Visuals and information about the mysterious new character, Tsuki no Ko, who will appear in the fourth and latest animated film based on the popular character Sumikko Gurashi, " Sumikko Gurashi: The Kingdom of the Sky and the Two Little Ones" (directed by Iwata Naomi, released on October 31st), have been released.
The latest film is set in the Sky Kingdom, high above the clouds, where the prince of the Sky Kingdom comes to Sumikko's town to solve a serious water shortage, and a new story begins. The Moon Child has been by the side of the hardworking prince since he was a child. Shots of the Moon Child floating in the air with her small body and snuggling up to the prince have been released. Advance movie tickets with a Moon Child rubber keychain will go on sale on August 29th.
It was also announced that the latest game, " Sumikko Gurashi Movie: Let's Play Character Cross," will be released on Nintendo Switch on October 30th. The price is 4,378 yen.
The latest film will be directed by Iwata, who has worked on the animated film "Pingu in the City," and will be written by Takashi Tsunoda of the theater company "Europe Kikaku," who also wrote the screenplay for the first and third films. Yoshihiko Inohara and Manami Hojo will be in charge of narration.
Sumikko Gurashi is a popular character series developed by San-X, known for such works as Tarepanda and Rilakkuma, since 2012. The first film, " Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Pop-Up Picture Book and the Secret Child" (directed by Mankyu), was released in 2019, the second, " Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Magical Child of a Blue Moonlit Night" (directed by Omori Takahiro), in 2021, and the third, " Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Mysterious Child of the Patchwork Factory" (directed by Sakuta Hazumu), in 2023. The series has proven popular, with cumulative audience numbers for the first three films exceeding 3 million.
