{"id":172261,"date":"2025-12-07T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/172261\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:05:08","slug":"the-colors-within-anime-nominated-for-seattle-film-critics-society-awards-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/172261\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colors Within Anime Nominated for Seattle Film Critics Society Awards – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Film nominated for Best Animated Film; 2025 SFCS Awards to be held on December 15<\/p>\n

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The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) announced on Friday it has nominated The Colors Within<\/a> (Kimi no Iro), the latest anime feature film<\/a> by Science SARU<\/a> and director Naoko Yamada<\/a>, for Best Animated Film for the 2025 SFCS Awards. Other nominees include Arco,\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters,\u00a0Little Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain, and\u00a0Zootopia 2.<\/p>\n

The film opened<\/a> in U.S. theaters in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub<\/a> on January 24.<\/p>\n

The Colors Within opened<\/a> in Japan in August 2024. The film was originally slated to open in fall 2023, but it was then delayed<\/a>\u00a0to 2024. GKIDS<\/a> has acquired<\/a> the film for North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. Anime Ltd. has acquired the film for Europe. PLAION PICTURES<\/a> handles Italian- and German-speaking territories, and CHARADES<\/a> manages sales for the rest of Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

GKIDS, Annecy, and Variety magazine’s Animation Is Film festival in Los Angeles hosted the film’s North American premiere<\/a> screening in October 2024. The film won<\/a> the festival’s’ Audience Award.<\/p>\n

Yamada directed the film at Science SARU. Story Inc.<\/a> is credited as planner and producer. Reiko Yoshida<\/a> (K-ON!<\/a>, Girls und Panzer<\/a>, Ride Your Wave<\/a>, Violet Evergarden<\/a>) penned the script, and kensuke ushio<\/a> (Space Dandy<\/a>, A Silent Voice<\/a>, Liz and the Blue Bird<\/a>, Chainsaw Man<\/a>) composed the music. DaisukeRichard<\/a> drafted the original characters, and Takashi Kojima<\/a> designed the characters and also directed the animation. Mr. Children<\/a> performs the theme song “in the pocket.”<\/p>\n

GKIDS released<\/a> the film on Blu-ray Disc on May 27 and on digital platforms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Fandango, Microsoft<\/a>, and iNDEMAND on April 1.<\/p>\n

Sources: GKIDS’ Bluesky account<\/a>, Seattle Film Critics Society’s official website<\/a><\/p>\n