{"rewrite":{"id":"r_38a648935274ad1fa2ca27a1","clusterId":"c_045392b35bdb173e311e1d73","slug":"maplestory-dear-my-hero-screens-in-japan-with-new-dub","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"MapleStory: Dear My Hero Screens in Japan with New Dub","summary":"A special screening of MapleStory: Dear My Hero, the first theatrical anime from Nexon's MMORPG, was held at 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku in Tokyo on November 7, showing a newly produced Japanese dub. Director Lee Sung-hwan's roughly 30-minute short follows Aidan, a Cygnus Knights recruit, on a serious battlefield. The film opened in South Korea in June 2026 on about 100 Lotte Cinema screens.","whyItMatters":"The Japanese dub puts the MapleStory brand in front of its home audience in theatrical form, and the serious war framing is a deliberate step away from the game's cute image.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese dub cast features Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Aidan, Kentaro Kumagai as Kurtz, Ayasa Ito as Roen, Riko Kohara as Sigmund, Takehiro Hasu as Kidan, and Saki Yamakita as Bell. Lee Kyung-jun, director of MapleStory Japan, spoke before the screening and noted the service\u0026#39;s 23rd anniversary.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe screening is invitation-only and free, with events at two venues in Tokyo and Osaka. The film\u0026#39;s story opens on a flashback of Cygnus Knights soldiers heading into battle, and Aidan\u0026#39;s training and first deployment follow.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"MapleStory: Dear My Hero ran about 30 minutes, and the Japanese dub was produced for a single screening at 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku. A short film this size gets its reach from that dub, not the Korean theatrical run.","twitterPost":"MapleStory: Dear My Hero is roughly 30 minutes long. The new Japanese dub exists for one Shinjuku screening, so the dub is doing the work the theatrical run cannot.","threadsPost":"MapleStory: Dear My Hero runs about 30 minutes and opened in South Korea on roughly 100 Lotte Cinema screens. The Japanese dub was made for a single screening at 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku, which puts the reach burden on dubbed distribution rather than a wide theatrical run.","newsletterBlurb":"MapleStory: Dear My Hero, the MMORPG's first theatrical anime, screened in Japan for the first time on November 7 at 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku in a new Japanese dub. The roughly 30-minute film follows Aidan, a Cygnus Knights recruit, and plays its battlefield straight rather than cute. 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