Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures, in partnership with PONY CANYON, have acquired rights to The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) for the UK & Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, and Switzerland. The film will be released in the territories theatrically, followed by a home video release.

The story of a man’s life and love from the creators of the unpredictable hit anime series “ODDTAXI”, director/character designer Baku Kinoshita and writer/original creator Kazuya Konomoto, comes a brand-new theatrical anime film produced by CLAP Animation Studio, the internationally acclaimed animation studio known for Pompo the Cinéphile and The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes. The film is set to premiere in Japan in autumn 2025, with international release details to be announced.

A gripping tale of love from a master storyteller, an elderly man, a lifer awaiting death in solitary confinement, is visited by a talking flower—Housenka—who whispers, “What a pathetic life.” Through their “conversation,” the man begins to reflect on his past. What miraculous reversal awaits this dying yakuza?

Selected for the Feature Film Competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the project was previously featured in Annecy 2024’s “Work in Progress” program, where the director Kinoshita appeared alongside the producer and the CEO of CLAP Ryoichiro Matsuo, and concept artist Michinoku Toge. The team gave fans an early look at the film’s vision, and now complete, The Last Blossom will make its long-awaited world premiere at Annecy.

Its great to see Anime Limited and CLAP Animation Studio working together after there great work on The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes