The film directorial debut of Yoshitoshi Shinomiya was originally planned for 2025.
Four months after being formally announced, the anime movie “Hanarakushou Ga Akeru Hi ni - A NEW DAWN” has revealed a significant delay to its initially-planned release date of 2025.
The news, which was reported on the official website for the film, has now confirmed that the directorial debut of Yoshitoshi Shinomiya is now planned for a 2026 release. No other reasons were given for the delay, with the statement, in a machine translation, only offering apologies to fans who have been looking forward to the screening.
The full statement reads:
The release date for the film "Hanarakushou Ga Akeru Hi ni - A NEW DAWN" has been changed from the originally planned 2025 to 2026 .
We sincerely apologize to everyone who has been looking forward to the release of this film.
We hope you will continue to support us until the release.
“A New Dawn” details
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, who is directing the film, is known as a longtime collaborator of the acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai. As an artist, he worked on a number of Shinkai films like “Garden of Words” and “Your Name”. “A NEW DAWN” is his film directorial debut.
The upcoming anime film is a Japanese-French joint production with Shinomiya and the French studio Miyu Productions. The character designer is Utsuhita, with Shohei Hamaguchi as the animation director, Ryoko Majima as the art director, and Shuta Hasunuma as the composer.
The anime film has so far divulged a number of its official cast of characters and their voice actors, who are:
- Riku Hagiwara as Keitaro Obinata
- Kotone Furukawa as Kaoru Shikimori
- Miyu Irino as Sentarou Obinata
- Takashi Okabe as Eitarou Obinata
The plot of the movie according to A New Dawn’s official website is as follows:
"Those fireworks are a slice of the universe."
Tatewaki Fireworks, a fireworks factory located in a lush forest, is facing eviction due to the redevelopment of the town.
Tatewaki Keitaro has been holed up there for four years, devoting himself to making fireworks to complete the "Shuhari" - a legendary firework - in place of his father who disappeared.
Meanwhile, his childhood friend Kaoru, who lives in Tokyo, has left his hometown after an incident in the past, but as the eviction is about to happen, he visits the Tatewaki family.
The two meet again and come up with a surprising plan to uncover the secret of the lost fireworks.
The key to this lies in the beautiful blue pigment "flower verdigris".
