Chou Kaguya-hime! • Cosmic Princess Kaguya! - Streaming Release

Chou Kaguya-hime! • Cosmic Princess Kaguya! - Streaming Release - Movie Discussion

Chou Kaguya-hime!, Streaming Release

Alternate Names:

*Cosmic Princess Kaguya!*

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mobpiecedunchaindan2026-01-22 14:09

way too damn long. extremely happy that shingo yamashita used his anime OP cred to make his batshit gorgeous vocaloid/battle shonen/fortnite/vtuber/timebending cosmic yuri movie

StormSlasher5632026-01-22 14:11

This movie did not need to be 2 hours + long

yukiaddiction2026-01-22 14:12

I am fucking content, I am not get bait.

We win against dog this time.

All that aside....

Wow that one hell of the animation team, it is like the assembly avengers team just for this movie and the results are completely incredible.

It would be far more incredible if this movie in theaters but at last.

The plot, character, animation, anything crazy good.

tripleaamin2026-01-22 16:57

>It would be far more incredible if this movie in theaters but at last.

This would make for a beautiful theater release. Even if it is very limited. Well, getting a simultaneous worldwide release is still outstanding too. Especially how anime movies at this level of production always have some kind of wait, even for the recent Demon Slayer and CSM movies.

Triple422026-01-22 14:21

sakuga 10/10 music 7/10 story 4/10

Niijima-San2026-01-22 14:48

i was so confused if this was an anime series or a one off movie, idk if it was bc i am stupid and didnt see trailers or anything for it or what

messem102026-01-22 16:01

It is a straight-to-Netflix anime movie. Was only announced in the past few months as well.

ObvsThrowaway51202026-01-22 14:56

This was a pretty fun movie. I enjoyed the Kaguya-Iroha dynamic a lot. And ofc Hayamin was great as usual.

Lumpy-Manager85802026-01-22 14:56

I saw some clips and it's basically "Shingo Yamashita opening extended to 2 hours of length" and it's an absolute beauty to watch.

TheStupid_Guy2026-01-22 14:58

I followed this movie since its first PV, and now after finally watching it, it was worth it. I can’t say just how many emotions this movie gave me. It felt like a 24 episode anime condensed into a 2 hour movie in a good way. I really enjoyed the songs by the Vocaloid producers (especially Ryo’s songs). The animation was beautiful all the way through and the characters were so good too. Despite being his first actual anime project (besides openings), Shingo Yamashita just straight up made one of my favourite anime movies ever. I want more anime with Yamashita as the director NOW. I can’t express how good this movie was in just one paragraph and I don’t wanna rant on about it so this is where I’m leaving my comment at. Anyone who stumbles upon this thread, do yourself a favour and watch it.

Yotsubato2026-01-24 07:07

If you liked this be sure to watch Summer Wars and Belle. Similar vibes to this.

Hitman71282026-01-25 04:23

The nostalgia from listening to World is Mine being performed by Hatsune Miku.

Not just the songs by the Vocaloid producers, the entire OST was full of bangers if you ask me.

OfficialPrower2026-01-22 15:02

That was absolutely gorgeous, loved every bit of it. Wonderfully animated with a great runtime and a twist that had me gagged.

[Genshin/CPK spoilers] >!If I had a dollar for the amount of times I’ve witnessed peak moon-related time travel stories this month, I’d have two dollars as a Genshin player.!<

iAmMutun2026-01-24 20:42

[reply to spoiler] >!Yeah, I always thought Columbina character was also partly inspired by the Kaguya princess, so I didn't think much. But then Yachiyo brought up time travel and I was like, no freaking way lol.!<

D_Amir2026-01-22 15:03

This was one of the best, if not the best, animated yuri anime movies I have ever seen! I really really loved it!

Hitman71282026-01-25 04:19

That handshake

Also, Kaguya openly admitting she wants to marry Iroha

VergilVDante2026-01-22 15:05

I didn’t watch it but do want to

But how much would you rate it out of 10 “i am trying to avoid spoilers while posting this”

TheStupid_Guy2026-01-22 15:18

I really enjoyed it so I’d say probably an 8/10 only because I think most of my hype at the moment is recency bias but I think it’s going to be definitively an 8/10 from me

Western-Point-89462026-01-22 17:41

Like a 6-7/10 animation is stellar but plot and characters kinda weak, also the pacing gets a bit messy

OkBody82422026-01-23 00:22

9/10. There aren't many movies that make 2 hours feel short and have you wanting more. The two main characters' dynamic/chemistry is so cute and fun to watch.

FierceAlchemist2026-01-23 06:09

I'd say 9/10. Very entertaining and does have heart too.

thisisdropd2026-01-22 15:11

Hayamin playing a genki loli. Not a role I had come to expect from her but she delivered a great performance.

What a development in the Kaguya-Iroha relationship. From the latter trying to get rid of the former to being unable to live without her. The loneliness was apparent. Iroha had this massive luxurious apartment but it felt cold and empty without Kaguya.

Hilarious that only at the very end did Iroha realise the two men with her brother were the other members of Onyx.

PS: Lol at that fake Netflix credits. Too bad it's only available in Japanese so English viewers weren't as easily fooled.

SadisticNekon2026-01-22 15:47

I understood interstellar and Hello world on my first watch but i didn’t understand this one’s plot twist

Can someone explain?

agente42422026-01-22 20:20

From what I understood:

Kaguya comes to Earth in 2030 because she was bored. Meets Iroha. Later, gets called back to the moon.

In the moon, she hears Iroha singing, rushes her job then decides to return to Earth. On the way there, she hits something and somehow ends up 8000 years in the past as that white creature (not exactly, read replies).

From there, she was apparently looking for Yachiyo during those 8000 years... Perhaps she thought the virtual world already existed at that time, and just after realizing it didn't, she thought of creating it.

She meets lots of people and end up getting some of them to help her build a virtual world where she can get a "physical" form again (Yachiyo).

Ending ->
Iroha discovers Yachiyo was Kaguya, then begins working on giving her an actual physical body.

(p.s. sorry for my english)

Railgun_8S2026-01-23 00:19

Pretty much same as I understood the whole twist just want to add one thing I understand differently:

>somehow ends up 8000 years in the past as that white creature (forgot its name).

I understood it the way that only her Partner (Inudoge) could take on a Form which was that of the sea slug (Fushi). So Kaguya isn't Fushi but she communicated through him to all the people she meet over all those years.

(Hope it makes sense the way I explained it)

SillySlimeSimon2026-01-23 01:56

I think there's an additional layer here, that's not quite well explained with all the open-ends and vague dialogue.

Per my understanding:

Kaguya hears Iroha's song, and decides to return. She rushes all of her work, but by the time she completes it all, too much time has passed.

Using moon tech, she travels to Earth in the past, but accidentally hits a meteorite on the way, causing her to be stranded 8,000 years in the past. The ship loses power, and only has enough to give InuDoge (now Fushi) a physical body, while Kaguya's soul remains stuck inside the ship.

Fushi, as the only point of communication with Kaguya, spreads the original princess Kaguya story to protect the spaceship (and Kaguya's soul) and essentially becomes the paradoxical originator of the tale.

Once technology became sufficiently advanced, Fushi (w/ Kaguya) creates an AI based on Kaguya called Yachiyo, that (1) gives Iroha her first release song and (2) setups the fake happy ending that Kaguya wants for Iroha, where Yachiyo pretends to be Kaguya from the past, hiding the fact that Kaguya is forever stuck in the spaceship.

Iroha doesn't buy that though, and asks Fushi to tell the full story, where we see that (1) Kaguya is still trapped (and calls out to Yachiyo for help), (2) Fushi coded Yachiyo (using spaceship for compute power?). Afterwards, Iroha and Yachiyo have the crying scene where Iroha still wants "her \[Kaguya\] back."

And thus, Iroha spends 10 years as a researcher to build Kaguya a physical body and the three live happily ever after.

There's still one unresolved thing that bothers me though. During the Fushi flashback reveal, Iroha mentions that she now "knows why Yachiyo can smile all the time." With how it's at the emotional climax of the film, it's an important message, but I have no idea on how to interpret it.

Is Yachiyo simply happy to see Iroha? Is Yachiyo forcing herself to be positive since she thinks she will be living Kaguya's life for her while Kaguya is stuck forever in the spaceship? Is Iroha not talking about Yachiyo at all, and instead referencing to how Kaguya can remain positive throughout this 8,000 year journey because of her love/memories of her time with Iroha?

The clues are all so open-ended, that any interpretation can be loosely explained. I lost sleep over this.

This is like the Clannad anime ending. Poorly explained, but if you understand it you appreciate it so much more. Except I don't understand it yet, and want to know if the writers were cooking or if they really just did a shitty incoherent twist with vague clues because they didn't know exactly what they wanted.

No_Detective_69582026-01-23 03:53

Pretty solid description and take I would say. I do agree the ending was a little too open minded. I was really hoping for it to get buttoned up a bit more.

The only thing that confused me really is when Iroha finds yachiyo’s apartment, she essentially found her either current or fake heart which I would assume is her soul in a way. Which I would also assume is what iroha uses as an implant to create the body for kaguya. So if yachiyo was using the heart as a proxy to exist before as an ai, how could they coexist after the heart was removed from the pc?

We also got no actual irl details of their life afterwards which is sad. Still no clue if she got to taste food after or have the sense of touch. Or if they actually lived happily ever after. I wish we got to see her get saved when iroha is going through the memories:(

Incredible movie tho. 100% worth the watch and I also went through a lot of emotions watching it

Yotsubato2026-01-24 07:12

Iroha says the vessel doesn’t have a sense of taste yet. It probably does have a sense of touch, that’s not too difficult to engineer.

But I took that as “oh that’s what I’m working on next”

Y_SO_AGGRESSIVE2026-01-25 14:51

i just saw the movie and in the post credit scene theres on dialogue by kaguya saying she waited 8000 years to taste pancakes and they're just as good. so ig she did get back her sense of taste.

lluNhpelA2026-01-23 04:17

I've been thinking it over and I believe that Yachiyo *is* Kaguya and is really is projecting herself from within the ship. The moment where we see Kaguya crying and asking Yachiyo for help seemed like the first part of the flashback at a time before she understood what was happening, then she says she *becomes* Yachiyo. Even the scene of Fushi coding looked more like the creation of the game itself rather than making an AI. This also works way better for that "why Yachiyo can smile all the time" comment.

But then they say it's been 8000 years since Kaguya performed but only a week for Yaccho. I think that *Fushi* is now playing the part of Yacchiyo while the original Kaguya has the physical body, so they just mean it was 8000 years since she performed *as* Kaguya but "Yachiyo" performed recently. We also don't see Fushi after that point, so it would explain her absence. They really should have had a quick scene clarifying this because it'd definitely weird

The bigger question is WHY DOES IROHA'S FLAPJACK OCTOPUS PLUSH BLINK??? IS IT AN ANDROID???? ^(and it only now occurs to me that Yaccho has one because Kaguya loved pancakes. that's some cute foreshadowing)

SillySlimeSimon2026-01-23 04:50

At first that's what I thought as well, but it doesn't really mesh well with the Fushi reveal.

Like, what would be the point of the Fushi reveal then, if all that we're finding out beyond the Yachiyo reveal is that Kaguya missed her a lot. Plus all the awkward third person Kaguya references Iroha makes while talking directly to Yachiyo.

Idk, the exposition really needed more clarification as it seems a lot of people are confused with the ending.

lluNhpelA2026-01-23 07:00

Fushi's info dump doesn't make much sense in either case since she(?) could have just stated plainly that Yachiyo was only a copy if that was the only point, so it must have been a variety of stuff that Yachiyo was leaving out to make Iroha accept this as a happy ending. Or something like that.

The third person references to Kaguya, I think, were just Iroha struggling with the whole "there are two Kaguyas. The one I lived with who is lost in space right now and one claiming to be 8000 years old that I've only known by a different name, but also they're the same person" thing. She addresses "Yachiyo" directly when she says she wants to stay together, so she does end up accepting it. But, yeah, I really want some director commentary or something

Rikusaber2026-01-23 08:39

Iroha references kaguya meaning the kaguya she interacted with in her current loop. Yachiyo is kaguya but kaguya from the previous loop.

Rikusaber2026-01-23 08:37

Im pretty sure the octopus plush is just one of fushi's forms.

As for the final scene of the three performing, I don't see it as fushi acting as yachiyo. Imo since lunarians arent really physical beings, its not like they have a singular soul that can only be in one place at a time. You can see multiple times throughout the movie where there are multiple yachiyos acting at the same time. I think the physical kaguya that iroha made is just a part of her soul, not completely pulling her out of her ship, with the purpose of giving kaguya a way to feel the physical world again. So that last scene, kaguya is saying its been a long time because its been a long time since she danced and sang in a physical body. Yachiyo, who i believe is still kaguya, says its only been a week because she was still performing in the digital game. I think they are both a singular being, just one is physical and the other digital.

lluNhpelA2026-01-25 04:39

Yeah, I did kinda forget about the whole self cloning thing since it felt like such a minor gimmick, but that could explain it. If that was meant to be the explanation, it would have been nice to get a little more info on it or to have seen Kaguya use that power somehow before becoming Yachiyo

kgoii2026-01-25 09:09

one of the things that gets me though is that earlier in the film, before kaguya’s graduation performance, during the conversation between her and yaccho she says along the lines of if only I were you and you’re so irresponsible, I always liked that part of you. at the time I speculated that kaguya had met yachiyo before the first time we see her enter tsukuyomi idk. I agree though that paradoxically on her return trip gone wrong she’s waiting for her until she realizes that she hasn’t became her herself yet, I mean she says it herself.

on why she can still smile after all this time are the memories she has of all the people she’s met, not only iroha. they are said to light your way even on a lonely path and age like fine wine or something.

there seems to be many ways that between kaguya and yaccho the cycle could more easily have been broken (who knows how many times it’s happened already) but that iroha needs to be the one to do it on her own. I’m almost lead to believe the story is even more intangible than it seems and that kaguya only exists somehow as a means for iroha being honest with herself and taking control of her life. somewhere else here mentions how the virtual world is closer to the moon, I think that’s key. the first kaguya doesn’t come to earth through space travel, nor digitally. it’s magical.
I think there’s as many plot holes here as you want there to be but it’s only a fairytale after all.

thoroughly enjoyed this one, putting it lightly, and looking forward to a rewatch soon. just hardly skipping through after I can tell there’s a lot of moments that will hit differently the second time (kaguya exclaiming to yachiyo that she could never handle not being able to eat pancakes or something- what kind of torture is that?)

kgoii2026-01-25 09:21

lol just thinking about someone programming their ai girlfriend with the prompt “you have loved me for and been waiting for me for 8000 years”

elbenji2026-01-25 12:11

that feels like the plot of wuwa lmao

OfficialBananas22026-01-24 07:48

This is a pretty good interpretation of the last line, but yeah… we don’t really have a clear answer

MouseLow56082026-01-23 06:23

I think Kaguya definitely becomes Yachiyo, but idk how can they all appear in the last scene?

aquaticshrimp2026-01-24 00:31

I'd say one is the spirit of the game, made whenever VR became powerful enough to match the advanced tech of the *tsukibito.* She's the digital spirit of Kaguya but not the spirit of Kaguya within the space ship. With the creation of a body, Kaguya's spiritual form is in a physical body, while the digital soul can remain a separate version with a different overall history. Or i dunno fixed time loop bullshit.

OfficialBananas22026-01-24 10:09

That’s how I’m interpreting it. To me it makes more sense in terms of the dialogue that both Yachiyo and the new Kaguya are both Kaguya at the end. Tbf though I love a film open to interpretation but imo these are just plot points that could’ve been easily explained in the movie…

ImSoRyz2026-01-25 05:46

Kaguya now has a physical body, and Yachiyo is her but as a projection (like Hatsune Miku). You can see Yachiyo glow a bit that would hint at that

Rikusaber2026-01-23 08:23

Yeah i think irohas realization of why yachiyo could still smile after 8000 years is because she learned that throughout the 8000 years, aside from guiding civilization, kaguya has been retelling her and irohas story over and over again, showing just how much kaguya cared about her memories with iroha. The people she shared her story with all seemed pretty jealous or envious of her adventure. Yachiyo could still smile after 8000 years because she has always kept her happy memories with iroha in her heart and shared it with others.

elbenji2026-01-25 12:06

so the fake out ending is basically the 1:1 end of the tale of the bamboo cutter, foreshadowed at the start. Iroha is the role of the emperor, watching all sad and mopey.

She then realizes this is a stupid ending and tries to figure a way to get her back, in the meantime she sings the song she was writing with her (for her) through chekhov's bracelet to remember me by and hold in your heart.

Kaguya hears this and is like OMG! BABE! OKAY FUCK THIS IM GOING HOME. Then does that. Kaguya, being a ditz kinda forgot time doesnt work like that in space and overshot her time to finish all the work she had to do on the moon so she could go back to Earth and be with her beloved.

So, she decides to take the short route and go back in time. She hit an asteroid on the way and kinda fucked the time and got sent back 8000 years.

this is where the stable time loops come in. Because basically it insinuates that her avatar sea slug Inodoge (who became Fushi) has spent the past millenia influencing things to make sure she gets remembered and taken care of, including creating the initial story and just finding people along the way to help her stay alive, including who I assume is literally Tim Berners Lee or Alan Turing (the British guy, that's just me guessing), considering you can get context clues that at least one of those guys was the Emperor and another was whoever created the story. And kinda influencing things to the rise of the Internet.

She remembers everything obviously and keeps looking for the Internet before kinda realizing that she is actually Yachiyo (which explains why shes all uncharacteristically yearning for Iroha at the start, and then gets extra flirty with her on stage/in the game to Kaguya's chagrin. Girls been pining for 8000 years, the restraint on her). So, anyhow they make the thing and it hints heavily she sets everything up to stable time loop meeting Iroha again.

Iroha then becomes a comp sci major and lives out the good ending to Her/Blade Runner 2049 by giving Kaguya a new body since she's just been astral projecting this whole time

Various_Length_49052026-01-22 16:06

Fun and extremely aesthetically pleasing movie. Really nice watch.

shapeeq2026-01-22 16:46

It's a very shallow film.

In an attempt to make a popular IP, it just mashes every single popular trend from today.

abbe442026-01-22 16:56

its so incredibly fun

thats the best way to describe it

its a joy to watch and has a huge heart

Mundology2026-01-24 16:38

The visuals were dope as well and our heroines were adorable Hayamin always delivers. Very strong movie to start the year with.

[](#cinema)

n080dy1232026-01-25 00:32

It really was, just fun in every way, really.

Hitman71282026-01-25 04:17

Yeah, Kaguya was bratty at first, but in an entertaining way

And then we got the true ending, which Iroha was originally indifferent about until she went "This is not how I want to end it"

tripleaamin2026-01-22 16:58

I was surprised at the length, but despite that, I loved it. Part of it is the cast feels so endearing. Iroha feeling like a typical girl. Kaguya's impact on her life was so beautifully illustrated. I wish we got a bit more on Iroha and her mother's relationship, but I feel being with Kaguya is what pushed her to get back on good terms with her mom.

I do admit the twist caught us off guard. Not too sure how to think of it. I'm actually confused how it worked. This movie is definitely one that makes great use of a rewatch. Also, the songs seem to be dubbed in English, which I may give a watch eventually

9/10 for me personally.

Hitman71282026-01-25 04:20

The yuri interactions were especially charming between Kaguya and Iroha like the handshake.

For whatever reason, bratty girl and down-to-earth girl works so well as a duo like in Food Court and Ruri Rocks.

forgvable2026-01-22 16:59

I'm surprised i managed to watch it so quickly... I finished it at 2am with work early tomorrow. So worth it!☆ I was not expecting such a lengthy, beautiful, yuri anime first thing 2026, but boy did it deliver. I'm such a sucker for the oriental japanese music and designs, and kudos to the character design department. Only thing i didn't like was the confusing plot twist. Though, the way they didn't define Iroha and Kaguya's relationship with titles was nice, however implied it may be. If you've got a few hours to spare (2 watching it, the others crying and fangirling it), please watch and enjoy 2 hours of vtubing moon girlfriends!

codec2642026-01-22 17:41

> The virtual world is a lot closer to the moon.

Because the virtual world is in the cloud?

M7mdkotb2026-01-23 15:04

if u continued watching till the end u might understand
it took me a minute to understand what that phrase meant

am8032026-01-24 19:08

Because the VR world consisting of electronic signals is closer to the spirit world.

When Kaguya first logged into Tsukuyomi, she had to go through a huge [Torii](https://www.imgbly.com/ib/xw1uhE38CYL3VVr_1769276676.jpg), which, in Shinto, is considered the gateway between the human world and the spirit world.

Ychiyo explained that she, as a spiritual existence, found the way to interact with humans through electronic signals. So she built the virtual world of Tsukuyomi to better connect the human world and the spirit world, which is why agents from the Moon can bring Kaguya back via Tsukuyomi.

3_lilith_2026-01-22 18:14

I feel so much with ambition after!!✨🤩

Nickthenuker2026-01-22 18:37

So, here's our protagonist. She seems pretty good.

A baby?

Ok... So now she's going to take care of the baby.

And so the baby is now a child.

The moon?

Well there it is. The thing this is supposed to be inspired by.

Make her own happy ending?

Oh god no not AI.

And so it's back to school for her.

Where's she going?

Lol Kaguya found them.

Well, there goes all her money.

What are they doing now?

Yachiyo?

And so into the "multiverse".

So, time to hear some music.

She certainly drew quite the crowd.

Ok...

Uh oh, trouble?

Nope, it's a band. Cool.

Huh. It's a mixed band too. You don't see that every day.

Oh wait no it isn't that's a cat femboy.

Well I guess all she's got to do is start streaming and blow up within the time period.

Seems her schedule is rather packed.

Oh god...

Seems she's got some trauma?

Yep.

I'm not sure why anime always thinks writing and performing music are two sides of the same coin. Writing and performing music are completely different disciplines. Give me a score and with enough practice I should be able to perform it satisfactorily. Ask me to compose a piece and I wouldn't know where to even start.

And so time for a montage.

She certainly seems to be growing really fast.

Lol.

She's got that real content brain lol.

Fingers scissoring lol.

Seems this is all getting too much for Iroha to take...

You'd think she'd be getting showered in money from all her streams...

2 eggs? In this economy?

She literally _just_ said to blow on it because it's hot...

Huh. A message from them?

Ok... Motorcycle... Tigers?

Ok...

So, a fight. A MOBA?

Huh. He recognises her?

Her brother?

Uh oh.

Right. They're the ones ganking him this time.

So, they actually won something.

So, he was the one who defended her after their dad died.

And so it's down to this.

Huh. That's neat.

Well, so much for that...

So, they actually won.

Oh, she's getting a bigger place?

Ooh, that's what I've been waiting for, all those classic Vocaloid songs. Happy Synthesiser!

And so more montages.

And so it's the crucial moment.

Ooh, more Vocaloid classics. This time it's World is Mine.

I like that "number 1/2/3" part of the Expert and Master charts in ProSkea because the hold notes actually form the shape of the numbers.

Oh, this is an original song written for this show.

Gay girls innit?

Uh oh, what's going on?

So, they're here to take Kaguya back.

So, she protected her.

Where's she get that fish from?

A fireworks festival?

Huh. That's before the date that was shown.

Wouldn't be a festival without yukatas.

And so, fireworks.

A new song?

So, they're all going to fight them.

Oh, it's the day.

Kaguya's last show?

And so, trouble. And lots of it.

Beat Saber lol.

End of the road I guess...

Well there's still half an hour of movie to go so presumably this isn't the end yet.

Yep she really is gone.

And so, one last gift, she repaid everything back to her.

Oh she's _really_ depressed.

Law school?

That _can't_ be it?

Yep.

Told her what?

She heard her!

And so she's going to look for her.

What did she find?

What does she mean "is she Kaguya"?

Travelled through time?

Ok...

So that's her? So she's not an AI?

So is she just gone then?

So, time to figure out what happened.

And so, all those years later, she's finally reunited with her.

So, it's that song.

And so, they'll be together to reach their happy end.

Which involves more montages.

Guess she didn't go into law after all. Seems she's trying to make her a robot body, I guess she went into Mechatronics? Well, if she was aiming for law, engineering is more than in the cards.

Yep.

And so it's the crucial moment, waiting backstage for their cue to go on stage and perform.

Roll credits!

And indeed they really are going to roll credits.

Overall, I really liked this show, and the classic Vocaloid songs were the cherry on top. 8/10.

OkBody82422026-01-23 00:26

what was the point of this?

ruineinsha2026-01-22 18:42

so by the end, Iroha studied really hard just to make a “robot” for Kaguya… damn i love this so much.

and the sad part like 5/8 in the movie, did surprisingly got me. im quite satisfied ngl after waiting for this one, not i just need to wait for the World is Mine remix tomorrow, genuinely can’t wait!

ciengclearly2026-01-22 20:43

Trash story but visually stunning in some bits

soihu2026-01-22 21:00

Great, gorgeous film and absolutely a new high watermark for Studio Colorido, who have always struggled with their bigger projects. Despite being incredibly long for an animated film I think the only part that really dragged was the MOBA game in the middle.

I liked the emotional core of the movie well enough but I suspect it hits really hard for anyone really invested in the vtuber space and has seen many of their faves graduate. Personally I moved on from that scene after COVID but still appreciate all the references in this.

rpgneish2026-01-22 21:06

The plot twist kind of confused me. Every time I think I get it, I feel a little lost again

elbenji2026-01-25 12:16

its the tale of the bamboo cutter, but they made it a happy ending but also needed to make it a stable time loop

Viktorv222026-01-22 22:03

This... kinda blown me away.

How long were animators working on this??? Animation wise, it's pure insanity even considering it's a movie. Multiple animations styles even, you got bits of studio Trigger flavor, Kyoani madness, Bocchi the Rock switch up in styles....

Animation aside, soundtrack is lit, very nostalgic even with the few old vocaloid tracks.

Voice acting too, obviously Hayamin is great, but the other lead roles were perfectly acted, I really hope they'll get more opportunities to do main characters.

I'm familiar with Kaguya Princess story and how it can feel overdone... But with the fake out here and the jaw dropping twist I was really digging it.

But, through the sheer amount of promo this movie got, I was expecting that this will be a bigger project spanning more stuff though? The ending felt like a definite end of it. Tsukuyomi VR world seems like it could have a huge potential, something like SAO but more "open", if that makes sense?

9/10. This is like a huge love letter to animation, music, intertwining old tales with modern world, vtuber/streamer scene, VR.

^(Matsuoka best girl btw. LMAO)

Wide_Reputation_61872026-01-23 16:26

Iirc it *is* getting a manga adaptation

Viktorv222026-01-23 22:26

Oh wow, thanks for info, I will definitely check it out!

DaiChinchin2026-01-24 02:48

No way.

Warm_Department25432026-01-24 05:40

lmao tsugutsugu and yuuma are too iconic, I clocked them the second they talked. also MY GOAT HAYAMI SAORI AS YACHIYO makes her my favourite character by default.

n080dy1232026-01-25 00:35

Tsukuyomi was so cool, it felt like it'd be such a sick virtual space to hang out in. It'd be a pretty cool place to set more stories in, at least partially.

Hitman71282026-01-25 04:18

Not only did the animation also blow me away but also how they seamlessly combined cyberpunk and oriental (two of my favorite themes) in the VR

ClemFire2026-01-27 05:08

The POV shot of Kaguya filming Iroha's cooking is damn absurdly good. I might not see a shot better than that this year

Magnafeana2026-01-22 22:29

Not my friend going: “Noi is a boy?”

And me replying like I’m fucking Royal Pain from *Sky High* “Of course he’s a boy, you idiot”.

He was tweaking learning who the seiyuu was.

If I had a nickel for where time I’ve shipped an Iroha and a Yachiyo, I’d have ***two*** nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it’s happened twice! The first time was from <Magia Record>.

I cried a few all throughout last sixth of the movie.

The songs were great! I think I preferred the JP versions of the songs, but the EN dub doing the songs was very welcome. Big props to Netflix for including the lyrics both in romaji and translated into English.

And I had no idea Netflix included TL credits, good for them. Faye did a great job! Thank you, Faye 👏🏾

The “ending” had me so upset. And then I got confused at the screen. And then I was so relieved.

All in all, I do wish this had been released in theatres, but this was a nice watch. I wish a bit more time could’ve been dedicated to Iroha’s family issues, but that’s a nitpick. Her brother and her brother’s friends are *foine*.

Today was a good day for queer folk 🏳️‍🌈

I can’t wait for the novelization to drop on the 30th and for the first volume of the manga to release on February 10th (🔗 [*RealSound**](https://realsound.jp/movie/2025/12/post-2236309.html))!

elbenji2026-01-25 12:29

fun lesbian and trans rep all in one

Veskito2026-01-22 22:34

Really nice movie, outstanding visuals/animation/music and lovable characters. Not really sure what to make of the plot, especially with, for me, the sudden shift in focus at the end after the twist. Nonetheless, really fun and beautiful movie.

gnome-cop2026-01-22 22:48

I really liked this.

Put up quite a nice story about expectations, deciding what you want in life and fighting against fate.

I wasn’t quite sold from the start but I think it started hitting its stride during the fight against her brother’s E-sports team. I enjoyed their sibling dynamic quite a lot.

Everything after that was good character relationships development and emotional gut punches one after another.

Honestly, if anything stands out I think it’s the dynamic between the leads. I like the way Kaguya’s views on freedom influenced Iroha into changing and deciding what she wanted to do and dedicating herself wholeheartedly to something that she wasn’t doing just to prove a point to her mom.

(What is it with me and always getting caught up in stories with questionable parenting messing up characters lives?)

I did have this thought in the first part of the movie about “Is Yachiyo another version of Kaguya?” which I wasn’t sure was going to go anywhere and then it did. I’m not often right about this stuff so I’ll count it as a success.

I was not ready to be put on the verge of crying by her being taken back to the moon tonight. I was preparing myself and it still hurt a ton.

“It’s a music and girls anime movie. I would be more surprised if there isn’t a way to make it yuri.” This is what I said under one of the promotional material posts for the movie. It delivered way past the point I was expecting. I was 100% ready to have to drag a yuri relationship out of the subtextual hints void by force but they cooked with their relationship.

Get yourself a girl that will go to the ends of the earth for you and spend 10 years building a functioning body for you to use. Or from the other direction, one that will wait 8000 years for you. Relationship goals right there.

In conclusion, this was fun and good and looked really pretty. 100% would repeat again.

elbenji2026-01-25 12:17

same I was shocked they just...went there. So many anime in the same ballpark kinda dodged that whole question but...nope.

Unambiguous. Multiple confessions. The ultimate end goal in how to measure a sapphic relationship this time forward.

Any-Computer-40532026-01-22 23:47

The movie was absolutely perfect up until the end, they rushed a lot of what should be sentimental and lost all of the hype value

The movie was 100% worth it though

Infodump_Ibis2026-01-23 00:57

- [Did Kaguya just kill a moon person?](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/e32be425e945.jpg)
- [Wonder how this would look on a CRT](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/017c1e9f497a.jpg)
- [Anime_IRL?](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/462b2d6bd1ad.jpg)
- [My cheat skill is bugging out](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/f0d1c4d68203.jpg)

As it's a minor thing and one you either figured out, know from elsewhere or forget to ask. [Kaguya's long nose](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/b2626fd57aeb.jpg) at the beach is a reference to a tengu (whose appearance includes a long nose) that are an embodiment of arrogance and this is reflected in the phrase "becoming a tengu" (天狗になる - tengu ni naru) to describe someone overly proud/conceited (which at this moment is what Kaguya was).

I do have to let my comment end like this ([sorry Iroha](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/b34a50aefad5.jpg)) because it's late...the "show me all of Kaguya" bit left me a bit "who are you?" for what I assume were important bits of history (but they're not the history I know).

Livid-Hedgehog-21272026-01-23 01:12

It's so peak

The animation is so smooth, the art is breathtaking, the character designs were great, and the songs were certified bangers.

The story got me feeling things man😔

I would definitely recommend this movie

Jealous-Can-682026-01-23 01:34

Salut j'ai Vu le film maintenant mais il beug après 1h35min fe visionnage j'ai fais tout les sites et c'est même problème y'a t'il quelqu'un qui peut m'éclairer 😭j'ai besoin de le termineeeeeeeeer

PorkimusPrime862026-01-23 01:59

I loved this. Easily slides into my top 10 anime films. Visually it was insane, like those battle scenes went so hard. And the performance scenes were spectacular.

Amazing Soundtrack, Ofc Hayamin absolutely slays. But the entire cast was fantastic

Bravo to the Director and entire staff.

A_Toxic_User2026-01-23 03:13

This is one of those movies that makes me keenly aware that I’m not the target audience as I’m watching it. I found myself wanting to get emotionally invested in the story and characters but kept feeling frustrated at the presence of so many anime-isms and anime tropes.

ThousandYearOldLoli2026-01-23 03:13

This was amazing movie, making fierce competition with Maquia when the Promised Flower blooms for my favorite anime movie (although My Anime List Says it's an ONA). I really love how smoothly Iroha's character development and the reveal of her story were integrated into the narrative, not to mention how wholesome, fun, and well-animated the movie was, and its characters were. Even the mom was a lot more wholesome than the initial biased perspective would lead us to believe. I did kind of guess the plot twist pretty early on (the overall idea. The details were admittedly a little crazy with the limits of human and other techology here being largely arbitrary)., but that didn't take much from my enjoyment and I was waiting to see how they would get there.

The music was awesome as well, I'm pretty sure at least one song was lifted from Vocaloid (vaguely recognized that princess song as a Miku song, though I wouldn't be able to outright name it without researching).

It was great how they integreated this pseudo-idol, pseudo-vtuber thing, gaming, slice of life drama and everything else (heck in a sense there's even isekai here).

The main question I'm left with is how Iroha survived 8000 years worth of memories uploaded into her brain. She seemed to be having a stroke during a few frames there but afterwards was just perfectly fine.

hammile2026-01-23 04:30

Wow, one of the best standalone movie in last years for me.

I didnʼt expected World is Mine here, heh.

biocat1232026-01-23 04:51

FUCK YOU DOG I WIN AT CHESS NOW

armalkia2026-01-23 11:33

LMAO I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE

[For those curious what the reference is](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:vn3rnjqvjwdrleogljfmusdc/bafkreicboua6n6kqzhnt2qrtbvprvvqmc47c64neohi6ek46slmumje3ai@jpeg)

elbenji2026-01-25 12:15

to be honest, this isn't bait. Kaguya confessed like six times and that last hand caress scene is some of the most soft sapphic shit I've seen...within the past three weeks

Fourth_Dimension_4D2026-01-25 18:16

They invented advanced hand sex, hand scizoring.

Djinn_sarap2026-01-26 03:40

I was jumping with joy when they just said how they love each other and wanted to get married, i was soooo ready to be baited because of the trailers.

cmszd2026-01-23 05:55

big day to be a yutapon fan, with the heavily yutapon inspired jjk s3 e4 out today, and a super strong yutapon sequence in this movie

like one piece film red, this film features several performance scenes, that are almost straight up music videos, with action scenes sprinkled throughout. unlike film red, however, this film is actually good, and isn't garbage, nor is it attached to a garbage series. alright, thats my daily quota for one piece slander met, rate the ragebait

ever since i heard there was going to be a full shingo yamashita directed film, i've been pretty excited for it. as one of my favorite animators and directors, shingoyama never fails to amaze, from his key animation work in naruto shippuden, to birdy, to yozukura quartet, and his directorial work in pokemon twilight wings and many of the best anime ops in anime history. what can i say about this film? well the visuals exceeded my already high expectations. damn near every single cut moved with a strong sense of weight and 3 dimensionality. as my favorite compositing artist ever, shingoyama also doesn't disappoint, with his super aesthetic photography style shining through. this film is a treasure trove of great character animation, with some exceptional action animation sprinkled throughout. as a sakugatard, i can say that i wholly enjoyed the film

on the storytelling side of things, i thought it was competent, and fairly well done at times. however, i felt like the final bits of the movie was really rushed, and felt glossed over, while the rest of the movie felt somewhat dragged out. its not exactly a big deal, and the movie still nailed one of the more important aspects- that is, the vibes. the casual vibe throughout the film kept me entertained, and helped me have fun, even when i thought things were going a bit slow.

overall, its a very good movie. when it comes to anime, i'm someone who takes production values into consideration before the writing. as an animator myself, i love well made animation productions, and so that gives the film a high baseline in my books. if i was judging it based off of production values alone, i'd give it a 9.5/10. however, again, the story, though entertaining, i felt wasn't necessarily executed that well. and because of that, i'd probably drop my personal rating of the film to an 8.5/10 or an 8/10.

also, the saori hayami role i'm by far most familiar with is ononoki from monogatari, so hearing hayami act out a super excitable and energetic character with the voice i associate with a character that is monotone and dull gives me quite a sense of whiplash lmao

FierceAlchemist2026-01-23 06:06

Very happy that this movie turned out so well. I knew a twist was coming but I didn't put all the puzzle pieces together ahead of time. Shingo Yamashita has had an amazing career up to this point, but I wasn't sure if the story would be up to snuff for his first major original project. Thankfully it was, and supported by tons of life in the animation as one would expect. Hope this opens the door to many more opportunities for him!

RuDy_S2026-01-23 07:30

A very crazy ride from start to end, this is a movie for which the term "roller coaster of emotions" definitely is a 100% applicable to. Each scene is so stimulating and has so much charm in it, you can just feel the efforts the animators put into it. Loved all the characters as well and their dynamics.
Iroha is, as the new kids say, such a "mood" character. I love her.

The music I already knew was going to be a banger just from the MVs and highlights they put out pre release. (Just getting multiple new versions of old songs like melt and world is mine, and new songs from these creators alone is a great time to be a vocaloid music fan)

The only slight irk that I got was because of the \[kaguya hime\] >!paradox and the time travel!< ambiguity because why were the moon people or the moon magic not able to help her during that time? But I guess the more theories we get, doing re-watches, maybe I'll appreciate more things related to that.

A very very solid 9/10 maybe (maybe even a 9.5) for me personally. 🛐

Also did I see almost all of major animation studios in the credits? How many people were involved in making this???

Rikusaber2026-01-23 08:50

I think the main plot hole for me is if kaguya and yachiyo (basically past and future) were able to exist during present time in the digital game, with yachiyo even interacting with kaguya one on one, why didnt yachiyo just tell kaguya to avoid the bump or whatever it was that knocked her into the past? Like it doesnt seem like there would be any consequences. It would just end the loop.

riiyoreo2026-01-23 11:09

Yes, I was wondering the same thing.

nyanyau_972026-01-23 09:56

I stumbled on this on TikTok. The visuals are so damn pretty. First of all, I don't know why but I honestly thought Yachiyo was her mother lol. And while some people think it is Yuri, I do feel it's more like a love for a child, sense of longing, since, well, Iroha found her as a baby. So, it's like a mother's love kind of theme? Although the theme would be strong enough if they exploit more about her and her mother.

I'm still curious about who's inside Yachiyo at the end. While some thinks it's Fushi, I'm more positive that it's still Kaguya. Remember how Yachiyo(or is it Iroha) mentioned how Yachiyo can multiply herself if she wanted?

Finally, I kinda wondered why Yachiyo have a bed time ? Issit because there's no night or day inside the game (except for the battle, the rest is night time) so she wanted some sort of real life experience in her life?

Ok_Celery_12382026-01-23 11:51

It was a really fun watch, gave me tons of different emotions in just 2 hours and colors that I didn't know I could feel in my meaningless life, really great movie would recommend 10/10

SYZekrom2026-01-23 12:42

The MC is very cute with that eyeshadow

Omg kaguya is adorable. Both visually with how peppy she's animated and characterwise, hiding under the sink for no reason

Oh that's not a real vtuber but AI? Or is the character just an AI like Zentreya or something

Oh and she's still growing, I originally thought she'd keep growing but the visuals of her leaving the moon looked like she did then, and made me assume that was just how old she actually was.

I really like the eyeshadows on all the girls

Seriously I love this artstyle of character designs so much, I love the shape of Kaguya and the MC's eyes. Look at her gobbling up those desserts with that happy face

Oh my god Kaguya's face when the MC gets all up in her face for leaving the house

...It's definitely not my first time seeing this artstyle of faces but I can't think of what else specifically I've seen that draws faces and visual gags just like this. Like Kaguya doing that 'whistle' after the MC told her to not involve her in their journey to a happy ending just screams *something* to me but I'm not sure what.

~~I think she looked better with silver hair but ok~~

Oh my god her raging at the bad end is peak there's gotta be a greenscreen version of that for other things

Oh she's back to her grayish hair after Iroha got sick.

Oh she got a bit of wakipai going on with that outfit blowing in the wind before their bamboo cutter showdown or whatever

Was that Happy Synthesizer??? Happy Synthesizer jumpscare?

WORLD IS MINE???? WORLD IS MINE JUMPSCARE??

Honestly I would've called that a nice lovely movie if it ended with that concert. But act 2... the moon.................. Don't rip them apart...................................

Ah. I'd been wondering if Yachiyo had some tie to the moon beyond the virtual world being moon-themed even before like the weird moon people bowed to her, like I wondered if the concept of AI was actually some moon-created sentience sent to do something in the human realm. Interesting that Kaguya says Tsukuyomi is closer to the moon. I guess it makes sense, she has the ability to 'customize' her real life appearance like she could do in a virtual world.

Speaking of that, it's been on my mind what the blonde hair vs gray hair symbolizes whenever she's using one or the other in a given scene. It felt obvious with the first time she went blonde and the first time she went back, like blonde was her getting caught up in life as a streamer and going back was being grounded again with reality. But I feel like its more complicated than that with her switching back and forth a bit throughout the movie since.

Ah, so Yachiyo meant trying to find out how they were accessing Tsukuyomi when she said she'd investigate. Still wondering about them apologizing to her. Like idk maybe they just view her as like the ruler of Tsukuyomi or something, but I can't help but feel like she's some sort of moon goddess or something, whether she knows or not.

Oh wow I really like how Kaguya's hair looks in this scene of them talking about the unfinished song

> No bad ends

Ok the "I'll make my happy ending" is one thing but when Kaguya complained about a bad ending on stream... Come on, no bad ends

InuDOGE went with them. It all rests on InuDOGE to deus ex machina her memories back

She's totally opening those cupboards b/c of that one time Kaguya hid in them right oh my god

Just riding on the train with my oshi's digital mascot chara

Ooh, an apartment? Is Yachiyo going to turn out to be a person after all? I was wondering for a bit in the first half if that might be a twist they did after it became clear she definitely wasn't human, but then it seemed like that's not where things were going. At the very least, maybe she's played by a human sometimes. ...At least, I'm assuming she's not gonna walk into a room and talk with Yachiyo on a computer monitor or something stupid like that.

...A pod that looks very similar to the one Kaguya's in right now, so maybe Yachiyo is a moon person after all like Kaguya is. I wonder if that'll be the bittersweet ending somehow, that it'l end with Kaguya not being able to stay physically but existing in Tsukuyomi like Yachiyo.

Oh, she mistook Yachiyo for Kaguya from the back. Are they related somehow? Is it some like multiple personality thing since Yachiyo's thing is splitting into many bodies and there's memory stuff going on with Kaguya obviously?

Oh she immediately asked about it

Bruh when they said the song was the same tune I was like 'Is there gonna be time travel bull' and now... is there gonna be time travel bull? So does that mean Yachiyo is actually future Kaguya? Like she accidentally traveled back in time a bit and became Yachiyo for whatever reason and was waiting for their original meeting to happen before revealing herself?

Damn ok, I feel like I'm right about her not being able to be physical, is it b/c her physical body died in that ship and she survived only as a soul?

Honestly I was wondering near the beginning if she'd age into an adult with how rapidly she was aging during the beginning of the movie, and like there'd be some thematic thing with Kaguya originally symbolizing Iroha as a child in relation to Iroha representing her mother then swapping to Kaguya symbolizing Iroha's mother when she grew older rapidly.

I did *not* expect there to be an old Kaguya b/c she accidentally got sent 8000 years in the past. Anyway, I suppose the tale of the bamboo cutter might've been one of those things Kaguya/Yachiyo inserted into the world's history.

Honestly I'm even more interested in the fact that the moon people bowed to Yachiyo and apologized for the attack. Like so they know Yachiyo is the princess, I guess, and Yachiyo is obviously lying about investigating and stuff b/c she knows everything and isn't trying to change history/fate anyway. I guess its just one of those things where 'that's how it happened when I was there the first time'.

Oh she did leave the pod and was like, physically in the real world?

Ok reached the end, gonna have to relisten to what they said about what the sea slug thing was besides some progressed form of InuDOGE. Also the shot of her sitting on a rock in the wild confused me, maybe it was just symbolic.

Putting that in a reply since I'm a bit over the character limit

SYZekrom2026-01-23 12:42

Ok, rewatching the explanation scene. The bamboo sprout was damaged and its remaining power could only create a physical body for InuDOGE and not her. So turning physical is a function of the ship and not a power of theirs. Kaguya then used the sea slug as a medium. Kaguya's soul then became able to interact with the internet and virtual reality.

So then is the sea slug like. An offshoot of Kaguya's consciousness? InuDOGE certainly couldn't talk. And ok, I assume the shot of her sitting on the rock is just symbolic and didn't happen literally.

But to me there seems to be one big plothole. The fact that the lunarians couldn't save her from her accident. Like sure, let's say that the Lunarians couldn't contact her until the internet was invented because the internet is similar to the moon. But after the internet did get invented, there are two issues here.

First issue is that they shouldn't need Iroha to invent synthetic bodies for Yachiyo to become physical again. She needed the ship and its energy to turn physical, then she should just now be able to ask the moon people she now has regained contact with to send another ship full of energy she can use to take physical form.

The second issue, is of course, that they don't even need to do that, because now that she's in contact with them she can tell them about the accident and they can from the present send their own ship back 8000 years to rescue the stranded Kaguya, or send it to right before Kaguya traveled to warn her not to make the mistake in the first place.

But all there is instead is a throwaway handwave line from Yachiyo saying that the current Kaguya is 'traversing the cycle of fate' and that 'we can't ever escape it'. Alongside the fact that it appears that whatever Kaguya-Yachiyo did in the past did not alter history but instead always happened just kinda explains away everything as 'its preordained that this happens. It's a canon event, it has to happen.' even though with the pieces of the story that are established, the mistake should be fixable.

The idea of Yachiyo having always existed throughout history even before the events of the movie is also weird because she also mentions that she time traveled in the first place because she finished her work too late and showed visually that Iroha had already turned into a grandma, which sounds like a different timeline/history that existed before she created the current timeline/history by engaging in time travel. I mean actually I guess this last point is based on me assuming that she just saw Shiori as an old grandma from the moon when she was done her work, which would either mean she didn't see synthetic Kaguya when she did that, or it was a different timeline where that didn't exist because she hadn't time traveled yet. But it could just be that she never actually looked and just intrinsically understood that too much time had passed when she had finished her work.

Ultimately, I kind of feel like having this final convoluted tragic twist at the end and a convoluted explanation of how Yachiyo is actually future Kaguya that they then resolve as much as possible was kinda unnecessary to the plot. Like did you really need this convoluted stuff compared to having the climax of the movie being Kaguya managing to regain her memories because she heard Iroha's song and because Iroha meant so much to her?

Like sure, Yachiyo being a key figure of both the plot and worldbuilding wouldn't be as 'wow so that's why she's so central to the movie' compared to her just being some character that's there, and the thing about Iroha's future career goal wouldn't end up tying into the story as directly as it does in this ending. But it just feels like an unnecessary twist even with those elements.

Now I'm more than aware that stories don't usually get written in the chronological order all the elements happen. This was definitely a story where one of the starting points of the whole concept of the movie that the rest of the movie developed out of was the idea of Yachiyo being future Kaguya, rather than something that they added to the end once every previous part was written. But eh.

Either way, still getting a 10/10 from me.

rryrrychu2026-01-25 09:41

>Seriously I love this artstyle of character designs so much, I love the shape of Kaguya and the MC's eyes. Look at her gobbling up those desserts with that happy face

>...It's definitely not my first time seeing this artstyle of faces but I can't think of what else specifically I've seen that draws faces and visual gags just like this.

omg i was thinking the exact same thing and its bothering the hell out of me that I can't figure out exactly what it is. I was thinking Bocchi or KiseKoi or some other CloverWorks or a Studio Bind show (Ruri Rocks, Hanashura, Onimai) but nothing seems to fit exactly what I'm thinking. Maybe its because there's multiple different inspirations and its getting mixed in my head. But is anyone able to pinpoint exactly where the artstyle of the character designs are coming from?

elbenji2026-01-25 12:27

they have this mix of Hoyo game and Kyoani face

thegodyuki2026-01-23 12:46

I thought it had a good style and was like a new version of music anime like aikatsu so decided to watch it, only to find that it was doomed yuri

agentperiod2026-01-23 14:03

THE WAIT WAS SO WORTH IT world is mine cpk remix was so so so so good!

SmileW_192026-01-23 15:10

Can't believe I just watched a whole vtuber career start and end in two hours.

Luckkiri2026-01-23 17:46

It might be the best anime to watch from start 2026 so far for me ,at first I thought it just a comedy movie but it have more than that and the ending just make me tear .Really like this anime movie so far .

Sea_Competition35052026-01-23 19:52

That was a cool "remake" of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter with more of an "anime" style. Sick visuals and music. Really enjoyed it.

And I expected it to be just bait, but it turned out to be real yuri, so that's cool.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-23 21:42

Does It Count If You Lose Your Innocence to an Android? Iroha's about to find out.

Seriously, this was a really good movie.

elbenji2026-01-25 12:16

that is some honestly hilarious timing

This-is_CMGRI2026-01-26 12:07

> Does It Count If You Lose Your Innocence to an Android? Iroha's about to find out.

hey at least this was an ethically-built gynoid

SeiyaTempest2026-01-24 02:44

I liked Cosmic Princess Kaguya! a lot, it's a solid 8.5/10 for me (will round up to 9 for MAL since I'm too generous). I'll admit the time travel plot twist of Yachiyo being a future Kaguya didn't quite register at first, but the characters are full of heart, which is what matters most in a more emotionally driven story like this.

I especially enjoyed Iroha and Kaguya's dynamic and how they grew closer over time, from Kaguya being an annoying nuisance wasting all of Iroha's hard-earned money, to inspiring her to win the collaboration contest and create original music.

The animation and visuals were breathtaking too, from the stunning Tsukuyomi music performances to the explosive KASSEN battle sequences. Shingo Yamashita definitely hit it out of the park with his first solo feature film. Also, I'm no Vocaloid fan, but even I recognised that one Miku song.

It was also sweet how Iroha spent 10 years building an android body for Kaguya/Yachiyo to inhabit, that's true dedication right there. It's also a perfect mirror to the 8000 years Kaguya lived through, waiting to reunite with her. I found them really cute together (even though I'm not usually that into yuri), so I would've preferred a more romantic finale or even a kiss scene, but I can't complain much as they both got their happy ending.

Overall, this was an incredibly heart-warming experience and early candidate for 2026's movie of the year.

elbenji2026-01-25 12:20

that ending was so cute.

Also, they did just put them as a couple at the end, so I think the ending lets it breathe like...yall they waited 8010, and 10 years to be reunited. They're gonna uhh...need some privacy

Jealous-Ground-70722026-01-24 08:08

It was one of the best anime movie I watched. Had the best storyline tbh

Jealous_Site51412026-01-24 09:05

This is actually a masterpiece, it gave me alot of emotions and feelings, and I can say that this is the first anime that they made a perfect 3D characters movement and 3D anime style that feels like a draw, 10/10 and I hope that more animes comes be like this piece of art!

Peon012026-01-24 13:56

10/10

Tablemetoeden2026-01-25 03:48

Just watched this on a whim with my partner, absolutely blown away by everything and the both of us were left a mess. Animation was gorgeous, voice acting was great, the chemistry between the characters was wonderful and the best way I can describe this movie is "loveable". The scene where she starts singing Iroha's song on hit me right in the feels and I'm grateful to have seen this movie.

I can see this becoming a personal favourite of mine, even if it's outside of what I usually like.

9.5/10

NanuTheFiend2026-01-25 05:18

Yachiyo's ending is not necessary framed as bittersweet, but it sure as hell is once you take into account the logistics of the robotic technology. It's really thematically fitting to 'split' Kaguya into the physical Kaguya and the digital Yachiyo, but it does mean that Yachiyo's dream isn't entirely fulfilled by her, but what i assume to be a 'double/copy/different half' of her.
Still, it might've been her own choice to remain as she is, as she built a completely different life and identity that she can't have as Kaguya. It's a bit of a trade-off for both of them.
Still, they both seem more than happy with Iroha in different ways (and, like, they're absolutely a throuple, right?).

Sarzael2026-01-26 05:47

The way I understood the movie, Yachiyo isn't Kaguya, but a digital replica while the real Kaguya's soul remained trapped in the ship until Iroha was finally able to save her.

KawaiiNeko8282026-01-26 10:12

This. The movie makes it clear that it is about Iroha and Kaguya defying fate and finding their own happy ending. Based on the overall theme of the movie, I don't think it leans too heavy onto how exactly time loop works, rather it's just an obtascle for the plot. I believe this movie is made with mind that it is for everyone to just enjoy and have fun with it.

While the ending isn't completely conclusive, I do believe they made it clear that Iroha and Kaguya have finally reunited and live happily ever after.

GHeart52962026-01-25 06:39

This movie was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. I have seen many people talk about how fun and action-packed it is, which is important, and the animators deserve all the praise for making this movie come alive. However, what carried this movie for me was Iroha's journey of learning to work hard towards goals that actually interest her and to rely on others more. I loved that Kaguya helped her see how her workaholic and perfectionistic tendencies weren't helping her thrive. Iroha needed someone who was willing to take a risk and push her outside of her comfort zone to see what she truly wanted. Iroha went from a tired high school student just hoping to survive to a girl who could stand up for what she believed in and make breakthroughs that she never thought she could before. This movie made me cry several times because it connected to a part of myself that also wants to always do the right thing to impress the people around me. Just like Iroha, I want to be seen as capable, but that does not mean sacrificing my own wants to meet other people's expectations. If there is any reason I could give to watch this movie besides the animation and fun music/action, I would say watch it for Iroha and how Kaguya's relationship to her changes her life for the better. I really liked watching it, and it deserves more attention for all the hard work put into it.

SirRHellsing2026-01-25 10:13

Can someone explain to me who is Yachiyo now? Like in the end, Kaguya and Yachiyo are side by side

RevReddited2026-01-25 11:21

Well from what I understand and reading other people, there are 2 main theory

1. "Kaguya" is split off from Yachiyo
This is mostly because the fact that we know Yachiyo can "split" into multiple copies and so kaguya is a split modern yachiyo

2. Kaguya is from the stalk (which I support)
So the theory goes that the android is a copy of the "original" kaguya from the stalk. This is mostly because the last sentence "it's been so long" while Yachiyo said "it's only been a week".

Again the ending is kinda confusing and there are other theory (like how Yachiyo is fushi)
But these are what I think is the most popular

nyanproblem2026-01-25 20:32

It's possible that Kaguya made Yachiyo into a real AI character, like [Neuro-sama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-sama) who streams on Twitch. This is just my own speculation of course.

Embarrassed_Trust8322026-01-25 11:51

This movie is so peak. Animation is crazy fluid and expressive. Kaguya goblin energy is so appealing lol. The big twist at the end was really good. There seemed to be more to yachiyo but I did not expect that. Honestly this is probably one of the best anime I’ve watched ever.

Ladyaceina2026-01-26 01:51

just saw this and it was a BEAUTIFUL love story

her giving kaguya a body that looked like her younger self was a bit awkward of a choice thoe for the ending

still i loved it and everything about it

furbym2026-01-26 17:17

I really wish this movie wasn't so averse to actually *showing* the relationship building between its characters. I feel like it was too preoccupied with getting to the big moments and performances and could barely take any time to slow down and show the process to get there. It's kind of crazy how a movie with 2+ hours of runtime could feel so overstuffed, but it does. I think they could easily have removed the older brother and all of the moba stuff entirely and spent more time on the characters to make the big performances more impactful. Also would have loved to see them actually working on the music that they were creating and growing their relationship through that process; maybe Iroha could have gotten into a fight with her mom or something while shirking her school responsibilities for her passion of creating music (as it is, her mom is barely even a character, which is a shame). It just doesn't hit as hard when you introduce a goal (e.g. winning the contest for the collab performance) and then just skip over most of the process to get there via montage and fill in the rest with a big battle scene that was kind of meaningless in the bigger picture. I love Yamashita's work and I get that he and the staff were clearly very passionate about highlighting all different parts of *the culture*, but that sort of passion can also lead to being unwilling to cut and streamline things, which I think is what happened here. As it is, I'd say it's a 7/10 if only for it's production and the clear passion that was there, but could have been much better imo.