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Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki’s Panda! Go, Panda! receiving 50th anniversary theatrical release

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GKIDS has announced that Panda! Go, Panda!, the seminal 1972 animated film from director Isao Takahata and writer Hayao Miyazaki, co-founders of the legendary Studio Ghibli, is set for a U.S. theatrical and home entertainment release this year, presented in high definition with newly restored colours alongside its 1973 follow-up Panda! Go, Panda and the […]

Pacific Rim: The Black season 2 poster and first look images released ahead of April premiere

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Netflix has announced that the second and final season of its Pacific Rim anime series Pacific Rim: The Black is set to debut on the streamer this April. Check out the poster and first look images for season 2 here… In the epic series conclusion of Pacific Rim: The Black, the journey is far from […]

Netflix’s Tekken: Bloodline anime series gets a first trailer

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Netflix has released the first trailer for Tekken: Bloodline, the upcoming anime series based on the hit video game franchise which follows Jin Kazama as his quest for vengeance leads him to the ultimate battle – The King of Iron Fist Tournament; watch it here… “Power is everything.” Jin Kazama learned the family self-defense arts, Kazama-Style […]

The Batman dominates another weekend as Jujutsu Kaisen 0 continues anime’s box office rise

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It’s no surprise The Batman cleaned up at the box office for another weekend. The month of March has been slow for other major releases, but that doesn’t take away from the dominant force that is the latest DC outing. Yet, this weekend’s box office has another major talking point: anime films & their rise. […]

Jerry Bruckheimer producing a live-action Beyblade movie for Paramount

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Uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop) is reuniting with Paramount Pictures for a live-action movie based upon Takara Tomy’s Beyblade franchise. Launching in Japan in 1999 as a line of spinning-top toys with a tie-in manga, Beyblade received an anime TV series adaptation in 2001, which was followed by several sequels and spinoffs […]

Netflix releases Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 season 2 trailer ahead of May premiere

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Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of the CG-anime series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 which arrives on the streaming service this May; check it out below along with the official key art from Netflix Japan… In 2045, the world has been thrown into a state of systematic “sustainable war,” but […]

Netflix anime Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy gets a trailer

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Last week Netflix announced a new anime adaptation of Kazushi Hagiwara’s classic manga Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy, and now we’ve got a first teaser trailer for the upcoming series ahead of its premiere on the streamer later this year; check it out here, along with the official synopsis…  Four hundred years since the collapse […]

Netflix announces Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy anime series

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Netflix is adding to its anime output with a new series adaptation of Kazushi Hagiwara’s classic manga Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy, the streamer having made the announcement through its Netflix Anime social accounts with the release of a teaser poster. Inspired by Hagiwara’s love heavy metal music and Dungeons & Dragons, Bastard!! takes place […]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World anime series coming to Netflix

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Scott Pilgrim will take on the world again. The character has been in comics, live-action films, and even video games…but now, it will be Scott Pilgrim vs. anime! Today, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Scott Pilgrim vs. the World will take on an anime adaption on Netflix. Graphic novel creator Bryan Lee O’Malley […]