Stunning First Trailer for Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ Anime Adventure

Stunning First Trailer for Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ Anime Adventure

by Alex Billington
August 2, 2025
Source: YouTube

“You’re hurt. That’s why I’m here.” Sony Pictures has unveiled the first look teaser trailer for the next up-to-date animated adventure made by Mamoru Hosoda (of the films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, Mirai, Belle) titled Scarlet, arriving in theaters in December later this year. It’s already set to premiere at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in one month from today – and open in Japanese theaters first this November. Hosoda’s Scarlet follows the story of a brave princess who transcends time and space. Also known as Scarlet Without Limits or Endless Scarlet in Japan, is an isekai-adjacent tale about a princess named Scarlet, voiced by Mana Ashida (from Children of the Sea). After her father, the king, is murdered, she leaps across space & time to get revenge. But finds herself in the “Land of the Dead”, where those who fail to fulfill quests for vengeance risk disappearing into nothingness. Along the way, she meets a modern-day Japanese man named Hijiri (voiced by Masaki Okada) who aids her in her perilous quest. Yep it looks like yet another magnificently epic adventure from Hosoda, featuring a distinct animation style – which reminds me of Nimona. You can translate the subs into English to watch the teaser.

Here’s the first Japanese trailer (+ teaser poster) for Mamoru Hosoda’s film Scarlet, direct from YouTube:

Scarlet (voiced by Mana Ashida), a princess who failed to avenge her father’s murder, wakes up in the “Land of the Dead.” In this world full of madness, if she does not take revenge on her nemesis and reach “The Endless Place,” she’ll be reduced to “Emptiness” & cease to exist. An adventure beyond imagination. A never-ending struggle. A fateful encounter that transcends time and space. Can Scarlet find a way to live at the end of her endless journey? Scarlet, also known as 果てしなきスカーレット in Japanese or Endless Scarlet, is written and directed by acclaimed Japanese animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, director of the anime movies Digimon: The Movie, One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, Mirai, and Belle previously, as well as “Samurai Champloo”. Produced by Yûichirô Saitô, Nozomu Takahashi, Toshimi Tanio. Studio Chizu, Nippon TV, and Sony Pictures. The film is premiering at the 2025 Venice Film Festival this fall. Sony will debut Hosoda’s Scarlet film in US theaters starting December 12th, 2025 later this year. Look any good?

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