Japanese media giant Toho Co. has secured a deal to acquire celebrated North American indie producer and distributor GKIDS, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. As part of the deal, Toho is picking up a 100 percent equity share in GKIDS. But the latter will still…
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©Courtesy of Cannes film Festival “He’s traveling between reality & fantasy, and losing the ability to tell them apart.” Another magnificent doc about Hayao Miyazaki just debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes started off by giving filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli an Honorary Palme d’Or. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron focuses on six years of…
Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d’or of the 77th Festival de Cannes © Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli Studio Ghibli, the acclaimed Japanese animation studio, will receive an Honorary Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 14 to 25. This will be the first time the award has been given to…
©The Boy and the Heron, GKIDS Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed animations will continue to be streamed in the United States on the Max platform, thanks to an extension of an multi-year arrangement with GKIDS, the entity that manages North American distribution for the Japanese animators. The deal includes 23 titles, including the recent Oscar-winning The Boy…
Over 25 years since it first graced theaters in Japan, GKIDS will finally bring The End of Evangelion, the feature follow-up to Hideaki Anno’s influential anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, to North American theaters for the first time. The film will be screened in its original Japanese language with English subtitles, bowing in select theaters…
Nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards were announced today, led by Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie. Oppenheimer snagged 13 nominations, Poor Things got 11, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, and Barbie with eight. These four films are contending for the Best Picture Oscar, along with six…
@ASIFA-Hollywood The nominations for the 51st Annie Award have been announced, the ceremony is considered the Oscars of the animation world, Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and a Heron” and Makoto Shinkai’s “Suzume no Tojimari” has been selected as the best feature category. “Nimona,” Netflix‘s sci-fi fantasy about a disgraced knight and a shape-shifting teenager, led…
@HFPA(The Hollywood Foreign Press Association) After the ethics and diversity scandal within HFPA(The Hollywood Foreign Press Association) which led to the cancellation of the 2022 broadcast of the show. The 2024 Golden Globes has initiated the Hollywood film and TV awards season, which took place last night under new ownership, an expanded voting membership, and…
Two of Japan’s most critically acclaimed films from this year – The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One, which were both released by Toho – broke American box office records this weekend. The Boy and the Heron took the top spot at the domestic box office with ticket sales of $12.8 million, while…
It’s time for another edition of What to Watch This Weekend! As we bring you reviews and interviews of the latest major and independent releases, we want to be sure you know what to plan to see and stream on your own time. Watch above and read below for our recommendations of a few worthwhile…
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