GKIDS Acquires North American Theatrical Rights to COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing
Film to be Released in North America April 11, 2025
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NEW YORK, NY (February 13, 2025) – GKIDS, the Academy Award®- winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation from around the world, announced today it has acquired all rights for North America to the theatrical film COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing. GKIDS will release the new feature in North American theaters starting April 11, 2025.
The feature is based on “HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE!,” the globally popular rhythm game featuring the iconic character Hatsune Miku. First released in 2020, “HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE!” has become a global smash hit, reaching over 10 million global users in just two years after its release.
The film is an all-new story featuring both original characters and the beloved virtual singers from the game. The story follows Hoshino Ichika, a high school musician who encounters a version of Hatsune Miku who is not able to sing, and asks for help to reach others through her music. In addition to the original characters to the film, the movie also features the main cast and Virtual Singer performers of the original game, with the voice cast of the original game returning to their respective roles for the film.
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing features a theme song “Hajimari no Mirai” by 40mP and sasakure.UK featuring vocals by Hatsune Miku, and an ending song “Worlders” by Jin, along with an arrangement of the ending song by the wildly popular producer Teddyloid, which will be sung by all 26 characters of the original game.
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing was released domestically in Japan on January 17th, and debuted #2 at the box office, earning over 570 million yen.
The deal was negotiated between GKIDS and CyberAgent, marking the first collaboration between the two companies.
Synopsis
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing is an animation film by studio P.A.WORKS featuring an all-new Hatsune Miku and the first film with the iconic Virtual Singer. Based on HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE!, a game about high school students finding their true feelings through music in an alternate world called “SEKAI" with the help of Hatsune Miku.
Ichika is a high school musician who can enter a mysterious place called “SEKAI,” where she and her friends express their innermost emotions through music alongside Hatsune Miku. One day after giving a live performance, Ichika meets a new Miku that she has never seen before. No matter how hard this new Miku tries to sing, she struggles connecting with the hearts of her listeners. Miku must rely on the help of others to find a way to sing again.
About GKIDS
GKIDS is the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. After an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature nominations, the company took home the Oscar in 2024 for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's acclaimed feature, The Boy and the Heron. The company's previous nominations include The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, Wolfwalkers in 2021, and The Boy and the Heron in 2024.
For more than a decade, GKIDS' influence on cinema has redefined the perception of animation as an artistic medium on par with live-action film through its stewardship of the Studio Ghibli catalog and by introducing American audiences to the critically-acclaimed films of other master filmmakers from around the world such as Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Belle), Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells, Wolfwalkers), Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine), Makoto Shinkai (Weathering With You), Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner), Alberto Vázquez (Unicorn Wars) and Masaaki Yuasa (INU-OH, The Night is Short Walk On, Girl), among countless others. Also, GKIDS is the founder and host of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival which embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic art form, and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of the medium to its fullest range of artistic expressions. www.GKIDS.com
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