A preview trailer for the upcoming anime feature film The Keeper of the Camphor Tree has been released. Additionally, Takehito Koyasu, Miou Tanaka, and Akira Kamiya have been announced as part of the cast. The movie is set to premiere in Japan on January 30, 2026.
The theme song is a brand-new track provided by back number, and it has been confirmed that Uru’s latest song, “By Your Side in Moonlight”, will serve as the theme. A preview of the song can be heard in the promotional video.
New Trailer:
Main Visual:
STAFF:
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Screenplay: Taku Kishimoto
Character Design: Tsubasa Yamaguchi, Akiko Itagaki
Music: Yugo Kanno
Art Director: Hiroshi Takiguchi
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures / Psyde Kick Studio
Originally published in Japan in 2020, The Keeper of the Camphor Tree is set to be released in English by Little, Brown Book Group in November 2025. The novel’s story is described as follows:
If you knew you didn’t have long to live, who would you tell? What would you say? And how would you deliver the message?
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree starts with Reito Naoi, a man in his early 20s, being unjustly fired from his job. Enraged and fuelled by feelings of revenge, he tries to steal a valuable device from his workplace, but things don’t go to plan, and he ends up arrested.
In jail, Reito is paid an unexpected visit by a lawyer who offers to arrange for his release, if he complies with the wishes of the lawyer’s client. Seeing no alternative, Reito accepts and soon discovers that the lawyer’s client is his aunt. When Reito tells her that he has no plans for the future, she gives him an order: ‘What I want you to do is to guard a camphor tree.’ And thus begins Reito’s custodianship of a camphor tree standing on the grounds of a shine – a camphor tree with a mysterious legend associated with it…
Source: Comic Natalie
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