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animenation.net - 11/4/2009

Ghibli Museum Announces New Short

— animenation.net — The Ghibli Museum has announced its newest exclusive short anime film. Hayao Miyazaki planned and wrote Chu-Zumo... (”Squeak Sumo”) based on the Japanese folktale Nezumi no Sumo (Mice Sumo). Ponyo assistant animation director Akihiko ... (more) Ghibli Museum Announces New Short

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Ghibli Museum to Debut 'Chū-Zumō' Anime in January
Anime News Network — ... in 2008 that Miyazaki was planning anime shorts for the Ghibli Museum, and the director had already indicated back then that a story about sumo-wrestling mice would be good to do. The short will run in the Dosei-za theater until February 28. Source: Nausicaa.net Image © 2010 Studio Ghibli

Ghibli Museum Announces New Short
AnimeNation Anime News Blog — ... 13 minute long film. The Tokyo Ghibli Museum screens a selection of exclusive short anime films on a rotating basis. Chu-Zumo will screen in the Ghibli Museum’s Dosei-za theater from January 3 until February 28. The story begins once upon a time when Jii and Baa (”Gramps” and “Granny”) were living deep in the mountains. One evening, Jii went outside and saw mice heading somewhere unknown. He quietly followed them and discovered that the mice were practicing sumo wrestling. Source: Nausicaa.net This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 4:32 pm and is filed ...