{"id":53238,"date":"2025-10-23T12:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53238"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:44:42","slug":"chillas-art-horror-game-movie-adaptation-the-convenience-store-gets-new-trailer-and-screening-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chillas-art-horror-game-movie-adaptation-the-convenience-store-gets-new-trailer-and-screening-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilla&#8217;s Art horror game movie adaptation The Convenience Store gets new trailer and screening date\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chillas-arts-horror-hit-the-convenience-store-to-get-movie-adaptation-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> that Chilla\u2019s Art\u2019s <strong>The Convenience Store <\/strong>will be getting a movie adaptation, the film\u2019s first real trailer was released along with more information about the cast and release date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6620\u753b\u300e\u591c\u52e4\u4e8b\u4ef6(The Convenience Store)\u300f\u7279\u5831\u6620\u50cf\uff0f2026\u5e742\u670820\u65e5(\u91d1)\u516c\u958b\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hv4gahB00JI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kotona Minami stars as Yukino Tazuru, an employee working the late-night shift at the titular convenience store. After a mysterious delivery arrives, Yukino finds the store becoming haunted with increasingly horrifying phenomena.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer makes several references to the game. Yukino seems to be in possession of an omamori charm \u2013 an item given by a female customer to the game\u2019s protagonist. Several televisions that display static can also be seen \u2013 a reference to one of the phenomena experienced in the game\u2019s third night. Last but not least is the female ghost, who serves as the game\u2019s main antagonist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1353\" height=\"760\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1353px) 100vw, 1353px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251023-53238-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251023-53238-001.jpg 1353w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251023-53238-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251023-53238-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead actress Kotona Minami is known for her role in the live-action drama adaptation of the manga Alice-san Chi no Iroribata (Beside the Hearth at Alice-san&#8217;s House), and The Convenience Store movie adaptation marks her horror debut. According to a statement by Minami (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.denfaminicogamer.jp\/news\/251023d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denfaminicogamer<\/a>), the unconventional filming techniques used for the film felt \u201cincredibly fresh.\u201d She adds that she enjoyed imagining the final visuals during filming, and says that it was a stimulating shoot where she learned a lot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Convenience Store movie adaptation is set to release in Japanese theaters on February 20, 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chillas-art-announces-umigari-a-bizarre-first-person-harpoon-fishing-simulator-that-gets-increasingly-uncanny-the-more-you-play-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chilla\u2019s Art announces Umigari, a bizarre first-person \u201charpoon fishing simulator\u201d that gets increasingly uncanny the more you play it<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/chillas-art-new-game-cursed-digicam-has-you-taking-pictures-of-ghosts-fatal-frame-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chilla\u2019s Art\u2019s new game, Cursed Digicam, has you taking pictures of ghosts Fatal Frame-style<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie adaptation of Chilla&#8217;s Art&#8217;s The Convenience Store got its first trailer and a February 20 screening date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":53240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-53238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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