franchise began streaming a new trailer for the
Shimajirō to Sora Tobu Fune (Shimajirō and the Flying Ship) 3D CG anime film on Monday. The trailer previews the film s theme song Egao no Sora (Smiling Sky) by
Yūma Uchida, and also reveals the film s new opening date of March 12, 2021.
The film was postponed from its February 28, 2020 opening due to concerns about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The film is billed as the
franchise s first 3D CG anime film.
The film s story centers on Jin, an inventor squirrel who lives in Greenwood, a land far beyond the sea. Rain has not come to Greenwood in a long while. To solve the land s problem, Jin decides to build a flying ship to make the rain fall, and he enlists Shimajirō s help.