Forum Settings
Forums

Masaaki Yuasa Directs 'Hinagiku no Jinsei' Anime Movie for 2026

New
Apr 14, 6:43 PM
#1
News Team
YEEHAW

Offline
Nov 2014
10081

The Annecy Work in Progress event at the 2025's Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced an anime movie adaptation of Banana Yoshimoto's Hinagiku no Jinsei (Daisy's Life) novel on Monday, revealing the main staff. The movie is scheduled to be released in 2026.

Masaaki Yuasa (Inu-Ou, Devilman: Crybaby) is helming the movie at Miyu Productions and his new studio ame pippin. Sachiko Tanaka (Tokyo Sonata, Asako I & II) is penning the script, and the novel's illustrator Yoshitomo Nara is credited as the character designer. Asmik Ace is credited for production.

The novel was originally serialized in monthly magazine CUT from 1998 to 2000. Gentosha first published the novel in November 2000, later reprinting it in April 2006.

Synopsis
Daisy's loved ones always leave her behind. On a rainy day, six-year-old Daisy loses her mother, who is her only family, in a traffic accident. One night, when she is unable to sleep at her aunt's house, a girl appears at the window. (Source: Annecy Festival)

Source: Eiga.com

Hinagiku no Jinsei on MAL
VindstotApr 14, 6:56 PM
Apr 15, 1:52 AM
#2

Offline
Aug 2024
279
Banana Yoshimoto's novels are quite interesting: I personally enjoyed Kitchen. Masaaki Yuasa adapting her works is something I didn't know I wanted. Now that it's here, however, to anyone who haven't read Banana Yoshimoto: trust me; Yuasa is the perfect director for her works. No other director fits her writing style this much.
Apr 15, 2:56 AM
#3
ranked 54 in FAL
Offline
Mar 2018
1565
a new yuasa project, nice.

seeing inu-ou in theaters was pretty awesome.
Apr 15, 5:56 PM
#4
Offline
Oct 2023
102
Interesting to see how, while Science SARU becomes more corporate since being bought by a big company, Yuasa keeps making the experimental stuff he had hoped to make over there.
Apr 16, 11:08 PM
#5

Offline
Aug 2016
3926
Reply to RippleLover
Interesting to see how, while Science SARU becomes more corporate since being bought by a big company, Yuasa keeps making the experimental stuff he had hoped to make over there.
@RippleLover Yuasa is always going with the most horrid character designs for his snooze anime. good thing he left so Science saru can produce cute stuff like this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoZ43A_ThM
:v

More topics from this board

» 'Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi' Announces Main Cast Pair

Syureria - Jul 11

3 by ThatDwarfGimli »»
1 hour ago

» Aniplex Announces 'Grow Up Show: Himawari no Circus-dan' Original Anime Project for 2026

Syureria - 7 hours ago

3 by GrumbleDango »»
3 hours ago

» Manga 'Honoo no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko' Gets TV Anime in 2026

Naitik7897 - Jul 12

4 by RobertBobert »»
4 hours ago

» 'Turkey!' Reveals Additional Cast, Second Promo

DatRandomDude - Jul 11

5 by RobertBobert »»
4 hours ago

» Manga 'Mao' Receives TV Anime for Spring 2026

Syureria - Yesterday

11 by tsubasalover »»
6 hours ago
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login