Chiikawa Film Passes 15.84 Billion Yen as English Dub Hits YouTube
Chiikawa's theatrical run and a dedicated English YouTube channel put the franchise's money and its English-language rollout in the same news cycle, with no new production announced behind either.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The Chiikawa film earned over 15.84 billion yen and sold about 10.86 million tickets, the top film in Japan this year. The franchise's English YouTube channel opened on September 19 and will stream full English dub episodes of the anime starting October 1. The film opened on July 24.
The film passed Weathering With You on cumulative box office, and the franchise's English channel opened on September 19. Full English dub episodes of the anime follow on October 1.
Sentai Filmworks holds the license and streams the anime on HIDIVE with English subtitles. ODK Media's Amasian TV began streaming 20 episodes in August in the United States, and a new series premiered in July 2025.
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