Pompo: The Cinéphile

Pompo: The Cinéphile (映画大好きポンポさん) is a Japanese manga series by Shogo Sugitani (also known as Ningen Plamo), serialized online via pixiv Comic website since April 2017. It has been collected in four tankōbon volumes by Media Factory. A spin-off manga by Sugitani, titled Fran: The Cinéphile (映画大好きフランちゃん), began July 2018. A standalone volume, Kāna: The Cinéphile, was published September 2020. Another spin-off manga, Mazurka: The Cinéphile, started May 2022. An anime film adaptation by CLAP was released on June 4, 2021.

Characters

 * Joelle Davidovich "Pompo" Pomponett (ポンポさん／ジョエル・ダヴィドヴィッチ・ポンポネット)


 * Gene Fini (ジーン・フィニ)


 * Nathalie Woodward (ナタリー・ウッドワード)


 * Mystia (ミスティア)


 * Martin Braddock (マーティン)


 * Alan Gardner (アラン・ガードナー)

Manga
Sugitani published the manga on Pixiv in April 2017. In 2018, it was nominated for the Manga Taishō awards. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in North America. An omnibus series of short stories began February 2020.

Volumes
A spin-off manga by Sugitani titled Fran: The Cinéphile (映画大好きフランちゃん) began July 2018.

A standalone volume Kāna: The Cinéphile about a writer/actress was published September 2020.

Another spin-off manga Mazurka: The Cinéphile about a cinematographer started May 2022.

Anime film
An anime film adaptation was announced on August 26, 2017, later revealed to be an anime film on September 1, 2019. The film was animated by CLAP and directed by Takayuki Hirao, with Ryoichiro Matsuo serving as producer and Shingo Adachi designing the characters. Kenta Matsukuma composed the film's music. The film was set to premiere on March 19, 2021, after being delayed from 2020. However, it was delayed again to June 4, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

GKIDS acquired the rights to the film in North America, and have screened it in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub in April 2022. They released the film in digital format on June 28, 2022, and in a Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo on July 12.

The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature – Independent at the 49th Annie Awards.