Kubo and the Two Strings/Trivia


 * Acclaimed Flop
 * The Sisters' feathered capes include 183 feathers, all individually handmade and kept together with piano wire and woven into ball joints of the spine.
 * Each feather can be slide over without getting stuck.
 * The Chinese's Zŭxiān bǎohù, a belief that one's ancestors will protect them in a form that involves bringing charms, talismans, or familiars to life, which what Monkey is.
 * Kubo and the Two Strings took five years to make.
 * Hey, It's That Voice! Seems that the Warden decided to have a quiet life after getting defeated by Katara and some earthbenders in a prison uprising.
 * The Moon King was a British General and Lord, who didn't know that James Armistead was a patriot spy, surrendered in Yorktown, and lost the American Revolution.
 * Beetle played for the baseball team the California Angels, who needed a miracle for their losing streak.
 * Hashi is an aristocratic patron, who bids for against a rival for Sayuri's virginity.
 * Kameyo also cares for another fatherless boy, er, man.
 * Turns out that Kubo is the youngest Stark son.
 * Miane works for the Shredder as his hitman.
 * Miho used to serve tea as one of the Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha.
 * This is Travis Knight's first film.
 * The voice acting was recorded first and individually. The actors record saying their lines differently, until they got the correct one.
 * So My Kids Can Watch: Matthew McConaughey wanted to be in KatTS, so there can be a character that his kids can enjoy. Plus, his kids love the plucky comic reliefs in movies.
 * He went even further, while McConaughey was preparing for his role as Beetle, he practice different voices in front of his kids. Asking for advice for which is the funniest.
 * Laika uses both Stop Motion and Computer animation to bring Kubo and the Two Strings to life.
 * The yokai puppet for the "Garden of Eyes" is six feet tall.
 * The creatures' eyeballs are made of a metal mesh, which covers the whole sphere. The pupils are LED lights.
 * The Hall of Bones took 360 sq feet of the set.
 * Laika teamed up with Stratasys to make the best puppets, Stratasys is a 3D printing company.
 * 66 thousand 3D are printed for the characters.