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The fourth installment in the My Hero Academia franchise is coming to US theaters this fall. My Hero Academia: You’re Next will premiere October 11, 2024 in North American theaters with English subtitles and dub releases through Toho International (Godzilla Minus One), Deadline can exclusively…

EXCLUSIVE: Animation-focused sales company Gebeka International has acquired world sales rights to an upcoming 4K remastered version of Japanese animation director Mamoru Oshii's 1985 animated feature Angel's Egg.  Oshii is best known internationally for 1995 breakout Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in t…

McDonald's is celebrating a new anime collaboration by launching a Los Angeles exclusive: WcDonald's, a version of McDonald's that's commonly featured in many popular anime shows. The knock-off first appeared in the 1981 manga and anime franchise Cat's Eyes. The Los Angeles version is a prelude to a…

EXCLUSIVE: Anime streamer Crunchyroll is dropping a doc-series on renowned Japanese animation maker Studio Bones. The platform has been quietly working on Bones 25: Dreaming Forwards, which will drop tomorrow (February 13), timed with the release of the studio’s latest series, Metallic Rouge, and its…

EXCLUSIVE: Streamer Crunchyroll and Sony Music Entertainment have teamed to launch a weekly podcast to spotlight anime’s impact on the broader cultural zeitgeist. Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect will launch worldwide in English on all major podcast platforms on February 16, with new episodes…

Crunchyroll, Sony’s anime subsidiary, has reached an agreement with Amazon for its subscription streaming outlet to be offered via Prime Video Channels. The hub for a range of subscription services like Max, Starz and Paramount+ with Showtime, is a potent subscriber acquisition engine. Crunchyroll…

Crunchyroll and GSN, each a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, have joined forces to launch a new 24/7 anime streaming channel. Starting today, viewers can find the new Crunchyroll channel on Amazon Freevee, LG Channels, the Roku Channel and Vizio WatchFree+. An announcement of the venture…

EXCLUSIVE: Anime streamer Crunchyroll is reshaping its management team, as COO Brady McCollum exits after 15 years. McCollum will depart the company at the end of the month having joined in 2008, and has been working with Crunchroll President Rahul Purini over the past month to ensure what an insider…

Adult Swim has given the green light to a new anime series from Shinichirō Watanabe, Lazarus. The series will mark Watanabe's return to the sci-fi action genre with a globe-trotting thriller set in the near future.  The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across…

Anime Expo in Los Angeles saw the unveiling of the new trailer for Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 2. The trailer was premiered during the MAPPA x Crunchyroll! panel. The complete film will be available later this fall, exact date to be announced. Based on the…

Aristomenis Tsirbas's 'Timescape' Sells WorldwideBudapest-based sales outfit Luminescence has unveiled a slew of deals for Canadian director Aristomenis Tsirbas's adventure film Timescape. Newcomers Sofian Oleniuk and Lola Rossignol-Arts star as two youngsters who travel back in time to prehistoric times…

One Piece Film Red rocketed to the top of the box office chart in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, achieving the biggest-ever opening for a Japanese anime in the territory and dislodging Black Adam from the top slot. Middle East and North Africa distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment, which holds…