Netflix has dropped the final trailer for The Ribbon Hero, the upcoming anime film from Twin Engine based on Osamu Tezuka‘s classic manga Princess Knight (Ribbon no Kishi). The Netflix trailer previews the film’s English dub, while a separate Japanese-language trailer released by Twin Engine reveals five newly announced cast members who portray Sapphire’s coworkers at a mining site.
Five Newly Announced Cast Members
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Rock
- Mito Tsukino as Hecate
- Yuusuke Tezuka as Chorogy
- Lunlun as Chick
- Debidebi Debiru as Tack
Mito Tsukino, Lunlun, and Debidebi Debiru are all VTubers affiliated with NIJISANJI, and The Ribbon Hero marks the first feature-length anime role for each of them.
Main Cast
- Saya (of comedy duo Lalande) as Sapphire — her first leading role in a feature-length animated production
- Seiran Kobayashi as Pine, Sapphire’s friend
- Kōki Uchiyama as Velvet
- Mayumi Shintani as Zirco
- Haruhiko Jō as Pope
Story
Sapphire is the princess of a kingdom that no longer exists. After losing everything in her homeland of Silverland to a catastrophe known as “Nergal,” she wanders in despair until she reaches Goldland, where the warmth of its people begins to rekindle her hope. But just as she settles into a peaceful new life, Nergal resurfaces — threatening to reduce this land to the same ashes as her birthplace.
“I won’t lose anything ever again. And I won’t let anyone else lose anything either.” Brushing away her tears, the girl takes up her sword, ties her ribbon, and resolves to defy her fate.
Staff
Yuuki Igarashi — known for directing Star Wars: Visions “Lop & Ocho” and the first ending sequence of Jujutsu Kaisen — helms the film at his new studio OUTLINE, marking his feature-length directorial debut. Kei Mochizuki (LOOPERS visual novel) handles character design, with design cooperation from Mai Yoneyama (Kiznaiver). Issei Arakaki (Vladlove, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation) serves as animation character designer, and Cédric Hérole (Wait for Me, Magikarp) is credited for artistic direction.
Music is composed by Satoru Kōsaki (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) and Ryūichi Takada (Shangri-La Frontier), both from MONACA. The theme song “Reborn” is performed by the Japanese/Korean group Girls Archives.
Additional Staff
- Nergal Design: okama
- Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
- Color Key Artist: Natsumi Watabe
- CG Director: Akine Nagamine
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hikaru Fukuda
- Editor: Junichi Uematsu
- Sound Director: Keiichirō Miyoshi
- Sound Production: TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION
Festival Screening and Manga Background
The film was selected for the “Annecy Presents” non-competitive section of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, held in Annecy, France from June 21–27.
Tezuka’s original Princess Knight manga launched in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine in January 1958. Kodansha USA Publishing most recently released it as a single-volume omnibus in August 2022.
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