{"id":163834,"date":"2026-07-24T08:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=163834"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:07:36","slug":"the-ribbon-hero-releases-bond-trailer-for-characters-sapphire-and-pine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/07\/24\/the-ribbon-hero-releases-bond-trailer-for-characters-sapphire-and-pine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ribbon Hero Releases &#8220;Bond&#8221; Trailer for Characters Sapphire and Pine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Next month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/06\/23\/the-ribbon-hero-reveals-new-trailer-more-cast-theme-song\/\"><em>The Ribbon Hero<\/em><\/a> anime film has gotten a Sapphire x Pine Bond <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/the-ribbon-hero-teaser-trailer-previews-an-epic-experience-that-will-unfold-on-august-8\/\">trailer<\/a>, which zooms in on the relationship between protagonist Sapphire (our titular Ribbon Hero) and her new friend Pine.&nbsp;<\/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=\"\u300eTHE RIBBON HERO \u30ea\u30dc\u30f3\u30d2\u30fc\u30ed\u30fc\u300f \u30b5\u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30a2 \u00d7 \u30d1\u30a4\u30f3 \u7d46PV\u516c\u958b \/ 2026\u5e748\u67088\u65e5(\u571f)\u3000Netflix\u4e16\u754c\u72ec\u5360\u914d\u4fe1\u958b\u59cb\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtcOzVVAm_0?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\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Amidst the mix of daily life scenes and epic battles, Pine can at one point be heard lamenting her powerlessness and role as the one who always needs protecting, saying that such a person is a failure of a friend. Later, when a despondent Sapphire describes herself as weak and says that &#8220;this is a curse,&#8221; Pine becomes the hero as she tells her friend, &#8220;Curses are something born from words, so the power of words can dispel them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Directed by <strong>Yuki Igarashi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Star Wars: Visions<\/em> \u2014 \u201cLop &amp; Och\u014d\u201d director and character designer et al.), Gen Hoshino\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/07\/17\/gen-hoshino-releases-animated-music-video-from-lop-ocho-director\/\">\u201cI Wanna Be Your Ghost\u201d music video<\/a> director et al., <em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em> Season 1\u2019s first ending solo key animator) and produced by Igarashi&#8217;s <strong>OUTLINE<\/strong>, <em>The Ribbon Hero&nbsp;<\/em>is inspired by<strong> Osamu Tezuka<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Princess Knight<\/em> manga, of which there are three versions. The synopsis reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Sapphire is the princess of a kingdom that no longer exists. Having lost everything in her homeland of Silverland to the calamity known as \u201cNergal,\u201d she wanders in despair until she finally arrives in Goldland.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Though burdened by her past, she begins to find a glimmer of hope as she encounters the kindness of the people there. But as if to sneer at her peaceful new life, the calamity Nergal appears once more. The very despair that once reduced her homeland to ashes now threatens to steal the light from this land as well.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>\u201cI won\u2019t lose anything ever again. And I won\u2019t let anyone else lose anything either.\u201d Brushing away her tears of sorrow, the girl takes up her sword. This is the story of a lone hero who ties her ribbon and resolves to defy her fate.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Sapphire is voiced by <strong>Saya&nbsp;<\/strong>of the comedy group Lalande, while Pine is played by <strong>Seiran Kobayashi<\/strong>. Also part of the cast are <strong>Koki Uchiyama<\/strong> as Velvet, the leader of the religious order that rules Goldland, where Pine resides in, and&nbsp;<strong>Mayumi Shintani<\/strong> as Sapphire&#8217;s scientist retainer Zirco.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Among the other production staff are illustrator<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/28\/mystery-game-projectcold-case-mirage-launches-on-switch-and-steam-in-japan\/\"><strong>&nbsp;Kei Mochizuki&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>as original character designer,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/28\/illustrator-animator-mai-yoneyama-shares-gorgeous-55-second-animation\/\"><strong>Mai Yoneyama<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYAgBRO-aT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cCOLORs\u201d music video<\/a>&nbsp;character designer and animation director,&nbsp;<em>Cyberpunk: Edgerunners&nbsp;<\/em>ending animation director, storyboard artist et al.) on character design cooperation duties,&nbsp;<strong>Issei Arakaki<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Extreme Hearts<\/em>) as animation character designer, and&nbsp;<strong>Cedric Herole<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>POK\u00c9TOON<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cWait for Me, Magikarp\u201d director, character designer et al.) as artistic director.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The first <em>Princess Knight<\/em> manga was the Shojo Club version (1953 to 1956), which was later followed by the Nakayoshi version (1963 to 1966) and the Shojo Friend version (1967). The&nbsp;Shojo Club&nbsp;<em>Princess Knight&nbsp;<\/em>had a follow-up titled&nbsp;<em>Twin Knights<\/em>, about Sapphire\u2019s twin children. The Osamu Tezuka website, which calls <em>Princess Knight&nbsp;<\/em>\u201cthe first Japanese story manga for girls,&#8221;&nbsp;describes the story of the Shojo Club version as such:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story_text\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>This is a fantasy of a princess by the name of Sapphire who has both a boy\u2019s heart and a girl\u2019s heart. She cleans up evils by disguising herself as Princess Knight.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Sapphire is born with both boy\u2019s and girl\u2019s mind due to a mischievous angel by the name of Tink. In addition, Sapphire bears a destiny to be raised as a prince to inherit the throne. On the other hand, Duke Duralumin, who wants to make his son the king, ploys to find evidence that Sapphire is a girl in various ways.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Princess Knight&nbsp;<\/em>previously inspired a 52-episode 1967 to 1968 TV anime with&nbsp;<strong>Katsui Chikao<\/strong>&nbsp;and<strong>&nbsp;Akabori Kanji<\/strong>&nbsp;as the chief directors and&nbsp;<strong>Mushi Production<\/strong>&nbsp;as the animation production studio, as well as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WiUggkDbFVw&amp;time_continue=145&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ftezukaosamu.net%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1999 short<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>The Ribbon Hero\u00a0<\/em>will be released on Netflix on August 8, 2026.<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Production credits<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Director: Yuki Igarashi\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Original character designer:\u00a0Kei Mochizuki\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Character design cooperation:\u00a0Mai Yoneyama\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Animation character designer: Issei Arakaki\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Artistic director: Cedric Herole\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Nergal designer:\u00a0<strong>okama<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Background art director:\u00a0<strong>Masanobu Nomura<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Mono<\/em>,\u00a0<em>New Panty &amp; Stocking with Garterbelt<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Color designer:<strong>\u00a0Natsumi Watabe<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 CG director:\u00a0<strong>Akine Nagamine<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Hikaru Fukuda<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Music composer: MONACA\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Satoru Kosaki<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Music composer: MONACA\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Ryuichi Takada<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0<strong>OUTLINE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> TWIN ENGINE YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next month&#8217;s The Ribbon Hero anime film has gotten a Sapphire x Pine Bond trailer, which zooms in on the relationship between protagonist Sapphire (our titular Ribbon Hero) and her new friend Pine.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":163840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1053,10],"tags":[14,448,12572,12627],"class_list":["post-163834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-feature","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-netflix","tag-outline","tag-the-ribbon-hero"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Ribbon-Hero-Sapphire-x-Pine-Bond-trailer-screenshot.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-GCu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163834"}],"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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163834"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164323,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163834\/revisions\/164323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}