Netflix is on fire where video game movies are concerned at the moment. With the release of Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us on Netflix on New Year’s Day, 2020 is already off to a good start. However, another video game movie is also set to hit the streaming platform. A listing for anime movie Ni No Kuni has recently appeared on Netflix and will release on January 16th.

For those who haven’t heard of Ni No Kuni, it is a series of JRPG video games that are developed and published by Level-5 in Japan, and published by BANDAI NAMCO worldwide.

About The Movie

The movie tells an original story, but is is based in part on the very first game of the Ni No Kuni series. The film’s description on Netflix says the following:

Two average teens go on a magical quest to save the life of their friend and her counterpart from another world. But love complicates their journey.

The film was directed Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki Momose, who worked on ‘Spirited Away’, ‘Porco Rosso’ and ‘Grave of The Fireflies’. Yoshiyuki Momose also worked on both Ni No Kuni games. Having had a talented animator on board and being a Level-5 production, the film is likely to be beautifully animated.

The film was originally released in Japan on the 23rd of August last year. Unfortunately, it struggled at the box office with ticket sales. However, the film’s western release on popular streaming platform Netflix could improve its ratings.

If the movie is as good as the switch port of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, it’ll definitely be worth a watch.

(An English version of the trailer can be watched on the film’s listing on Netflix)

Will you be watching the Ni No Kuni movie?