Overview
- Princess Aiko attended a charity screening of “Peleliu — Guernica of Paradise” on November 27 at Iino Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
- The theatrical anime portrays the World War II Battle of Peleliu on Palau’s Peleliu Island.
- Part of the day’s ticket sales will go to the Japan Bone Recovery Promotion Association and the Japanese Red Cross for remains recovery and humanitarian aid.
- Aiko watched the film with lead voice actor Rihito Itagaki, manga author Kazuyoshi Takeda, and Palau’s ambassador to Japan, Peter Adelbai.
- The movie is slated for nationwide release in Japan on December 5 and has been presented as a postwar 80th-anniversary commemorative work.