First Squad

First Squad Japanese Fsuto sukuwaddo, Russian , Perviy otryad is a joint animation project of Japans Studio 4C and Russias Molot Entertainment. It won the Kommersant newspapers prize.

On the eve of May 9, 2005, a video clip was released, based on the track Our victory by Russian rap artist Ligalize. The clip was directed by Daisuke Nakayama, produced by Aljosha Klimov and Misha Shprits and depicted an epic fight between Soviet Pioneers and Nazi soldiers, with the German side in possession of mecha and various supernatural soldiers. Among the featured locations are the Palace of Soviets and Mayakovskaya metro station, Moscow.In 2007, it was announced that a motion picture titled First Squad The Moment of Truth was in the works. Film is produced by Studio 4C and recently created for this purpose studio Molot Entertainment, distributed by Amedia. Directed by Studio 4C director and animator Yoshiharu Ashino, cowritten and produced by Aljosha Klimov, Misha Shprits, with Eiko Tanaka, featuring character development by Hirofumi Nakata, and music by Japanese musician DJ Krush. The film has been shown at Cannes Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Fantasporto and Fantasia film festival. On June 8, 2010, Anchor Bay Entertainment announced that they will distribute the film in the United States through Manga Entertainment and L.A. based XYZ Films. ........

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