Cannes - A six-country effort to produce a live-action version of the Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis was sealed with an official agreement signed at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

The Japan-Australia-Singapore-Canada-China-United Kingdom co-production, Bubblegum Crisis, will be the first feature film made under the Singapore-Australia, Australia-Canada, Canada-Singapore, China-Australia and China-Canada co-production treaties.

Bubblegum Crisis is a popular cyberpunk, sci-fi-style anime set in the distant future.

Singapore based production firm Axxis International and Tokyo based Anime International Company (AIC), together with partners from Australia (Arclight Films), Canada (Wizzfilms Inc.), China (Infotainment China Media Company) and the United Kingdom (Latec International) inked the production agreement in Cannes in May 2009.

The governmental treaties involved are expected to be a significant boon to the production, which gives a nod to the efforts of each authority in boosting the international film industry.

Axxis Group's CEO, Benjamin Toh says: "Bubblegum Crisis paves the way for Axxis International‟s business specialisation – to concentrate on live-action feature films with intense CGI and special effects. We look forward to doing more live-action remakes of hugely popular game, anime or manga series."

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