Makoto Shinkai's next feature film has secured global distribution through Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures, with most worldwide rights excluding almost all of Asia but including India. A live-action adaptation of his manga 5 Centimeters per Second opens in North American theaters on October 23.
Makoto Shinkai's next feature film has a distributor. Crunchyroll acquired most worldwide rights to the untitled film, excluding almost all of Asia but including India. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures will co-distribute. No title or further details were revealed. The announcement follows Shinkai's November 2025 statement that he was working on a new film with dependable companions. Until a title, format date, or staff is confirmed, the distribution deal is the main piece of settled business around the project.
The live-action adaptation of 5 Centimeters per Second, based on Shinkai's work, moves into North American theaters on October 23, handled by GKIDS. GKIDS streamed an English-subtitled trailer and says home video details will follow later this year. The film opened in Japan in October 2025, where it sold 278,000 tickets and earned 420 million yen (about US$2.78 million) in its first three days, ranking at #2 in its opening weekend. The North American run arrives a year after that Japanese opening.
Shinkai also appears in the production history of another director's debut. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, a traditional Japanese-style painter, worked on flashback sequences for Shinkai's Your Name. and contributed to In This Corner of the World. Shinomiya's feature directorial debut, A New Dawn, premiered in the main competition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Set in a rural town, it follows Keitaro, the son of a vanished fireworks artisan, as a typhoon approaches and redevelopment threatens his home. Shinomiya said the project began around 2016, when a field in front of his atelier was covered with solar panels and his daughter asked if it was the sea. That credit places Shinkai's earlier work in the lineage of a director now entering festival competition, though it does not bear on his own current projects.
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GKIDS will screen the live-action film of Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second in North American theaters starting October 23. The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer and says home video details will come later this year. The film opened in Japan in October 2025, sold 278,000 tickets and earned 420 million yen (about US$2.78 million) in its first three days, and ranked at #2 in its opening weekend.
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.