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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: Cloudy Beach Anime Film Reveals New Visual, Trailer – News
Character designs also revealed for film opening on July 10 for 2-week limited screening
The staff of the SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: CLOUDY BEACH anime film began streaming a new promotional video for the movie on Sunday.
The staff also revealed a new version of the visual previously unveiled in March.
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The film will again star Chiyuki Miura as Yuuki. Other cast members include:
Yume Miyamoto as Airi
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Anna Nagase as Essei
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Yukari Tamura as Koyomi
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Konomi Inagaki as Hizumi
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Aino Shimada as Maguma
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Riko Akechi as Mitsuba
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Hikaru Tōno as Mozuku
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The movie will have a limited two-week screening run in Japan starting on July 10.
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The film’s story continues from the series, after Yuuki overcomes the “thirty-year-old-wall” jinx, which drastically reduces the survival rate of players. Yuuki continues playing games, this time on a remote island in the middle of the ocean with seven other players, and among them is someone Yuuki knows. The game they are about to play is called “Cloudy Beach.”
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, the television anime of writer Yūshi Ukai and artist Nekometal‘s Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (Shibō Yūgi de Meshi o Kuu) light novel series, debuted on January 7, and the first episode was 60 minutes long.
Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and is also streaming a same-day English dub. Netflix is also streaming the anime.
The film features a returning staff. Sōta Ueno (Days With My Stepsister) is directing the anime at Studio DEEN. Rintarou Ikeda (The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon’s Judgement) is in charge of series composition. Eri Osada (Blade & Soul) is designing the characters. Noriyoshi Konuma (The Dangers in My Heart) is the sound director.
The staff also includes:
Yen Press licensed the light novel series and describes the story:
Yuuki wakes up to find herself wearing a maid’s uniform in a strange manor. After wandering into the dining room, she comes across five other girls, each in the exact same outfit. Soon, the girls learn that the manor is brimming with lethal weapons and an array of deadly traps…and that they can only escape by playing the most gruesome of games. As the terrifying truth sets in, each girl’s face goes pale—except Yuuki’s. Why? Because this isn’t her first go-round. That’s right—Yuuki is a professional death game player who lives off the prize money she collects from winning brutal killing competitions, and she’s not about to let this chance pass her by.
Kadokawa‘s MF Bunko J imprint published the light novel series’ first volume in November 2022, after the series won the Excellence Award at the 18th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Award that same year. The novels’ ninth volume shipped in Japan on January 23, and the 10th volume will ship on June 25.
The light novel series also ranked #1 in the New Title category of Takarajimasha‘s 2024 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) rankings.
Banzai Kotobuki Daienkai launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa‘s Comp Ace magazine in April 2023. Kadokawa published the manga’s fifth volume on January 23.
Source: Press release
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Studio Khara posted an original illustration by board director (and anime director) Kazuya Tsurumaki for the anime studio’s 20th anniversary on Sunday. The illustration features Evangelion character Rei Ayanami with a well-deserved drink and the caption “20th Anniversary.” (20 is the legal age for drinking in Japan.)
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Along with the new art, Studio Khara posted a message by its founder and president (and a legendary anime director in his own right), Hideaki Anno. Anno noted, “What began as a company with just the president, one employee, and one advisor in a small office in a multi-tenant building in Nishi-Shinjuku has grown into a company that owns its own studio, has produced numerous works, and continues to create new ones to this day,” he continues. Anno finishes his statement thanking fans and supporters saying, “We will continue working hard towards our 25th and 30th anniversaries.”
Studio Khara was established by Anno on May 17, 2006. Since its creation the studio has produced Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, and Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, among others. The studio is currently working on an untitled Space Battleship Yamato film and new Evangelion project.
Sources: Studio Khara‘s website
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Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise. Warner Bros. Animation is producing the anime, with OLM (Pokémon) animating the project. Itsurō Kawasaki (Baban Baban Ban Vampire, Cardfight!! Vanguard 2018, The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil) is directing the series, and Francisco Paredes is its co-producer.
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Frank Welker voices Scooby-Doo, and Matthew Lillard voices Shaggy.
Tubi TV describes the story:
While visiting Japan on the ultimate foodie adventure, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy unwittingly unleash hundreds of mythical monsters that are causing trouble across the country. With the help of Scooby’s uncle, Daisuke-Doo, along with new friends — magical girl Yume and gadget whiz Takumi — the group embarks on an all-new mystery filled with monster chasing and fun chaos.
Warner Bros. Animation previously announced a series at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2024 with the title Go-Go Mystery Machine, then slated to air on Cartoon Network. The series has a similar premise, and the below promotional poster visual.
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Warner Bros. announced at an event in Brazil in November 2025 that it is producing Scooby-Doo! Gokko, which it described as a short anime premiering in 2027. The shorts will be based on the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise, and will center on the characters Scooby and Shaggy. Warner Bros. has not confirmed which studio is animating Scooby-Doo! Gokko.
Scooby-Doo! Gokko is similar to Warner Bros. Japan‘s Tom & Jerry Gokko short anime based on the Tom & Jerry franchise. Warner Bros. Japan premiered the anime in November 2022, and currently releases one short episode a month. Japan-based Fanworks (Aggretsuko) is in charge of animation production, and Studio Nanahoshi (Kuromi’s Pretty Journey ~Hachamecha! Multiverse Dasshutsu!~, Freedom) is credited for animation production assistance.
Sources: Animation Magazine (Mercedes Milligan), Deadline (Rosy Cordero)
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‘You, Fireworks, and Our Promise’ Anime Film’s Trailer Unveils More Cast & Staff, Theme Song – News
The staff for the anime film of Kaori Mado‘s You, Fireworks, and Our Promise (Kimi to Hanabi to Yakusoku to or Kimi-Hana for short) novel series presented its full trailer and a key visual on Tuesday. The trailer announces more cast and staff members, and it also announces and previews the theme song “Kienai Hanabi” (Eternal Fireworks) by the idol group timelesz.
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Rie Takahashi plays the “mysterious girl” Haru.
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Natsuko Yokosawa plays Makoto’s mother Yukari Natsume.
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The newly announced staff members include Toshiharu Mizutani as art director, Shiho Kuriki as color key artist, Shinji Saitō as compositing director of photography, Takeshi Takadera as sound director, and Arisa Okehazama as musical composer.
The coming-of-age romance is set during the Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show, one of Japan’s three major fireworks shows that draws several hundred thousand visitors to Niigata Prefecture every year. What connects Makoto (a Tokyo high school boy without social skills or self-confidence) and Aki (a popular high school girl and class president with beauty and talent) is a drawing of a fireworks display. At the mercy of the drawing’s mystery and fate itself, the two have to make a choice in a limited amount of time.
Shōri Satō of the idol group timelesz plays the protagonist Makoto Natsume, and actress Nanoka Hara (Suzume, live-action Oshi no Ko, Mieruko-chan) plays the heroine Aki Hayama.
Kei Suzuki (City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust assistant director, Tower of God: Return of the Prince) is directing the film at Synergy SP and The Answer Studio, and Kōhei Mori wrote the screenplay. Yūji Watanabe (Flag guest character designer, animation director) designed the characters, Michihiko Umezawa (The Dangers in My Heart, A Couple of Cuckoos) planned and produced the project with Shinei Animation. The other staff members include:
The film will open in theaters on July 17.
The 79th Cannes International Film Festival previewed the film as part of the “Tokyo International Film Festival’s Goes to Cannes” event on May 15.
Shogakukan‘s Gagaga Bunko imprint published the novel with illustrations by Akamoku (The Girl Who Wants to Be a Hero and the Girl Who Ought to Be a Hero) on December 18, 2025.
The film is receiving a manga adaptation.
Sources: You, Fireworks, and Our Promise film’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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