An anime movie adaptation of Kazuyoshi Takeda‘s Peleliu -Rakuen no Guernica- manga will open in Japanese theaters on December 5, 2025 JST.
Goro Kuji (Chained Soldier) is directing Peleliu -Rakuen no Guernica- with a script by Junji Nishimura (Vlad Love director, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan director and co-scriptwriter) and Takeda. Shin-ei Animation and Fugaku are co-producing the film, which will be distributed by Toei.
The manga is set during the Battle of Peleliu, which took place in 1944 as part of the Pacific Theater of World War 2. The Hakusensha-published title was serialized in Young Animal and has been collected into 11 main volumes, published between 2016 to 2021. It was announced in 2021 that it would be receiving an anime adaptation.
Peleliu -Rakuen no Guernica- also has a spin-off.
Sources: @Toei_films, Comic Natalie
