Nishimura founded Studio Ponoc on April 15, 2015. Nishimura named the studio after the Croatian word for "midnight," signifying the beginning of a new day. Nishimura left Ghibli at the end of 2014. Yonebayashi also left Ghibli at around the same time. Yonebayashi previously stated that he wanted his next film to be the "opposite" of When Marnie Was There.
Previously, Studio Ponoc produced anime commercials for the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in 2015. That project also involved Studio Ghibli veteran animator Yoshiyuki Momose (key animator for Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Tales from Earthsea) as director and animation supervisor.
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