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P.I.C.S. has a project selected for the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market with YKBX and Princess Zonof, one of only two Japanese animation entries in the 2026 slate, with the market running October 28 to 30. No other new production activity involving the studio is reported in the recent stories.

Synthesized from 30 Yomimono stories · updated Sep 14

P.I.C.S. appears in recent Yomimono coverage only once, and only in the context of financing. TIFFCOM 2026 and the Tokyo International Film Festival named 24 projects for the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, five of them animated. Two of those are Japanese, and one is Princess Zonof, credited to YKBX and P.I.C.S. The market runs October 28 to 30 and takes projects that have already raised at least 60 percent of their budgets.

The selection is a signal about where the project stands in its budget cycle rather than a broadcast or release announcement. Being on the list means the project has cleared the 60 percent threshold and is now seeking the last stretch of funding. The other Japanese animation entry on the same slate is Mahora, from Ayumi Moriyama and OLM. The remaining animation picks have not been named here.

Nothing else about Princess Zonof has been established in the stories, and P.I.C.S. has no other recent production, staffing, or release announcements in the coverage provided. There is no word on a director, cast, format, or release window. The gap-financing selection is the entire current picture for the studio.

Key facts

Project selected
Princess Zonof, credited to YKBX and P.I.C.S., is one of five animation projects in the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market slate ↗
Market dates
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market runs October 28 to 30 in 2026 ↗
Financing threshold
Selected projects must have already raised at least 60 percent of their budgets ↗
Selection size
24 projects were named, including five animated ones, two of them Japanese ↗
Japanese counterpart
The other Japanese animation entry is Mahora, from Ayumi Moriyama and OLM ↗
Organizers
TIFFCOM 2026 and the Tokyo International Film Festival named the slate ↗

Timeline

Written with AI from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced. See our editorial policy. Every fact links the story it came from.

Facts

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P.I.C.S.'s Princess Zonof was named among five animated projects for the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market · 2026-09-10

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Sep 10

Tokyo Gap-Financing Market Adds Five Animation Projects to 2026 Slate

TIFFCOM 2026 and the Tokyo International Film Festival have named 24 projects for the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, including five animated ones. Two are Japanese: Ayumi Moriyama and OLM's Mahora, and YKBX and P.I.C.S.'s Princess Zonof. The market runs October 28 to 30 and takes projects that have already raised at least 60 percent of their budgets.