{"id":2325474,"date":"2026-03-12T21:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2325474"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:42:30","slug":"comix-wave-films-reveals-new-anime-shiranui-with-ichiko-aoba-theme-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/comix-wave-films-reveals-new-anime-shiranui-with-ichiko-aoba-theme-song\/","title":{"rendered":"CoMix Wave Films Reveals New Anime Shiranui With Ichiko Aoba Theme Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The animated film Shiranui opened in theaters on February 21. It marks the latest project from CoMix Wave Films, the studio behind blockbuster hits such as Your Name and Suzume.<\/p>\n<p>Making his commercial animation feature debut with the film is rising filmmaker Ryo Katanozaka, a native of Fukuoka Prefecture. Katanozaka has an unconventional background: while working at the seafood counter of a supermarket, he built a career as a freelance filmmaker producing live-action corporate commercials. In recent years he began teaching himself animation, leading to the creation of this project.<\/p>\n<p>Set in Kumamoto in 1996, the 35-minute short follows a 10-year-old boy named Minato. After praying to a mysterious light known as \u201cShiranui,\u201d said to grant wishes, the boy\u2019s hatred toward his father gradually transforms into something darker \u2014 a curse.<\/p>\n<p>The newly released trailer offers a glimpse of the film\u2019s striking visuals, where nostalgic Japanese landscapes are interwoven with an unsettling emotional tension. Delicately rendered backgrounds deepen the story\u2019s lingering themes of loss and forgiveness.<\/p>\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\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u3057\u3089\u306c\u3072\u300f\u7279\u5831\u30108\u670821\u65e5(\u91d1) \u5287\u5834\u516c\u958b\u3011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixva4keCFsU?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><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The film\u2019s score is composed by Taro Umebayashi, known for his work on anime including The Summer Hikaru Died. The theme song is performed by Ichiko Aoba, an artist widely acclaimed both in Japan and internationally for her distinctive musical world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-niew-em-section\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> August 21, 2026<br \/><strong>Theatrical Release:<\/strong> Opening at Shinjuku Wald 9 and expanding nationwide<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Story \/ Screenplay \/ Director:<\/strong> Ryo Katanozaka<br \/><strong>Music:<\/strong> Taro Umebayashi<br \/><strong>Theme Song:<\/strong> Ichiko Aoba<br \/><strong>Animation Production:<\/strong> CoMix Wave Films<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source niewmedia.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The animated film Shiranui opened in theaters on February 21. 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