Section23 Films is teaming up with Bandai Namco Filmworks to release a very special edition of a classic anime on home video in the west. The company announced plans to distribute GAINAX’s Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnéamise anime film in a memorial box …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks revealed two more additions to its summer 2022 anime lineup, and the latest offerings have some particularly beefy titles. First up is the genre-bending fantasy My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!, then …Read more »
The race is on to secure all the best anime for the upcoming summer 2022 season, and Sentai Filmworks revealed a handful of new exclusives over the weekend. See what’s coming up soon starting this July, complete with visuals and synopses for each. First up …Read more »
The followup to the 2019 comedy series The Demon Girl Next Door now has a home for streaming and video. Sentai Filmworks announced plans to stream The Demon Girl Next Door season 2 anime, with the Spring 2022 simulcast coming exclusively to HIDIVE with a …Read more »
With the Spring 2022 season barreling down upon us, Sentai Filmworks took a moment to announce another upcoming anime series. The company’s latest acquisition is I’m Quitting Heroing, which has been licensed for North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, the …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks revealed another anime license this week, this time with YouTube and Bandai Namco Arts’ CG-animated OBSOLETE, which is directed by Hiroki Yamada (Kaze no Matasaburo) and Seiichi Shirato, with planning and script supervision by Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica). A home video …Read more »
Sentai Holdings, the parent company that includes anime distributor Sentai Filmworks as well as streaming service HIDIVE, has been purchased by AMC Networks. That’s the company behind the channel AMC, best known for series like The Walking Dead. The deal includes the holdings that Japan’s …Read more »
This year Sentai Filmworks both acquired fan-favorite anime NANA and made it available to stream on HIDIVE both dubbed and subbed. The home release is coming next, and it was just revealed that the series will come out on Blu-ray on February 22, 2022. According …Read more »
More high-stakes gambling is on the table with the announcement that Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Kakegurui XX anime. Studio MAPPA’s sequel has been acquired for the United States, Canada, and Latin America, with a home video release lined up for Q1 2022. Yuichiro Hayashi …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks has been on a spree of licensing announcements, and one of the big ones is on the way in 2022 to bring Made in Abyss season 2 to screens around the world. Sentai announced plans to simulcast the hotly anticipated followup—titled Made in …Read more »
Back in 2018, Sentai Filmworks unleashed the mighty power of the limited edition The Legend of the Galactic Heroes box set, packing the sprawling sci-fi series in a limited-edition box with every OVA episode, three movies, metal coins, 3D art cards, and a 200-page book. …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks will be releasing the complete collection of Babylon in just under a month, on May 11. Ahead of this it released a clip of the English dub and revealed the dub’s cast and crew. The English dub was directed by John Swasey. Marta …Read more »
After enjoying English streaming via Netflix, it’s finally time for the latest BAKI anime to make its way to home video. Sentai Filmworks announced plans to release the series on Blu-ray in the United States, complete with the original Japanese language with English subtitles and …Read more »
Valentine’s Day is Sunday, and from February 12-19 Sentai is putting on a virtual Scavenger Hunt in honor of the holiday. https://twitter.com/SentaiFilmworks/status/1359578436864507912 If you follow the link to Sentai’s website, it explains how the scavenger hunt works and all the rules (like the fact you …Read more »
Anime companies are always looking at what they have down the pipeline that will interest fans. Sentai Filmworks has some new releases coming out in the spring that are available to pre-order, and they shared the news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/SentaiFilmworks/status/1337200992207646721 The little video specifically shows …Read more »
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