SHOUT! FACTORY FILMS AND FUNIMATION FILMS
BRING HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED ANIMATED FEATURE“IN
THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD”
TO U.S. CINEMAS on AUGUST 11, 2017
Los Angeles, Calif. –
May 18, 2017
– Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company, has tapped Funimation®
Films as its theatrical partner to jointly launch acclaimed animated
feature
IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD across U.S. cinemas on Friday, August 11, 2017.
Based on the Japanese award-winning manga by Fumiyo Kouno, the film is
written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi. Produced by GENCO and Japanese
animation studio
MAPPA, IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD, bolstered by emotionally
resonant storytelling and exquisite hand-drawn animation, is an
empowering coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of WWII and
captures the resilience and triumph of the human spirit.
This highly-anticipated movie recently won the coveted Animation of the
Year award at this year’s 40th Japan Academy Prize and has
been selected to premiere in competition at the LA Film Festival in
June. The announcement was made today by Melissa
Boag, Shout’s Senior Vice President of Kids & Family Entertainment
at Shout! Factory and Mike DuBoise Executive Vice President and COO of
Funimation.
“In This Corner of the World
is an incredibly exquisite, artful and socially relevant film that will
impact everyone who sees it. We’re
really proud in presenting this remarkable, hand-drawn animated film to
North American movie audience,” said Melissa Boag, Shout’s Senior Vice
President of Kids & Family Entertainment. “Funimation Films has a
great track record in launching prominent international
animated movies across cinemas in North America. We couldn’t find a
more committed and perfect company to join us on the theatrical launch
of
In This Corner of the World.”
We’re thrilled to be joining together with Shout Factory for the North American release of the award-winning animated film
In This Corner of the World,” said Mike DuBoise, Executive Vice
President and COO of Funimation. “It is a stunning work of traditional
(hand drawn) animation which has helped shine a bright light of Japanese
animation in 2017 – transcending the genre
and creating a whole new audience for anime unlike ever before. We look
forward to bringing
In This Corner of the World to theaters very soon.”
The award-winning story of
IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD follows a young lady named Suzu
Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live
with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her
town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance
and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the
everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent,
war-torn country. This beautiful yet poignant tale shows that even in
the face of adversity and loss, people can come
together and rebuild their lives.
Film
director Sunao Katabuchi began his career working closely with Hayao
Miyazaki before directing his own animated films, including Katabuchi’s
acclaimed
animated features Mai Mai Miracle
and Princess Arete.
IN
THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD
Shout! Factory Films and Funimation Films
Movie opening date: August 11, 2017
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Voice Cast: Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono
Written by: Sunao Katabuchi
Based on the award-winning manga by Fumiyo Kouno
Produced by: Taro Maki and Masao Maruyama
Genre: Animated Feature
*Japanese with English subtitles
*English
MPAA Rating: PG-13
About Shout! Factory
Shout!
Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to
producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop
culture. Founders Richard Foos,
Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their
music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the
world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature
films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation,
live music and comedy specials. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a
vast entertainment distribution network which delivers culturally
relevant programming, movie and audio content to all the leading digital
service providers in North America and across
multiple platforms. Shout! Factory owns and operates Shout! Factory
Productions, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory Kids, Shout! Factory Films,
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Timeless Media Group and Shout! Factory
TV. These riches are the result of a creative
acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of
cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is
based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.
About Funimation Films
Funimation Films,
the theatrical
division of Funimation Entertainment, acquires both anime and live
action movies from prominent international filmmakers that appeal to the
interests and passion of all types of fans and
distributes them throughout North America. The division was launched in December 2014 following
the box office success of "Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods" earlier that
year. Its debut release, "Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'," was
an instant blockbuster and became the #9 highest-grossing anime movie of
all time in North America. Funimation Films has gone on to release
numerous movies including most recently “Shin
Godzilla” and the global hit “Your Name.” Funimation Entertainment is a
subsidiary of Group 1200 Media, a fully integrated, next-generation,
independent entertainment studio based in Dallas. For more information on Funimation
Films, visit funimationfilms.com.
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