Spy × Family Code: White

Spy × Family Code: White is a 2023 Japanese animated spy action comedy film directed by Takashi Katagiri from a screenplay by Ichirō Ōkouchi. It is based on the manga series Spy × Family by Tatsuya Endo.

Spy × Family Code: White was released in theaters in Japan on 22 December 2023. The voice cast of the anime television series reprised their roles for the film. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over ¥11 billion (with US$95.7 million worldwide),[5][6][4] making it the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film of 2024.

Plot

Loid Forger completes a mission for WISE but is informed by his handler, Sylvia Sherwood, that he may be replaced on Operation Strix unless he achieves meaningful progress. On his way out, Loid is seen by his wife Yor speaking with fellow spy Fiona Frost, which Yor misinterprets as a kiss.

At Eden Academy, Anya’s class is holding a cooking competition, with the winner possibly earning a Stella star. Learning that the judge, the principal, loves a dessert called Meremere from the northern city of Frigis, Loid decides to take the family there to sample and recreate it, hoping to improve Operation Strix. On the train ride, Anya discovers a key and, after reading their dog Bond’s precognitive thoughts, believes there is a treasure aboard. She opens a suitcase and eats the chocolate inside, unaware that it contains a microfilm. The suitcase owners try to capture her, but Yor knocks them out.

In Frigis, the family tries the city’s last Meremere at a restaurant, only for Colonel Snidel, an Ostanian military officer, to seize it and humiliate Loid. With no ingredients left, the Forgers decide to gather them themselves. Yor, anxious over her misunderstanding with Loid, grows emotional and gets drunk. Anya, sensing their tension, arranges for Loid and Yor to ride the ferris wheel, where they resolve their misunderstanding.

Meanwhile, Snidel reveals his plan to use the microfilm to spark war with Westalis and sends soldiers to retrieve it. Loid tries to find cherry liquor, the final ingredient for Meremere, but fails. Anya, determined to help, uses her telepathy and Bond’s visions to locate it, sneaking out with Bond. Though she secures the liquor, Snidel’s men capture her, leaving Bond behind.

Realizing Anya is missing, Loid and Yor search frantically. Loid deduces from Bond’s clues that military men abducted Anya. Fiona arrives with intel about the microfilm and Snidel’s airship. When Loid learns Anya swallowed the microfilm and is aboard the airship, he hijacks a Bristol Beaufighter to rescue her, with Yor secretly following.

Loid crash-lands on the airship and uses disguises to infiltrate it, while Yor accidentally starts a fire onboard. Anya, now Snidel’s prisoner, tries to hold in her bowel movements to protect the microfilm. She later learn that Snidel plans to get the microfilm himself, by means of killing Anya. But eventually relieves herself, allowing Snidel to hide her in the cockpit. During a standoff, Snidel identifies Loid by smell and uses experimental gas, but Anya manages to open a window, dispersing the gas. Loid incapacitates Snidel, orders an evacuation, and disguises himself as the colonel to maintain control.

Yor battles Type F, a powerful cyborg soldier, and defeats it by setting it on fire using the lipstick Loid gave her. Reunited, the Forgers steer the airship into a river, preventing a disaster. Loid recovers the microfilm lodged in Anya’s teeth.

Back home, Loid hands the microfilm to Sylvia, who confirms he will remain in charge of Operation Strix. At Eden Academy, Anya’s cooking competition is delayed due to an accident. Loid proposes another family trip—this time to a warmer region with a new dessert—while Bond foresees a peaceful vacation.

In a post-credits scene, Franky arrives in Frigis with cherry liquor for Loid, unaware the Forgers had already left.

Voice cast

Production

The film was announced at the Jump Festa 2023 event in December 2022 with the supervision from Tatsuya Endo.[7] 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, and would be directed by Takashi Katagiri, screenplay by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and produced by Wit Studio and CloverWorks.[8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11][12]

On 30 October 2023, the anime social media released another movie trailer, which announced "Soulsoup" by Official Hige Dandism as the main theme song[13][14] as well as the second ending theme. On the premiere day, they revealed the song "Why" (光の跡), performed by Gen Hoshino, was used for the first ending theme.[15][16][17]

Marketing

On 2 July 2023, it was announced that the film would be having a collaboration project with Street Fighter 6. An illustration drawn by Capcom's illustrator and designer Chisato Mita was also revealed.[18][19] On 4 December 2023, Capcom social media released the animated short video of Yor Forger and Street Fighter 6's character Chun-Li dueling on Suval'hal Arena stage. The animation was made by Wit Studio, with Shunsuke Aoki doing key animation and Kyōji Asano working on storyboard and character design.[20][21][22][23][24] On 9 January 2024, Capcom revealed and released the in-game collab items, which are avatar costumes based on Yor's Thorn Princess dress and Loid Forger's signature dark cyan suit. Yor and Loid's hairstyles are also added to the avatar creation. Players who log in during the collaboration period, which lasted until 31 January, would receive free items like picture frames, stickers, and player titles. The Battle Hub area would also receive a temporary redesign to promote the movie.[25]

On 10 July 2023, a collaboration project with the movie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was announced. A parody poster illustration featuring the main characters of the anime replacing the Mission: Impossible cast was released with the announcement, as was a highlight video for Dead Reckoning Part One narrated by Code: White voice actors.[26][27][28] On 19 December 2023, the collaboration project with the movie Wish was announced. A parody poster illustration featuring Anya and Bond Forger, which mirrors the Japanese theatrical release poster of Wish, and a combination trailer video were also released on the same day.[29][30]

On the day of release, the Shibuya 109 department store erected a statue of Bond Forger nearby the statue of Hachikō adorned with the words "Chūken Bondo" (忠犬ボンド),[31] with other statues soon appearing inside the department store[32][33] and at Toho Cinemas Ikebukuro.[34]

Release

Reception

External links

• Official website
• 劇場版 SPY×FAMILY CODE: White