dwarf studios Reveals 1st Look at Stop-Motion Sunny Film
Japanese stop-motion animation studio dwarf studios formally announced its partnership with GKIDS and confirmed the production of the feature-length animated film adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto's Sunny manga, on Sunday. dwarf studios also revealed first-look images of the film.Michael Arias is directing the film. The film is slated for completion in 2029.The film will be highlighted at the 2025 edition of Cannes' Annecy Animation Showcase, to be held on May 18 as part of Cannes' Animation Day.Entertainment news website Variety reported on April 17 that Arias is directing the film.Variety describes the film: Arias previously directed the anime film adaptation of Matsumoto's Tekkonkinkreet manga. The film debuted in 2006.Matsumoto (Ping Pong, Tokyo These Days, Cats of the Louvre) launched Sunny in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine in 2010, and ended the series in Shogakukan's Monthly Spirits magazine in 2015. Viz Media released the manga in English in six volumes from 2013 to 2016. Arias translated the manga into English.Sunny won Best General Manga at the 61st Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2016. Sunny was twice nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, in 2015 and in 2016. The manga was also nominated for a Harvey Award in 2014, nominated for an Eisner Award in 2016, and won Slate Book Review and Vermont's Center for Cartoon Studies' Best Graphic Novel prize in 2014. Sources: Email correspondence, dwarf studios' website
