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    Source: Sentai press release Sentai Home Video has announced its February 2025 slate of anime Blu-ray releases. Product details follow, in order of release...   Photo courtesy of Sentai. CHAINED SOLDIER COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by:    Sentai Distributed by:   Distribution SolutionsRun Time:         300 min.Street Date:      2/04/2025Format:             BD  - Disc 1 (225 min eps 1-9; Disc 2 (75 min) eps 10-12, Special FeaturesLanguage:        English Dub (HD 2.0), English SDH, Japanese with English Subtitles (HD 2.0)SRP:                 $69.98 In a world where only women can gain superpowers, Yuuki Wakura seemed doomed to a boring future working in secondary and caretaker positions. Then fate literally changes his world, pulling him into the monster-filled Mato dimension, where he’s rescued by the dominating Kyouka Uzen, whose ability temporarily gives Yuuki incredible power… at the cost of transforming him into her inhuman slave! Stunned at Yuuki’s strength when transformed,

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    Photo courtesy of BANDAI CARD GAMES. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE ©SOTSU・SUNRISE・MBS ©BANDAI Source: BANDAI CARD GAMES press release Official Site: Gundam-GCG.com Special Thanks to Scott Barretto Photo courtesy of BANDAI CARD GAMES. ©SOTSU・SUNRISE ©SOTSU・SUNRISE・MBS ©BANDAI In T-minus twenty days the GUNDAM CARD GAME will launch at Johnson Space Center in Houston, home of NASA’s Mission Control Center and the perfect backdrop for the world premiere of BANDAI CARD GAMES’ brand-new trading card game (TCG) based on the global hit anime series “Mobile Suit Gundam.” BANDAI CARD GAMES staff and executives will host an invited audience comprised of press, influencers, and retailers for an immersive GUNDAM experience showcasing the new card game. Guests at the special world premiere event will be among the first to ever play the new GUNDAM CARD GAME - before the North American launch of its Edition Beta product in January 2025, and well ahead

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    Image courtesy of Crunchyroll. Additional Blu-rays Arriving from Crunchyroll this February Include THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO Season 3, ONE PIECE - Collection 36, and HEAVEN OFFICIAL’S BLESSING Season 2, Among OthersSource: Crunchyroll press release Before they became two of the most powerful sorcerers in the world, revisit Gojo and Geto’s school days in JUJUTSU KAISEN HIDDEN INVENTORY / PREMATURE DEATH, releasing on Blu-ray on February 4, 2025 from Crunchyroll. Fans looking to own the widely acclaimed and celebrated 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Award-winning series will also receive three art cards featuring Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Toji Fushiguro with purchase.  The adventures of Naofumi and Raphtalia continue in THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO Season 3, which will arrive on Blu-ray on February 25, 2025. A Limited Edition Blu-ray box set will contain exclusive items, including a 64-page art book with Japanese cast and

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    Photo courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing. ©2003 Virgin Records Ltd/EMI Music France Source: Trafalgar Releasing press releaseOfficial Site: https://interstella5555film.com/ WHAT: Tickets are available now at interstella5555film.com for Daft Punk’s INTERSTELLA 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM, a one-night-only event that brings the celebrated anime to the big screen at over 800 cinemas across the globe, remastered in stunning 4K, plus six of Daft Punk's most iconic music videos. Additionally, the event’s official trailer debuted today (view it HERE).   INTERSTELLA 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM is a spectacular journey through Daft Punk's album DISCOVERY, which is certified Gold in the US, Platinum in Japan, 2x Platinum in the UK, and 3x Platinum in France. Originally conceived during the creation of their iconic sophomore album, featuring timeless anthems like “One More Time” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” the film offers

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    Source: AnimEigo press release Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) Image courtesy of AnimEigo. ©2009/2010 Yasuhiro YOSHIURA / DIRECTIONS, Inc. Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD announce the upcoming home media Blu-ray release of TIME OF EVE (イヴの時間, Ivu no Jikan) on December 10th. An auteur independent work from director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (PATEMA INVERTED, SING A BIT OF HARMONY), TIME OF EVE is a critical darling that won the 2010 Tokyo Anime Award for Original Video Animation. This new edition from AnimEigo contains the feature film version in English and Japanese, along with the original 6-episode web series from which it was assembled. TIME OF EVE is set during a time when humanoid robots are everywhere, and every home has one as a servant. Some people treat them with contempt, while others become obsessed. One day, two high school boys stumble across a mysterious

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    Photo courtesy of HIDIVE. ©Michiro Kamiyama, Shonen Gahosha/From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! Production Committee, MBS Source: HIDIVE press releaseSpecial Thanks to Scott Barretto (AMCN Entertainment Group) AMC Networks’ HIDIVE returns to Fort Worth, TX next month for Anime Frontier 2024 with an extensive line-up of screenings of both current and upcoming titles available exclusively from the fast-growing anime streaming service. As part of today’s announcement, HIDIVE revealed two new series, FROM BUREAUCRAT TO VILLAINESS: DAD’S BEEN REINCARNATED! and BEHENEKO: THE ELF-GIRL’S CAT IS SECRETLY AN S-RANKED MONSTER!, that will debut in January as part of its Winter 2025 simulcast season following their North American premieres at Anime Frontier 2024. HIDIVE’s Anime Frontier 2024 programming schedule encompasses a half dozen screenings presented over the three day weekend, December 6 – 8, at the Fort Worth Convention Center and is open to all badge holders. Based

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    Image courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2024 GIVE IT ALL Film Partners Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://sh-anime.shochiku.co.jp/ganbatte-anime/ (Japan)   Shochiku has provided information and images for the anime film GIVE IT ALL (がんばっていきまっしょい, Ganbatte Ikimasshoi), which opened in Japan on October 25th.  The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Yoshiko Shikimura, won the grand prize of the “"Bocchan Literary Prize” in 1995. It was previously adapted in live-action as a movie starring Rena Tanaka (KITARO) in 1998 and a TV series starring Anne Suzuki (RETURNER, HANA AND ALICE) in 2005. Set in the town of Matsuyama, the story depicts the growth of high school girls who devote their adolescence to their school's rowing club.    The latest version of GIVE IT ALL was directed by Yuhei Sakuragi (THE RELATIVE WORLDS).  It was an Official Selection at ANNECY 2024. 

    Hayao Miyazaki’s LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO returns to Japanese cinemas in celebration of the movie's 45th Anniversary. Original Comic Books Created by Monkey Punch. © Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved. © TMS All Rights Reserved.

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    Hayao Miyazaki’s LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO returns to Japanese cinemas in celebration of the movie's 45th Anniversary. Original Comic Books Created by Monkey Punch. © Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved. © TMS All Rights Reserved. Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Movie Site: https://lupin-cagliostro45.com/ (Japan)   Toho Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and images for their 45th Anniversary theatrical re-release of LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城, Rupan Sansei Kariosutoro no Shiro, 1979). The second entry in the Lupin III movie series, THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO was the feature film directorial debut of the legendary Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, SPIRITED AWAY), and is widely considered the best of the series. Miyazaki also co-wrote the screenplay with Haruya Yamazaki (SPECTREMAN, SPACE AGENT COBRA). LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO will receive a

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    Watch the Action-Packed BLUE LOCK vs. Japan U-20 Match on November 9 Only on CrunchyrollSource: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©MK,YN,K/BLP Today, Kodansha officially revealed the roster for the Japan U-20 Team in BLUE LOCK 2nd Season. Covering the acclaimed “BLUE LOCK vs. Japan’s U-20” arc, BLUE LOCK’s adversaries will make their debut today in Episode 29, airing 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET, while the official match airs next Saturday, November 9 at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET.Going heel-to-toe against BLUE LOCK XI is the newly revealed Japan U-20 National Team, which includes Oliver Aiku, Ryusei Shidou and Sae Itoshi, who is the brother of Blue Lock XI’s Rin Itoshi. The full Japan U-20 National Team roster, along with the Japanese cast voicing these characters, includes: Ranse Kurosa voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi Kento Cho voiced by Jun

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    Photo courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing. ©2003 Virgin Records Ltd/EMI Music France DISCOVERY: INTERSTELLA 5555 EDITION To Be Released The Next DaySource: Trafalgar Releasing press releaseOfficial Site: https://interstella5555film.com/ Photo courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing. ©2003 Virgin Records Ltd/EMI Music France After select fan and festival screenings this year, the 4K remastered version of Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto’s 2003 anime masterpiece INTERSTELLA 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM (インターステラ5555, Intāsutera Fō Faibu) will be screened in cinemas globally for one night only on December 12, 2024 in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing. Says Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, "We're excited to bring Daft Punk's iconic Interstella 5555, now fully remastered in stunning 4K, to cinemas for this one-night-only global event. This is a rare opportunity to experience the film on the big screen, along with accompanying Daft Punk music videos, and we can't wait to

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©2024HAIKYU!! Project ©H.Furudate / Shueisha The Box-Office Hit is Set to Stream on October 31Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©2024HAIKYU!! Project ©H.Furudate / Shueisha Crunchyroll announced today the streaming availability for HAIKYU!! THE DUMPSTER BATTLE (劇場版ハイキュー!! ゴミ捨て場の決戦, Gekijōban Haikyu!! Gomi Suteba no Kessen, 2024). The highly acclaimed volleyball anime is set to arrive on the Crunchyroll streaming platform on October 31 at 5:00 PM PT.    Released in theaters earlier this year, HAIKYU!! THE DUMPSTER BATTLE has earned over $100 million globally. The anime series also celebrated its 10-year anniversary this past April. The film, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, will be available to stream worldwide, excluding Asia, France, and Southern Africa, in Japanese with subtitles and dubbed in English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish,

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    Image courtesy of Crunchyroll. Fans Will Get Access to Anime’s Ultimate Destination in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and AustraliaSource: Crunchyroll press release Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime fans, is about to make anime even more accessible as it announces a new distribution deal with YouTube Primetime Channels. The launch is slated sometime before the end of 2024 in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. With YouTube Primetime Channels, viewers can subscribe to and watch content from multiple streaming services directly on the YouTube app, simplifying the experience by managing all subscriptions in one place. Crunchyroll is joining over 45 channels on YouTube Primetime Channels. This partnership will further expand Crunchyroll’s reach, making the world’s largest dedicated anime library even more accessible. With 15 million paying subscribers

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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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