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Film will be released under the title Sylvanian Families: The Movie

In the UK, on April 4th, the first anime movie for Epoch's Sylvanian Families toy line will be shown in cinemas under the title "Sylvanian Families: The Movie". Dazzler is currently streaming an English-dubbed trailer for this movie on their platform.

The CG film answers the question of what is the secret that makes the Sylvanian village a wonderful place. In the story, the rabbit girl Freya is trying to make everyone happy, with the Sylvanian village's annual star festival serving as the backdrop.

The BBFC lists ( link ) the film as 66 minutes long, rated "U" with "very mild threat."

The film was directed by Kazuya Konaka, who also worked on the movie "2003 Astro Boy" and "Dr. Pinoko no Mori no Bōken". Hirotoshi Kobayashi wrote the script for this film as well as "2003 Astro Boy" and "Atagoal wa Neko no Mori". Jun Ichikawa composed the music for this film, having previously worked on "The Morose Mononokean II", "True Cooking Master Boy", and "Seven Days War". Frebari was responsible for producing this film.

In October 2022, a new TV anime series was launched based on the popular toy line. This series, titled "Sylvanian Families Freya no Go for Dream!", was shown on both Tokyo MX and Sun TV channels. Additionally, there was a full-length 3DCG anime version of this franchise called "Sylvanian Families Freya no Go for Dream!", which was also released in July 2022 on Tokyo MX.

In 2017, the anime series of the franchise was produced by Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment. It was followed by two more seasons in 2018 and 2019.


In 1985, Epoch launched the initial collection of toys. This led to an animated series in America in 1987 and another one in Britain in 1998. Additionally, there was a three-part anime series from Japan in 2007. In the US, these toys are known as Calico Critters.

Grateful thanks to Jordan Scott for the heads-up on this story.