My Oni Girl: Anime fantasy world confronts you to face your demons, quite literally | Watch trailer

Still from the My Oni Girl trailer

The nuanced layers of magical realism come alive in My Oni Girl trailer released by Netflix on April 24. Fantastically inspired by an emotional reality, the long-awaited Studio Colorido anime film confronts the consequences of burying one’s innermost feelings.

Pushing people to face their demons, the youth fantasy world of the upcoming poignantly illustrates the full-fledged transformation of those who hide their true emotions into the mythical demon ‘oni.’ Netflix’s trailer briefly unravels the affecting thematic crux by bringing together a boy and an oni girl.

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Tomotaka Shibayama (A Whisker Away), who’s previously partnered up with Studio Ghibli, helms the unique direction of the film. As seen in the trailer, high school fresher Hiiragi yearns to form bonds with everyone as the fear of being disliked consumes him. As the habit takes shape in his inability to ever say no to anyone while hoping to appease everyone reaching out to him, he encounters a demon girl named Tsumugi.

She comes out into the human world to search for her mother, and is the complete opposite of Hiiragi – doing whatever pleases her. When Tsumugi’s self-expression meets Hiiragi’s self-contained disposition, an unusual friendship sees the light of day. Navigating their own truths, they also seek to unravel what turns humans into oni.

The visually dynamic trailer finds its emotional expansion in the heart-touching theme song Truth in Lies by ZUTOMAYO. Kensho Ono voices Hiiragi and finds his unlikely partner in Miyu Tomito as Tsumugi.

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