Mirai (film)

Mirai
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	未来のミライ
Literal meaning	Mirai of the future
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Mirai no Mirai
Directed by	Mamoru Hosoda[1]
Written by	Mamoru Hosoda[1]
Produced by	Yuichiro Saito[2] Takuya Itō[3] Yūichi Adachi[4] Genki Kawamura[1]
Starring	Moka Kamishiraishi Haru Kuroki Gen Hoshino Kumiko Aso[5] Mitsuo Yoshihara Yoshiko Miyazaki Kōji Yakusho[6][7] Masaharu Fukuyama[1]
Edited by	Shigeru Nishiyama[1]
Music by	Masakatsu Takagi[1]
Production company	Studio Chizu[1]
Distributed by	Toho[1]
Release dates	May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) (Directors' Fortnight)[8] July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20) (Japan)[9]
Running time	98 minutes[10][9]
Country	Japan[11]
Language	Japanese[11]
Box office	$30.4 million[12]

Mirai (Japanese: 未来のミライ, Hepburn: Mirai no Mirai, lit. 'Mirai of the Future'^[13]) is a 2018 Japanese animated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu.^[11] It premiered on May 16, 2018, at Directors' Fortnight^[8] and released in Japan on July 20, 2018.^[14] The film stars the voices of Moka Kamishiraishi, Haru Kuroki, Gen Hoshino, Kumiko Aso, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Kōji Yakusho and Masaharu Fukuyama.^[5][6][7]

It was released on August 23, 2018, in Australia,^[15] September 20 in New Zealand,^[16] and November 2 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[17] It was released on November 29 in the United States and Canada.^[18] The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards,^[19] Best Animated Feature at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards,^[20] and Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, but lost all three to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse;^[21] it is the sixth anime film, and the first non-Ghibli anime film, to receive an Academy Award nomination in the category.^[22] The film also won Best Animated Feature — Independent at the 46th Annie Awards.^[23]