Okiura's 'Momo' to spread out wide

"Instructions to Momo"Tokyo, japan -- Kadokawa Pictures will release the Hiroyuki Okiura toon "Instructions to Momo" on 300 screens in next year's spring Golden Week holiday period, the organization has revealed. Seven years within the making, the toon is screening at Toronto within the TIFF Kids section. The storyline, in regards to a girl who, right after the dying of her father, moves to some remote island together with her mother, where she encounters supernatural goings-on, seemed to be scripted by Okiura. 3 hundred is really a large quantity of screens for any local toon produced from an authentic story, not really a comic or TV toon franchise. 2 yrs ago Toei toon "One Piece Film: Strong World" bowed on only 188 screens, but finished north of $50 million.Okiura last directed the fantasy-thriller toon "Jin-roh" in 1999. Other credits include stints being an animator on Satoshi Kon's "Paprika" (2006) and Mamoru Oshii's "Ghost within the Spend 2: Innocence" (2004). The development clients are Production I.G. Additionally to Toronto, the toon is skedded to screen in the Sitges and Busan fests. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com