Maison en Petits Cubes" to Stream on the Number-One Online Destination for
Anime and Asian Entertainment
San Francisco, CA (July 3, 2009) -- Kunio Kato's 2009 Academy Award-winning
animated short film, LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES, as well as his earlier work,
THE DIARY OF TORTOV RODDLE are streaming today on Crunchyroll. More
information can be found at:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/La_Maison_en_Petits_Cubes and
http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/The_Diary_of_Tortov_Roddle .
LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES marks the first Oscar® nomination and win for Mr.
Kato, who created and directed the piece. At the awards ceremony, of the
award, he stated, "It's so heavy." He went on to say, "Thank you very much.
Thank you, my supporters. Thank you, all my staff. Thank you, my pencil.
Thank you, Academy ... Thank you, my company ROBOT. Domo arigato, Mr.
Roboto."
Vince Shortino, president of Crunchyroll's Japan office states, "We, at
Crunchyroll, are very proud to host such a masterpiece. Mr. Kato is only the
second individual from Japan to ever win the award in an animation category,
with the only other being reknowned Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. To be able to bring
this visionary artist's work to the world is truly a great honor."
Anime and Asian Entertainment
San Francisco, CA (July 3, 2009) -- Kunio Kato's 2009 Academy Award-winning
animated short film, LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES, as well as his earlier work,
THE DIARY OF TORTOV RODDLE are streaming today on Crunchyroll. More
information can be found at:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/La_Maison_en_Petits_Cubes and
http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/The_Diary_of_Tortov_Roddle .
LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES marks the first Oscar® nomination and win for Mr.
Kato, who created and directed the piece. At the awards ceremony, of the
award, he stated, "It's so heavy." He went on to say, "Thank you very much.
Thank you, my supporters. Thank you, all my staff. Thank you, my pencil.
Thank you, Academy ... Thank you, my company ROBOT. Domo arigato, Mr.
Roboto."
Vince Shortino, president of Crunchyroll's Japan office states, "We, at
Crunchyroll, are very proud to host such a masterpiece. Mr. Kato is only the
second individual from Japan to ever win the award in an animation category,
with the only other being reknowned Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. To be able to bring
this visionary artist's work to the world is truly a great honor."
