Taiyo Matsumoto

Variety shared an exclusive report covering what’s in store for this year’s Annecy Animation Showcase, which plans to highlight five titles as part of Cannes’ Animation Day on May 18. Among them is Sunny, which has Tekkonkinkreet director Michael Arias helming an adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto's manga.Details are light at the moment, but GKIDS is producing the dwarf studios feature, with completion penciled in for sometime in 2029. While it’s not directly described as such, the still image depicts stop-motion animation, which is a specialty of dwarf studios thanks to projects like Pokémon Concierge and Rilakkuma and Kaoru.Michael Arias previously directed Tekkonkinkreet, which is also based on a Matsumoto manga.