Kobushi (film)

Kobushi
Production Information
Based on:	Kobushi by Jeremy Zag and Nathanaël Bronn.
Production company(s):	ZAG Inc. Inspidea French Lab Agency
Release date:	Status unknown
Running time:	90 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	English French

“	In Japan, for a long, long time, an amazing secret have been kept about legendary warriors hidden away in a small restaurant.	”
—Trailer announcer

Kobushi is a planned CGI-animated action comedy film based on the 2012 TV series of the same name. It is to be directed by Jeremy Zag and Stephane Juffe.

Development

The movie was first announced on the official ZAG website in 2012 and it is going to be animated in CGI instead of 2D like in the original series.

In 2014, it was confirmed on the official ZAG website that the movie's length is going to be 90 minutes long.

It was revealed on May 5, 2015, that Tanis Chalopin would serve as a composer for the film's score after she posted a score piece on SoundCloud. In 2016, Chalopin has posted the first official trailer for the movie on her official website, but there aren't any dialogues from the characters and the video has a rather low-quality.

Since then, the production for the film is very cryptic since Jeremy Zag didn't make any announcement on Instagram regarding it, making it uncertain if the film is still in production or it got canceled since the TV series have ended its run in France after its final episode "Sushi to the Future" have aired on April 12, 2015, on Mangas. The last time there's any news involve with the film was the official theatrical trailer that Stephane Juffe posted on Vimeo on November 16, 2017.

Characters

• Toro
• Ebi
• Néko

Trivia

• Since it's a feature film, none of the voice actors from the main series would reprise their roles. Because of it, it's unknown who voiced Toro and Ebi in the trailer.
• The trailer confirms that the main setting of Kobushi takes place in Japan.
• Despite the setting of Kobushi is in Japan, the song that plays in the theatrical trailer is "Gangnam Style", a song by South Korean musician Psy.
• Since Ebi doesn't have his stinkypoo family curse and he is noticeably afraid of Néko unlike in the main series, it's possible that the film serves as an origin story for the TV series.
• A footage of the trailer can be seen in a 2016 ZAG Heroez video.
• The film being animated in CGI instead of being traditionally animated is a reference to how the main series was originally going to be CG-animated.

Gallery

Screenshots

Promotional artwork

Screenshot of the official ZAG website in 2014.

Videos

Kobushi - Official LOST CGI Feature Film trailer HD

Kobushi - CGI early production trailer LQ

References

v • e Kobushi episodes Episodes Ninjasmin • Heavy Ordeal • Fishing for Sushi • Sushitarien • Tamago's Tear • The Killer Scream • Néko Has a Plan • The Black Plate • Ronin's Mortal Touch • The Levitation Fast • Tako Tanked on Wasabi • The Curse of Stinkypoo • The Secret Blade • One God Too Many • Ninjamour • Sea, Sushi, & Sun • Frozen Sushi • Sushi Love • Holy Onigiri • The Sushage • The Catmourai • The Spirit of Mont Wok • Néko Claus • King Nékong • Contamination • The Sleepwalker • Rock N' Rolls • Special Mission • Tamago's Fiancée • Long Live Kobushettes • Néko is Brilliant • Watai • Anonymous Haiku • Origami • Kobushinapping • The Rebel • Wasabi • Master Toro • The Battle of the Kamis • The Package • The Look-a-Like, Teka, and I • Goodsushis • Haiku in the Bottle • A Husband for a Shaké • One Ninja Too Many • Jinxushi • The California Rolls Never Give Up • And Happy Birthday! • The Magnificient Hokkigai • Néko's Bell • Master Tako's Riddle • The Sauceboats • Sushi Sitter • The Dark Side of the Kobushido • Manéki Nator • Plus or Minus • Sushibernatus • The Voice of Yakuza • Moriawase Menace • Disappearance • A Rusty Old Tako • Saving Master Tako • Too Nice • Amnesia • Blind Folded • The Air Bike Race • Oni Hood • Welcome To The Temaki Wasabi Factory • Onigiri's Day Off • The Second Fiddle • Home Shopping • Master Toka Has a Plan • Tuna, Omelet, and Stinkypoo • Smells Like Fugu • Ebi's Trial • The Ghost of Sadakoko • A Friend for Ebi • Blackmail • Jinx Transfer • Torigai Starts Price War • Shaké's Revenge • Sushi Mistrust • The Stinkypoo Apprentice • Killer Cocktail • The Last of the Kobushis • Without Tako All Hell Breaks Loose • Fugu Blues • Oni-San Has a Plan • Sesame Seeds Can't Buy Happiness • MC Sushi • Néko is Almighty • Nirvana • Ebi the Leader • The Cat Attack • Oni-San Comes Back to Life • Sushi, Lies and Hodgepodge • Tamachan Joins the Californian Rolls • The Sushi of the Month • The Fatal Duo • Vote for Me • B.B • Looking for Ninjasmin • Sushi to the Future Other media Ko-Bushi • Kobushi (film)