Release Date Announced For Japan/China Anime "The Tibetan Dog"

Animation by studio Madhouse

Scott Green
October 20, 2011 8:00am PDT (10/20/11)

Madhouse, the studio behind Redline, Satoshi Kon's movies and Mamoru Hosoda's has announced that their co-production with the Chinese government, The Tibetan Dog, will open in Japanese theaters for the new year, on January 07, 2012.  Child actor Tatsuomi Hamada (the live action adaptations of The Wallflower and Kaibutsu-kun)  will voice the lead in an adaptation of the best selling Chinese novel about a half Tibetan boy who travels to join his father on the Tibetan plains after the death of his mother.

 

Award winning manga author Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys) provided character designs for the movie, which is directed by Masayuki Kojima and adapted by Shigeru Fujita, both of whom worked on Madhouse's adaptation Urasawa's ethics thriller Monster.  


 

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10/20/11 by Kazuma1982
Super saiyan dog O.o
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10/20/11 by LisCam
Que maravilloso se ve ese perro....I love it!!!
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10/20/11 by Anime0Master
I can't tell if its a dog or a lion.
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10/20/11 by sgridley
Just really hope there it isn't gonna end up anti-Tibetan propaganda. Super excited!
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10/20/11 by Luigimitsu
I was thinking the same thing. A film co-produced by the Chinese government called "Tibetan Dog" sounds really suspicious.
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10/20/11 by glitchedgod
I take that quite offensively you know. Is that the stereotype for the Chinese people now?
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10/20/11 by TerraGamerX
JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR!

...Oh, wait, I forgot that mass of hair is a dog. I panic every time I see it...
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10/20/11 by kagomeyuki89
Actually it looks like its going to be a very enchanting movie and plot. I think i am interested in seeing this if i get a chance too.
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10/21/11 by AdamIdris101
The character singing is enchanting. Touche, it does look like a lion.
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