Japanese Government to Sponsor Gukuso Budori & Blood-C Movies

Three animated film productions applied for financial assistance from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs’ 2011 Support Program for International Co-Production. Two of the films, Tezuka Pro’s Gusukobudori no Denki and Production I.G’s Blood-C were selected to recieve financial support. Each film will recieve 50 million yen (about $650,000 USD). Coincidentally, Tezuka Productions just announced last week that it still needed 50 million yen to have enough money to complete production of the “Legend of Budori Gusuko” film project started in 2008 by the now defunct Group TAC anime studio.

Among eleven total film production projects that applied for governmental support, three live-action films were also selected to receive funding.

Source: Anime News Network