It is officially announced today that the forthcoming anime feature film adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi (Moribito series, The Beast Player)’s fantasy novel series Shika no Ō / The Deer King is set to be released in Japan on September 18, 2020.
The novel was originally released from KADOKAWA in two-volume hardcover edition in September 2014, then re-released as four-volume bunko edition in June-July 2017.
And its third volume Ninasoko no Hashi (The bridge in the bottom of the water) was released on March 27, 2019.