# Noctumbra Stars in Planar Transmission Thriller

> HoYoverse's new Planar Transmission casts Noctumbra as the lead in FORBIDDEN!, a psychological-thriller film teaser for Honkai: Nexus Anima.

Source: https://theanimadex.com/news/noctumbra-planar-transmission-thriller/
Published: 2026-06-30
Updated: 2026-10-23

HoYoverse’s official [Honkai: Nexus Anima](/) account dropped a new **Planar Transmission** on June 30, 2026, and this one is a tongue-in-cheek movie trailer. The Dark-aspect Anima **[Noctumbra](/anima/noctumbra/)** takes the leading role in a fictional psychological thriller now “showing in theaters across Iia.”

> Planar Transmission: Trailer for a Psychological Thriller Starring Noctumbra | 
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> [#HonkaiNexusAnima](https://x.com/hashtag/HonkaiNexusAnima?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw)   
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> "FORBIDDEN! An Arcane Rite, A Legendary Anima" is now showing in theaters across Iia! Noctumbra takes the leading role in the film.
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> Note: The Noctumbra portrayed by Noctumbra bears… [pic.twitter.com/BYymYKDMwK](https://t.co/BYymYKDMwK)
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> — Honkai: Nexus Anima (@HonkaiNA) [June 30, 2026](https://x.com/HonkaiNA/status/2071805930920955998?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw)

## The “film”

The transmission frames Noctumbra’s reveal as a blockbuster movie listing. The in-universe poster bills it as **“FORBIDDEN! An Arcane Rite, A Legendary Anima,”** a 100-minute Iia Drama/Horror production “by ICM Finity Pictures Co., Ltd.” It is sitting at **#7 in the Top 50 Movies** with a **9.3 rating** from over a million viewers.

![In-universe movie poster for FORBIDDEN! An Arcane Rite, A Legendary Anima, the Noctumbra Planar Transmission from Honkai: Nexus Anima](/images/honkai-nexus-anima-noctumbra-forbidden-movie-poster.png) _The in-universe poster for “FORBIDDEN!”, the film Noctumbra stars in._

The bit lands in the small print: the poster’s note jokes that “the Noctumbra portrayed by Noctumbra bears \[no resemblance\]” to the real thing. The gentle creature is simply _playing_ the terrifying on-screen villain.

## The reviews are the joke

The second half of the transmission is a mock viewer forum, and it sells the gag better than the poster does. Players-as-moviegoers leave the kind of reviews you’d expect from a horror hit:

![In-universe forum reviews for the Noctumbra thriller film, with viewers debating whether Noctumbra is the killer in Honkai: Nexus Anima](/images/honkai-nexus-anima-noctumbra-forbidden-film-reviews.png)

* ★★★★ _“HELP! I watched the whole thing through my fingers. Now I’m too scared to sleep with the lights off.”_
* ★★★ _“Tell me Noctumbra isn’t just playing by itself?? Downright terrifying… now I’m scared stiff if I so much as glimpse the flames on Noctumbra’s tail out in the forest.”_
* ★★★ _“Just finished the movie, and sure enough, the killer ISN’T Noctumbra! Told you Noctumbra’s totally a gentle Anima and would never hurt anybody.”_ _(promptly flagged as a spoiler)_

The running theme, that Noctumbra looks menacing but is actually a softie, is a classic HoYoverse character tease, doubling as a hint about the Anima’s personality.

## What it tells us about Noctumbra

Beyond the comedy, the transmission reaffirms Noctumbra’s identity ahead of the [Evolution Test](/news/evolution-test-announced/). Noctumbra is a **5★ Dark-aspect Anima** with the **Explorer Trait**, and the recurring imagery, the blue wolf-like silhouette and the signature **flames on its tail**, is now firmly part of its visual language.

For the full profile, see our **[Noctumbra Anima page](/anima/noctumbra/)**, and browse the rest of the cast in the [Anima dex](/anima/) and [Eidos database](/eidos/).

> Trailer and details are from HoYoverse’s official [@HonkaiNA](https://x.com/HonkaiNA/status/2071805930920955998) account. Planar Transmissions are promotional lore teasers; treat in-universe ratings and “film” details as flavor, not gameplay.