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Japan’s Dive in Wonderland reaches U.S. and Canadian theaters Nov. 16

P.A. Works’ Dive in Wonderland screens one night only on Nov. 16 through Crunchyroll Anime Nights. Japanese with English subtitles; tickets on Fandango and Cineplex.

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Rise and Alice run hand in hand through a colorful Wonderland of roses, mushrooms, and playing cards on the Dive in Wonderland key art.
Context image: Rise and Alice run hand in hand through a colorful Wonderland of roses, mushrooms, and playing cards on the Dive in Wonderland key art. Dive in Wonderland Production Committee (Press kit / editorial use)
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Japan’s Dive in Wonderland reaches U.S. and Canadian theaters for one night only on Monday, November 16. Crunchyroll Anime Nights is showing the P.A. Works film in Japanese with English subtitles, usually at 7 p.m. local time, in more than 280 theaters. Runtime is about 1 hour 37 minutes. U.S. tickets are on Fandango. Canada books through Cineplex, listed as Japanese with English subtitles.

Rise Azumino, voiced by Nanoka Hara (Suzume), is a university student whose job hunt keeps stalling. An invitation left by her late grandmother pulls her into Wonderland, where she meets Alice, voiced by Maika Pugh, along with the White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts, and Mad Hatter. The movie stays with Rise as she meets them. Toshiya Shinohara directed; Yuko Kakihara wrote the screenplay. The film opened in Japan on August 29, 2025. Crunchyroll calls it Japan’s first theatrical anime adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s novel. That is the studio’s claim; a 1980s television anime already exists. SEKAI NO OWARI sings the theme song, “Zukan” (Guidebook).

Watch the English-subtitled trailer.

Checked November 12. Confirm the showtime on the theater page before you leave.

New YorkAlamo Lower Manhattan and Staten Island 7:00; Downtown Brooklyn 7:15. AMC Empire 25, 34th Street, Bay Plaza. Regal Union Square, E-Walk, Sheepshead Bay. Fandango
Los AngelesAlamo Downtown LA, AMC Century City 15, AMC DINE-IN Topanga 12, Regal North Hollywood. All listed 7:00. Fandango
Bay AreaAlamo New Mission 7:00. AMC Bay Street Emeryville 7:15. Cinemark Daly City and Union City. Regal Hacienda Crossings Dublin.
ChicagoAlamo Wrigleyville. AMC Roosevelt Collection, River East, Village Crossing. Regal City North (Dive in Wonderland Sub).
SeattleRegal Meridian Downtown 7:10. AMC Southcenter and Alderwood. Cinemark Lincoln Square Bellevue.
DallasAlamo Cedars and Richardson. AMC NorthPark, Firewheel, Grapevine Mills. Cinemark Dallas.
TorontoCineplex Yonge-Dundas and Eglinton Town Centre, 7:00, Japanese with English subs. Cineplex
VancouverCineplex International Village 7:00. Langley also listed.
MontrealCineplex Forum, 7:00, Japanese with English subtitles.

If your city is missing, search Fandango or Cineplex by zip. There is no second night on the calendar, so Monday is the theatrical window for now.

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