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Another slam dunk for Takehiko Inoue’s The First Slam Dunk. The film is now Japan’s 10th highest grossing anime film of all time. The film, which came out last year and is still in theaters, has now earned 13.88 billion yen and sold 9.66 million …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume anime film has made a major splash around the world, and now its time on the big screen in its home country is getting ready to wind to a close. The film opened in Japan back in November 2022, and it will …Read more »
Last month we posted about the Chibi Godzilla Raids Again anime, which offers up an adorable short-form take on the Big G. The series premiered in Japan on April 1, and now it’s available to watch on YouTube with English subtitles. You can check out …Read more »
A quick roundup on Makoto Shinkai’s latest hit, Suzume. First off, the film has now surpassed Shinkai’s previous film, Weathering With You, at the Japanese box office. The film has earned a little more than 14.3 billion yen, making it the 14th-highest earning film of …Read more »
Some big Suzume news revealed over the last few days. For one thing, we’ve learned when Makoto Shinkai’s latest is set to hit US theaters: April 14. We also learned who’s playing the film’s characters: Nichole Sakura as Suzume Josh Keaton as Souta Jennifer Sun …Read more »
The Orikasa Station and the Orikasa River floodgate both appear in Makoto Shinkai’s new movie Suzume. So Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, the town in that area, has put up a door referencing the movie. The door is near the bay, was designed to look old, and …Read more »
The only thing that could possibly hold its own against Godzilla is the adorable power of Chibi Godzilla, and the pint-sized kaiju is about to star in his own anime. A TV series was revealed this week for Chibi Godzilla no Gyakushu, AKA Chibi Godzilla …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s anime movie Suzume will be hitting international theaters on April 14, but it turns out the film’s North American debut will occur before that. The New York International Children’s Film Festival (a.k.a. NYICFF), which will take place March 3-19, is now set to …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume anime film keeps making waves at the box office in Japan, and now it’s hit another milestone. Suzume has officially sold over 10 million tickets in Japan, and it’s the third Makoto Shinkai film to do so after your name. and Weathering …Read more »
Japanese rock band RADWIMPS most recently returned to the world of director Makoto Shinkai for a third collaboration, this time with his new anime film Suzume, and now they have their sights set on North America. The band announced a multi-city North American tour for …Read more »
Move over, The Wind Rises, because the latest film from Makoto Shinkai just slid into 10th place in the list of highest-grossing anime films in Japan. Hayao Miyazaki’s 2013 feature previously held the spot, but Suzume took it over after exceeding 12 billion yen at …Read more »
The anime film Suzume (a.k.a. Suzume no Tojimari) from Makoto Shinkai hit theaters in Japan in November and was immediately in the number one spot at the box office. This past weekend saw the movie in second place. About eight and a half million people …Read more »
It’s time once again to see what Google has deemed to be the most-searched topics of the year, and 2022 has certainly proven to be the year of Chainsaw Man. Denji leads the pack in the list of most-searched TV anime in Japan, while Makoto …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 »
We are in for a treat this Fall ‘22 anime season. With heavy hitters like Mob Psycho 100 III, the return of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War after 10 years, Pop Team Epic II, and ‘80s kids favorite blue-haired alien, Lum from Urusei Yatsura, there’s a …Read more »
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