Nishino will discuss an upcoming New York City Broadway adaptation based on Japan’s stage play musical.
The screening will take place at Japan Society in New York on November 18.
Japan Society announced on Thursday that it is collaborating with Anime NYC and Eleven Arts to host a special screening of Studio 4°C’s anime film of Akihiro Nishino’s Poupelle of Chimney Town (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) picture book with creator Nishino in attendance.
The film opened in Japan in December 2020 and ranked at #4 and earned 322,998,700 (about US$3.13 million) in its opening weekend.