Mexico's First Stop-Motion Anime Film 'I Am Frankelda' Hits Netflix
The film extends the Ambris brothers' Frankelda universe from an anthology series to a feature prequel, marking a rare expansion of Latin American stop-motion anime into original feature-length horror musical territory.
Reporting from 1 sources: Eiga Natalie.
Mexico's first feature-length stop-motion anime, "I Am Frankelda," began streaming on Netflix on June 12. The horror musical follows writer Frankelda in 19th-century Mexico as she enters her own subconscious to confront monsters. Directed by brothers Roy and Arturo Ambris, the film is a prequel to their 2021 Cartoon Network Latin America series "Frankelda's Book of Spooks."
The Ambris brothers built Frankelda's world first as a five-episode anthology series on Cartoon Network Latin America in 2021. That show, "Frankelda's Book of Spooks," had Frankelda host stories of children encountering supernatural phenomena. The new film goes backward in time, showing how Frankelda became the figure seen in the series. It is a horror musical, a genre combination uncommon in stop-motion anime. The brothers said the film is an homage to storytelling and that they share Frankelda's experience of rejection while pursuing creative work. A trailer is on YouTube.
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- Eiga Natalie ホラー×ミュージカル、メキシコ初の長編ストップモーションアニメがNetflixで独占配信