If you’ve never gotten the chance to see Miyazaki’s finest on the big screen, your chance is coming up soon. Studio Ghibli Fest 2021 is coming this fall courtesy of GKIDS and Fathom Events. From October through December, four of Ghibli’s most iconic pictures will be screened for a couple
The theaters are opening back up, and so is the schedule for anime distributor GKIDS. Since you more than likely missed the original theatrical debuts of films like Weathering With You and Lupin III: The First, GKIDS is putting them on the big screen again for two nights apiece. The
Normally we have reservations when a long-standing anime superstar tries to go the CG route, but the new anime film Lupin III: The First, which came this year to America courtesy of GKIDS, made the translation flawlessly (live-action is even worse, by the way, and Lupin’s been there). But this
GKids is bringing a unique anime film to US audiences this December — On-Gaku: Our Sound. It’s a slacker buddy comedy like you’ve never seen the genre: animated in a minimal Japanese style. Three bored teenagers decide to form a rock band, not because they believe they can make it,
Lupin The 3rd: The First, a computer-animated feature film starring the gentleman thief who has endured for over 50 years, was released in Japan in 2019. It received high praise as one of the most entertaining Lupin things ever made (though as far as Lupin movies go, nothing’s ever gonna
Weathering With You, the follow-up to director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura;’s mega-hit Your Name, will be hitting disc formats early next month…and digital formats this very second. Weathering With You had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and its US premiere at the Animation
Everyone rejoice — Lupin III: The First is being given a US release! Isn’t that amazing news?? ……What do you mean you don’t know who “Lu-pawn” is? Lupin the Third is an iconic cartoon character in Japan, first drawn onto the pages of manga by artist Monkey Punch (recently deceased).
Yesterday, GKIDS and Fathom Events announced that they will be distributing the animated film, Children of the Sea in theaters. The Fathom Events screenings will be a two night event in select theaters across North America on Monday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 22. Then the film will have a
Ride Your Wave, a film by Masaaki Yuasa, in theaters February 19 A romance from Masaaki Yuasa, the director of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and Devilman Crybaby. When Hinako, a surf-loving college student, is rescued by handsome firefighter Minato, the two fall in love and quickly become inseparable. Tragedy
WHAT: “Tokyo Godfathers,” the acclaimed holiday classic from master director Satoshi Kon (“Perfect Blue” and “Paprika”), will return to theaters in a brand new restoration, with an all new English language dub this March. Co-written by Keiko Nobumoto (“Cowboy Bebop”) and featuring a whimsical score by Keiichi Suzuki, “Tokyo Godfathers”
GKIDS, the acclaimed distributor of multiple Academy Award®-nominated animated features, and Fathom Events will continue their partnership with a special showing of visionary director Masaaki Yuasa’s new film “Ride Your Wave” on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. (local time, English subtitled). With “Ride Your Wave,” Yuasa (“The Night is
Director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura produced the anime hit of the decade with Your Name, a film that set box office records in Japan and won fans around the world. Now their follow-up film, Weathering With You, will open tonight in limited preview screenings, followed by a wide
