Five years ago, ‘Karmachakra‘, India’s first anime pilot, premiered on YouTube. Now, Pakistan’s first anime-inspired movie, ‘The Glassworker‘, has emerged on the radar.

The Glassworker is screening at Cinemasia

‘The Glassworker’ follows Vincent Oliver and his love story with Aliz. The story unfolds through flashbacks as present-day Vincent reads a letter from Aliz. These flashbacks reveal how they first met during a war and how their relationship evolved through it.

Vincent, the son of Tomas, a skilled glassworker in Waterfront Town, was homeschooled by his father while apprenticing under him. His mother, also a talented glassworker, passed down her gift to him. Vincent longed to attend school and play with the other boys of town, but his father dismissed these desires as distractions from his future as a glassworker.

Meanwhile, war erupted in the country, and Colonel Amano arrived in the city with his troops. Despite his stern military background,...