{"id":147129,"date":"2026-02-12T12:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=147129"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:36:39","slug":"chao-anime-film-screens-in-north-america-on-april-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/02\/12\/chao-anime-film-screens-in-north-america-on-april-10\/","title":{"rendered":"ChaO Anime Film Screens in North America on April 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS announced today that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/26\/chao-anime-films-new-video-previews-a-dancing-mermaid\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ChaO<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">romantic comedy anime film will begin screening in North American theaters on April 10, 2026. The anime film first premiered in Japan on August 15, 2025.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new poster visual and English-subtitled trailer were also released.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147133\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"147133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/02\/12\/chao-anime-film-screens-in-north-america-on-april-10\/chao-anime-film-english-poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?fit=1094%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1094,1600\" 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 anime film English poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 2025 &#8220;ChaO&#8221; Committee&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?fit=696%2C1018&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-147133\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=350%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chao anime film English poster\" width=\"350\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=700%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=768%2C1123&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=1050%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=696%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1562&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?resize=287%2C420&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-English-poster.jpeg?w=1094&amp;ssl=1 1094w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9 2025 &#8220;ChaO&#8221; Committee<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ChaO | Official Trailer - In theatres April 10\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cc6VyTu_SH0?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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS announced that it had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/03\/gkids-to-bring-chao-mermaid-romance-film-to-north-america\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">acquired the North American rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ChaO<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in June 2025.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Yasuhiro Aoki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psycho-Pass: The Movie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> co-character designer, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SAMURAI NOODLES<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cTHE ORIGINATOR\u201d unit director et al.) directed the anime film, with <\/span><b>Hirokazu Kojima<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shoka, More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ending design and animation) as character designer and animation director, and <\/span><b>Hiroshi Takiguchi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weathering With You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as background art director. <\/span><b>Studio 4\u00b0C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was in charge of the animation production.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the anime film\u2019s main voice cast stars:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Oji Suzuka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Stephan<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Anna Yamada<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Chao<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Yuichiro Umehara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Roberta<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kavka Shishido<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Mai Bei<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime film made its world premiere at the Annecy International Film Festival in June 2025, where it was awarded the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/15\/chao-anime-film-scores-annecy-jury-award\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jury Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Feature Film category. It was also the sole Japanese entry at the 2025 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/07\/07\/yasuhiro-aokis-chao-anime-film-to-screen-at-ottawa-international-animation-festival\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ottawa International Animation Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where it competed in the Grand Prize for Feature Animation category.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_123783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123783\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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\" class=\"wp-image-123783\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChaO-main-poster.jpeg?resize=350%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ChaO main poster visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"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=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, 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: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9 2025 &#8220;ChaO&#8221; Committee<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS describes the main premise of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ChaO<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a fantastical future, humans and mermaids share a troubled coexistence. Stephan, an anxious employee at a shipbuilding company, has big ideas to save the sea. But his life explodes into ecstatic chaos when bubbly mermaid princess Chao proposes marriage out of the blue. Between shopping sprees, giant robots, and actual fireworks, the unlikely pair flounder through their new romance and unlock their true feelings.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: press release<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GKIDS announced today that the ChaO romantic comedy anime film will begin screening in North American theaters on April 10, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":147137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,10727,686,1631],"class_list":["post-147129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-chao","tag-gkids","tag-studio-4"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chao-anime-film-still-main-characters-e1770928474326.jpg?fit=1210%2C680&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-Ch3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147129"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147139,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147129\/revisions\/147139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}