Saudi Arabia Is Getting A 125-Acre ‘Dragon Ball’ Theme Park
The park is being developed by Qiddiya Investment Company with financing from the country’s Public Investment Fund.
Anime
Netflix Scores ‘The Boy And The Heron’ Streaming Rights Outside The U.S. And Japan After Extending Studio Ghibli Catalog Deal
Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film will also get a mainland China theatrical release starting on April 3, joining re-releases in the U.S. and Japan.
GKIDS To Bring Quartet Of Mamoru Hosoda Films To U.S. Theaters After Acquiring The Director’s Full Studio Chizu Catalog
GKIDS already had domestic rights to ‘Mirai’ and ‘Belle,’ and will add ‘The Girl Who Leapt,’ ‘Summer Wars,’ ‘Wolf Children,’ and ‘The Boy and the Beast’ to its catalog.
Two Long-Lost ‘Astro Boy’ Episodes Have Been Restored And Are Airing In Japan
Thought to be lost for decades, ‘Astro Boy’ episodes 125 and 127 have been restored by Japanese media group Rakuten.
‘The Boy And The Heron’ Started Its Gilded Weekend With An Animation Of The Year Win At Japan’s Academy Awards
Toho’s jazz-fueled anime ‘Blue Giant’ won best music.
Akira Toriyama, ‘Dragon Ball’ And ‘Dr. Slump’ Creator, Dies At 68
Toriyama was a prolific manga and anime creator who also worked on early jrpg video games including ‘Chrono Trigger’ and ‘Dragon Quest.’
McDonald’s Has Launched An Extravagant Anime-Themed Marketing Campaign, Including Four WcDonald’s Shorts From ‘Naruto’ Producer Pierrot
McDonald’s has also introduced manga-themed packaging and will host a two-night anime-inspired dining experience in Los Angeles.
U.S. Moviegoers Would Rather Watch ‘Demon Slayer’ TV Episodes Than American Films
‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training’ launched in second place as anime is becoming a constant presence on the U.S. box office charts.
‘Suzume,’ ‘Your Name’ Producer Koichiro Ito Arrested For Soliciting Child Pornography
Ito is accused of asking a 15-year-old girl he met online to send him naked selfies.
GKIDS Bringing ‘The End Of Evangelion’ To U.S. Theaters For The First Time In March
The 1997 modern classic was created as an alternative ending to the ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ tv series.
‘Gundam’ Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Unveiled As Guest Speaker For 2024 Niigata International Animation Festival
The festival’s second edition kicks of March 15 with a 12 film competition lineup.
New Crunchyroll Docuseries Celebrates 25 Years Of ‘Fullmetal Alchemist,’ ‘My Hero Academia’ Studio Bones
Bones animated many classic titles such as ‘Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,’ ‘My Hero Academia,’ and ‘Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.’
Ghibli Co-Founder Toshio Suzuki Says Miyazaki “Was All Smiles” Making ‘The Boy And The Heron’
Suzuki says he knew he’d likely appear in the film, but was surprised to be a main character and even more so to be a bird.
Anime’s Most Popular Secret Agent Family Gets An English-Dubbed Trailer For Their Feature Debut, ‘Spy x Family Code: White’
Crunchyroll and Sony will release the film on April 19 in the U.S. and Canada.
Netflix Signs Exclusive Streaming Deal With Studio Ponoc, Will Debut ‘The Imaginary’ Later This Year
Ponoc, founded by former Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, previously produced ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ and ‘Modest Heroes.’
Kyoto Animation Arsonist Who Killed 36, Injured 32, Sentenced To Death In Japan
A Kyoto District Court Judge said the man was neither mentally incompetent nor in a diminished mental state at the time of the attack.
Japanese Tech Group Aims To Address AI’s Copyright And Ethical Issues With New Opt-In Generative Software
The Anime Chain Initiative believes that its blockchain-driven AI model will be financially beneficial to both AI users and the rightsholders of the training data.
Analysis Suggests Anime Provides More To Netflix Than Netflix Gives Back To Anime
Anime industry authority Miles Thomas Atherton broke down Netflix’s massive 2023 data dump and what it says about anime on the platform.
M2 Founder Masao Maruyama On His Studio’s ‘Pluto’ Adaptation: “I Couldn’t Kick The Bucket Until I Created This”
Maruyama and Pluto manga creator Naoki Urasawa recently shared their thoughts on their fantastic anime adaptation.
‘Gundam’ Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Warns Japanese Studios Against Emulating “Disney’s Boring Digital Production System”
“After switching from hand-drawn to digital animation, many of Disney’s works became disappointing,” said Tomino.
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