My expectations for Boruto: Naruto the Movie were, like many longtime fans of the Naruto franchise, particularly low when I walked into the theater. The ten-chapter manga sequel depicting Sarada Uchia’s quest to know her father, Sasuke, fell short of many expectations in plot, action, …Read more »
The new Dragon Ball Z film Resurrection “F” will premiere in the U.S. one week ahead of its general Japanese release, announced Funimation this week. Funimation will screen the film in Japanese with English subtitles April 11 at the Egyptian Theatre in LA, and is …Read more »
When Marnie Was There , released last year, is the Ghibli film doomed to be remembered more for not making a ton of money , thus leading Ghibli into a state of quasi-existence, than for whether it was any good or not. (For what it’s …Read more »
Boy, it ain’t a bad time to be an anime fan in America. It wasn’t too long ago it took years – yeah, years plural – for new anime films to make their way to the States. Heck, even the 2012 Naruto movie Road to …Read more »
It's a bit of a Dragon Ball Z movie news day, with some information on next year’s film and clips from last year’s. Don’t get ‘em mixed up, okay? Firstly, the director for next year’s DBZ film, which does not yet have a title, has …Read more »
Short Peace , if you’ll recall, is the latest film from Katsuhiro Otomo – a man who’s forever linked with his masterwork Akira , but should also noted for his contributions to the world of anime shorts, stretching all the way back to Labyrinth Tales …Read more »
Is it just me or has there been more Berserk animated news in the last year than ever before? After everyone clamored for more Berserk on TV for so long, it's been hard not to take everything with a dash of skepticism, but here's some …Read more »
In case you haven't heard yet, Funimation recently teamed up with NYC-based distributor GKIDS to submit Summer Wars for consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Yep, that means Mamoru Hosoda's film is going to be trying for some Oscar magic in …Read more »
I already considered Hawaiians a bunch of lucky ducks due to their wise reverence for classic tokusatsu television shows like Kikaida and Kamen Rider . Now there's another reason to be mildly to very envious of them, because One Piece Film Strong World , the …Read more »
Happy Meals are named as such for good reason: they have toys inside! If that isn't cause enough for extreme happiness, I don't know what is, and McDonald's is making sure those looking forward to this Friday's US theatrical opening of Astro Boy will be …Read more »
Not to be confused with Takashi Miike's wild live-action spin on the classic show, we can now check out a full-trailer peek at the animated Yatterman flick by Masakazu Hishida ( Onmyou Taisenki ). The film—which goes by a whopper of a title that is …Read more »
Served up as the 10th film in the long-running series of One Piece movies, the boldly titled Strong World is coming to Japanese theaters on December 12th. This one is a little more special than normal, however, as series creator/mangaka Eiichiro Oda is overseeing production …Read more »
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