GKIDS, Anime Ltd. to Release Naoko Yamada’s The Colors Within Anime Film

by Joseph Luster
April 26, 2024

The next anime film from Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird) is The Colors Within, also known as Kimi no Iro. Those looking forward to the latest work from the revered director will be delighted to learn that it has English release plans, with GKIDS handling it in North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, while Anime Ltd. distributes it in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe. PLAION PICTURES will release the feature in Italy and Germany.

GKIDS plans to distribute The Colors Within this winter, in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English.

Japanese trailer:

In addition to Naoko Yamada directing and coming up with the original concept, Kimi no Iro features a script by Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, A Silent Voice) and music by Kensuke Ushio (Chainsaw Man) at production house Science SARU.

Here’s how GKIDS describes The Colors Within:

Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the ‘colors’ of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the most beautiful color of all. Although she doesn’t play an instrument, Totsuko forms a band with Kimi and Rui, a quiet music enthusiast they meet at a used bookstore in a far corner of town. As they practice at an old church on a remote island, music brings them together, forming friendships and stirring affections. Will they discover their true ‘colors’?

Source: Press Release