Pilot movie streamed for a fight leisure story set in close by Edo-era Tokyo


Japanese firm CHOCOLATE Inc.(reside motion film Monday/see you “this” week!, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba‘s Whole Focus exhibition, manufacturing and publicity for Darkish assembly anime) has launched plans to supply his first anime movie, KILLTUBE, and on Monday it started streaming a “pilot movie.” The corporate is focusing on the 90-minute movie for spring 2026, with plans for a worldwide launch.


The pilot movie video has the theme “Edo-punk.” It exhibits Tokyo’s Shibuya and Shinjuku districts in a parallel world, the place the Edo Shogunate has sealed off Japan for greater than 4 centuries till 2026. On this remoted, stratified society, the one solution to change one’s place in life is thru dueling battles streamed on KILLTUBE. .

The fight leisure story unfolds as an unlikely trio from the bottom ranges of society resist ridicule and try for the highest. As they win over most people, they uncover the hidden fact behind the KILLTUBE system.

The workers strives to make use of 3D CG to depict the looks of shin-hanga (woodblock prints from the Showa interval) in vibrant colours and completely different textures. CHOCOLATE Inc. collaborates with rising VFX studio KASSEN and idea artist group WACHAJACK with a funds of 1 billion yen (about $6.6 million).

Kazuaki Kuribayashi directs and plans the movie at STUDIO DOTOU. CHOCOLATE Inc. is answerable for planning and manufacturing.

The movie’s workers additionally contains:

  • Script: Saeri NatsuoRyo Takemura, Takenori Tokuyama
  • Worldview Setting: Yūsuke Ujita
  • Technical administration: Takumi Shiga (CAVIAR), Masato GotoBivi, Frog96Marusou
  • Character design/technical route: Nike Shimaguchi
  • Technical Director/VFX Supervisor: Takahiro Ōta (KASSEN)
  • Music Director: Matsuza Katakumi
  • (Music) Composition: Takao Ogi
  • Idea artwork director: Fujihiko Sawai (WACHAJACK)
  • Idea artist: Shusei Sasaya
  • Character Settings: ARuFa
  • Graphic designer: Masataka Yoshida
  • Artwork director: Takuya Sekikawa
  • CG lead animator: Daisuke Kaneko (StudioNoco)
  • CG Supervisor: Yuki Mizoguchi
  • CG Animation Supervisor: Satoshi Takeno (MontBlanc images)
  • Background Modeling Supervisor: Jun Kazuse (barehand)
  • CG Results Supervisor: Tai Komatsu
  • Technical artist: Hiroyuki Okada
  • CG Producer: Created by Nakatsuka

The movie undertaking is a part of the ‘108 Experiments’ initiative CHOCOLATE Inc. to develop new methods to create, current and monetize works to nurture unique tales. The corporate can be at present in search of creators and companions to work on KILLTUBE.

Sources: PR instances, Comical Natalie