• Country: Japan
  • Director: Takuya Inaba
  • Runtime: 19:00
  • Section: Films for Children
  • Film Completion Date: 2024
  • Japan Premiere

Hakofugu (black spotted boxfish) lacks self-confidence. One day, he meets a lost fish from the sea of Minamata, Himetatsu (a new species of seahorse).

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Director Biography – Takuya Inaba


Takuya Inaba is an animation director. After graduating Kyoto Seika University, he joined Robot Communications Inc. Since 2022, he has been working as a freelance director. He has worked on character designs and animation for children, as well as TV commercials, music videos, and picture books. He is known for the original short animation “KURO” (2010) , the original short animation”Golden Time” (2013) and ” Jun: A Stroke of Spring ” (2022), a short animation based on Shotaro Ishinomori’s original manga.

“Golden Time” won the Excellence Award in the Animation Division of the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival, and the Audience Award and the Light of Asia Award at the SICAF (Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Film Festival) in 2013. He won the Grand Prix at the JAAP INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2022 for ” Jun: A Stroke of Spring “.

Screen Schedule

2024.11.02 (Saturday) at 10:00 at 155 Seats, 109 Cinemas for the age 5+

2024.11.02 (Saturday) at 12:40 at rise STUDIO & HALL for the age 5+

2024.11.03 (Sunday) at 10:00 at 155 Seats, 109 Cinemas for the age 5+

2024.11.03 (Sunday) at 15:10 at 155 Seats, 109 Cinemas for the age 5+

2024.11.04 (Monday) at 11:40 at 155 Seats, 109 Cinemas for the age 5+

2024.11.05 (Tuesday) at 10:00 at rise STUDIO & HALL for the age 5+

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