Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1

Synopsis

Modest Heroes will consist of three shorts by three different directors: "Kanini & Kanino" ("Kani no Kanino") by Hiromasa Yonebayashi will be a 15-minute fantasy adventure story of two crab siblings, and will be long. "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" ("Samurai Egg") by Yoshiyuki Momose will be a 15-minute "human drama" showing the love between a mother and a boy. "Invisible" ("Toumei Ningen") by Akihiko Yamashita will be a 14-minute "action spectacle" that centers on the lonely struggle of one invisible man. Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as "tales of modest heroes of our times." (Source: Anime News Network)

Main Characters

Toto

Masaki Terasoma

Kanino

Rio Suzuki

Kanini

Fumino Kimura

Toumei Ningen

Joe Odagiri

Moumoku no Otoko

Min Tanaka

Mama

Machiko Ono

Shun

Souta Shinohara

Papa

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Trailer