07/07/2023

First images of the third film by the sweet San-X's Sumikko Gurashi

The new and third anime film of the Sumikko Gurashi franchise, the tender characters of the company San-X comes with the first information and a teaser trailer.

The new film is domestically titled Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tsugihagi Kojo no Fushigi na Ko (The Mysterious Child of the Makeshift Factory), directed by Hazumu Sakuta at Fanworks studios, with the story written by Takashi Sumita, author of the first film in the franchise.

In the third film's story, the characters find an old building deep in the forest. The building turns out to be a toy factory. They all begin to make toys in the factory, with Shirokuma using his skill to operate the sewing machines, and Penguin inspecting toys with a magnifying glass. But the factory itself hides something more special.

The first anime film, Sumikkogurashi - Good to be in the corner hit theaters in Japan in November 2019 with a total of 1.22 million tickets sold and earned $13 million at the box office, winning the "Best Animation of the Year" at the 29th Annual Japan Movie Critics Awards.
Eiga Sumikko Gurashi - The Magical Child of the Blue Moonlit Night, the second film, was released in November 2021, selling 200.000 tickets earned $2 million in just the first 3 days.

The third film will hit theaters in the same month, on November 3, 2023.

Here the teaser trailer and a visual:

[ Fra - source ANN ]

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