Animation is Film Adds Cherry and Virgin, ghost – end of night to Competition
The Hollywood festival runs October 16-19 and will also host a special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
Cherry and Virgin and ghost – end of night will compete at Animation is Film in Hollywood. Both films will also screen at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Animation is Film announced Tuesday that its competition lineup will include Masanao Kawajiri's original anime film Cherry and Virgin and Shingo Natsume and Madhouse's theatrical anime ghost – end of night (ghost/yoru no hate).
The festival, presented by GKIDS, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and Variety, will also hold a special screening of the anime film Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
The event runs October 16-19 at the TCL 6 Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.
Cherry and Virgin is now scheduled to open in 2027. First announced in 2021, the film was initially set for a 2022 release.
It earned a “Special Mention of the Jury” in the 2026 Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation section at the 30th annual Fantasia International Film Festival. Fantasia hosted its world premiere in the Animation Plus Section.
Both Cherry and Virgin and ghost – end of night will also screen at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival. TIFF runs October 26-November 4 in Tokyo's Hibiya-Yurakucho-Marunouchi-Ginza area.
ghost – end of night opens in Japan on February 11, 2027. Artist himiko's manga adaptation began running in Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine on August 4.
GKIDS will offer select screenings of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust in Japanese with English subtitles this fall. The screenings precede theatrical and home entertainment releases in 2027.
Sources: Press release via ANN
