Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre

“Fantastic! Packs massive heart into a humble package” – Nick Valdez, ComicBook.com

From Studio Ponoc (Mary and The Witch’s Flower), the acclaimed new studio founded by Academy Award® nominee* Yoshiaki Nishimura (The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There), comes a thrilling collection of stories exploring heroism in everyday life.

Two crab siblings must survive underwater perils to reunite with their parents, a young boy and his mother learn to live with a life-changing allergy, and a man struggles with his fading existence, in this action-packed and beautifully-animated anthology, brought to life by some of the greatest talents working in Japanese animation today.

*2014: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya; 2015: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, When Marnie Was There