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Sentai Filmworks Licenses ‘Persona 4: The Animation’ (Press ...

Sentai Filmworks proudly brings the hit PERSONA game franchise to anime with the acquisition of the red-hot new series PERSONA 4 the Animation. Based on the megahit game-within-a-game from ATLUS, in which extraordinary humans take on even [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Sci-Fi Anime Film 'Mardock Scramble' on DVD

For fans of sci-fi anime with an abstruse and dystopian bent, Mardock Scramble: The First Compression may make for an interesting selection. The anime film, both in narrative and visual style, lures viewers into a foreign and corrupt, fut [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

GKids to Distribute 13 Ghibli Anime Films in N. America

The distribution company GKids has signed a deal with Studio Ghibli to distribute 13 of the studio's anime films from 1984 to 2002 — including Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and Spirited Away & [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Film, anime export firm to be set up?

A public-private joint investment fund will set up a new company as early as this summer to deal with planning, production and international distribution of Japanese movies and anime, it has been learned. The new company is designed to [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

'Akira' (1988) Anime Film on Blu-ray for UK

On the surface, Neo Tokyo is twitching -- itching to turn the page and enter another chapter in the nation's history. The year is 2019, and following the Third World War, half the city is decimated and slumbers comfortably in dark rui [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

MY REVIEW: My Review of The Animated Film Green Lantern: Eme...

Back in 2008, when "The Dark Knight" was about to be released in theaters, DC Universe Animated Original movies released "Batman: Gotham Knight". It featured fantastic anime style animation and compelling short-stories [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Alice in the Country of Hearts Game Gets Anime Film (Update ...

The May issue of Enterbrain's B's-Log game magazine announced on Saturday that QuinRose's Alice in the Country of Hearts (Heart no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Wonder World~) fantasy romance adventure game is being adapted into a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Sentai Filmworks Adds Dream Eater Merry Anime

The North American anime licensee Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it acquired J.C. Staff's Dream Eater Merry (Yumekui Merry) television anime series. Sentai Filmworks has not specified how the anime will be released. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Sentai Filmworks Adds Infinite Stratos Anime

The North American anime licensing company Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday that it acquired the Infinite Stratos television anime series. Sentai Filmworks has not specified how the anime will be released. The 12-episode television [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Kimi to Boku Flash Anime Gets Live-Action Film in May

Shigeto Yamagara's popular Flash anime Kimi to Boku (You and I) will get a live-action film in May with lead actor Aoi Nakamura (Beck, Q.E.D., Ōoku: The Inner Chambers). Voice actress/singer Maaya Sakamoto will voice Gin-Ō- [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Legendary Japanese Anime Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki Turns 70 (...

People all over the world adore Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, and they’ve taken to Twitter to wish the artist a happy 70th birthday. Miyazaki has helped shape the world of anime over the course of his five-decade career [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Five great anime films

The Vampire Hunter D films remain cult classics. Set on the manga series of the early eighties, the titular anime movie of the series, Vampire Hunter D, was one of the first anime films released outside of Japan and set the standard for [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Film Review: ‘Summer Wars’ anime aims for Oscar

The opening scene of Mamoru Hosoda’s animated film Summer Wars transports us to the virtual world of OZ, a place where hundreds of millions of users chat, shop and play via customized avatars in a breathtakingly trippy space that o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Sentai Filmworks Adds Clannad Anime Film with Dub, Sub

David Williams of the North American anime distributor Sentai Filmworks confirmed on the AnimeOnDVD forums that his company will release the Clannad anime film with English dubbing and subtitles next March. Sentai Filmworks will also dub [...]