{"id":32939,"date":"2026-07-03T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/fantasia-film-festival-hosts-world-premiere-of-grotesqqque-several-anime-shorts-for-30th-edition\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:36:51","slug":"fantasia-film-festival-hosts-world-premiere-of-grotesqqque-several-anime-shorts-for-30th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/fantasia-film-festival-hosts-world-premiere-of-grotesqqque-several-anime-shorts-for-30th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasia Film Festival Hosts World Premiere of GROTESQQQUE &#038; Several Anime Shorts for 30th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 30th <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fantasia International Film Festival<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announced that it will be hosting premieres and screenings for several anime titles, including the upcoming films <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GROTESQQQUE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cherry and Virgin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as numerous shorts for its Anime no Bento 2026 section.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The list of anime films, series, and shorts that will be screened at Fantasia include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 GROTESQQQUE<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span>World Premiere<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) \u2014 Animation Plus Section<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 A New Dawn <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span>North American Premiere<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) \u2014 Animation Plus Section<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Cocoon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Summer of Girlhood<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span>Canadian Premiere<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Cherry and Virgin <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span>World Premiere<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) \u2014 Animation Plus Section<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Sekiro: No Defeat <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span>North American Premiere<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) \u2014 Animation Plus Section<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Anime no Bento 2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2026 edition showcases brand-new animated shorts from <\/span>Nippon Animation<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span>STUDIO4\u00baC<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as rising companies from <\/span>Gemstone <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span>ETERNA<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 20001 An Earth Odyssey<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 <\/span>Haruki Kasugamori<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (director) \u2014 <\/span>World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Ambivalent Garden <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 <\/span>Nagomi Ueno<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (director) \u2014 <\/span>World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Don\u2019t Dodge Life <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 <\/span>Taka Yuki <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(director) \u2014 <\/span>World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Dust of the Simulacrum <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 <\/span>Eit Mitsufuchi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 <\/span>World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Echo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 <\/span>Asuka Dokai<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 <\/span>International Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Foxing: Kitsun\u00e9-tsuki<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 <\/span>Takeru Shinozuka<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 <\/span>World Premiere<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Future Kid Takara<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Episode 1 \u2013 \u201cThe Child from the Future\u201d \u2014 <\/span>Yuta Sano \u2014 International Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fantasia will also host the North American premiere of the Taiwanese animated anthology film <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bliss: Beyond the Edge of Time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as the world premiere of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Origin of Ultraman<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> documentary and two episodes of the <em>Strange: Junji Ito\u2019s Tales for Sleepless Nights<\/em> anthology series.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Sources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasiafestival.com\/en\/news\/fantasias-30th-edition-opening-with-canadian-premiere-of-her-private-hell-closing-with-world-premiere-of-freaks-part-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fantasia Film Festival Official Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasiafestival.com\/en\/news\/the-fantasia-international-film-festival-announces-a-stacked-second-wave-of-titles-for-its-30th-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), press release<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 30th Fantasia International Film Festival announced that it will be hosting premieres and screenings for several anime titles, including the upcoming films GROTESQQQUE and Cherry and Virgin, as well as numerous shorts for its Anime no Bento 2026 section.\u00a0 The 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