/theimaginary_poster.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ponoc_intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio Ponoc Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Studio Ponoc-produced movie titled The Imaginary (Yaneura no Rudger) has been announced with a teaser trailer, poster, and a Summer 2022 Japanese release date. 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