4K restoration of film to debut at Chicago Critic’s Film Festival GKIDS announced on Twitter on Wednesday that it has acquired the North American theatrical rights to Mamoru Oshii‘s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence film. A new 4K restoration of the film will first premiere at the Chicago Critic’s Film Festival this summer before…
Matthew Rhys, Danny Pudi, Lisa Gilroy, Liam McIntyre, Carl Tart star in series based on 1989 game Image via Google Play © Sega Comedy Central announced on Wednesday that it has ordered a 10-episode animated series based on Sega‘s Golden Axe video game series. The cast of the show includes Matthew Rhys as Gillius Thunderhead,…
Image via GoFundMe Voice actor Dave Underwood (David Kent Underwood II) died on April 6. He was 57. His family will hold a wake for him on April 20. They have also set up at GoFundMe account for burial expenses. Underwood was born on December 28, 1966. He attended broadcasting school at Specs Howard School…
Material copies sold through online auctions, generated estimated 10 million yen in sales ©2014 島田フミカネ・KADOKAWA / 第501統合戦闘航空団 The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Wednesday that the Metropolitan Police Department sent documents to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office regarding suspicion towards four men of copyright law violation, for illegally copying production materials of the Strike Witches…
©2022 古宮九時/KADOKAWA/Project Unnamed Memory Someone really doesn’t want the current royal family of Farsas to continue to rule. Prince Oscar and his father are suffering from a witch’s curse, which has made it so that no woman can safely carry a child of their line to term, which means that Oscar will be the last…
New manga runs for 5 consecutive issues, launches on May 1 Image via Amazon © Araki Joh, Kenji Nagatomo, Shueisha This year’s 10th issue of Shueisha‘s Grand Jump magazine revealed on Wednesday that writer Araki Joh and illustrator Kenji Nagatomo‘s Bartender manga will return for a short manga mini-series that will serialize for five consecutive…
Ghibli’s Honorary Palme d’Or marks 1st time Cannes Festival has given honor to entire group Image via Time Magazine The 77th Cannes International Film Festival announced on Wednesday that it is awarding Studio Ghibli with the Honorary Palme d’Or. The prize honors those who have achieved notable work but had never won a competitive Palme…
© George Morikawa, Kodansha This year’s 20th issue of Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that George Morikawa‘s Hajime no Ippo boxing manga would be on hiatus this week in order to prepare for the magazine’s combined 21st and 22nd double issue. K MANGA publishes the series in English and describes the series: What…
© 戸塚慶文／集英社・アンデッドアンラック製作委員会 TMS Entertainment announced three new members of the English Dub cast on Tuesday for the television anime of Yoshifumi Tozuka‘s Undead Unluck manga ahead of the final arc of the season. The newly added cast members include: Tony Oliver is directing the Dub at Bang Zoom! Studios. The series’ Dub began on December…
The Gundam Factory Yokohama held its “Grand Finale ～To the Next Stage～” event on March 31. And to be honest, grand is an understatement. It was epic. Since December 2020, Gundam fans from around the world have visited the Yamashita Pier area in Yokohama to see the 18-meter-tall RX-78F00 Gundam at the Gundam Factory Yokohama…