{"id":37133,"date":"2026-07-16T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/gkids-shares-english-subtitled-trailer-of-cocoon-one-summer-of-girlhood-anime\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:09:56","slug":"gkids-shares-english-subtitled-trailer-of-cocoon-one-summer-of-girlhood-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/gkids-shares-english-subtitled-trailer-of-cocoon-one-summer-of-girlhood-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"GKIDS Shares English-Subtitled Trailer of Cocoon \u2013 One Summer of Girlhood Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS has shared an English-subtitled trailer for its upcoming North American release of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cocoon \u2013 One Summer of Girlhood<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The anime feature will be released in North American theaters in Japanese with English subtitles and English dub on September 4, 2026.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trailer below may be region-locked in select territories.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime first debuted in Japan on March 30, 2025 and had its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">main broadcast<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on NHK General TV on August 25, 2025. It made its North American premiere on July 10, 2026 at the Japan Society\u2019s JAPAN CUTS film festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Yukimitsu Ina<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> directed and co-wrote the screenplay the anime adaptation at <\/span>Sasayuri<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which handled the animation production. <\/span>Kensuke Ushio<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) served as the music composer and <\/span>Taku Kishimoto<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sakamoto Days<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as co-screenwriter.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the voice cast of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cocoon\u00a0 \u2013 One Summer of Girlhood <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stars:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Hikari Mitsushima <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Mayu<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Marika Ito<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as San<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yoko Hikasa<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Tamaki<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Rena Motomura<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Hina\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Chinatsu Akasaki<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Mari<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Aoi Koga<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Yuri<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yume Miyamoto<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kaede<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Miyuki Sawashiro<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kaho<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022<\/span> Umeka Shoji<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Teacher<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Izumi Aoyagi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shiho\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">GKIDS also announced plans for a home entertainment release later this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Machiko Kyo\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cocoon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga was serialized in Akita Shoten\u2019s Elegance Eve from March 26, 2009 to May 27, 2010. The series was collected into a single book volume and released in Japan in August 2010. It was published again as a single tankobon volume in April 2015, which included a side story. VIZ Media <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">licensed the manga for English release<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and it was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recently nominated<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for \u201cBest One-Shot Manga\u201d at the third American Manga Awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NHK stated when the anime was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced in June 2023<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that it was meant to serve as a thought-provoking work about war, and noted that 2025 marked the 80th year since the end of World War II.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 Machiko Kyo (AKITASHOTEN) \/ NHK, NEP<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS describes the main synopsis of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cocoon \u2013 One Summer of Girlhood<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">San and Mayu attend an all-girls school on a warm and tranquil island. When war reaches their shores, they are ordered to help nurse the wounded in a military hospital hidden away in a cave. Amidst escalating death and brutality, the friends struggle to find solace in their fragile lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Source<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: press release<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GKIDS has shared an English-subtitled trailer for its upcoming North American release of cocoon \u2013 One Summer of Girlhood. 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