GKIDS and Fathom Events announced on Monday that they will screen Studio Ponoc’s anthology film Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Film Theater, Volume 1 in 500 U.S. theaters on January 10 and January 12.
The anthology consists of three shorts that Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as “tales of modest heroes of our times.”
Fumino Kimura (live-action Paradise Kiss, Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu) played the older brother Kanini, and Rio Suzuki played the younger brother Kanino.
Keyboardist and producer Masanori Shimada (.hack//Legend of the Twilight, songs for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Gintama) composed his first film soundtrack.