Modest Heroes

Original title: Chiisana eiyû: Kani to tamago to tômei ningen

2018
PG
53m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

3.3K

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Anime Adventure Animation Family Fantasy

An anthology of three original shorts written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose and Akihiko Yamashita.An anthology of three original shorts written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose and Akihiko Yamashita.An anthology of three original shorts written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose and Akihiko Yamashita.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Dad
(English version)
(voice)
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Kate Higgins

Henry Kaufman

Shun (segment "Life Ain't Gonna Lose")
(English version)
(voice)

Bettina Kenney

Additional voices
(voice)

Fumino Kimura

Kanîni (segment "Kanîni to Kanîno")
(voice)

Erica Lindbeck

Yuri Lowenthal

Sato (segment "Invisible")
(English version)
(voice)

Liam O'Brien

The Invisible Man (segment "Invisible")
(English version)
(voice)

Joe Odagiri

Machiko Ono

Mama (segment "Samurai eggu")
(voice)

Nicholas Oteri

Maggie Q

Mom (segment "Life Ain't Gonna Lose")
(English version)
(voice)

Kentarô Sakaguchi

Yûko Sasaki

Kaka (segment "Kanîni to Kanîno")
(voice)

Sôta Shinohara

Shun (segment "Samurai eggu")
(voice)

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Trivia
"Invisible" is the sophomore directorial work of veteran animator and supervising animator Akihiko Yamashita, the first being the Ghibli Museum-exclusive short film A Sumo Wrestler's Tail (2010), premiered eight years prior, and his debut as a writer.

Soundtracks
Ponoc Tanpen Gekijô no Têma'
(Ponoc Short Theatre Theme)
(opening theme)
Performed by Kaela Kimura
Lyrics by Kaela Kimura, Shinobu Watanabe & Studio Ponoc
Music & Arrangement by Shinobu Watanabe
Courtesy of ELA/Victor Entertainment

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Featured review

5/10

Beautiful Animation Non-Existent Stories

Saw the first two stories and gave it up. They build up to nothing, they don't serve any purpose whatsoever. Cutely-drawn flat characters. It's basically a waste of time watching this. Rather re-watch Totoro.