Spy x Family Meets Disney in Adorable New Official Poster

The hit anime Spy x Family has made an official crossover with Disney‘s latest film with a new movie poster for the series’ upcoming movie, Code: WHITE. The hype for the Forgers’ first movie since Spy x Family became a huge hit with fans is indescribable. While international audiences will need to wait until 2024 to see the Forger family’s most thrilling adventure yet, Code: WHITE will be officially premiering early for fans in Japan on December 22nd. To prepare for this, the film has made an unexpected official crossover with Disney’s latest movie, Wish.

Since Wish was finally released in Japan on December 15th, WIT Studio and Disney have officially collaborated with a genius piece of marketing for both films. According to Crunchyroll, the latest poster for Spy x Family: Code: WHITE features Anya and Bond reaching out to a falling Stella star, something she needs to earn at Eden Academy to further Loid’s mission, in a direct reference to Wish‘s own banner. What’s better is that the two are a direct mirror of each other, showing Anya and Wish‘s protagonist Asha essentially reaching out to their own wishing star on the same night.

It’s a beautifully constructed piece of marketing to celebrate the release of Disney’s latest movie and Japan’s most anticipated movie based on an anime releasing in such a short timeframe. What’s even better is how this perfect poster relates to Anya thematically.

Spy x Family‘s Collaboration with Wish is a Perfect Fit for Anya

Even though Wish didn’t meet the high expectations fans had for Disney’s 100th-anniversary film with a disappointing box office to reflect it, the themes revolving around wishes fit perfectly with Anya when looking at her feelings about being part of the Forgers. In a way, being adopted by Loid was her own “wish come true” moment because she now has everything she’s ever wanted. She has a father and mother that she can love, even if Loid just created it as cover to further his own interests, as well as the excitement of knowing her parents’ double lives as a spy and assassin.

Anya even got to enjoy a brief princess-like moment during the season 1 episode “Will They Pass or Fail” when Loid treats her to a re-enactment of a Spy Wars episode to celebrate her getting into Eden Academy. Wish was tailor-made for a collaboration with Anya from Spy X Family, and it shows in how well constructed the marketing turned out with both the poster and an amazing hybrid trailer by Disney’s Japanese YouTube channel to promote both films.

Wish Wasn’t Spy x Family‘s First Movie Collab in 2023

What’s surprising about this collab with Disney is that they’re not the first ones to tease the much-anticipated Spy x Family film before its release. Back in July 2023, the latest Mission: Impossible film, Dead Reckoning-Part One, also collaborated with WIT Studio to promote both films, even though Code: WHITE wouldn’t be released till much later. Similar to their work with Disney, the marketing tied in pretty well with the premise of Spy x Family, though it’s far more direct than how the film ties in with Wish. After all, both deal with spies on a mission to save the world, so the connection is pretty obvious. Still, the resulting poster art was a beautiful recreation of Dead Reckoning‘s with the Forgers and other iconic characters filling in the shoes of Ethan Hunt and his team.

While international audiences will need to wait a bit longer to finally see the Forgers’ first movie, Code: WHITE, in theaters, the marketing in Japan surrounding its impending release has been incredible. The Forgers have become such a phenomenon since the anime first debuted in 2022, so to see such big movie studios reach out to collab with them is a massive win for the franchise. Spy x Family‘s team-up with Disney managed to create Code: WHITE‘s most adorable official poster yet, and it’s doing its job to hype up the film’s release in the best way possible.

Sources: Crunchyroll, Walt Disney Pictures JP