Digital Release Announcement

Studio Ghibli veteran Hitomi Tateno's anime film cocoon, One Summer of Girlhood is now available digitally in the U.S.

Blu-ray Release Date

The Blu-ray edition is scheduled for release on January 19, 2027.

Film Background

cocoon, One Summer of Girlhood follows two high school girls forced to serve as military nurses during World War II.

Studio and Director

Directed by Yukimitsu Ina and produced by SASAYURI, founded by Studio Ghibli alum Hitomi Tateno.

Manga Inspiration

The film is inspired by Okinawa's Himeyuri Student Corps and adapts Machiko Kyo's 2009 manga.

Key Collaborators

Features Akihiko Yamashita and Shinji Otsuka, with director Yukimitsu Ina co-writing the screenplay.

Director's Statement

Hitomi Tateno described the film as a 'devastating yet beautiful plea for peace' and discussed depicting war's impact on innocence.

“We really struggled with how to depict that attack. It's a difficult thing and it was stressful for me because I didn't know the correct answer. But I had a responsibility as a female to tell this story right. We decided to have the eyes covered so you can't see what's happening, but you can still imagine what's happening to her. In war, the person or the country or the entity that loses is the one who is violated. That violation may be things getting stolen, like land or belongings, or it can be a girl's innocence.”