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Modest Heroes (ちいさな英雄-カニとタマゴと透明人間) is a three-part Japanese animated anthology film produced by Studio Ponoc. The film is the firs…
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Modest Heroes (ちいさな英雄-カニとタマゴと透明人間) is a three-part Japanese animated anthology film produced by Studio Ponoc. The film is the first volume in the studio's Ponoc Short Films Theatre anthology, and includes films directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, and Akihiko Yamashita.
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In a world of magical creatures, Kanini and Kanino are tiny humanoid siblings who live underwater in a stream. Their father currently takes care of them while their pregnant mother has gone away to give birth. When a heavy current carries their father off, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey to find and rescue him.
Shun is born with a lethal allergy to eggs. Every day, then, the family is focused on protecting Shun from contact. Shun has to eat special meals at school, his classmates must be careful not to spit on him and get saliva with egg all over him, and Shun has to take his allergy into consideration when he thinks about going on a school field trip. At the same time, his mother tries to maintain her career as a professional dancer. One day Shun unknowingly eats something that endangers him.
A salaryman is not only invisible but also needs to hold on to a heavy weight to stay on the ground. Throughout one day, he is always ignored by everyone else, and he nearly floats away when he loses the fire extinguisher he uses to hold himself down. But then a blind man speaks to him, making him feel better about himself. The invisible man then suddenly has an opportunity to be a hero. #Anime #Review
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