Toei Animation has released a 30-second peek at FOXING: Kitsuné-Tsuki, the first anime anime from its new ETERNA Animation brand. The title, which is directed by Takeru Shinozuka (“One’s Mind” music video directo et al. as Shino, Digimon Ghost Game digital monster designer) and has 2026 as its targeted release date,, was featured at Annecy International Animation Film Festival last year as a work-in-progress title.
The synopsis reads:
Shinano is a character designer drifting through a monotonous routine. Her work is absorbed into a commercially driven system, and on social media, she feels no sense of belonging, deepening her loneliness.
One day, Koyami—a fox-masked character from her old doodles—appears, followed by other discarded creations, blurring reality and imagination.
As she wanders through her own mind, Shinano realizes they are fragments of herself—the shape of her loneliness—and chooses to keep creating while living with it.
Shinozuka is also the screenwriter and character designer for FOXING: Kitsuné-Tsuki, while Daisuke Sakaguchi is the music composer. The short stars Miho Wataya.
ETERNA Animation is positioned as an original title- and young talent-focused brand, with Toei Animation declaring it to be its “commitment to discovering, nurturing, and empowering the next generation of creators.”
Source: Toei Animation official YouTube channel