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Tensai Bakabon Comedy Manga Spoofs Dog of Flanders in 1st Anime Feature
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The official website for the Fujio Akatsuka's comedy manga about an idiotic boy and his father. (The film's title is deliberately spelled different from the manga's title.)
The film's story will start from the last scene of Nippon Animation's classic anime The Dog of Flanders, as the orphan Nello and his dog Patrash decide to take revenge instead of going to heaven. Nello and Patrash now orchestrates a shadowy organization, and Bakabon's family decides to confront them to save the world.
The film will open next spring. The staff of the anime includes:
Director, Script: FROGMAN
Cast: FROGMAN and others
Animation Production: DLE
Animation Production in Cooperation With: Fujio Pro、Studio Pierrot、Nippon Animation
Production: Tensai Bakavon Production Committee
Distribution: T-Joy
Akatsuka launched the Tensai Bakabon manga series in inspired a biographical film in 2011. The new anime film will mark the 80th anniversary of Akatsuka's birth next year.