Joseph Luster
May 20, 2025 
Folks looking forward to the A NEW DAWN anime film—an original French-Japanese co-production featuring Yoshitoshi Shinomiya as writer-director—will have to wait a bit longer. The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the project announced that the film has been delayed to 2026.
Prior to this, A NEW DAWN was planned for a premiere sometime in 2025. As for why, no reason was provided for the decision to postpone release. For now, all we have is an updated trailer reflecting the new 2026 release window.
Here’s the updated trailer:
Here’s how the Annecy festival—which selected the film as one of five in various stages of production globally for he Animation Day showcase in May 2024—describes the story:
A NEW DAWN Plot
The Obinata Fireworks Shop factory is getting prepared for an administrative action for confiscation tomorrow. It has been six years since Keitaro has been holed up in a closed-down factory creating fireworks by himself, chasing after an illusion of his father who vanished. It is a story about three young people who overcome the extreme weather conditions, disasters and environmental problems imposed on them and establish their own identities.
Source: Official X (formerly Twitter)
