LeetStreet Boys Release “She’s So Kawaii” Music Video For Immediate Release: LeetStreet Boys have released a new music video for the single “She’s So Kawaii” from their second album entitled Otaku Hearts. The spiritual successor to their 2008 hit “Yuri The Only One,” “She’s So Kawaii” emphasizes themes of love and anime fandom, featuring over [...]
Toronto – The 36th Toronto International Film Festival® announces a strong line-up of 18 films in this year’s Visions programme. Works presented under the Visions banner are films from around the world by filmmakers who challenge audiences’ notions of mainstream cinema. ALPS Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece/France North American Premiere A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast, and [...]
HOUSTON, August 15, 2011— Sentai Filmworks recent run of new anime series acquisitions got even hotter today when the company announced the licensing of the all-female, future epic ICE. Directed by Makoto Kobayashi (Dragon’s Heaven) and with character designs by Masaya Onishi (Ghost Stories,) ICE is ultimately the creation of Renaissance man Yasushi Akimoto, whose [...]
A FREE live event streaming simultaneously in Japan, the US and Canada with English Subtitles on August 20th (Japan time) Nico Nico Live on Nico Nico Douga (Harajyuku) http://www.nicovideo.jp/ (Shibuyaku Tokyo, the representative director Seiji Sugimoto) announces its FREE LIVE STREAMING of Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen) simultaneously in Japan, U.S.A. and Canada [...]
Tokyo, August 4, 2011 Hiroyuki Okiura’s upcoming animated feature film, A Letter to Momo has been invited in the Official Selection of the 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2011), to be held in Toronto, Canada from September 8th to 18th, 2011. The screening in Toronto marks the movie’s world premiere. TIFF 2011 describes the [...]
Toronto — The Toronto International Film Festival® presents a charming lineup of films in this year’s TIFF Kids™ programme (formerly known as Sprockets Family Zone). These selections from around the globe will captivate film-lovers of all ages, showcasing the best and brightest in family-friendly cinema. From battling ballerinas to a mysterious 3D monster, this colourful [...]
Toronto – The Midnight Madness programme walks on the cinematic wild side at the Toronto International Film Festival® with a riveting roundup of supernatural slayers, crossbow killers, corpse smugglers and a re-imagined Bonnie and Clyde for the 21st century. Programmed by Colin Geddes, the international lineup features nine world premieres and is one of the [...]
San Francisco, CA – August 2, 2011 – NEW PEOPLE Entertainment, a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. that focuses on the licensing and distribution of Japanese films and media, will delight sci-fi, action and anime/manga fans across North America with the release of GANTZ on DVD (SRP $24.92) and Blu-ray/DVD combo-pack(SRP $29.99) on August [...]
San Francisco, CA, July 28, 2011 – Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, is proud to announce that Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys was recognized with an Eisner Award in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia category during award ceremonies held [...]
Flower Mound, TX (July 29, 2011) – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has acquired the home entertainment, broadcast, digital and merchandise rights to the follow-up movie to the romantic comedy series “Heaven’s Lost Property” and “Heaven’s Lost Property: Forte” from Kadokawa. The animated film HEAVEN’S LOST PROPERTY THE MOVIE: THE ANGELOID OF CLOCKWORK (known [...]
