Studio Ponoc founder and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura talks The Imaginary, working with Netflix, inspirations and more!
Studio Ponoc is making its way to Netflix with their next major feature film release, The Imaginary , and we got to talk with the writer and producer behind it all about the new film! Studio Ponoc and Netflix have entered a new deal in which Netflix will exclusively streaming Ponoc's future film releases, and that means fans will get to see a lot more anime film released on a worldwide scale over the next few years. This all begins with The Imaginary , which is adapting A.F.
On Adapting A.F. Harrold's Novel NICK VALDEZ, COMICBOOK: The Imaginary is an adaptation of A.F. Harrold's original novel. What drew the to taking this story on in the first place? To your question, my answer might be too abstract, but I could have made something that was really fantastical where children could have fun and enjoy, but I felt that there was something more important to this story than just that. Rudger, Amanda, Lizzie, whether or not that the audience can feel Amanda, Rudger, and Lizzie are really alive beings. The most important thing was not creating this fantasy like imaginary world, but being able to really depict the real lives of these human beings.
As long as we really keep our eyes on telling true, real stories to children, then we can naturally resolve the balance between sadness, fear, and fun. The reason is there were things that as a child that were very sad or very scary for both you and I. I felt that if I can remember these feelings that I had as a child, and if I'm able to provide that through the story, then we would be able to take it the right direction.
Thank you, I really appreciate you found that. Yes, that's where I was aiming. Bunting is real, but he's not really real. That balance was so difficult. For the design in the original story, we had amazing illustration and we used that as a reference point when we created the character. You might not be aware of this, but Mr. Bunting's imaginary friend is Japanese horror. She reminds me of Sadako from The Ring. As a design, I think it's very interesting.
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