{"id":123781,"date":"2025-06-05T23:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T06:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=123781"},"modified":"2025-06-05T23:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T06:51:25","slug":"chao-anime-films-trailer-main-poster-unleash-a-whirlpool-of-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/05\/chao-anime-films-trailer-main-poster-unleash-a-whirlpool-of-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"ChaO Anime Film&#8217;s Trailer, Main Poster Unleash a Whirlpool of Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The upcoming human-mermaid romance anime film <em>ChaO<\/em> has received a trailer and main poster, with the former offering various new scenes of the main characters and displays of water animation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">It was also announced that the film&#8217;s theme song, which is previewed in the trailer, is &#8220;ChaO!&#8221; by <strong>Kumi Koda<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6620\u753b\u300eChaO\u300f\u4e88\u544a\uff0f 8\u670815\u65e5(\u91d1)\u516c\u958b\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JsFxeXfxEkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"984\" data-attachment-id=\"123783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/05\/chao-anime-films-trailer-main-poster-unleash-a-whirlpool-of-romance\/chao-main-poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?fit=1810%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1810,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChaO main poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster.jpeg?resize=696%2C984&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123783\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=1448%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1510&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?w=1810&amp;ssl=1 1810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a92025\u300cChaO\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>ChaO\u00a0<\/em>is set to premiere in Japan on August 15 JST. It will be screened at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025 as part of the feature film official selection and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/03\/gkids-to-bring-chao-mermaid-romance-film-to-north-america\/\">picked up by GKIDS<\/a> for a North American release. GKIDS describes\u00a0<em>ChaO<\/em>\u00a0as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>From acclaimed Japanese animation production house Studio\u00a04\u00b0C comes a wild romantic comedy and true \u201cfish out of water\u201d story.\u00a0In a futuristic world where humans and mermaids coexist,\u00a0ChaO follows Stephan, a mild-mannered office worker at a shipbuilding company, whose life is upended when he is suddenly proposed to by Chao \u2014 a princess from the mermaid kingdom. With no time to make sense of what\u2019s happening, Stephan soon finds himself living with the unpredictable, wholehearted Chao. As her sincere love begins to break down his emotional barriers, an unexpected and touching romance begins to unfold.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:\u00a0<strong>Yasuhiro Aoki<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Psycho-Pass: The Movie<\/em>\u00a0co-character designer, SAMURAI NOODLES \u201cTHE ORIGINATOR\u201d unit director et al.)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and animation director:\u00a0<strong>Hirokazu Kojima<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Shoka<\/em>,\u00a0<em>More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers<\/em>\u00a0ending design and animation)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Background art director:<strong>\u00a0Hiroshi Takiguchi<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Weathering With You<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0<strong>STUDIO4\u2103<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Oji Suzuka<\/strong> as Stephan<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Anna Yamada<\/strong>\u00a0as Chao<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Yuichiro Umehara\u00a0<\/strong>as Roberta<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Kavka Shishido\u00a0<\/strong>as Mai Bei\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/chao-movie.com\/info\/185\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ChaO<\/em> website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming human-mermaid romance anime film ChaO has received a trailer and main poster, with the former offering various new scenes of the main characters and displays of water animation. 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