The official web location for Studio 4°C‘s anime film adaptation of his Poupelle of Chimney Metropolis (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) characterize book revealed little print of the film’s planned sequel on Tuesday. The sequel film, titled Entotsu-chō no Poupelle ~Yakusoku no Tokeidai~ (The Promised Clock Tower), will commence in spring 2026. The location unveiled a “special video” to jabber the film’s little print, as correctly as an illustration for the film by Nishino.
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The film will almost definitely be in keeping with Nishino’s Tick-Tock ~Yakusoku no Tokeidai~ characterize book, which launched in 2019.
As sooner than, Nishino will supervise the film’s manufacturing, and pen the film’s script, with Yusuke Hirota returning as director at Studio 4°C.
At a panel in Anime NYC in 2023, Nishino mentioned that the sequel would be very varied from the first film, with the placement revolving spherical a town with a clock tower stopped at 11:59. There could be a warfare in town between the of us holding the tower and the of us hoping to repair it. In incompatibility to the first film’s theme, which Nishino mentioned became once “Let’s go, get this,” he mentioned the 2nd film’s theme will almost definitely be the varied, “wait patently.”
ANN spoke with Nishino and director Yusuke Hirota at this time after the announcement of the sequel at the Animation is Film Festival in slack October 2021. The duo confirmed the foundation of varied motion footage one day of the Poupelle franchise at the time.
Eleven Arts began screening Poupelle of Chimney Metropolis one day of North The US in January 2022, and it describes the film:
Poupelle of Chimney Metropolis is the account of young Lubicchi living among the thick smoke from the chimneys of his remoted town, yearning to glimpse the “stars” —to hold the reality —his father always informed him about. One Halloween evening he meets Poupelle, a person made of rubbish, and together they glimpse to the sky as their adventure begins. Spectacularly beautiful, stuffed with moving performances and handsome song and sound effects, and produced at Tokyo’s eminent Studio 4ºC, Poupelle of Chimney Metropolis brings laughter, tears and pleasure.
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.
Hirota (CGI director for Berserk motion footage, Concord) directed the film, with Nishino serving as manufacturing supervisor, recent creator, and creator. Atsuko Fukushima (Genius Event, Robot Carnival) designed the characters.
Sources: Poupelle of Chimney Metropolis film’s web location, Silly Natalie
