Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games 44: Cloudy Beach Anime Film Streams Globally July 13
The film picks up after the series' "Wall of Thirty" milestone, deepening the survival mythology by introducing a new game with a murder-mystery twist and a cast of veteran players.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, OtakuKart Anime.
Kadokawa announced on Monday that the SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: CLOUDY BEACH anime film will begin streaming worldwide on July 13, 2026. The film will have a limited two-week theatrical run in Japan starting July 10. It will stream on Netflix in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Middle East. Crunchyroll will carry it in the Indian subcontinent and CIS territories, with additional regional platforms including Aniplus, Laftel, Bahamut Animation Madness, and others across Asia. A new trailer, the first to feature voiced dialogue, was released alongside the announcement. The story follows professional death game player Yuki, voiced by Chiyuki Miura, as she enters her 44th game on a remote island with seven other players. The game, called Cloudy Beach, initially appears to be an escape challenge but turns into a mystery after a dismembered body is discovered. The film features returning staff: director Sōta Ueno at Studio DEEN, series composer Rintarou Ikeda, and character designer Eri Osada. New cast members include Aino Shimada as Maguma, Anna Nagase as Essei, Hikaru Tōno as Mozuku, Konomi Inagaki as Hizumi, Riko Akechi as Mitsuba, Yukari Tamura as Koyomi, and Yume Miyamoto as Airi.
The film's story places Yuki on a remote island with seven other players, including a familiar face from her past. The game Cloudy Beach starts as a simple escape objective, but the discovery of a dismembered body shifts the focus to suspicion and psychological tension. The light novel series by Yushi Ukai and Nekometaru won the Excellence Award at the 18th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Awards and ranked first in the New Works category of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2024. Yen Press publishes the English translation. A manga adaptation by Banzai Kotobuki Daienkai runs in Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine. The film's full staff includes concept artist hewa, sub-character designers Keika Ōtsuka and Sōta Komatsu, prop designer Sonoka Kuroiwa, color key artist Imari Katsuragi, art director Yoshihiro Nakamura, and composer Junichi Matsumoto. The series' ninth light novel volume shipped in Japan on January 23, and the tenth volume is scheduled for June 25. The film streams on Netflix globally, with Crunchyroll handling the Indian subcontinent and CIS, and a patchwork of regional services covering Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network News SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: Cloudy Beach Anime Film Streams Worldwide on July 13
- Anime Corner SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: Cloudy Beach Movie Global Streaming Set for July 13
- OtakuKart Anime SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table’s ’44: CLOUDY BEACH’ Confirms July 13 Worldwide Streaming Release