The film is often considered the first feature-length animated film produced in Japan.
FUNimation Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the restored edition of the 1944 anime film Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (Momotaro – Umi no Shinpei) for home video distribution in the United States and Canada.
United Kingdom’s Anime Limited announced at MCM Comic Con this past weekend that it has licensed the film.
Shochiku’s digital restoration of the film was screened at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival earlier this month.