Studio 4°C is producing the December 2020 anime film of Akihiro Nishino’s Poupelle of Chimney Town is now listed as the director.
The film will feature new elements and characters that did not appear in the original picture book.
Gentosha published the picture book in Japan in October 2016 and has sold over 420,000 copies so far.
Nishino published his first picture book, Dr. Ink no Hoshizora Kinema (Dr. Ink’s Starry Sky Cinema), in 2009, and he has since published a total of five books.