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Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on Wssr-fm on April 29th, 2022, reviewing the new animation film, “Pompo the Cinephile,” based on a popular Manga comic, in theaters on April 29th.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Pompo (voice of Brianna Gentilella in the English dub) is a pint size film producer, who grew up with her master filmmaker grandfather (John H. Mayer), and her magic ability is she can take any film script and make it better. Her production assistant is Gene (Christopher Trindade), a movie super fan who dreams of cinema all day long. When a great film opportunity comes along, Pompo trusts Gene to direct for the first time.

“Pompo the Cinephile” is in select theaters on April 29th. Featuring the voices of Brianna Gentilella, Christopher Trindade, Anne Yatco, Tom Bromhead and John H. Mayer, Screenplay adapted and directed by Takayuki Hirao. Not Rated

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Pompo: The Cinephile Trailer — Takayuki Hirao‘s Pompo: The Cinephile / Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san (2021) movie trailer has been released by GKids. The Pompo: The Cinephile trailer stars Konomi Kohara, Hiroya Shimizu, Akio Ôtsuka, Christopher Trindade, Brianna Gentilella, Anne Yatco, Kenneth Cavett, and Jackie Lastra. Crew Takayuki Hirao wrote the screenplay for Pompo: The Cinephile. Kenta [...]

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"Occasionally an entire story will unfold in your mind when you meet that special someone." GKids US has unveiled a new official US trailer for the Japanese anime movie Pompo the Cinephile, which opened in Japan last summer. The US debut is coming up later in April with a special two-night event to catch in theaters. Pompo the Cinephile (originally 映画大好きポンポさん) is a rollicking, exuberant ode to the power of the movies, and the joys and heartbreak of the creative process, as a new director and his team devote their lives to the pursuit of a "masterpiece." Fueled by the excitement from the film's domestic release in Japan, a crowdfunding campaign to create a 35mm print of the feature achieved its fundraising goals of ¥10,000,000 in just eleven days. Original voices: Konomi Kohara, Hiroya Shimizu, and Akio Ôtsuka. The English-language dub has the voices of Christopher Trindade, Brianna Gentilella, Anne Yatco,...

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