cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood has an incredibly deceptive title. This 2009 manga and soon to be anime film by Machiko Kyō sounds like it's a light-hearted story based solely on the title. However, if you look even a little bit deeper, you'll realize that this entire story is the story of the
Another World is a 2025 Hong Kong-made animated film that most people here in the U.S. has probably never heard of. It's the animated film adaptation of the 2012 novel Thousand Year Ghost by Naka Saijō, and was actually initially released as a 14-minute long short film back in 2019. After winning
ChaO is a most fascinatingly bizarre anime film. It's one of the newest anime films from Studio 4°C (Berserk: Golden Age Arc, Children of the Sea, All You Need Is Kill), features Toei Company as the distributor, and with Yasuhiro Aoki as the director. As for the anime film itself: it seems to be
The follow-up to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One is Godzilla Minus Zero and will be released in theaters in Japan on November 3rd. TOHO and GKIDS, the Academy Award-winning curator, producer, and distributor that was acquired by TOHO in 2024, has announced today, that GKIDS will distribute
GKIDS has been the distributor for countless anime over the years. From anime series to feature-length anime films, they've been the ones responsible for bringing much of anime overseas. At least, here in NA region, they are. It's almost certainly why we're getting this bit of news, and straight
GKIDS is one of the biggest licensors and distributors of anime (both anime series and anime films) in the world right now. Especially here in NA region. Meanwhile, New York Comic-Con (NYCC) is one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world right now. Attracting legions of fans to the
While most people are aware that GKIDS licenses a whole bunch of anime films, not many may know that they also license live-action films as well. True, anime films like Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Summer Wars, and Your Name. are their typical forte. However, Shin Godzilla is also among the list of
Studio Ghibli fans, get ready to head to IMAX. GKIDS announced today that it will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli with a special re-release of Princess Mononoke in theaters. Specifically, the special event will see the new 4K restoration of Princess Mononoke arrive in IMAX theaters.
We've had haunted house movies. Sure, but have we had a haunted van movie? That's what Passenger amounts to at its most distilled form. This is a horror movie about a demonic force (the opposite of Saint Christopher) that has been chasing and killing travelers for hundreds of years. Basically, the
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm jumps right into some bloody action with a new second cours in Ep. 13 "Daikyo and Shokyo". And just two weeks after the conclusion of the first cours to boot. We certainly didn't have long to wait before we see the bloody conclusion to the action-packed ending of Ep. 12.
