Kobushi (film)

## Kobushi

 —Trailer announcer

***Kobushi*** was a planned CGI-animated action comedy feature film based on the 2012 TV series of the same name. It was to be directed by Jeremy Zag and Stephane Juffe.

As of 2023, the status of the film is unknown since production hasn't started yet.

## Development

The movie was first announced on the official ZAG website in 2012 and it is going to be animated in CGI instead of 2D like in the original series.

In 2014, it was confirmed on the official ZAG website that the movie's length is going to be 90 minutes long.

It was revealed on May 5, 2015, that Tanis Chalopin would serve as a composer for the film's score after she posted a score piece on SoundCloud. In 2016, Chalopin posted the first official trailer for the movie on her official website, but there weren't any dialogues from the characters and the video has a rather low-quality.

On November 16, 2017. Stephane Juffe uploaded the trailer for the film on Vimeo.

Since then, information about the development of the film has been very cryptic since there haven't been any announcements about its development process, making it uncertain if the film is still planned to be in production or if it got shelved since the TV series ended its run in France after its final episode "Sushi to the Future" has aired on April 12, 2015, on Mangas.

The latest when there was anything known about the film was when Christian Fiche, background and layout artist, uploaded concept art of the backgrounds on ArtStation on February 7, 2020.

## Characters

* Toro
* Ebi
* Néko

## Trivia

* On June 17, 2022, it was announced that ZAG Animation Studios and Cross Creek Pictures have signed a ten-picture deal. There's a possibility that *Kobushi* would be part of the deal, but there's no confirmation yet.
* Interestingly, the film is mentioned to be in production in the 2014 version of the ZAG website. However, after the site was updated in 2016, there were no longer any mentions of the film.
* If the movie did manage to be in production, then it would have made it the first feature film to be released under the ZAG Toon brand.
* Since it's a feature film, none of the voice actors from the main series would reprise their roles. Because of this, it's unknown who voiced Toro and Ebi in the trailer.
* The trailer confirms that the main setting of the *Kobushi* TV series takes place in Japan.
* Since Ebi doesn't have his stinkypoo family curse and he is noticeably afraid of Néko unlike in the main series, it's possible that the film serves as an origin story for the TV series.
* Footage of the trailer can be seen in a 2016 ZAG Heroez sizzle reel.
* The film is animated in CGI instead of being traditionally animated is a reference to how the main series was originally going to be CGI-animated.

## Gallery

### Screenshots

Screenshot of the official ZAG website in 2014.
### Concept art

Background concept art by Christian Fiche.
### Videos

Kobushi - Official LOST CGI Feature Film trailer HDKobushi - Official LOST CGI Feature Film animation footage LQ
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://web.archive.org/web/20140308205812/http://www.zagtoon.com/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150801142114/http://www.zag-inc.com/
3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120406002215/http://www.zagtoon.com/
4. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/aisha1093/kobushi-trailer-title-animated-feature
5. ↑ https://www.tanis.world/film-score/
6. ↑ https://vimeo.com/243139840
7. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzkayR
8. ↑ https://deadline.com/2022/06/katy-perrry-musical-melody-cross-creek-zag-10-movie-deal-michael-gracey-1235047550/
9. ↑ https://youtu.be/zUMM8ZWgmLY?t=63
10. ↑ https://variety.com/2011/digital/news/zag-joins-sammy-s-adventure-series-1118038386/

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