The feature film was scheduled for release on June 26, and the postponement decision responds to sanitary measures to prevent further spread of COVID-19 in Japan.
Soreike! Anpanman Kirameke! Ice no Kuni no Vanilla-hime is the latest film in the franchise and the thirty-first in the series. It premiered in Japan on June 28, 2019 and celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of its creator Takashi Yanase. The film sold 104,826 tickets for a total of 125,512,500 yen (about $ 1.15 million) in box office, ranking fourth at the box office on its first weekend. Furthermore, the 2014 film, Soreike! Anpanman: Ringo Bōya to Minna no Negai was the first to be released after the death of the franchise author.
The Soreike series! Anpanman adapts the picture book made by the late Takashi Yanase, and has been broadcast since 1988, with an animated film released every summer since 1989. The anime centers on the eponymous hero Anpanman, who has sweet bean bread. (anpan) as head.
Sources: Anpanman website, Comic Natalie
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