When Garnt Maneetapho started presenting his own original anime short film to companies, he made sure to be upfront about his aim.
¡°They¡¯d always ask me, ¡®What is the business plan for this project?¡¯ And I was completely transparent from the beginning in telling them there is no business plan,¡± says Maneetapho, 35, who runs the YouTube channel Gigguk. ¡°I am not planning to make money off of this.¡±
Rather, Maneetapho wanted to make his lifelong dream of creating an original work come true. The resulting 18-minute film, ¡°Baan ¡ª The Boundary of Adulthood,¡± which centers on two characters living in different worlds trying to find a home, was turned screen-ready by studio daisy and director Yoshimitsu Ohashi. The short premiered Aug. 24 at Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro, and will be released for free on YouTube Sept. 20.
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