Keigo Higashino The Keeper of the Camphor Tree (Kusunoki no Bannin) novel is getting an anime film adaptation by A-1 Pictures. Tomohiko Ito (Sword Artwork On-line, ERASED), is directing the adaptation, which is slated to premiere in 2026.

Aniplex is distributing the film. Hachette’s Little, Brown Ebook Group is licensed the novel for November 6, 2025 launch date and describes the plot as:
In the event you knew you did not have lengthy to dwell, who would you inform? What would you say? And the way would you ship the message?
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree begins with Reito Naoi, a person in his early 20s, being unjustly fired from his job. Enraged and fuelled by emotions of revenge, he tries to steal a precious gadget from his office, however issues do not go to plan, and he finally ends up arrested.
In jail, Reito is paid an sudden go to by a lawyer who gives to rearrange for his launch, if he complies with the needs of the lawyer’s shopper. Seeing no various, Reito accepts and shortly discovers that the lawyer’s shopper is his aunt. When Reito tells her that he has no plans for the future, she offers him an order: ‘What I need you to do is to protect a camphor tree.’ And thus begins Reito’s custodianship of a camphor tree standing on the grounds of a shine – a camphor tree with a mysterious legend related to it…

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