The film opened in Japan last August, and has become the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the second highest-grossing Japanese film, and the second highest-grossing anime film.
While Spirited Away is still the highest grossing anime film domestically, your name. is the highest-grossing anime film worldwide.
NYICFF will screen the North American premiere of Hirune Hime under the title Ancien and the Magic Tablet.
The screening, in Japanese with English subtitles, will take place on Sunday, March 19, one day after the film’s Japanese premiere date.