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GKIDS Licenses French/Japanese Anime MFKZ (Updated With Video)
posted on by Karen Ressler
Mutafukaz film. The company plans to release the film theatrically in English under the title MFKZ on October 11. The company began streaming an English-subtitled trailer.
French video game and comics publisher Ankama and Japan's Studio 4°C (Steamboy) served as art director.
The project was first and at the inaugural Animation is Film Festival in October 2017.
Renard's original comic series is set in "Dark Meat City" — a "pre-apocalyptic American urban jungle" — and revolves around Angelino, a young man whose scooter accident results in the acquisition of supernatural powers. Ankama's official website for the comic stated that it is inspired by science fiction of the 1950s, hip hop music, and wrestling.
Titan Comics released the first volume of the original French graphic novel in English-speaking countries in 2015.
Source: Press Release
Update: Video added.
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