{"id":503552,"date":"2026-06-17T02:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503552\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T02:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:19:08","slug":"bandai-namco-launches-animation-short-project-pursuing-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503552\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandai Namco Launches Animation Short Project ‘Pursuing The Future’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Japan\u2019s Bandai Namco<\/a> Filmworks is teaming with six leading animation studios on short film project, Pursuing The Future, to showcase the latest technologies and creative ideas in Japanese animation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLed by Sunrise Studios<\/a>, the project brings together six original 3D CG animated short films, each one produced by Bandai Namco and a different studio. The six shorts have been commissioned with the aim of \u201ccarrying the history of animation forward into the future\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first two shorts \u2013 produced by Sunrise Studios and Yamatoworks<\/a> \u2013 have already been completed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDice With Demon, produced by Sunrise Studios, is directed by Hidekazu O\u2019Hara, who worked as a key animator on Katsuhiro Otomo\u2019s Akira<\/a> and Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s Nausica\u00e4 Of The Valley Of The Wind. The film has been inspired by Japan\u2019s famous classical illustrated scrolls.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in Heian-era Japan, the story revolves around three noblemen drinking in a rain-slicked pavilion where one confesses that he played a high-stakes game with a demon to resurrect his late wife.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe second short, Metafear, is produced by Yamatoworks and directed by Shuhei Morita, whose Possessions (Tsukumo) was nominated for the 86th Academy Awards in the Animated Short Film category. Other talent on the film includes Tatsuyuki Tanaka overseeing character and visual design.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDescribed as a fast-paced fantasy, the film centres on a girl haunted by nightmares and the fears that take shape from them.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCreated by some of Japan\u2019s most distinguished veteran animators and exceptionally talented creators, these two films represent a rare project that could only have been realized at this very moment in time,\u201d Bandai Namco said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDetails of the remaining four films have yet to be revealed, although Bandai Namco also said \u201cparticipation by internationally acclaimed creators has already been confirmed\u201d. The project is being presented at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Japan\u2019s Bandai Namco Filmworks is teaming with six leading animation studios on short film project, Pursuing The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[215312,157266,93,61,60,270,215313,215314],"class_list":["post-503552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-akira","tag-bandai-namco","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-sunrise-studios","tag-yamatoworks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}