Anime News

No Pants Girls
Date: 10/19/2005
The website for a new indie Japanese film, No Pants Girls launched at the start of the month. High controversy (and buzz) surrounds the movie which took the scenario grand prize at the Hakodate Harbor Illumination Film Festival (http://illumination.dish.ne.jp). 3 individual parts make up the total story, each are a coming of age tale featuring young girls and exploring the concept of how seemingly insignificant events can have such profound impacts on one's life. Each story is headed up by a different director with student filmmaker Gatsukawa Shou overseeing the entire project. Score is provided by GISHO of PENICILLIN. Making the rounds in the festival scene now, a DVD release is also scheduled.
Source: Anime News Service