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Variety Intelligence Platform did a report on the most pirated TV shows in America, and discovered that five of the top 10 are anime titles. All the anime titles in question are licensed in America, currently streaming, and easy to access legally. HBO’s House of …Read more »
In August 2021 it was announced that director Shinsuke Sato had been tapped to direct Legendary Films’ Hollywood live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia. More than a year later, we just got more information on the upcoming movie, namely that it will be written by …Read more »
Acclaimed anime director Masaaki Yuasa is up for some big time recognition for his latest feature, Inu-Oh. The movie has officially been nominated in the Best Motion Picture – Animated category of the 80th Golden Globe awards, which will air on January 10, 2023 on …Read more »
The Hollywood live-action remake of Your Name has a new director, and His Name is Carlos López Estrada. That’s the word from Variety, which reports that López Estrada is also writing the latest edition of the script. Several writers and directors have been attached to …Read more »
Everyone at Otaku USA loves anime, but how big is anime around the world? According to a recent TIFFCOM seminar, the Anime Industry Report 2022 shows major growth, especially overseas. The Anime Industry Report has been around since 2009 and it puts out a report …Read more »
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO kicked butt in its opening weekend in the US, beating expectations and coming in at number one. The film brought in a cool $21 million, according to Variety, after opening the weekend on 3,007 screens. The film is distributed by …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka’s beloved and iconic Astro Boy franchise is getting a reboot. French animator and director Thomas Astruc, who created Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, will be directing a 52-episode CGI-3D series. It’s being produced by Method Animation and Shibuya. Shibuya Productions …Read more »
The Japanese franchise Speed Racer is getting a second live-action adaptation in America with a new set of people. The previous live-action adaptation, which came out in 2008, was a movie written and directed by The Wachowskis, the same team behind The Matrix franchise. This …Read more »
This weekend marked the debut of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and like its predecessor this one speedily broke some records on the way. Variety reports that the film made $71 million in North America, which already qualifies it for the highest-grossing opening weekend for a …Read more »
It’s been nice to have Cartoon Network’s anime block Adult Swim on the air, but reports are in that show both the network and the block itself have seen a significant drop in viewership. According to Variety‘s ranking of television network viewership for the past …Read more »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed what animated movies meet their eligibility requirements to be nominated. There are twenty-six in total, including six anime titles and one European animated movie title based on a manga. The anime titles up for consideration …Read more »
Netflix continues to show it’s very interested in being involved in anime, with almost forty new anime titles poised to be released by it in 2021. It was also just announced that it’s made an anime creators’ lounge at its offices in Tokyo, called The …Read more »
The manga Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto is receiving an international live-action adaptation. Legendary Television, Dynamic Television and Hulu Japan are all working together on this, with Adline Entertainment also producing. The series will consist of eight hour-long episodes and it’s …Read more »
Netflix, which made a live-action Death Note and is working on live-action adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece, has apparently set its sights on making a live-action Pokémon as well. Variety reports that sources have told them that Joe Henderson of Lucifer will be …Read more »
Variety Magazine published an article on Toei Animation, noting that the company is looking at AI and overseas sales. Acknowledging the idea of AI wasn’t something the studio would have thought about back in the day, the article talks about Toei’s current use of AI …Read more »
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