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WASTED CHEF (WORKING TITLE)

By Takayuki HIRAO, Kenji IMURA

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Animation - Production 2026

A promising director, Takayuki Hirao’s anticipated original animated feature film!
His latest film, “Pompo : The Cinephile” was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Indie Feature Film 2021.

- Year of production
- 2026
- Genres
- Animation, Science-fiction, Romance
- Countries
- JAPAN
- Languages
- JAPANESE
- Director(s)
- Takayuki HIRAO, Kenji IMURA
- Synopsis
- Under Takayuki Hirao’s direction, Kenji Imura, known for unit director of “Your Name.”, Shingo Adachi, known for character designer of “Sword Art Online” and “Licorice Recoil,” and studio CLAP, founded by the producer of “In This Corner Of The World”, have gathered.
  The “real world” and “a world where cooking does not exist”...two worlds intersect in this epic science fiction and time-traversing love romance blockbuster. The raging foreshadowing and emotional climax are a must-see!