Director Mamoru Hosoda's Latest Film 'Endless Scarlet' to be Pre-Released for Rental on U-NEXT from April 22 (Wednesday)!

USEN-NEXT GROUP's U-NEXT Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Tenshin Tsutsumi), which operates the video streaming service 'U-NEXT', will begin pre-release rental streaming of 'Endless Scarlet' from April 22, 2026 (Wednesday). Mamoru Hosoda, an animation film director who continues to captivate audiences not only in Japan but around the world with various themes such as youth, family bonds, parental love, interspecies friendship, the chain of life, and the real and virtual worlds. His latest work, 'Endless Scarlet', released in theaters in November 2025, reaches an entirely new realm in both storytelling and visual expression. This work goes beyond the frameworks of '2D' and '3D', significantly updating Japanese animation expression. As an unprecedented entertainment work, it vividly and grandly depicts a world of madness and thrilling action scenes throughout the film. U-NEXT will offer 'Endless Scarlet' for pre-release rental streaming from April 22 (Wednesday). In addition, all of Director Mamoru Hosoda's past works, from 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' to his previous work 'Belle', are available for unlimited viewing. Please enjoy them as well. 'Endless Scarlet' [Streaming Start Date] April 22, 2026 (Wednesday) 0:00 JST [Price] Rental: 770 yen (tax included) / Viewing period: 2 days Purchase: 2,750 yen (tax included) [STORY] “Finding the meaning of life” — Princess Scarlet, who failed in her revenge against her father's enemy, awakens in the “Land of the Dead.” This is a world of madness where people are engrossed in plunder and violence, and the powerless and injured become “nothingness,” their existence disappearing. Knowing that her enemy, her uncle Claudius, who killed her father and usurped the throne, is also in this world, Scarlet once again strongly vows revenge. Amidst this, she meets Sei, a nurse who came from modern Japan. The two, who met across time, initially clash but eventually embark on a journey together through the “Land of the Dead.” Scarlet, who can only live by fighting, and Sei, who does not wish to fight. As she experiences Sei's warm personality, who treats her injured body and is kind to both enemies and allies, Scarlet's frozen heart gradually begins to melt. Meanwhile, Claudius finds the “unseen place” that everyone dreams of in the “Land of the Dead”, and incites and dominates the populace to claim it as his own. And for Scarlet to achieve her revenge