The film will open in Japan on 9 October.
In February 2026, it was announced that the anime movie adaptation of Akiko Abe’s light novel “To You in the Beyond” (Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e) will open in Japan on 9 October, 2026. Ahead of the premiere, a new trailer was released, which revealed additional cast members and theme song details of the film.
To You in the Beyond
Premiere date: 9 October, 2026
Animation studio: TMS Entertainment
Streaming service: TBA
What do we know about the To You in the Beyond anime movie so far?
The newly announced cast members of the film includes:
- Sumire Uesaka as Tamaki Mishima
- Wataru Hatano as Shо̄ji Aiba
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Akimitsu Yamu
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Yoshiki Suga
Previously announced main cast members of the movie are:
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Kazuki Tsukigase
- Anna Nagase as Nao Akishika
- Simba Tsuchiya as Mikiya Ozaki
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Kōzu
- Naohito Fujiki as Nishina
The new main trailer of the anime previews the theme song ‘Olive’ performed by popular musician Tota.
Junichi Wada directs the anime movie at TMS Entertainment. Sayaka Kuwamura writes the screenplay while Hechima is the character designer and chief animation director.
Shochiku and Pony Canyon are producing the movie, with Shochiku distributing it in Japan. Pony Canyon has also revealed that the movie will get international release, but the dates have not been confirmed yet.
What is To You in the Beyond about?
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!