The Twilight World will be the first animated feature directed by Werner Herzog. Based on Herzog's best selling novel, the film tells the true story of Hiroo Onoda, a World War II Japanese intelligence officer who refused to surrender and continued to fight a personal, fictitious war in the jungles of the Philippines. For thirty years. Part fictionalized history, part drama and part dream log, The Twilight World is a meditation on the nature of reality, the illusion of time, and the conflict between the external world and our inner lives.

一望无际的草原上，三三两两的儿童在嬉戏，微风吹过，带动一片欢声笑语。渐渐传来轰隆的声音，转身一看，原来是过路的机器人。有人习以为常，跟在它后面追逐打闹，有人惊叹它的高大威武。这是遥远的未来还是理想的伊甸园？只知道这里一片祥和，远离战争。 作为惟一的外国导演作品，这个短片看起来有点平淡无奇，但那种宁静的气氛却让人觉得满身舒畅。迈克尔·阿瑞斯是个陌生的名字，但如果说《黑客帝国》动画版，估计就有不少人知道了，他正是那个系列的总导演，后来和STUDIO4℃合作执导了《恶童》，成为继手冢治虫和宫崎骏之后，第三个获得日本动画最权威大赏“大藤信郎赏”的动画导演和惟一的外国导演。