The film is based on a novel by Akiko Abe.
It was announced a few days ago that Akiko Abe’s coming-of-age novel “To You in the Beyond” (Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e) is getting an anime movie adaptation, which will premiere in Q4 of this year. The latest trailer of the film has confirmed that it will be released theatrically in Japan on 9 October, 2026.
Pony Canyon has also teased an international release for the film, although no dates have been announced as of yet.
To You in the Beyond anime movie details
Unfortunately, no details about the movie’s cast has been revealed as of yet. Tota performs the film’s insert song ‘Balsam’ (Housenka).
Junichi Wada directs the anime movie at TMS Entertainment. Sayaka Kuwamura writes the screenplay while Hechima is the character designer and chief animation director. It’s produced by Shochiku and Pony Canyon are producing the movie with Shochiku distributing it in Japan. Pony Canyon has also teased an international release for the movie, although no premiere date has been confirmed yet.
The film is based on a Japanese light novel written by Akiko Abe and illustrated by syo5. The book was published by Shueisha under their Shueisha Orange Bunko Imprint in October 2017. A manga adaptation by Haruka Chino launched on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website in August 2025. Shueisha describes the story as:
Tsukigase Kazuki, who harbors a secret, enrolls in Agishima High School on a remote island, seeking an environment where he knows no one.
Agishima is home to a place known as the "Spirited Away Cove," and at the beginning of summer, Kazuki discovers a girl collapsed in the cove. When she regains consciousness in the hospital, she is named Nanao, 16 years old, and her identity is unknown. What does the word "1974" mean when Nanao mutters it in the cove? A touching story of boy meets girl!