Asmik Ace has shared the start of the upcoming A New Dawn (Hanarokusho ga Akeru Hi ni) anime movie, which begins screening in Japan on March 6.
A main trailer was released in January.
The official premise for A New Dawn (Hanarokusho ga Akeru Hi ni) reads:
The Obinata Fireworks Shop factory is getting prepared for an administrative action for confiscation tomorrow. It has been six years since Keitaro has been holed up in a closed-down factory creating fireworks by himself, chasing after an illusion of his father who vanished. It is a story about three young people who overcome the extreme weather conditions, disasters and environmental problems imposed on them and establish their own identities.
The French-Japanese co-production marks the feature director debut of Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, who contributed to titles like Makoto Shinkai‘s The Garden of Words (poster illustrator) and Your Name (recollection scene key animator and unit director), Sunao Katabuchi‘s In This Corner of the World (watercolor painter et al.), and Takayuki Hirao‘s Pompo the Cinephile (art board artist). Shinomiya has previously directed short-form works like Tokino Kousa and the Chiaki Mayumura music video “Boukentai ~Heroes of the old forest~.”
A New Dawn was previously scheduled for a 2025 release. It was a part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival’s 2024 Annecy Animation Showcase as well as a Competition film at the recent 76th Berlin International Film Festival.
Staff
• Director, scriptwriter, and creator: Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
• Character designer: Minakata Laboratory’s Utsushita (Tengoku Daimakyo)
• Character designer: Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
• Animation director: Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
• Animation director: Shohei Hamaguchi
• Color designer: Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
• Color designer: Aiko Mizuno (Undead Unluck: Winter Arc)
• Color designer: Tomoko Saito (K)
• Color designer: Nanako Okazaki (Brave Bang Bravern!)
• Background art director: Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
• Background art director: Akiko Majima (Your Name co-background art director)
• Compositing director: Anna Tomizaki (Beastars Final Season)
• Special effects footage: SUKIMAKI ANIMATION
• Stop motion footage: Victor Haegelin
• Music composer: Shuta Hasunuma
• Animation producer: Tsutomu Fujio (The House of the Lost on the Cape, Ping Pong The Animation)
• Production: Asmik Ace, Studio Outrigger, and Miyu Productions
• Distribution: Asmik Ace
Cast
• Riku Hagiwara as Keitaro Obinata
• Kotone Furukawa as Kaoru
• Miyu Irino as Sentaro Obinata
• Takashi Okabe as Eitaro Obinata
Source: Asmik Ace YouTube channel
