A new main poster visual and two lead cast members have been revealed for Mamoru Hosoda‘s next anime feature film Scarlet. Sony Pictures previously announced that it will screen the film in the U.S. on December 12, 2025, after its Japanese premiere on November 21, 2025.
An English version of the visual was also released on the film’s official English Twitter/X account.
Mana Ashida has been cast as the voice of the film’s main heroine, Scarlet, while Masaki Okada will voice Hijiri. Both characters are featured in the newly released visual.
Variety reports that Sony Pictures is co-producing and co-financing Hosoda’s new anime film with Studio CHIZU, who are in charge of the film’s animation production, and Nippon TV. The company was reported to be distributing the film globally earlier last year, while Toho is handling distribution in Japan. The film’s story “centers on a princess who transcends time and space.”
Meanwhile, Comic Natalie quoted Hosoda as saying during Scarlet‘s announcement event that the film is in “neither 2D nor a Hollywood-style CG animation” and that its theme will tackle life and death, with action and romance elements included.
Scarlet will be the newest anime feature film from Hosoda, who most recently worked on Belle in 2021. His previous works include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and Mirai (which received a nomination for Best Animated feature at the Academy Awards). Besides The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars, most of his works have been animated at Studio CHIZU.
Sources: Studio Chizu Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network
