Deadline reported this past week that Greenwich Entertainment had acquired the North American distribution rights to the Jinsei drama anime film. The U.S.-based independent film distributor plans to release the anime film in North American theaters this coming summer.
The anime film hosted its world premiere during the Feature Films Contrechamp section of the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. It then had its North American premiere at the 24th New York Asian Film Festival on July 25, 2025.
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Jinsei, also known by its Japanese title Mumei no Jinsei, premiered in Japan on May 16, 2025. Ryuta Suzuki directed the self-produced anime film and is also credited as the animation director, background art director, compositing director, color designer, character designer, music, and editor.
Kenji Iwaisawa was Jinsei’s producer, having previously served as scriptwriter, storyboard artist, character designer, animation director, and background art director for his own anime film, On-Gaku: Our Sound.
Japanese rapper ACE COOL voices the unnamed lead character. The voice cast also consists of:
- • Taketo Tanaka as Kin
- • Shohei Uno as Hiroshi
- • Remi Tyon as Hime
- • Ryotaro Nishino as Smile
- • Katsuya Maiguma as Yamato
- • Kanji Tsuda as Shiratori
- • Miho Ōhashi as Sakura
- • Ayumu Nakajima as Kuzu
- • Eri Kamataki as Yoko
- • Tsubaki Nekoze as Kinmama
Jinsei had a crowdfunding campaign on CAMPFIRE, raising a total of 1,702,000 yen (US$11,320) out of its 1,500,000 yen goal between December 30, 2022 to March 19, 2023.
Suzuki’s previous short animations have won awards such as the 9th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival’s Japan Grand Prix for Lawless Love.
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Annecy describes the main premise of Jinsei as:
From birth to death, each person goes through life with a variety of nicknames, and sometimes derogatory. The story depicts the beautiful yet sorrowful life of the protagonist who, unintentionally, rises to the top, against a backdrop of problems we are facing today, such as elderly drivers, the dark side of the entertainment industry, the unknown deaths of young people, and war.
Source: Deadline (Andreas Wiseman)
