The official website for Shika no Ō: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi (The Deer King: The Promised Journey With Yuna), the anime film of Nahoko Uehashi‘s Shika no Ō (The Deer King) medical fantasy novel series, began streaming a collaboration promotional video on Friday. The trailer previews “One Reason,” the theme song that singer-songwriter milet created for this film.
The film was previously slated to open in Japan on September 18, 2020, but it will now open on September 10 this year. Anime Limited plans to release the film in cinemas in the United Kingdom in 2021 if the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation permits. GKIDS will theatrically screen the film with both English subtitles and an English dub in North America in early 2022.
The film screened last month in competition at this year’s Annecy…