The Apothecary Diaries Film Debuts Trailer and Kenshi Yonezu Theme
Crunchyroll bought the film's worldwide rights outside Asia weeks before the Japanese opening, so the trailer's overseas audience is already secured while a release date still waits.
Key Facts
- Kenshi Yonezu performs "Haru ga Tomori," the theme song for The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure, previewed in a new trailer revealed on Thursday.
- The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure opens in theaters in Japan on December 11.
- A novelization of the film written by Hyuganatsu goes on sale December 9 and includes material not used in the film.
- A short story by Hyuganatsu about Maomao and Jinshi will be included in 1.5 million booklets distributed at participating theaters from opening day.
- Crunchyroll acquired North American and worldwide rights to the film, excluding Asia but including India, and will announce a release date later.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The official website for The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure presented a new trailer, main visual and character relationship chart on Thursday. The trailer names and previews the theme song "Haru ga Tomori" by singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu. The film adapts a new story by original light novel author Hyuganatsu, following Maomao and Jinshi as they travel to the homeland of a concubine who died five years ago to return her remains. The site also announced a film novelization written by Hyuganatsu, on sale December 9, containing material not used in the film, with a first-edition wraparound band carrying the key visual. A short story by Hyuganatsu about Maomao and Jinshi, described as an epilogue, will appear in 1.5 million booklets distributed at participating theaters from opening day while supplies last. The film opens in Japan on December 11, with Norihiro Naganuma directing and TOHO Animation STUDIO on animation. Crunchyroll holds North American and worldwide rights excluding Asia but including India.
Mariya Ise joins the cast as Mu Qing, son of the Bi clan, with Nobuo Tobita as clan head Biron, Kumiko Watanabe as his wife Shuu and Hirofumi Nojima as eldest son Bisen. Kensho Ono plays Suija, leader of the Kajadan river pirates, alongside Ryota Takeuchi as his subordinate Eisho and Jiro Saito as the late former Kajadan leader Kaja. Miyuki Sawashiro voices Ruoqing, the middle-rank courtesan whose dying wish sends the party south, Ai Mikami plays her former lady-in-waiting Yinshan, and the site notes the Romanizations are unconfirmed.
The film's setting is Binan-shu, a southern province ruled by the Bi clan, where pirates are searching for treasure their late leader hid. The novelization arrives December 9, two days before the Japanese opening on December 11. The third television season has been airing since October 2, with its second cours set for April 2027.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.