The new Naoko Yamada anime film The Colors Within will have its North American premiere on January 24, 2025.
Distributor GKIDS also released a new poster and subtitled trailer for the movie.
The Colors Within premiered in Japan on August 30 JST, after a delay from its original fall 2023 release. It was featured at Annecy 2024 as part of the festival’s feature film selection. GKIDS describes the synopsis as:
Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the ‘colors’ of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the most beautiful color of all. Although she doesn’t play an instrument, Totsuko forms a band with Kimi and Rui, a quiet music enthusiast they meet at a used bookstore in a far corner of town. As they practice at an old church on a remote island, music brings them together, forming friendships and stirring affections. Will they discover their true ‘colors’?
Aside from North America, GKIDS has stated that it’s bringing the film to Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand with both English-subbed and dubbed versions “this winter.”
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Staff
• Director: Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, and The Heike Story)
• Screenwriter: Reiko Yoshida (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, and The Heike Story)
• Character designer: Takashi Kojima (The Heike Story, Ride Your Wave, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)
• Original character designer: daisukerichard
• Music composer: Kensuke Ushio (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, and The Heike Story)
• Animation production: Science SARU
Cast
• Sayu Suzukawa as Totsuko
• Akari Takaishi as Kimi
• Taisei Kido as Lui
• Yuri Aragaki as Sister Hiyoshiko
Source: @GKIDSfilms
