GKIDS released cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood digitally on Apple TV and Prime Video, with a Blu-ray Disc release set for January 19. The film had opened in North American theaters on September 4 following festival screenings and a JAPAN CUTS premiere.
cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood is the anime adaptation of Machiko Kyo's manga about two schoolgirls on a tropical island during World War II. The 63-minute film is the debut feature of director Yukimitsu Ina and of the studio Sasayuri, with Kensuke Ushio composing the music and Hitomi Tateno, a former Studio Ghibli animator, as animation producer. The story follows San and Mayu as their school is ordered to nurse the wounded in a cave hospital and they lose friends one by one. The anime debuted on BS-NHK in March 2025 and later aired on NHK General that August.
GKIDS acquired all North American rights in June and set a September 4 theatrical opening in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. The film had its North American premiere at JAPAN CUTS in July and its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, which ran July 16 to August 2 in Montreal. GKIDS streamed an English-subtitled trailer in July and an English-dubbed trailer in August.
The release was nearly disrupted when GKIDS apologized for incorrectly timed English subtitles at screenings of The Last Blossom, pulling affected shows from sale and issuing refunds. GKIDS confirmed cocoon would still open September 4 as planned. A review published September 2 called the film a restrained war drama, closer to Grave of the Fireflies than to Kiki's Delivery Service, praising its oil-painting backgrounds and the silkworm metaphor at its center.
On October 27, GKIDS released the film digitally on Apple TV and Prime Video and set a Blu-ray Disc release for January 19. The home rollout extends a film that had a limited theatrical window and festival screenings.
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GKIDS released cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood, the anime of Machiko Kyo's Cocoon manga, digitally on Apple TV and Prime Video on Tuesday. A Blu-ray Disc release ships January 19. GKIDS screened the film in North American theaters on September 4 in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. Yukimitsu Ina directed, kensuke ushio composed the music, and Sasayuri produced.
GKIDS issued a statement Thursday apologizing for incorrectly timed English subtitles during screenings of The Last Blossom last Sunday, which led to cancellations on Monday. The company pulled affected shows from sale, issued refunds, and delivered a corrected version Monday, though some theaters could not update in time. GKIDS is reviewing options including makeup screenings. It also confirmed cocoon will open September 4 as planned.
GKIDS began streaming an English-dubbed trailer for the cocoon anime on Tuesday. The film, based on Machiko Kyo's manga, opens in North American theaters on September 4 with both Japanese subtitled and English dubbed screenings. GKIDS will also release the anime on home video. The story follows two girls at an all-girls school as war reaches their tropical island.
GKIDS has released the English-subtitled trailer for 'Cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood', the debut feature from director Yukimitsu Ina. Based on Machiko Kyo's manga, the film follows two students whose island life is disrupted by WWII. It opens in North American theaters on September 4 in Japanese with subtitles and an English dub. The film features a notable staff including former Ghibli animators and composer Kensuke Ushio.
GKIDS began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the anime adaptation of Machiko Kyō's Cocoon manga. The film will open in North American theaters on September 4 in Japanese with subtitles and with an English dub, with a home video release to follow. The anime, which aired in Japan in 2025, is set on a tropical island during war and follows two schoolgirls. The cast includes Hikari Mitsushima and Marika Itō, with direction by Yukimitsu Ina and music by kensuke ushio.
The 30th Fantasia International Film Festival will screen multiple anime premieres including the world premiere of CloverWorks' three-part collection Grotesqqque, two episodes of the live-action Junji Ito series, and several short films, along with the North American premiere of A New Dawn and the Canadian premiere of cocoon. The festival runs July 16 to August 2 in Montreal.
Beneath the Tangles' June 16th Reader's Corner features reviews of several new manga releases, headlined by the long-awaited English release of Naoki Urasawa's Billy Bat and the one-volume historical manga cocoon about the Himeyuri schoolgirls during the Battle of Okinawa.