Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom Blu-ray

Their two small, kind lies will surely move you to tears. Based on a work by Nao Iwamoto, the first creator to win the women’s category of This Manga Is Amazing! in two consecutive years with different works, this much-discussed film from 2023 surrounds you with kindness in its purest form. Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom comes to Blu-ray. A booklet and bonus footage, including television commercials, let you discover the work more deeply alongside the film.

With animation by Madhouse and creative talents associated with Summer Wars, Belle and Violet Evergarden, the film’s kindness will surely move you to tears. Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom won acclaim far beyond manga enthusiasts, drawing praise from many fields and numerous calls for an adaptation. The treasured film brings together the passion of its creators to surround you with kindness in its purest form. Director Kotono Watanabe, a gifted Madhouse talent who deeply loves the original, vividly portrays Nao Iwamoto’s exotic world. The studio’s outstanding team gathers under her direction, using exceptional technical skill to create lively, dynamic images. Whatever the circumstances, they think of someone else before themselves. Their two small, kind lies will surely move you to tears.

Two people from enemy countries become a pretend married couple! Can a small lie shared by just the two of them change their countries’ future? Relations between the two kingdoms have been severed for a hundred years. Sara is a gentle princess from the Kingdom of Gold whom nobody pays attention to, while Naranbayar is a poor architect from the Kingdom of Water who cares deeply for his family. Though they come from enemy nations, their countries’ schemes draw them into playing a pretend married couple.

Worried about Sara’s future because of a serious water shortage, Naranbayar resolves to establish diplomatic relations between the kingdoms as they stand on the brink of war. These two awkward people keep their feelings hidden and cannot bring themselves to tell the truth. Can their kind lies change the future of their countries?