Makoto Shinkai is working on a new feature film, with Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures co-distributing most worldwide rights outside Asia. No title or details have been announced.
Makoto Shinkai's next feature film is in active production, and its global distribution is already set. Crunchyroll announced it acquired most worldwide distribution rights to the film, excluding almost all of Asia but including India. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures will co-distribute. No title, cast, or release details were revealed in the announcement.
Shinkai said in November 2025 that he was working on a new film with dependable companions. That statement, made months before the distribution deal, is the only direct comment from Shinkai about the project in these stories.
Separately, Shinkai's earlier work continues to influence the industry. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, a traditional Japanese-style painter who worked on flashback sequences for Shinkai's 'Your Name.' and contributed to 'In This Corner of the World,' made his feature directorial debut with 'A New Dawn.' The film premiered in the main competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. Shinomiya's path from painter to director, without prior feature directing experience, stands apart from studio-trained directors. His film, set in a rural town, follows a son seeking a mythical firework as a typhoon approaches and redevelopment threatens his home.
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Crunchyroll announced it acquired most worldwide distribution rights to Makoto Shinkai's new feature film, excluding almost all of Asia but including India. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures will co-distribute. No title or details were revealed. Shinkai said in November 2025 he was working on a new film with dependable companions.
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, a traditional Japanese-style painter who worked on flashback sequences for Makoto Shinkai's 'Your Name.' and contributed to 'In This Corner of the World,' has made his feature directorial debut with 'A New Dawn.' The film had its world premiere this week in the main competition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Set in a rural town, the story follows Keitaro, the son of a vanished fireworks artisan, who seeks a mythical firework called 'Shuhari' as a typhoon approaches and redevelopment threatens his home. Shinomiya said the project was triggered around 2016 when a field in front of his atelier was suddenly covered with solar panels, and his daughter asked if it was the sea. The film explores themes of inheritance, environmental change, and the erosion of traditional Japanese communal life. Shinomiya described the concept of 'Shuhari' as a three-stage process of mastery: follow the rules, break them, then transcend them. He said the ending is intentionally open, inspired by American New Cinema, and meant to leave audiences wondering about the characters after the film ends.