RECENTLY, Pixar director Domee Shi revealed in an interview with Billboard Japan that she created 4★TOWN, a five-member group in her recently released animated feature Turning Red, based on K-pop groups BIGBANG and 2PM as she is a huge fan of them.

Shi’s Turning Red is the first Pixar film to be solely directed by a woman. She also co-wrote the screenplay with Julia Cho. This is the second animation which features Asian lead characters, after the hit 2009 film Up.