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{{Nihongo|'''''Isle of Dogs'''''|犬ヶ島|Inu ga Shima}} is a 2018 [[Adult animation|adult]] [[stop-motion]] animated [[science fiction]] [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama]] film written, produced, and directed by [[Wes Anderson]], narrated by [[Courtney B. Vance]], and starring an ensemble cast that consists of [[Bryan Cranston]], Koyu Rankin, [[Edward Norton]], [[Liev Schreiber]], [[Bill Murray]], [[Bob Balaban]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Kunichi Nomura]], [[Tilda Swinton]], [[Ken Watanabe]], Akira Ito, [[Greta Gerwig]], [[Akira Takayama]], [[Frances McDormand]], [[F. Murray Abraham]], [[Yojiro Noda]], [[Fisher Stevens]], [[Mari Natsuki]], [[Nijiro Murakami]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Harvey Keitel]], and [[Frank Wood (actor)|Frank Wood]]. An American-German-British co-production, ''Isle of Dogs'' was produced by [[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelsberg]] and [[Indian Paintbrush (company)|Indian Paintbrush]] in association with Anderson's own company American Empirical Pictures. This was Anderson's second stop-motion film, following ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]''. The film is set in the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki where Mayor Kenji Kobayashi has banished all dogs to Trash Island due to a canine influenza pandemic. Kobayashi's nephew Atari sets out to find his missing dog Spots with the help of a group of dogs led by stray dog Chief.
 
Anderson started developing the film in October 2015 using stop-motion animation, with a voice cast of Norton, Cranston, and Balaban. It draws inspiration from films by [[Akira Kurosawa]] and [[Hayao Miyazaki]], as well as the [[stop motion|stop-motion]] animated holiday specials made by [[Rankin/Bass Productions]], the 1982 animated film ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]'', and [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s ''[[101 Dalmatians (1961 film)|101 Dalmatians]]''. Production began in October 2016 at the [[3 Mills Studios]] in East London. By December 2016, [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film, scheduling it for a 2018 release. It is the second animated film to be released by Fox Searchlight, 17 years after the previous one, ''[[Waking Life]]'', was released in 2001.