Montreal’s Fantasia Festival began streaming an English- and Chinese-subtitled trailer for Ancien and the Magic Tablet (Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari), the new anime film by director Kenji Kamiyama, on Monday.
The film opened in Japan on March 18 in 232 theaters nationwide, and ranked #9 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.
The New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) screened the film on March 19 in Japanese with English subtitles.
Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit, Eden of the East) directed the film and penned the script.