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    Source: Sentai press release Sentai Home Video has announced its January 2025 slate of anime Blu-ray releases. Product details follow, in order of release...   Photo courtesy of Sentai. BASTARD!! HEAVY METAL, DARK FANTASY Published by:    Sentai Distributed by:   Distribution SolutionsRun Time:         600 min.Street Date:      1/21/2025Format:             BDLanguage:        English Dub, Japanese with English SubtitlesSRP:                 $89.98 Fifteen years ago, the wizard Dark Schneider led the armies of the Divine Kings in a ruthless bid to conquer the world. Ultimately, Schneider failed and was sealed away into the body of a newborn, but his generals escaped and now the Kings are back with a new plan: unleashing a God of Destruction! Barring their way, however, is the kingdom of Metallicana, where the Great Priest’s daughter will unleash a surprise weapon of her own: Dark Schneider reborn! Can Yoko control her resurrected ally, or will

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    All 13 Episodes of Toei Animation's Most Recent Original Series Will Be Released in a Batch on November 6, 2024Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Toei Animation. All Rights Reserved Crunchyroll is rockin’ out to today’s announcement of the acquisition of GIRLS BAND CRY (ガールズバンドクライ,  Gāruzu Bando Kurai), an original anime from Toei Animation, set to premiere on Tuesday, November 6, 2024. All 13 episodes will be available at once, offering fans the complete story in a single drop. The series will be available with subtitles in 9 languages and streamed across English-speaking territories, LATAM, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.   GIRLS BAND CRY Synopsis Feeling out of place in the countryside, high school dropout Nina Iseri moves to Tokyo. After a rough first day and getting locked out of her apartment, she meets her favorite guitarist, Momoka Kawaragi.

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    Photo courtesy of TOKYOPOP. ©Yone Sawata/SHUEISHA, Acro Trip project Photo courtesy of TOKYOPOP. ©Kami Erabi Production Committee. Fuji TV's KAMI.APP Season 2 and Happinet Phantom Studios' ACRO TRIP will stream as simulcasts on ShahidSource: TOKYOPOP press release Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) MBC Group and Tokyopop have announced their investment in two new anime productions, ACRO TRIP and Season 2 of KAMI.APP . The shows are slated for release in Japan and the Middle East this month.  They will stream as simulcasts on Shahid this month. Comedic action-adventure series ACRO TRIP is directed by Ayumu Kotake, known for his work on GOLDEN KAMUY: Season Three, with character designs by Kei Umabiki. Based on the Shueisha manga by Yone Sawata, the series brings a mix of lighthearted fun and exciting battles, making it a must-watch for fans of the genre. All episodes of Season One are scheduled to stream this year, with a passionate fan

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    Photo by Richard Termine, courtesy of Keith Sherman and Associates. ©I・K/AMPC Source: Keith Sherman and Associates press releaseOfficial Site: https://attackontitan-themusical.com/ Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/shingekimusical Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attackontitan_themusical YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shingekimusical Special Thanks to Scott Klein Photo courtesy of Keith Sherman and Associates. ©I・K/AMPC ATTACK ON TITAN: THE MUSICAL, the live 2.5D Musical entertainment based on the wildly popular manga (comic book) by Hajime Isayama and published by Kodansha, has sold out its entire New York engagement at New York City Center, selling about 9000 tickets over its four- performance engagement this past weekend. Directed by breakdance world champion Go Ueki (HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rule the Stage), ATTACK ON TITAN: THE MUSICAL had its world premiere in Osaka and Tokyo in January, 2023 to great success. The New York City Center engagement marked the musical’s first international performance and the show will be returning to Japan in December

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    Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment bring the momentous theatrical fan experience to North American theaters on December 6Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Solo Leveling Animation Partners Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, has revealed the key art for the theatrical release of SOLO LEVELING -REAWAKENING- (俺だけレベルアップな件 -ReAwakening-, Ore Dake Level-Up na Ken -ReAwakening- ). Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring SOLO LEVELING -REAWAKENING- to theaters in the United States and Canada on December 6, 2024. The anime series SOLO LEVELING is adapted from the best-selling Korean web novel written by Chugong, which was later adapted into a webtoon and manhwa in 2018, with illustrations by DUBU. The first season of SOLO LEVELING debuted globally on Crunchyroll on January 6, 2024 with a second season coming in January 2025. SOLO LEVELING -REAWAKENING- is a cinematic fan experience that brings together a recap of

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Kugane Maruyama,PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/OVERLORD4PARTNERS Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the thrilling adventure to theaters in the United States and Canada starting November 8Source: Crunchyroll press releaseOfficial Site: https://www.overlord-movie.com/ Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Kugane Maruyama,PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/OVERLORD4PARTNERS Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, announced today that tickets for OVERLORD: THE SACRED KINGDOM (劇場版「オーバーロード」聖王国編, Gekijō-ban Ōbarōdō Sei Ōkoku-hen, 2024) are now on sale for audiences in the United States and Canada. The film, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, will be released starting November 8 and will be available in Japanese with English subtitles as well as dubbed in English. OVERLORD: THE SACRED KINGDOM, is the first theatrical film from the fan-favorite OVERLORD franchise based on the light novels by Kugane Maruyama, and continues the series picking up after the conclusion of Season 4. The story follows

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    Image courtesy of Crunchyroll. Titles Highlighted Include ZENSHU, OKITSURA, Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE, and More!Source: Crunchyroll press release This Friday, Crunchyroll held its Industry Panel at New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Crunchyroll announced several titles coming soon to its streaming service around the world. Those titles included the following:   Image courtesy of Crunchyroll. Based on the manga The Dialect of the Girl I Fell in Love With in Okinawa is Too Difficult to Deal With created by Egumi Sora, the coming-of-age slice of romance anime, OKITSURA: FELL IN LOVE WITH AN OKINAWAN GIRL, BUT I JUST WISH I KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING, is set to stream on Crunchyroll this January 2025. The latest trailer for the upcoming anime series was shown at NYCC. The series is written and directed by Shin Itagaki (SO I'M A SPIDER, SO WHAT?) and Shingo Tanabe (I GOT A

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    Source: HIDIVE press release Official Site: https://neet-kunoichi.com/ (Japan)Special Thanks to Scott Barretto (AMCN Entertainment Group) Photo courtesy of HIDIVE. ©Kotatsu・Yakitomato/NEET Kunoichi Partners HIDIVE is giving the gift of laughs this holiday season with today’s announcement that the new rom-com series I’M LIVING WITH AN OTAKU NEET KUNOICHI!? (ニートくノ一となぜか同棲はじめました, Nīto Kunoichi to Nazeka Dōsei Hajimemashita, 2024) will help kick-off the New Year as part of its Winter 2025 simulcast season. I’M LIVING WITH AN OTAKU NEET KUNOICHI!? is based on the popular manga series created by Yakitomato and Kotatsu and will stream exclusively on HIDIVE, AMC Networks’ anime streaming service. “We’re excited to add I’M LIVING WITH AN OTAKU NEET KUNOICHI!? to our slate of exclusive new series for HIDIVE’s Winter 2025 simulcast season,” said John Ledford, President of HIDIVE. “ Demons + Salaryman + Shinobi + Otaku + NEET is truly the perfect formula for a humous rom-com and

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    Image courtesy of Crunchyroll. Additional Blu-ray Titles Arriving from Crunchyroll this January Include THE WRONG WAY TO USE HEALING MAGIC and DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY Part 2, Among OthersSource: Crunchyroll press release Crunchyroll has the best remedy to ring in the New Year with THE APOTHECARY DIARIES Season 1 Part 1, arriving on Blu-ray on January 28, 2025. Fans excited for the release can expect an elixir of special features including 12 mini-episodes featuring Maomao and Jinshi that have never officially been subtitled until now. Those looking to warm up their hearts from cold this winter can also look forward to the Crunchyroll Anime Awards winner for Best Romance Anime, HORIMIYA: THE MISSING PIECES, with a Blu-ray and DVD combo set on January 21, 2025. This collection of episodic stories completes the romantic tale between Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura and will be packaged together with

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    In Theaters November 10, 11 & 12 and Now Available in Both the United States and CanadaSource: Toei Animation Inc. press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto Photo courtesy of Fathom Events. ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION This November, Toei Animation and Fathom Events will present the world English dub premiere of the highly anticipated new series DRAGON BALL DAIMA as a three-day, limited release, which has now been expanded to include both the United States and Canada and will screen exclusively in more than 1,000 theaters locations during its November 10 - 12 run. Moviegoers will be treated to a special introduction by Japanese actor Masako Nozawa, the voice of Goku, that can only be experienced in theaters. Fans can now purchase tickets to the DRAGON BALL DAIMA World English Dub Premiere theatrical release, which will screen November 10, 11 & 12 and features the first three episodes

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll.©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, KODANSHA/BLUE LOCK Production Committee. Shortly After the Season Two Premiere, the Crowd-Favorite Soccer Anime Film Scores a Premiere Date of October 17Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll.©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, KODANSHA/BLUE LOCK Production Committee. BLUE LOCK is keeping up the momentum as BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- makes its way to Crunchyroll this Thursday, October 17 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET. The film will be available to stream in select territories around the world in Japanese with subtitles in English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Arabic. The film will also be available with dub languages in English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, French, German and Italian.   After receiving acclaim for its international premiere at the 2024 Annecy International

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. Source: Crunchyroll press release This past weekend, Crunchyroll held an Industry Panel at SOFA (el Salón del Ocio y la FAntasía) 2024, Colombia’s biggest annual fan convention, at the Corferias Convention Center in Bogotá, Colombia. During the panel, Crunchyroll announced multiple anime series coming to its streaming platform in January 2025, including TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN Season 2, THE 100 GIRLFRIENDS WHO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE YOU Season 2, HEADHUNTED TO ANOTHER WORLD: FROM SALARYMAN TO BIG FOUR!, and MEDAKA KUROIWA IS IMPERVIOUS TO MY CHARMS.Details for each title can be found below:   Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN Season 2   Synopsis: There’s a rumor going around about the Seven Wonders of Kamome Academy. Nene Yashiro and her classmate, Kou Minamoto, work with Hanako-san to expose a traitor among the ranks of the

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    Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Toei Animation. ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, TOEI ANIMATION Toei Animation has announced that the legendary anime series ONE PIECE will be embarking on a hiatus following today’s release of Episode 1122. The series will return in April 2025 with fresh episodes from the Egghead arc. During the hiatus, fans can look forward to new content, including ONE PIECE LOG: FISH-MAN ISLAND SAGA, a special re-envisioned edition of the iconic arc streaming on Crunchyroll. These episodes will be available exclusively in select regions for one month before becoming accessible on other platforms worldwide. This special 21-episode cutdown will showcase the FISH-MAN ISLAND ARC with a fresh look and feel, bringing a contemporary visual style and new animation sequences, including opening and ending themes. The new opening theme, “We Go!” by Kitadani Hiroshi, will include a special guest collaboration to be announced soon,

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    Photo courtesy of Toei Animation. ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, TOEI ANIMATION Weekly Production of ONE PIECE Episodic Anime Series Takes Pause; New One Piece Programming to be Released During Scheduled Break Source: Toei Animation Inc. press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto Photo courtesy of Toei Animation. ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, TOEI ANIMATION This evening at 11:00 pm JST, legendary studio and anime industry leader Toei Animation announced that ONE PIECE, the long-running, globally beloved episodic series from creator Eiichiro Oda, will take a break from regular production starting today, Sunday, October 13, following this morning’s release of Episode 1122. Fans can look forward to watching  fresh new episodes from the Egghead arc when ONE PIECE returns in April 2025 in a new regular time slot that will be revealed at Jump Festa 2025, which takes place on Sunday, December 22, 2024. In anticipation of this planned production

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION Source: Crunchyroll press release The premiere episode of DRAGON BALL DAIMA will be available to stream on Crunchyroll starting October 11 at 10:00 AM PT (9:00 AM PT starting November 7, after Daylight Saving Time ends), with new episodes releasing every Friday. DRAGON BALL DAIMA is an all-new original anime series produced by Toei Animation in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Akira Toriyama’s original manga Dragon Ball, which grew to become the worldwide, popular franchise we know today.   DRAGON BALL DAIMA Goku and company were living peaceful lives when they suddenly turned small due to a conspiracy! When they discover that the reason for this may lie in a world known as the "Demon Realm", a mysterious young Majin named Glorio appears before them. –STAFF– Original Work, Story, and Character Design by

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    Photo courtesy of Toei Animation. ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, TOEI ANIMATION ©Akiyoshi Hongo, TOEI ANIMATION Programming Line-Up Includes Trio of Franchise Panels Featuring Celebrity Guests Together with One Piece: Mugiwara Store and Dim Mak Pop-Up Store Experiences Source: Toei Animation Inc. press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto (Publicity Partners) Legendary anime studio Toei Animation returns to New York Comic Con (“NYCC”) this year with a triple celebration of Dragon Ball, One Piece and Digimon. For NYCC 2024, Toei Animation will spotlight these three fan-favorite properties and global hit franchises with mix of celebrity guest panels and fan experiences. This year, Toei Animation’s exhibit booth (#2635) will feature two pop-up shops including the always popular Toei Animation X Dim Mak Pop-Up Shop with its curated selection of One Piece merchandise, including hoodies, t-shirts and shorts as wells as NYCC exclusive releases like a Straw Hats

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    Source: AnimEigo press release Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) Image courtesy of AnimEigo. Parts I & II © AIC, Part III © AIC / Flying Dog Anime distributor AnimEigo announces the upcoming home media Blu-ray release of the MEGAZONE 23 OVA (メガゾーン23, Megazōn Tsū Surī) on November 12th. Making its debut in 1985, MEGAZONe 23 ignited the Japanese Original Video Animation (OVA) boom. It proved there was a market for direct-to-video anime films and paved the way for anime to become not just a niche genre, but a world-wide phenomenon. It was soon joined by a visually mind-blowing sequel, and a 2-part spinoff that takes place centuries later. The new release from AnimEigo compiles the complete MEGAZONE 23 trilogy along with an array of bonus features that includes the original ADV Films commentary track, ADV Films English dub tracks for all 3 parts

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    Photo courtesy of Toei Animation Inc. ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION Toei Animation Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Dragon Ball Created by Akira Toriyama with a Brand New Goku Character Balloon Debuting at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeSource: Toei Animation Inc. press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto On Thanksgiving Day, Goku, one of anime’s most recognizable characters, returns to Big Apple, but in a brand new form.  Earth’s mightiest warrior from the global hit anime franchise Dragon Ball will fly in his iconic Saiyan form in the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In a new pose sporting jet black hair and his signature orange martial arts uniform, Goku will debut as a brand-new featured character balloon on November 28, 2024 in the iconic holiday tradition. Goku will greet millions of excited Parade spectators with an expressive smile and salute—marking the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball. Measuring

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Yukinobu Tatsu/SHUEISHA, DANDADAN Production Committee Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Yukinobu Tatsu/SHUEISHA, DANDADAN Production Committee The premiere episode of DAN DA DAN is now available to stream on Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, with new episodes BOTH subtitled and dubbed in English releasing every Thursday at 9:00 AM PT (8:00 AM PT after daylight saving time ends). The main English dub cast includes: Abby Trott as Momo A.J. Beckles as Okarun Kari Wahlgren as Seiko Lisa Reimold as Aira Aleks Le as Jiji Barbara Goodson as Turbo Granny Ben Diskin as the Serpoians  

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    Crunchyroll Unveiled an Action-Packed Trailer for the New Season Set to Exclusively Premiere on October 5Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©MK,YN,K/BLP Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, just confirmed that BLUE LOCK 2nd Season will premiere exclusively on its streaming platform this Saturday, October 5 at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET. The series will be available in Japanese with subtitles. A new trailer for the highly anticipated return of the Second Season has been revealed, introducing new, fiery and unhinged opponents on the field. Crunchyroll also revealed a Season One recap for those who need a refresher or for those just getting started with the BLUE LOCK anime series. The Second Season will be available to stream worldwide on Crunchyroll, except in Asia and Japan; new episodes will roll out weekly. Produced by Kodansha, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and

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