 North American distributor Bandai Entertainment premiered the film in North America on November 19, 2006 at the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema and on March 3, 2007 at the 2007 New York International Children's Film Festival.The movie received a limited release in the United States, being shown subtitled in Los Angeles in June, and in Seattle in September.Also, an English dubbed version was shown in New York City in July.