GKIDS Streams English-Dubbed Trailer for cocoon Wartime Anime
The English-dubbed trailer and September 4 theatrical rollout confirm GKIDS is giving the wartime drama a full North American release with both subtitle and dub options.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
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 started streaming an English-dubbed trailer for cocoon, the anime adaptation of Machiko Kyo's manga. The film will screen in North American theaters starting September 4, available in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. GKIDS also plans a home video release.
The anime had its North American premiere at this year's JAPAN CUTS event on July 10, and the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival is showing the Canadian premiere. It first aired on BS-NHK in March 2025, then on NHK General that August.
Hikari Mitsushima voices Mayu and Marika Ito voices San. Yukimitsu Ina directed, kensuke ushio composed the music, and Hitomi Tateno served as animation producer, with Sasayuri producing.
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