Internationally, the film was streamed on Netflix both dubbed and subbed, starting on the same day as the Japanese theatrical release. The insert song for the film is 'YAMAZAKURA', performed by city pop artist Taeko Onuki. The film's main theme is 'Cider no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru' performed by never young beach. After being delayed again, the film opened in Japanese theaters on July 22, 2021. In November 2020, it was announced the film would premiere on June 25, 2021, following the delay. In April 2020, it was announced the film would be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2019, it was announced that it would open in Japanese theaters on May 15, 2020, and would star Ichikawa Somegorō VIII and Hana Sugisaki.

At the concert, it was also announced to be directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro, with animation production by Sublimation and Signal.MD, scripts by Dai Satō, character designs by Yukiko Aikei, and music by Kensuke Ushio.

The film was originally announced at FlyingDog's Inu Fes concert. In the post-credits scene, Cherry and Smile share a kiss while the old record plays. As the fireworks show starts, Smile reciprocates by taking off her mask and revealing her smile. Mustering his courage, Cherry races to the festival and confesses his feelings for Smile in the form of a haiku atop a tower. As Cherry's family car drives past the mall, he sees his haiku written about Smile spray painted on the street signs by Beaver. Reenergized by this revelation, Smile devises a plan to play the record during the care center's performance at the summer festival. On the day of the festival, Smile presents Fujiyama with a reassembled record as an apology and is shocked to find a working copy repurposed as a wall clock in the elderly care center. Disappointed, Smile bids farewell to an ashamed Cherry. The next day, Cherry and Smile decide to apologize to Fujiyama once more but are sidetracked when it is discovered that Cherry will be moving away on the day of the festival. However, Smile shortly after shatters the record while attempting to flatten it. While making preparations to play the record, Smile asks Cherry to watch the fireworks at the summer festival together, and Cherry accepts. Surmising that the record may be hidden somewhere in the shop, Cherry and Smile employ the help of several friends at the mall and scour the entire place, finally finding the record behind a refrigerator. Cherry and Smile decide to help Fujiyama in finding the record and find out that it is a music recording made by Fujiyama's late wife. Fujiyama, a vintage record shop owner and regular at the care center, tells Cherry and Smile of his wish to listen to the record 'YAMAZAKURA' one more time, of which he only has the album cover. Smile starts working at the elderly care center and helps in rehearsing the Daruma Folk Song for the upcoming summer festival at the mall. The pair become acquainted, and over time start to take an interest in each other's hobbies. Amidst a chaotic chase between delinquent Beaver and the mall security, Cherry accidentally swaps phones with Smile, an online influencer who wears a face mask to hide her buckteeth. Cherry is a quiet and reserved boy who prefers to write haikus to express his feelings but struggles with reciting them in front of an audience. A fateful meeting at the mall starts a romance between them.Īt the local Oda Nouvelle Mall, Kouichi 'Cherry' Sakura is working at an elderly care center for summer break. Yuki aka 'Smile', covers her mouth with a mask to hide her braces that try to fix her buckteeth and is an online influencer.

Yui 'Cherry' Sakura is a shy boy who can only speak through his writing of haikus. Set in a rural part of Japan with a large shopping mall, the film follows two people who have trouble communicating with others. It was released to Japanese theaters on July 22, 2021, and on Netflix the same day internationally. It premiered at the 2020 Shanghai International Film Festival. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop ( Japanese: サイダーのように言葉が湧き上がる, Hepburn: Saidā no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru) is a Japanese animated slice-of-life romantic comedy-drama film produced by Sublimation and Signal.MD and directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro.

Koichi words bubble up like soda pop