{"id":1833088,"date":"2026-03-18T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1833088"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:36:00","slug":"scarlet-anime-legend-mamoru-hosodas-trippy-new-take-on-hamlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1833088","title":{"rendered":"Scarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda\u2019s trippy new take on Hamlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/269-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441848.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/film-tv\/article\/69930\/1\/anime-legend-mamoru-hosoda-scarlet-hamlet-interview-japan\" data-article-id=\"69930\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"2.39\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441848.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Scarlet (2026)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-18T15:36:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"18 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"18\">18,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - film-tv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\">Film &amp; TV<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\">Film &amp; TV<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Scarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda\u2019s trippy new take <span class=\"nowrap\">on Hamlet<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>In Scarlet, the Japanese filmmaker and animator reimagines Shakespeare\u2019s most famous tragedy for a new generation. Here, he tells us more about <span class=\"nowrap\">making it<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-18T15:36:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"18 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"18\">18,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-18T15:36:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"18 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"18\">18,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/NickChen\">Nick Chen<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-12-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Scarlet (2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/0\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/417-0-1249-833\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441842.jpg\" width=\"1249\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/1\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/312-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441843.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/2\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/554-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441844.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/3\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/409-0-1251-834\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441845.jpg\" width=\"1251\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/4\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/365-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441846.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/5\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/55-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441847.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 12 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>2D or not 2D, that is the question. In his early career, Mamoru Hosoda won over audiences with films like<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55250\/1\/inside-the-fantastical-world-of-anime-pioneer-mamoru-hosada-belle-mirai\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55250\/1\/inside-the-fantastical-world-of-anime-pioneer-mamoru-hosada-belle-mirai&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773923357736000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2TUuiIiPSYFH1mMgPKkH-y\">Wolf Children<\/a><\/em>, an anime fairy-tale that\u2019s almost entirely hand-drawn. Since then, the 58-year-old Japanese director has increasingly been using 3D. For example, in 2021\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55359\/1\/mamoru-hosoda-anime-japan-film-social-media-metaverse-belle\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55359\/1\/mamoru-hosoda-anime-japan-film-social-media-metaverse-belle&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773923357736000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33aXyHQl54gOLj0spZXG1D\">Belle<\/a><\/em>, a sci-fi fantasy about disappearing into the internet, a young girl\u2019s grounded, real world is depicted through hand-drawn animation, whereas her virtual adventures explode onto the screen through expansive 3DCG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompared with the time when I made<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Wolf Children<\/em>, my own thinking on filmmaking has changed, and my approach to CG and spatial design have also evolved considerably,\u201d Hosoda tells Dazed via email. \u201cSo I do not think I would make it in exactly the same way. At the same time, the core elements that were essential to that film lie beyond technical innovation. It was a very quiet film that valued the accumulation of tangible time: children growing up, the changing of the seasons, and a mother living on her own while feeling lost.\u201d Hosoda explains that a 2026 version of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Wolf Children<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>would still maintain the original film\u2019s everyday quality. \u201cFor films like<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Belle<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em>, hybrid techniques can be effective in depicting the expansiveness of another world or psychological fractures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hosoda\u2019s eighth and newest film,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em>, is indeed forward-thinking, even if it\u2019s a Shakespeare adaptation set in 16th century Denmark. Written by Hosoda, the action-heavy fantasy-thriller is a reworking of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>but with red-haired Princess Scarlet as the protagonist. In hand-drawn Elsinore, Scarlet seeks vengeance against her uncle, Claudius, for the murder of her father, Amleth. But when Claudius poisons Scarlet, the sword-trained teen enters the Otherworld, a dizzying purgatory that\u2019s animated with modern technology: the epic landscapes are fantastically detailed; the musical numbers have a contemporary touch; and a flying dragon shoots lightning bolts that flash across the frame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"3mZbho4uM4Q\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mZbho4uM4Q\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>\u201cI believed that a film must have a sense of scale that matches the size of its story,\u201d says Hosoda. \u201cAs a basic visual structure, the world in which Scarlet lives in reality is depicted through hand-drawn 2D animation, while the Otherworld is constructed entirely in 3DCG. I approached it less as creating a hybrid form and more with the intention of updating the language of animation itself.\u201d He adds, \u201cThe decision to combine 2D and 3D animation was not just for novelty. It was the result of considering how to convey the distinctiveness in emotions and spaces to the audience\u2019s physical senses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hosoda \u2013 he was once announced to direct<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>before Hayao Miyazaki took over \u2013 has long been one of the leading figures in anime. With<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/41805\/1\/studio-ghibli-mamoru-hosoda-hayao-miyazaki-mirai-anime-guide\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/41805\/1\/studio-ghibli-mamoru-hosoda-hayao-miyazaki-mirai-anime-guide&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773923357736000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZvIxP6CquzMqclyjlnQZC\">Mirai<\/a><\/em>, he directed the only non-Studio Ghibli anime to receive an Oscar nomination, while in 2011 he co-founded Studio Chizu, which has released his films from<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Wolf Children<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>onwards. Across his filmography, he\u2019s specialised in young protagonists, from the time-travelling schoolgirl in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>to the maths geeks of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Summer Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a daughter, and the question of how I depict the world she will live in is always one of the fundamental motivations behind my work,\u201d says Hosoda. \u201cThere are certainly narrative structures that have unconsciously pushed some people to the margins, and I cannot simply repeat those structures as they are. Both<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Belle<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>are stories in which the protagonist choose their own path in life. I want to portray female protagonists as people who are hurt, who hesitate, who fail, and yet, still strive to find their own voice. I believe that process is where human reality lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span>That is precisely why I wanted her story [Scarlet] to become one in which, through her anger and sorrow, she ultimately chooses how to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>While Scarlet\u2019s red hair is symbolic of anger, the director explains that it\u2019s also a reference to Queen Elizabeth I as the \u201cred-haired queen\u201d. On why Scarlet is more than a gender-swapped Hamlet, he says, \u201cBy making a young woman the protagonist, I felt the story could foreshadow not only revenge, but also the question of: \u2018Whose story do you choose to live your life as?\u2019 Unlike Hamlet, who is burdened with destiny as a king\u2019s son, Scarlet, as a princess, remains vulnerable to having her own voice taken away even while existing inside structures of power. That is precisely why I wanted her story to become one in which, through her anger and sorrow, she ultimately chooses how to live. In that sense, I didn\u2019t necessarily want to defy Shakespeare. Rather, I wanted to bridge his era and the modern age, discovering the essence of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>in a new form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps why, then, that Hosoda\u2019s most radical reworking of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>isn\u2019t related to gender but the core theme of revenge. After training herself up like Uma Thurman in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Kill Bill<\/em>, Scarlet teams up with a nurse, Hijiri, in the Otherworld to defeat monsters, criminals, and even Rosencrantz and Guildenstern on her quest to track down Claudius. It\u2019s then revealed \u2013 look away if you don\u2019t want any spoilers \u2013 that her father\u2019s dying wish was that she seeks forgiveness. I thus ask Hosoda why he\u2019s made<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>a film about compassion, rather than revenge, a gunky but relatable human emotion that\u2019s ensured<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>still resonates in 2026. Isn\u2019t it like a romcom without a happy ending?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have a daughter, and the question of how I depict the world she will live in is always one of the fundamental motivations behind my work\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>\u201cIn my view,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>itself is not only a revenge tragedy, but also a work that gestures toward forgiveness beyond revenge. In real life, even if revenge is achieved, what has been lost does not truly return. Defeating the other person does not suddenly heal everything in that instant. In many cases, the emptiness that remains afterwards can be even greater. To depict revenge without confronting that reality felt somewhat irresponsible in the context of our current times. I believe that the word \u2018forgiveness\u2019 is often misunderstood. It does not mean to simply let everything be forgotten, nor does it mean pretending that the other person\u2019s wrongdoing never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying that young people should still feel angry where appropriate, Hosoda points out that Scarlet is driven by thoughts of retribution to the point where it imprisons her. \u201cIn the world we live in today, cycles of retaliation and conflict seem very difficult to stop, and many people appear to have resigned themselves somewhere along the way to the idea that \u2018this is simply human nature\u2019. Everyone wishes for peace, yet conflict does not end. But if there truly is a moment when conflict can stop, perhaps it does not begin with grand slogans or political messages. Perhaps it begins quietly, when each individual realises that their own life matters more than revenge.<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>is not the story of a hero who saves the world all at once, but the story of a single girl who chooses to reclaim a life not defined by revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scarlet\u00a0<em>is out in cinemas now<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-12-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Scarlet (2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/0\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/417-0-1249-833\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441842.jpg\" width=\"1249\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/1\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/312-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441843.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/2\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/554-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441844.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/3\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/409-0-1251-834\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441845.jpg\" width=\"1251\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/4\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/365-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441846.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/gallery\/36854\/5\/scarlet-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/55-0-1257-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441847.jpg\" width=\"1257\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 12 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>2D or not 2D, that is the question. In his early career, Mamoru Hosoda won over audiences with films like<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55250\/1\/inside-the-fantastical-world-of-anime-pioneer-mamoru-hosada-belle-mirai\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55250\/1\/inside-the-fantastical-world-of-anime-pioneer-mamoru-hosada-belle-mirai&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773923357736000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2TUuiIiPSYFH1mMgPKkH-y\">Wolf Children<\/a><\/em>, an anime fairy-tale that\u2019s almost entirely hand-drawn. Since then, the 58-year-old Japanese director has increasingly been using 3D. For example, in 2021\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55359\/1\/mamoru-hosoda-anime-japan-film-social-media-metaverse-belle\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/55359\/1\/mamoru-hosoda-anime-japan-film-social-media-metaverse-belle&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773923357736000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33aXyHQl54gOLj0spZXG1D\">Belle<\/a><\/em>, a sci-fi fantasy about disappearing into the internet, a young girl\u2019s grounded, real world is depicted through hand-drawn animation, whereas her virtual adventures explode onto the screen through expansive 3DCG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompared with the time when I made<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Wolf Children<\/em>, my own thinking on filmmaking has changed, and my approach to CG and spatial design have also evolved considerably,\u201d Hosoda tells Dazed via email. \u201cSo I do not think I would make it in exactly the same way. At the same time, the core elements that were essential to that film lie beyond technical innovation. It was a very quiet film that valued the accumulation of tangible time: children growing up, the changing of the seasons, and a mother living on her own while feeling lost.\u201d Hosoda explains that a 2026 version of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Wolf Children<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>would still maintain the original film\u2019s everyday quality. \u201cFor films like<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Belle<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em>, hybrid techniques can be effective in depicting the expansiveness of another world or psychological fractures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hosoda\u2019s eighth and newest film,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em>, is indeed forward-thinking, even if it\u2019s a Shakespeare adaptation set in 16th century Denmark. Written by Hosoda, the action-heavy fantasy-thriller is a reworking of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>but with red-haired Princess Scarlet as the protagonist. In hand-drawn Elsinore, Scarlet seeks vengeance against her uncle, Claudius, for the murder of her father, Amleth. But when Claudius poisons Scarlet, the sword-trained teen enters the Otherworld, a dizzying purgatory that\u2019s animated with modern technology: the epic landscapes are fantastically detailed; the musical numbers have a contemporary touch; and a flying dragon shoots lightning bolts that flash across the frame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"3mZbho4uM4Q\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mZbho4uM4Q\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>\u201cI believed that a film must have a sense of scale that matches the size of its story,\u201d says Hosoda. \u201cAs a basic visual structure, the world in which Scarlet lives in reality is depicted through hand-drawn 2D animation, while the Otherworld is constructed entirely in 3DCG. I approached it less as creating a hybrid form and more with the intention of updating the language of animation itself.\u201d He adds, \u201cThe decision to combine 2D and 3D animation was not just for novelty. It was the result of considering how to convey the distinctiveness in emotions and spaces to the audience\u2019s physical senses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hosoda \u2013 he was once announced to direct<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>before Hayao Miyazaki took over \u2013 has long been one of the leading figures in anime. With<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/41805\/1\/studio-ghibli-mamoru-hosoda-hayao-miyazaki-mirai-anime-guide\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/41805\/1\/studio-ghibli-mamoru-hosoda-hayao-miyazaki-mirai-anime-guide&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773923357736000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZvIxP6CquzMqclyjlnQZC\">Mirai<\/a><\/em>, he directed the only non-Studio Ghibli anime to receive an Oscar nomination, while in 2011 he co-founded Studio Chizu, which has released his films from<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Wolf Children<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>onwards. Across his filmography, he\u2019s specialised in young protagonists, from the time-travelling schoolgirl in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>to the maths geeks of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Summer Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a daughter, and the question of how I depict the world she will live in is always one of the fundamental motivations behind my work,\u201d says Hosoda. \u201cThere are certainly narrative structures that have unconsciously pushed some people to the margins, and I cannot simply repeat those structures as they are. Both<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Belle<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>are stories in which the protagonist choose their own path in life. I want to portray female protagonists as people who are hurt, who hesitate, who fail, and yet, still strive to find their own voice. I believe that process is where human reality lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span>That is precisely why I wanted her story [Scarlet] to become one in which, through her anger and sorrow, she ultimately chooses how to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>While Scarlet\u2019s red hair is symbolic of anger, the director explains that it\u2019s also a reference to Queen Elizabeth I as the \u201cred-haired queen\u201d. On why Scarlet is more than a gender-swapped Hamlet, he says, \u201cBy making a young woman the protagonist, I felt the story could foreshadow not only revenge, but also the question of: \u2018Whose story do you choose to live your life as?\u2019 Unlike Hamlet, who is burdened with destiny as a king\u2019s son, Scarlet, as a princess, remains vulnerable to having her own voice taken away even while existing inside structures of power. That is precisely why I wanted her story to become one in which, through her anger and sorrow, she ultimately chooses how to live. In that sense, I didn\u2019t necessarily want to defy Shakespeare. Rather, I wanted to bridge his era and the modern age, discovering the essence of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>in a new form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps why, then, that Hosoda\u2019s most radical reworking of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>isn\u2019t related to gender but the core theme of revenge. After training herself up like Uma Thurman in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Kill Bill<\/em>, Scarlet teams up with a nurse, Hijiri, in the Otherworld to defeat monsters, criminals, and even Rosencrantz and Guildenstern on her quest to track down Claudius. It\u2019s then revealed \u2013 look away if you don\u2019t want any spoilers \u2013 that her father\u2019s dying wish was that she seeks forgiveness. I thus ask Hosoda why he\u2019s made<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>a film about compassion, rather than revenge, a gunky but relatable human emotion that\u2019s ensured<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>still resonates in 2026. Isn\u2019t it like a romcom without a happy ending?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have a daughter, and the question of how I depict the world she will live in is always one of the fundamental motivations behind my work\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>\u201cIn my view,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hamlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>itself is not only a revenge tragedy, but also a work that gestures toward forgiveness beyond revenge. In real life, even if revenge is achieved, what has been lost does not truly return. Defeating the other person does not suddenly heal everything in that instant. In many cases, the emptiness that remains afterwards can be even greater. To depict revenge without confronting that reality felt somewhat irresponsible in the context of our current times. I believe that the word \u2018forgiveness\u2019 is often misunderstood. It does not mean to simply let everything be forgotten, nor does it mean pretending that the other person\u2019s wrongdoing never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying that young people should still feel angry where appropriate, Hosoda points out that Scarlet is driven by thoughts of retribution to the point where it imprisons her. \u201cIn the world we live in today, cycles of retaliation and conflict seem very difficult to stop, and many people appear to have resigned themselves somewhere along the way to the idea that \u2018this is simply human nature\u2019. Everyone wishes for peace, yet conflict does not end. But if there truly is a moment when conflict can stop, perhaps it does not begin with grand slogans or political messages. Perhaps it begins quietly, when each individual realises that their own life matters more than revenge.<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Scarlet<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>is not the story of a hero who saves the world all at once, but the story of a single girl who chooses to reclaim a life not defined by revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scarlet\u00a0<em>is out in cinemas now<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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