In anticipation of Crunchyroll Expo coming to San Jose on September 1-3, it was revealed that the first two episodes of “Double Decker! Doug & Kirill” would make their big debut. Announced earlier this year as a spin-off from Sunrise’s 2011 anime series “Tiger & Bunny,“ the series is set to take place in the same universe based on this new dynamic duo Doug and Kirill. Read more after the jump.
Fans of the Oscar®-winning animation studio LAIKA, creators of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls and Kubo and the Two Strings, will be excited to hear that their LAIKA LIVE exhibit is set to return in celebration of San Diego for Comic-Con 2018. Planting themselves in the heart of San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter with an all new, bigger-than-ever exhibit space from Friday, July 13 – Sunday, July 22, 2018, the event will also take place coinciding with the city’s PRIDE. Check out the full details after the jump! Continue reading
Sunrise President & CEO Yasuo Miyakawa revealed that Sunrise will be working in partnership alongside Legendary Entertainment on the first official live-action Gundam movie. Legendary’s Executive Vice President of Production, Cale Boyter, and Bandai Namco President Mitsuaki Taguchi also appeared at the panel to confirm the news with former Bandai Entertainment Director of Marketing and current Legendary Comics’ Senior Vice President of Publishing, Robert Napton moderating the panel. Discover more info after the break. Continue reading
VIZ Media, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, thrilled fans during its official Anime Expo 2018 panel as it announced the acquisition of the MEGALOBOX anime series along with details about several new publishing acquisitions including NieR: Automata: Short Story Long and Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection. More info after the break. Continue reading
Aniplex of America revealed at their industry panel at Anime Expo 2018 that they will be bringing their anime film I Want to Eat Your Pancreas to theaters in the near future. Based on Yoru Sumino’s award-winning novel of the same name, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas will be produced by Studio VOLN (“Idol Incidents;” “Ushio & Tora”) and directed by Shinichiro Ushijima (“Hunter x Hunter;” “One Punch Man”) with Yuichi Oka (“Eromanga Sensei;” “To-Love Ru”) serving as both character designer and chief animation director. More info after the break. Continue reading
One of the most highly anticipated events of Anime Expo, the My Hero Academia Movie: Two Heroes world premiere, did not disappoint its fans, many of whom began lining the perimeter of the convention center at 3am in hopes of receiving one of the limited attendee wristbands that would grant access to the event. Set between the second and third seasons of My Hero Academia, the movie takes place on the man made, technologically advanced ‘I-Island,’ which is known not only for it’s impenetrable security system, but for it’s open policy of quirk usage. Check out our review after the jump! Continue reading
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