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August 26th 2011 04:15
Toei, Shanghai Media Group Animate New Ikkyu-san Film - Anime News
The Japanese studio Toei Animation announced at a June 16 press conference in Shanghai that it is jointly producing a new Ikkyu-san anime film with the Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and SMG's Toonmax channel. Toei animated the original Ikkyu-san historical comedy television series about a young monk-in-training from 1975 to 1982, when the studio was still known as Toei Doga. The new Ikkyu-san anime film will open in China in February of 2012 — during the traditional Chinese New Year holidays.
The story of Ikkyu-san is loosely inspired by Ikkyu Sojun, a real-life Buddhist monk who lived in 15th-century Japan. The anime imagines Ikkyu's childhood as a mischievous but clever monk-in-training at Ankokuji Temple. The original television series already inspired a 1978 Ikkyu-san to Yancha-hime (Ikkyusan and the Mischievous Princess) film. The television series premiered in China in 1983 and became a popular hit among children there.
SMG operates the children's television channel Toonmax, which is popular in China and particularly in the Shanghai area. Another Japanese anime studio, MADHOUSE, is collaborating with China Film Group Corporation, director Yuji Ikeda (Fushigi Yuugi, Monster), and original character designer Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys) on a film titled Tibetan Dog (Tibet Inu Monogatari).
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