The fourth installment of “Sumikko Gurashi the Movie” will be released this fall. Narration by Yoshihiko Inohara and Manami Honjo.
Congratulatory illustration by author Yokomizo Yuri
(C) 2025 Japan Sumikko Gurashi Association Film Department
The animated film “Sumikko Gurashi 4 (tentative title)” has been scheduled for release in the fall of 2025. Inohara Yoshihiko and Honjo Manami will be in charge of the narration.
The “Sumikko Gurashi Movie” series is an animated version of San-X’s popular character “Sumikko Gurashi”. The story depicts the adventures of the slightly negative but unique Sumikko characters.
Since the smash hit of the first film “Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child” released in 2019, the second film “Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Magical Child of the Blue Moonlit Night” released in 2021 and the third film “Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Mysterious Child of the Patchwork Factory” released in 2023 have attracted a total of over 3 million viewers. Hojo has been the narrator from the first film onwards, and Inohara, who narrated the first and second films, is also returning.
The full comments from Inohara and Hojo are as follows.
[Inohara Yoshihiko (narrator)] I am truly happy to be able to participate in “Sumikko Gurashi” this fall. I’m looking forward to spending some heartwarming time with the Sumikkogurashi. See you at the cinema this autumn!
[Hojo Manami (narration)] I’m excited to hear that yet another Sumikkogurashi movie is being made. We’ve already seen a classic picture book, a wizard, and an old toy factory, so I wonder what the next story will be? Welcome back, Inohara-san! Your gentle, warm voice that comforts the Sumikkogurashi is one of a kind. I’ve been looking forward to the day we could work together again. The new movie will soon be completed. Everyone, please look forward to the day we can meet on the big screen!
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