Overview
- Netflix published a teaser trailer, key art, and an official synopsis for The Ribbon Hero and confirmed the film will stream worldwide on August 8, 2026.
- The project marks animator‑director Yuki Igarashi’s first feature film with animation produced by her studio OUTLINE and production involvement from Twin Engine.
- The story reimagines Osamu Tezuka’s 1950s manga Princess Knight by following displaced princess Sapphire as she arrives in Goldland and pledges to fight a returning calamity called Nergal.
- Saya (Lalande) was announced as the voice of Sapphire and the announced creative team includes character concept artists Kei Mochizuki and Mai Yoneyama, designer Kazunari Arakaki, art director Cedric Herole, and composers Satoru Kosaki and Ryuichi Takada of MONACA.
- Netflix will screen the film at the Annecy Film Festival before the streaming debut, continuing the streamer’s strategy of pairing festival exposure with global releases to reach critics and wide audiences while reviving a foundational work of shōjo manga.