Anime

“Re:Bel Robotica” Released First Teaser Trailer

July 9th, 2026

The first promotional video for Re:Bel Robotica recently dropped, along with information about the production team bringing the new original anime to life since it was confirmed in production on June 24th. In this promotional video an insert song by the renowned composer Yuki Kajiura was debuted, one of the few pieces of Re:Bel Robotica […]

AnimEigo Announces Latest Blu-Ray Drops At Anime Expo

Haylie Baker|

July 4th, 2026

Announced during the Anime Expo 2026, AnimEigo is set to bring in a new lineup of upcoming anime titles to be available in Blu-ray DVD home media, featuring Sakon The Ventriloquist, Drucker in the Dugout, House of Five Leaves, Baby & I, and additionally a 4K restoration for AD Police Files. An update was also […]

“Akira” Heads Back To Theatres In 4k And IMAX This September

Haylie Baker|

July 2nd, 2026

This upcoming September 4th, Akira drives back into theatres in the United States and Canada for any and all fans rewatching or witnessing for the first time the cult classic and wildly beloved film. For the first time ever, Akira can be experienced in 4k and IMAX. Distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, the […]

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Gutiérrez, Tartakovsky and Chung celebrate “Akira” Anniversary Screening at Academy

Based on the manga by director Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira (1988) is regarded as one of the most remarkable achievements in anime filmmaking to date. Proving the potential of animation to tell adult stories, Akira represents a cultural and technological landmark that continues to inspire modern animators. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is […]

Jerry Beck|November 12, 2019

INTERVIEW: Makoto Shinkai, Director, “Weathering With You”

It’s the summer of 2011. The long-range weather forecast for Tokyo is rain. And it’s not. Going to. Stop. Such is the sad state of affairs in Weathering With You, from Japanese director Makoto Shinkai. His previous work, Your Name, became the first anime not directed by Hayao Miyazaki to earn more than U.S. $100 […]

W.R. Miller|November 5, 2019

2019: A Sea Odyssey: An Interview with the Makers of “Children of the Sea”

As a young girl, Ruka Azumi had an amazing encounter with the sea life in her father’s aquarium, as they gathered and looked at her through the sea window. Years later, as a 14-year-old junior high student, she crosses paths with two boys, brothers, who are able to breathe and talk underwater, both raised by […]

W.R. Miller|October 31, 2019

INTERVIEW: Ji Zhau, Co-Director of “The White Snake”

Five hundred years ago in China, during the late Tang dynasty, the Dark General made people catch snakes that somehow energize him with supernatural power. The snake people—demons—don’t like this. So a beautiful young woman, Blanca, tries to assassinate him. She fails. Despite her martial arts prowess, she is subdued. She wakes in a remote […]

W.R. Miller|October 28, 2019

ANIME REVIEW: “Yu Yu Hakusho Ghost Files”

Like Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi (Justin Cook), the hero of the brawling fantasy-adventure Yu Yu Hakusho (1992), is “a low-down cheap little punk.” He boasts that he’s the toughest kid in Sarayashki Junior High. He cuts classes and loves duking it out with other guys, especially with his red-haired […]

Charles Solomon|September 29, 2019

TRAILER: Fuminori Kizaki’s “Human Lost”

From the chief director of Psycho-Pass, the director of Afro Samurai, and the studio that brought you Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters comes the animated feature film Human Lost – Osamu Dazai’s masterpiece of Japanese literature re-imagined into a hyper-kinetic deep dive into human consciousness. Funimation Films will give Human Lost a limited theatrical release, […]

Jerry Beck|September 17, 2019

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