Scheduled for release in Winter 2025, Scarlet is an anime film directed by the highly acclaimed anime film director Mamoru Hosoda, who won a 2022 Annie Award for Best Direction for the anime feature film Belle. This new title shatters existing bounds of Hosoda’s creatively rich portfolio that features emotionally stirring films like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, and Belle.
🗡️Synopsis
Currently revealed plot details have features like anime romance, action, and rich fantasy as major components along with deep explorations of the concepts of life, death, human connection, and transcendence. As per Scarlet’s tagline, a courageous princess traverses time and space. This is easily a first as we see The Girl Who Leapt Through Time director call a movie ‘Road movie’ as drama befuddle fables’ or as beast tales with limbs, buddies, set to hit the road.
🎨 Visual Style
In terms of animation, the film aims to set new standards in style. Unlike traditional 2D or Hollywood CGI, Studio Chizu aims to use a blend of animation technologies and put toward new visual design that will correspond with the size of the narrative, reveals Hosoda.
🎬 Cast & Crew
Director & Writer: Mamoru Hosoda
Producers: Yuichiro Saito (Studio Chizu), Toshimi Tanio (Nippon TV), Nozomu Takahashi (Studio Chizu)
Scarlet marks a new collaboration between Studio Chizu and Sony Pictures, who also co-produce and internationally distribute the film, respectively. This partnership intends to roll out the film’s promotional materials to a worldwide audience, beginning with a theatrical release in the United States in Winter 2025. Toho will distribute the film domestically in Japan.
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📝 Conclusion
Fans across the globe, as the release date of Winter 2025 approaches, look forward to what is bound to be a deep and visually stunning exploration of enduring themes through the eyes of a transcendent heroine. Scarlet is bound to be a milestone in anime cinema. Hosoda’s narratives are always accompanied by boundless imagination and innovation.
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