The film is based on Fumiyo Kono’s To All The Corners Of The World (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) manga.
In addition, the film won the Hiroshima Peace Film Award at the Hiroshima International Film Festival this past weekend.
Sunao Katabuchi’s In This Corner of the World anime film debuted in 63 Japanese theaters on Saturday and sold 32,032 tickets to earn 47,042,090 yen (US$434,288).
Last Gasp Publishing and jaPress released Kono’s manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms in North America.