The staff of Kenji Kamiyama’s Ancien and the Magic Tablet (Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari) anime film announced during a stage greeting event for the film on Saturday that the film will open in 40 countries and regions worldwide.
The New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) will screen the film on Sunday in Japanese with English subtitles.
The film opened in Japan on Saturday in 232 theaters nationwide.
G Port’s new anime studio subsidiary Signal.MD (Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note, Anime Tamago’s “Colorful Ninja Iromaki” short) animated the film as its first anime film project.