GKids to Release “Fireworks” in LA on July 4th

Gkids has moved up its Los Angeles release date for producer Genki Kawamura’s follow up his mega-hit anime Your Name. Directors Nobuyuki Takeuchi and Akiyuki Shinbo’s Fireworks will open on July 4th in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica and Ahrya Fine Arts, in Beverly Hills. It’s a tale of […]

Hosada’s “Mirai” Screening at Cannes; Picked up by Gkids for US

GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced that the animated feature Mirai from Japan’s Studio Chizu will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. The film is written and helmed by Mamoru Hosoda, the celebrated director behind The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, […]

Gkids Acquires North American Rights to Anime “Fireworks”

US distributor GKIDS announced today that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Fireworks, from director Nobuyuki Takeuchi and general director Akiyuki Shinbo. The deal for the film was negotiated by Eric Beckman of GKIDS and Rui Machida at Toho Co., Ltd. GKIDS will release the film theatrically in Summer 2018. Here’s the […]

Gkids Acquires Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” for Fall Release

GKIDS has announced it has acquired the North American distribution rights for the animated feature Mirai from Japan’s Studio Chizu. The film is written and helmed by Mamoru Hosoda, the director behind The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. GKIDS will release the film theatrically this […]

INTERVIEW: Actress Ruby Barnhill on Voicing “Mary and The Witch’s Flower”

This Thursday January 18th, Fathom Events is screening both the foreign and English-language versions of the new anime film, Mary and The Witch’s Flower, in select theaters nationwide – the night before its regular theatrical release. “Mary” is one of the 26 films eligible for an Oscar nomination in this year’s Best Animated Feature category. […]