“Spy × Family Code: White” is a Japanese animated action comedy film based on the shonen manga of the same name.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- Spy x Family Code: White is a 2023 Japanese animated spy action comedy film
- It is directed by Takashi Katagiri
- From a screenplay by Ichirō Ōkouchi
- The film is produced by Wit Studio and CloverWorks
- It is based on the shōnen manga series Spy × Family
- The manga series was created by Tatsuya Endo.
- The film was released in theatres in Japan on 22 December 2023
- The voice actor cast of the anime television series reprised their roles
- The film was announced at the Jump Festa 2023 event in December 2022 with the supervision from Tatsuya Endo
- In a presentation at the AnimeJapan 2023 event on 25 March 2023, it was announced that the film would be titled Spy×Family Code: White
- In the event was announced that the film would be directed by Takashi Katagiri, screenplay by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and produced by Wit Studio and CloverWorks
- On 12 September 2023, it was reported that Tomoya Nakamura and Kento Kaku would voice the movie-original villain duo for the movie named Dmitri and Luka, respectively
- On 22 September 2023, it was announced that Banjō Ginga and Shunsuke Takeuchi was cast for the role of two other villains, Snidel and Type F
- On 30 October 2023, the anime social media released another movie trailer, which announced “Soulsoup” by Official Hige Dandism as the main theme song
- As well as the second ending theme
- On the premiere day, they revealed the song “Why”
- The song was performed by Gen Hoshino
- It was used for the first ending theme
- As of 22 April 2024, Spy x Family Code: White has grossed $40.6 million in Japan and $11.1 million in other territories
- For a worldwide total of $51.7 million
- In the United States, the film was released alongside Abigail and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- It was projected to gross $5 to 8 million from 2,009 theaters in its opening weekend
- The film made $2.2 million on its first day
- This includes $670,000 from previews
- It went on to debut to $4.9 million
- Finishing in fifth for the weekend
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 96% rating
- Based on 26 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 7.3/10
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100
- Based on six critics
- Indicating “generally favorable” reviews
- American audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale
- While those polled by PostTrak gave it a 92% positive score
- Richard Eisenbeis from Anime News Network rated the movie B+ overal
