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THE RIBBON HERO is a 2026 animation fantasy drama film, directed by Yuki Igarashi, starring Saaya, Seiran Kobayashi and Koki Uchiyama.
- 98 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy
- posts span Apr 23, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026
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60 of 112 · most liked firstYaika was inspired by the goat'd Yoneyama Mai's promo piece they did for the Ribbon Hero movie
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Ribbon Hero" animated movie directed by Yuki Igarashi (Outline / Twin Engine). Based on "Princess Knight" manga by Osamu Tezuka. Coming to Netflix in August 2026. www.theribbonhero.com Character design : Kei Mochizuki, Mai Yoneyama Animation director : Issei Arakaki Art director : Cédric Herole
neutral · AI labelView post →No fewer than 44 animated feature films at Annecy Festival 2026. In addition to those already featured at Cannes: Muyi (La Cachette), The Ribbon Hero, A New Dawn, Julian (Cartoon Saloon), A Story about Fire, and many more... (& even a movie version of Sekiro No Defeat). www.annecyfestival.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix and Twin Engine have revealed "The Ribbon Hero," a new anime film from director Yuuki Igarashi and studio OUTLINE based on Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight manga.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just finished watching The Ribbon Hero! It was a really good anime movie! Very beautiful story and artwork too! ❤️ Also had a good ending!
positive · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero was a perfectly serviceable, if not great, magical girl movie. And it certainly wasn't a particularly clever adaptation of the source material. But it DID contain this extremely cunty twink. So I'm satisfied.
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet The Ribbon Hero on August 8 worldwide on Netflix!
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RIBBON HERO | Official Teaser | Netflix Anime. > Inspired by Osamu Tezuka's classic "Princess Knight," THE RIBBON HERO follows Sapphire as she overcomes loss and trauma to protect those she holds dear. Brought to life by a powerhouse team of creators, this new anime film arrives August 8, 2026, only on Netflix.\ > https://www.netflix.com/theribbonhero > > Production Information\ > ● Director: Yuki Igarashi\ > ● Inspired by “Princess Knight” by Osamu Tezuka\ > ● Original Character Design:…
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero watched! This is an absolutely gorgeous movie. The use of color. The wide shots. The action. Amazing. Loved it for that. 🧵🔽
positive · AI labelView post →Netflix & Twin Engine Produce 'The Ribbon Hero' Anime Film, Based on Tezuka's 'Princess Knight'. The promo graphic is nice but I wish it was a little more tezuka-esque. Some kind of hybrid style would have been cool.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero was very creative and visually delightful. The film is often carried by hype moments and aura, while having a great message on the importance of friendship and community. I feel it's paced weird and a little scattershot at times but makes up for it with some delightful yuri! 7-8/10
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched The Ribbon Hero and what a treat this movie was. Very classic anime with all the troupes. (Positive) Also the background!?!?! Omg. Stunning. The whole vibe of this movie was just fantastic.
positive · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero anime film based on the OG Shojo manga “Princess Knight” by Osamu Tezuka will also be coming out this summer for those interested!
neutral · AI labelView post →News: The Ribbon Hero announces additional cast; Yuuki Igarashi (Star Wars: Visions) directs original anime movie at Outline for an August 8 premiere #リボンヒーロー #RIBBONHERO listani.me/theribbonher...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero (2026) i appreciate what this movie was going for, with its presentation and it being a modern take on a 50's tezuka manga and etc. but god i found the writing and overall story structure really mediocre 😭 it was super gorgeously animated though, i do have to give it that much
negative · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero - Sapphire (sketch) 🎀 Loved the movie and she was so cute and badass at the same time! Could't resist to sketch her 💕 #TheRibbonHero
positive · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero was really good. But you need to approach it from the angle that it is NOT a remake or continuation of the Princess Knight. It's an AU and one of the "layered realities" that the movie was going for with all the mixed media things. Also it's an extremely socialist movie.
positive · AI labelView post →News: The Ribbon Hero announces supporting cast; original anime movie by Outline premieres exclusively on Netflix on August 8 #リボンヒーロー #RIBBONHERO listani.me/theribbonher...
neutral · AI labelView post →Early concept of Sapphire for the Ribbon Hero movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix has unraveled the teaser trailer and key art for 'The Ribbon Hero,' a new anime film based on Osamu Tezuka's 'Princess Knight.' #TheRibbonHero #NetflixAnime #OsamuTezuka #PrincessKnight
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero (Film) This most blatant flaw movie holding it back is how fast its pacing is which leaves hardly any time for a lot of its story to really simmer or be fleshed out too much but it looks great and I like Sapphire's gender when transformed so this movie is awesome actually
positive · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero One of the most beautifully presented films I've ever seen. Animation, voice acting and music elevate this phenomenally. While the plot was relatively simple, I think that benefits the film quite a bit.
positive · AI labelView post →#35 The Ribbon Hero (2026). Honestly felt like compilation movie of a series I would've loved to watch. I felt like there was something there, it just didn't have enough time.
neutral · AI labelView post →A new adaptation of manga master Osamu Tezuka's classic work Princess Knight is set to arrive on Netflix in August of this year. #osamutezuka #theprincesknight #theribbonhero #outline #twinengine #netflix
neutral · AI labelView post →#82: The Ribbon Hero (2026) Not an awful movie in any immediately obvious respect, the art design and animation is largely pretty nice or even great, but the script simply badly overreaches itself. Unfocused, overcluttered, emotionally kind of inert, wants to ride on rizz and then cannot build rizz
negative · AI labelView post →sapphire / princess knight from the ribbon hero movie i thought the movie looked gorgeous so I wanted draw some quick fanart #ribbonhero #theribbonhero #リボンヒーロー #fanart #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #rkgk
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero. Without knowing the context behind the movie, I thought it was entertaining and pretty, but fairly weak on the writing and pacing. After learning the context of it being an adaptation of Princess Knight, I can at least appreciate what it was trying to do, even if, imo, it fell short
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched this anime movie that dropped on Netflix, The Ribbon Hero. It had pretty visuals and some nicely animated sequences, but the characters and the world felt half-baked, the movie feeling more like a fast-paced recap of a full anime series than a properly fleshed out story.
negative · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero: 9/10 This movie is kind of a mess, but it's a beautiful, exciting, imaginative, wonderful mess. The kind of project that just has total confidence in itself and while it will probably bounce off a bunch of people, I absolutely loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →It's a bit odd that a modern adaptation of Princess Knight mostly strips out its genre-defying concepts of gender roles, but The Ribbon Hero is still a fun, rollicking good time of a movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Ideally we'd get another Yurirific Netflix movie in "The Ribbon Hero" but I won't hold my breath. Instead I'll hope for the best. youtu.be/NynEgERoqmk
neutral · AI labelView post →LRT okay y’all, we gotta watch The Ribbon Hero movie, but if the main character isnt as transgender as Sapphire, was we gotta throw the whole thing out
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The Ribbon Hero! my thoughts: - cute
positive · AI labelView post →THE RIBBON HERO Never imagined this movie would remind me of Takarazuka Revue, Utena AND Kingdom hearts of all things #kingdomhearts #revolutionarygirlutena #THERIBBONHERO #ibispaint
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero. I watched The Ribbon Hero, today. It was fine. I liked the look of it, but the pacing was off and the plot, while interesting, was definitely a little weak. I didn't feel like much was unexplained, other than the origin of the whole Nergal thing, but it was somewhat unsatisfying. I felt like not much happened. It was just... There's a bad thing, girl gets powers, girl fights things, girl wins, all good. OK? The characters were cool, though, especially the antagonists, which…
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RIBBON HERO Receives "Final Trailer" Before its Streaming Debut on Netflix in August animeblurayuk.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →- My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked And will check out The Ribbon Hero movie when it airs in August! This is such an insane season. There are so many good anime coming out 🩵
neutral · AI labelView post →The @netflixanime.bsky.social feature adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's 1953 classic Princess Knight, The Ribbon Hero, will premiere globally on August 8th: Details and trailer: www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/The... #anime #animenews #film #TheRibbonHero
neutral · AI labelView post →News: The Ribbon Hero reveals lead cast, additional staff, key visual, August 8 debut; Yuuki Igarashi (Star Wars: Visions) directs original anime movie at Outline #リボンヒーロー #RIBBONHERO listani.me/theribbonher...
neutral · AI labelView post →News: The Ribbon Hero original anime movie announced for August 2026; Yuuki Igarash (Star Wars: Visions) helms at Outline #リボンヒーロー #RIBBONHERO listani.me/theribbonhero
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero A beautiful movie about picking up the pieces after loss. It's easy to get in your own head about what you could've done, about living in the time before forever, but life always moves on. Never sacrifice the present for the past. 9.5/10
positive · AI labelView post →Watched 20 minutes of The Ribbon Hero. It's not a movie, it's an animation demo.
negative · AI labelView post →I've watched The Ribbon Hero, and I'll say that this is a really good anime movie.👍
positive · AI labelView post →I'm watching The Ribbon Hero rn and I get it perfectly because that's exactly how the dub for the movie is like too, it's weird as hell. Witch Watch was also dubbed in a similar fashion
neutral · AI labelView post →I really love The Ribbon Hero!! Its a Netflix film and it's super enjoyable both visually and its just a fun magical girl movie but objectively, the pacing is god awful, and most characters get 0 development outside of like the three/four main the film focuses on It wouldve done wonders as a series
neutral · AI labelView post →40. The Ribbon Hero (Movie) I could tell this was a manga being adapted into a movie because the pacing is WAY too fast. No time to properly get invested in the world before the stakes get high and it feels like it was a TV show shrunk to a movie. Great animation, but not enough to carry it.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero Banger of a movie. I would gladly recommend anyone who has even the slightest interest in this to go check it out.
positive · AI labelView post →Also, the movie structure was very episodic. Cause you've heard of the 3 act structure? Well The Ribbon Hero says "no, you get seven acts" This also makes the pacing feel really weird at times. Which just kinda compounds with the issue above about character development.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished watching The Ribbon Hero and as much as I like the animation the story was just eh. I haven't read the manga Princess Knight this movie was based on so I could only rate it how it was as a movie. 6/10
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched the anime movie The Ribbon Hero. No way to really sugar coat it, this is a disaster. It's an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's incredibly influential 1953 manga(look it up, please) The Princess Knight and it's just so overstuffed. A series would have helped a lot. #filmsky
negative · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero (2026) Arguments for/against the writing/production aside, the real discussion to be had about this movie is whether you're Sapphire/Hecate or Sapphire/Pine. Both are good but I'm all in on the hecate ship. OT3 is for the folks with impeccable taste.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished watching The Ribbon Hero. It's very stylish and dynamic! It does feel like the compilation movie of a critically acclaimed series you wish you could marinate on week to week though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Trying out this new fantasy anime movie on Netflix called the Ribbon Hero. Looks well animated.
neutral · AI labelView post →14. The Ribbon Hero (2026) A lovely watch! I don't know much about the original Princess Knight, but this film was filled with love in every frame. I really loved the character designs, the colour palette and the world design.
positive · AI labelView post →NEWS: Netflix Anime Film "The Ribbon Hero" Reimagines Classic Manga - Here's Everything We Know See the trailer for a new take on Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight. Netflix has released the official trailer for their upcoming anime film "The Ribbon Hero" a... Click below to read in full:
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RIBBON HERO Teaser Trailer Released with Film Set to Stream on Netflix in August animeblurayuk.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ribbon Hero ok so well i wanted to watch this movie mostly because of kei mochizuki's art but i was ultimately disappointed because while it is certainly spectacular, beautiful and lavishly animated, the plot is really terrible and barely coherent and i really wish i had read reviews beforehand
negative · AI labelView post →Oh my dog the golden rats from The Ribbon Hero anime movie are adorable and I want golden rat steak. I will rant about the rest of the movie later.
neutral · AI labelView post →165 - The Ribbon Hero This could've been so much better as a 12-15 eps anime series, I liked the cast and there's plenty of interesting ideas and themes (fatalism, taking refuge in memories instead of facing reality), but everything is just so underdeveloped due to the movie format
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RIBBON HERO I get the difference between "adaptation" and "inspired by" so I didn't spend the whole movie fuming that it wasn't a 1-to-1 remake of the manga. I wish I did though, because the chuds talking about it like how people talked about the She-ra reboot got more out of it than I did.
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