Labyrinth (2026 film)
2026 Japanese animated film by Shōji Kawamori
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Labyrinth (Japanese: 迷宮のしおり, Hepburn: Meikyū no Shiori)[3] is an original anime film directed by Shōji Kawamori and produced by Sanzigen with Slow Curve handling general production duties from an original story from said company alongside Vector Vision, Gaga and Fuji Television. The film also features character designs by Risa Ebata, a screenplay by Taichi Hashimoto, and music by yonkey. It premiered in Japanese theaters on January 1, 2026, distributed by Gaga.[4][5][6] The film's theme song is "Sailor, Sail On" performed by the Atarashii Gakko! pop group.[7]
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| Japanese | 迷宮のしおり |
| Revised Hepburn | Meikyū no Shiori |
| Directed by | Shōji Kawamori |
| Screenplay by | Taichi Hashimoto |
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| Music by | yonkey |
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| Distributed by | Gaga |
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Running time | 116 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $45,801[2] |
The film had its UK premiere on November 2, 2025, in Glasgow as part of Scotland Loves Anime and released theatrically in the US by GKIDS on May 10, 2026.[8][9]
Plot
The film follows Shiori Maezawa, a high school girl who lives in Yokohama. One day, after she breaks her smartphone, she finds herself in a parallel version of Yokohama. When she checks her phone, she finds photos of herself on her social media accounts that she does not remember posting, and realizes that she is trapped in a strange labyrinth inside her smartphone, where an alternate version of her exists and is causing chaos. To prevent her other self from going out of control, Shiori aims to escape this world while dealing with her alternate self's actions.
Shiori has always had anxiety with putting her creative side on the internet, the film opens with her as a young child humming a song but being unable to post it due to her insecurities. As a teenager, Shiori and her best friend Kirara have a goal of becoming famous online so they can save up money and open up a themed cafe. After sneaking into a port and attempting to film a dance video, Shiori becomes self conscious and tumbles down the stairs on camera. Kirara posts the video without her permission but disappears, and the video slowly becomes viral.
After breaking her phone, Shiori hides in a washroom stall but finds herself surrounded by stickers. One rabbit sticker named Komori tries to explain the situation to her but she freaks out and finds herself in an empty void inside her phone that resembles Yokohama, but she is the only inhabitant except for wild floating stickers and Komori.
Shiori is still able to make calls and social media posts and attempts to seek out help, but she discovers a doppelganger version of herself who has taken over her life and keeps smoothing over the calls for help. Shiori rebrands herself as Shiori:Revolution and wears a gaudy pink and blue wig and endeavours to reach 100 million likes. Anytime Shiori makes a post about being replaced, Shiori:Revolution deletes it or blames it on being hacked.
The void in Shiori's phone becomes her new prison and Shiori allows Komori to assist her, as she explores the void world she tries to go to Kirara's house thinking she is also trapped, and discovers a black magic tome that may be the cause of Shiori's exile. When her phone almost depletes of energy, shadow hands try to grab Shiori and put her in a press machine to turn her into a sticker, but Komori is able to charge her phone and saves her.
Shiori:Revolution takes many steps to become viral, doing as many events and posts and even allowing her image to be used for free for all branding for products. She quickly jumps up in popularity but there is pushback from her aggressive campaign. Shiori:Revolution meets a mysterious man named Suguru Kagami who says he is responsible for the void world and wants to team up with her to change the world. They plan a large festival and a new app that people can download to fulfill his plan.
In the void, Komori convinces Shiori to contact an old friend that she became distant with, a boy from her childhood named Kento Yamada. After convincing him, Kento is told to go a hotel to try and get Suguru's phone in order to try and get Shiori freed, but he fails while trying to interrupt Suguru making a move on Shiori:Revolution.
Shiori:Revolution finds Kirara at her house, it turns out she has not disappeared into the void but has become a hermit when the embarrassing video of Shiori went viral instead of ridiculing her. Shiori's insecurity of Kirara getting more views has manifested this alternate jealous version of her, so Shiori:Revolution writes Kirara a letter ending their friendship. Kento is able to talk to Kirara and tell her about where the real Shiori is, and then recruit her to stop the festival's plan. Kirara is revealed to be jealous of Shiori, even though Kirara got more views in their youth, Shiori got more positive comments about her cuteness.
At the festival, the counter reaches 100 million likes. Shiori:Revolution performs a song and the new world is about to be changed, but Komori tries to stop it from his side with a hack. Suguru summons a giant mecha made up of shipping containers and vehicles, and Komori also transforms into a rabbit mecha and they battle. We find out Komori is actually the human version of Suguru, Suguru had a scandal and he disappeared and became a sticker in the void. The Suguru in the real world now is the doppelganger, and with his mecha defeats Komori soundly in the void.
With all threats defeated, Suguru is ready to enact his plan and he transforms everyone in the crowd into copies of Shiori:Revolution and Suguru. He says that they are the pinnacle of the new world and everyone will be them. Shiori:Revolution disagrees and wants everyone to retain their individuality, and Shiori is able to escape the void and reform with Shiori:Revolution, she then judo flips Suguru and defeats him.
The police arrive and Suguru says he will face the music. Kento declares his love for Shiori but she teasingly withholds her answer.
Voice cast
| Character | Japanese[10][11][7] |
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| Shiori Maezawa/Shiori@Revolution | Suzuka (Atarashii Gakko!) |
| Komori | Taizo Harada |
| Kirara Kurashina | Aoi Itō |
| Kento Yamada | Jun Saitō |
| Suguru Kagami | Takuto Teranishi (Timelesz) |
| Keizō Maezawa | Show Hayami |
| Yoriko Maezawa | Maaya Sakamoto |
| Tōsaka | Tomokazu Sugita |