According to the special features and an interview with the cast and crew, Studio Ponoc (who are basically Studio Ghibli 2.0 in many ways) was exhausted after doing Mary and the Witches Flower and wanted to do something else, but they were drained from being a tiny start up studio and weren’t up to doing a full feature film. The few short films that exist are mostly the Studio Ghibli short films, and those only are allowed to be played at the Studio Ghibli museum, and aren’t distributed anywhere else, meaning that it’s VERY hard to get a hold of, and there are about a dozen short Ghibli films that I’d LOVE to see, but we have no access to in our homes (The Studio Ghibli Museum is a bit out of my way). Short films are very rare and not very encouraged, as they really aren’t wildly encouraged over here in the states as well. ![]() Most animated sources are either TV shows (traditional Anime) or full blow movies ala Studio Ghibli. Short film making in Japanese animation is really not a big thing for their culture. ![]() I was actually really excited to receive and review Modest Heroes.
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