Animated Documentary ‘The Taste of Water’ to Explore Japanese Sake Culture
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India's Toonz Media Group and Tokyo-based Supersub LLC have announced a co-production deal for "The Taste of Water," an animated feature documentary about Japanese sake. The deal was unveiled at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Directed by Riki Ohkanda and executive produced by Ryo Nakajima, the film is currently in production. It follows a road-movie structure with five chapters covering sake's fundamentals, history, relationship with Japanese culture, industry pressures, and potential futures. The documentary will use live-action footage converted into anime-influenced visuals using AI-assisted rotoscoping and 3D Gaussian Splatting. The film is targeting festival circuits in 2027.
What’s reported
Toonz Media Group (India) and Supersub LLC (Tokyo) are co-producing "The Taste of Water."
The deal was announced at the Annecy Animation Film Festival.
The film is directed by Riki Ohkanda and executive produced by Ryo Nakajima.
It is structured as a road movie with five chapters: fundamentals, history, cultural relationship, industry pressures, and potential futures.
Production uses live-action footage converted via AI-assisted rotoscoping and 3D Gaussian Splatting.
The film is targeting festival circuits in 2027.
Key figures
Riki Ohkanda (director)
Ryo Nakajima (executive producer)
Viswanath Rao (Toonz Media Group)
Gulshan David (VP of feature films, Toonz Media Group)
Sources: Variety
