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    Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © Shunichiro Miki Source: Third Window Films press release Special Thanks to Adam Torel Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © Shunichiro Miki Third Window Films is pleased to announce the Blu-ray release of Toshiaki Toyoda’s THE WARPED FOREST (あさっての森 , Asatte no Mori , 2011) on September 29, 2025. Directed by Shunichiro Miki, the follow-up to the 2005 cult classic FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT (ナイスの森: The First Contact, Naisu no Mori: The First Contact) is also the lead actress debut of SHOGUN star Fumi Nikaido. Six years after directors Shunichiro Miki, Katsuhito Ishii and Hajime Ishimine teamed up to deliver FUNKY FOREST, Shunichiro Miki, flying solo this time, is back to deliver THE WARPED FOREST, a film full of nipple guitars, giant store owners, wiener guns and the Pinkie Pankie monster.   Running Time: 82 Minutes 

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    Source: TOKYOPOP press release Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) Publisher TOKYOPOP announces a compelling collection of new manga titles set to debut in Q4. These include new BL and shojo romance manga set for release under the LoveLove imprint, as well as a box set for ASSASSINS CREED DYNASTY, which is based on the action role-playing video game series developed and published by Ubisoft. The new releases open in October with the manga debuts of the paranormal BL romances, MONSTER AND GHOST and MY FLUFFY MOODY CRUSH, followed by the shojo series launch of I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH AMANO! and the Edo period shojo romance MY NEW WIFE’S FAKE SMILE. The ASSASSIN’S CREED DYNASTY BOX SET also hits in October and is a must-read for any fan of the legendary action franchise.  November begins with the debut of the Spanish edition of HEAVEN OFFICIAL’S

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    Photo courtesy of Iconic Releasing. © 2000 The Battle Royale Production Committee Source: Iconic Events Releasing Official Site: https://www.iconicreleasing.com/events/battle-royale/tickets/Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab)   Photo courtesy of Iconic Releasing. © 2000 The Battle Royale Production Committee. Iconic Events Releasing, a company specializing in distributing limited-engagement theatrical events to movie theaters, in partnership with Lionsgate, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the acclaimed Japanese horror-thriller BATTLE ROYALE ( バトル・ロワイアル, ,Batoru Rowaiaru, 2000) with a special series of 4K theatrical-cut screenings set for October across North America. A rare interview with Kenta Fukasaku, BATTLE ROYALE screenwriter and the son of the movie’s director Kinji Fukasaku, will also be presented. For the 25th anniversary, Battle Royale will be presented with a crisp new 4K restoration that delivers all the onscreen action with stunning updated resolution. Catch the BATTLE ROYALE trailer at: https://youtu.be/AbmmkiiqD5c Tickets are on sale

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    64th Japan Professional Golf Senior Championship, Featuring a Special Appearance from Ultraman!Source: Tsuburaya Fields Holdings, Inc. Official Site: https://www.tsuburayafields-ultramancup.com/   Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Fields Holdings. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS The 64th Japan Professional Golf Senior Championship TSUBURAYA FIELDS HOLDINGS ULTRAMAN CUP (sponsored by the Japan Professional Golf Association and specially sponsored by TSUBURAYA FIELDS HOLDINGS, boasting a total prize purse of ¥50 million) will be held from September 25th to 28th, 2025. This tournament, which commenced in 1962 and is now celebrating its 64th anniversary, is a major event on the domestic senior tour designed to crown Japan’s top senior professional golfer. Similar to last year, it will take place at the Eagle Point Golf Club (Ami-cho, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture). As part of the “Ultra Series 60th Anniversary Project,” which commenced in July this year, Ultraman will make a special appearance at the Eagle Point

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    Photo courtesy of Comscore. Source: Comscore Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian Sony Reports Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures’ DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編, Gekijō-ban `Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen-jō Hen) once again took the top spot at the North American box office in its second of release. For the weekend of September 19-21, 2025,  the movie earned $17.3 million from 3,342 locations for a PTA of $5,177 and a domestic cume through Sunday of $104.730 million. After opening at #1 internationally, this weekend  saw DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE drop to the 2nd spot with a take of $44.565 million (behind Chinese title 73” which made $121.202 million).  The colossal worldwide total stands over $665.830 million. Crunchyroll/Sony markets delivered $36 million. The film expanded to German-speaking and French-speaking markets and set new records as the #1 anime opening of all time across each new territory. France debuted

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    Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. TM ＆ © TOHO CO.,LTD. Source: The Criterion Collection press release Special Thanks to Courtney Ott  In October, the Criterion Channel will stream Toho's horror classic MATANGO (マタンゴ,1963), starring Hiroshi Koizumi, Kumi Mizuno, and Kenji Sahara. Leaving behind the kaiju genre for which he was best known, director Ishiro Honda took a detour into hallucinogenic science fiction with this disturbing psychological survival thriller that stands as perhaps the director’s darkest and most complex work. When their yacht washes ashore a remote island, a group of vacationing youths soon find themselves giving in to the temptation of the strange mushrooms that grow there—initiating a grotesque transformation and descent into surreal terror. MATANGO is part of a sci-fi and horror-heavy lineup for October, which also includes more than a dozen films from director John Carpenter (THE FOG, CHRISTINE, ESCAPE FROM NEW

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    Source: Sentai press release Sentai Home Video has announced its December 2025 slate of anime Blu-ray releases. Product details follow, in order of release...   Photo courtesy of Sentai. GUSHING OVER MAGICAL GIRLS SEASON 1 STEELBOOK Published by:    Sentai Distributed by:   Distribution SolutionsRun Time:         325 min.Street Date:      12/2/25Language:        Japanese with English SubtitlesSRP:                 $129.98 Utena was obsessed with her city’s Magical Girls, so when she was offered the chance to become a MG herself, she agreed without reading the fine print… and now she’s an EVIL magical girl in a scandalously brief costume, who has to fight her beloved heroines! And even more embarrassing? It seems Utena’s MG obsession was nowhere near as innocent as she’d believed, and her relationships with Magical Girls take on a very twisted turn once her sadistic side is set

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    Photo courtesy of Comscore. Source: Comscore Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian On top of taking the Number 1 spot at the North American box office, Sony Reports Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures’ DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編, Gekijō-ban `Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen-jō Hen) also was the highest grossing film internationally for the weekend of September 12-14, 2025.  The movie took in $78 million in 63 international territories and $148 million globally including North America. DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE now has a massive overall global cume to date of $450,442,200 as it continues its meteoric run. The film sets a new mark for the biggest anime opening of all time with a $132.1 million weekend in Sony distributed territories as Crunchyroll/Sony expanded into North America and 49 international markets to push the studio’s global take to $177.8 million. The numbers were announced by the theatrical measurement service, Comscore. As

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    Photo courtesy of Comscore. Source: Comscore Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian Sony Reports Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures’ DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編, Gekijō-ban `Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen-jō Hen) took the top spot at the North American box office for the weekend of September 12-14, 2025.  The movie earned an impressive $70 million from 3,315 locations for a PTA of $21,116. The numbers were announced by the theatrical measurement service, Comscore. As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Comscore provides the only theater-level reporting in the world.  The film continues its meteoric run as it sets a new mark for the biggest anime opening of all time with a $132.1 million weekend as Crunchyroll/Sony expanded into North America and 49 international markets to push the studio’s global take to $177.8 million. In North America, it bumped last week's top movie, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, to 2nd place, and

    (L-R) Aleks Le, Stephen Fu, Johnny Yong Bosch, Erika Harlacher, Christine Marie Cabanos, Bryce Papenbrook, Griffin Burns, Zach Aguilar, Erik Scott Kimerer, Jonah Scott, Alejandro Saab, Zeno Robinson, Kira Buckland, Doug Erholtz, Clifford Chapin, Lucien Dodge, Rebecca Wang, Kaiji Tang, Ray Chase, Abby Trott, Brianna Knickerbocker and Adam McArthur attend the Los Angeles premiere of DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE Castle English Dub at the TCL Chinese Theatre on September 9, 2025. Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Aniplex. ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable

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    (L-R) Aleks Le, Stephen Fu, Johnny Yong Bosch, Erika Harlacher, Christine Marie Cabanos, Bryce Papenbrook, Griffin Burns, Zach Aguilar, Erik Scott Kimerer, Jonah Scott, Alejandro Saab, Zeno Robinson, Kira Buckland, Doug Erholtz, Clifford Chapin, Lucien Dodge, Rebecca Wang, Kaiji Tang, Ray Chase, Abby Trott, Brianna Knickerbocker and Adam McArthur attend the Los Angeles premiere of DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE Castle English Dub at the TCL Chinese Theatre on September 9, 2025. Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Aniplex. ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable Source: Crunchyroll press releaseSpecial Thanks to Hannah Kim (L-R) Rahul Purini (President, Crunchyroll), Channing Tatum and Ravi Ahuja (President and CEO, SPE) attend the Los Angeles premiere. Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Aniplex. ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable The Los Angeles Premiere of DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY

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    Photo courtesy of Shinjuku Ward. TM & © TOHO CO. Source: Shinjuku Ward press release Official Site: https://furusato-shinjuku.jp/godzilla2025/ Shinjuku City (Mayor: Kenichi Yoshizumi) has launched a collaboration project with Godzilla for the hometown tax donation program starting in September  2025. This follows last year's initiative and highlights the connection between the city and Godzilla, who serves as a Shinjuku Tourism Ambassador. The project features numerous original collaborative rewards, including  textiles and posters utilizing the traditional techniques of the city's two major local industries—the dyeing and the printing/bookbinding industry—as well as food products manufactured and processed within the city.   Photo courtesy of Shinjuku Ward. TM & © TOHO CO. ♦Collaboration Overview Collaboration Period: Monday, September 1 - Wednesday, December 31, 2025 How to Apply: Vist the Shinjuku Ward Hometown Tax Donation Special Website   Photo courtesy of Shinjuku Ward. TM &

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    Samurai anime action drama available in North America for the first time Source: AnimEigo  Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) Image courtesy of MediaOCD. ©Sanpei Shirato ©EIKEN Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD have announced the upcoming home media Blu-ray release of SASUKE - The Complete Television Series on October 14th. The historic 1968 anime series comes to North America for the very first time in a complete collection that has been thoughtfully restored from the original film assets and features newly produced subtitles and a previously unreleased English dub. SASUKE (サスケ) depicts the life and training of a young ninja during Japan’s tumultuous Sengoku period and was directed by Kiyoshi Onishi and based on a manga by Sanpei Shirato. It was known for its dark themes and brutal depictions of war and was also an inspiration for the Naruto franchise and the character Sasuke Uchiha.

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    New Main Trailer Reveals Ending Theme Song from LilasSource: Crunchyroll Official Site: https://spy-family.net/ (Japan) Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. © Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project Upon the release of the new main trailer for SPY x FAMILY Season 3, Crunchyroll announced that it will stream the third season starting on October 4, worldwide but excluding Asia, with new episodes premiering weekly, same-day as Japan.  The trailer also previews the ending theme song,  “Actor,” performed by singer-songwriter Lilas. Watch the new main trailer HERE.    The Japanese voice cast and characters include: Takuya Eguchi as Loid Forger Atsumi Tanezaki as Anya Forger Saori Hayami as Yor Forger Kenichiro Matsuda as Bond Forger Hiroyuki Yoshino as Franky Franklin Yuhko Kaida as Sylvia Sherwood Kazuhiro Yamaji as Henry Henderson Kensho Ono as Yuri Briar Natsumi Fujiwara as

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    Photo courtesy of Shout! Studios. ⓒIshimori Productions Inc. and Toei Company Ltd. Source: Shout! StudiosOfficial Sites: https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/zeztz/, https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/zeztz/ (Japan)Streaming Sites: https://www.youtube.com/@shoutstudios/streams, https://www.youtube.com/@tokushoutsu/streams Special Thanks to Ari Schonfeld and Isabella Brock  Photo courtesy of Shout! Studios. ⓒIshimori Productions Inc. and Toei Company Ltd. Toei's latest Kamen Rider television series, KAMEN RIDER ZEZTZ (仮面ライダーゼッツ, Kamen Raidā Zettsu), will debut exclusively on Shout! TV in the US beginning this Saturday, September 7th. Each week new episodes will debut on Shout! Studios and TokuSHOUTsu’s YouTube pages Saturday at 7:30pm PT, and play continuously through Monday. There will be a replay of episodes Friday at 5pm PT. From KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE (仮面ライダーゼロワン, Kamen Raidā Zerowan, 2019-20) to the recently concluded television series KAMEN RIDER GAVV (仮面ライダーガヴ, Kamen Raidā Gavu, 2024-25), the "Reiwa Kamen Riders" have brilliantly ushered in a new era. Now KAMEN RIDER ZEZTZ will follow those shows with a new hero who will fight to save

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    Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will Bring the First Film of the Epic Trilogy to Movie Theatres in North America on September 12, 2025Source: CrunchyrollSpecial Thanks to Niko Kouvaris and Sarah Jarvis New Versus Visual (Zenitsu and Kaigaku). Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable Today, Crunchyroll debuted a new versus poster featuring the upcoming anticipated showdown between Zenitsu and Kaigaku in DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編, Gekijō-ban `Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen-jō Hen).  The first feature film in the three-part cinematic trilogy will come to IMAX and premium large format theatres in the United States and Canada on September 12, 2025, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment.  DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE broke three box office opening weekend records, including the highest opening day, first day, and single day results of all time for Japan when it

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©SHUICHI YOSHIDA/ASP ©2025 Japan’s Oscars Entry for Best International Feature Source: GKIDSOfficial Site: kokuhou-movie.com (Japan), https://gkids.com/films/kokuho/ (US) Special Thanks to Hannah Kim   Academy Award-winning producer and distributor GKIDS announced today it has acquired all North American rights to KOKUHO (国宝, 2025). Recently announced as Japan’s official submission for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards, the smash-hit live action feature is directed by Sang-Il Lee, and stars Ryo Yoshizawa (KINGDOM), Ryusei Yokohama (YOUR EYES TELL), and Ken Watanabe (THE LAST SAMURAI, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS). The film is produced by Aniplex Inc. in association with Myriagon Studio, Amuse Inc., Toho Co Ltd., Lawson Inc. and Credeus, and international sales are handled by Pyramide International. GKIDS will release KOKUHO in North American theaters early next year.  Upon its domestic release in Japan in June, KOKUHO has

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    Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT Film Partners Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/karadasagashijp/ (Japan)   Japanese theatrical poster. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT Film Partners You can't leave this amusement park, even if you die.  Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided press notes and photos for their live-action horror movie RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT (カラダ探し THE LAST NIGHT, Karada Sagashi The Last Night), which opens in Japanese cinemas this Friday, August 5th.    RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT is the sequel to the 2022 box office smash RE/MEMBER (カラダ探し, Karada Sagashi). Both films are based on the web novel Re/Member by Welzard, in which high school are trapped in a time loop and must find the scattered remains of an unknown victim to break the curse and

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. © Gege Akutami_Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project Source: Crunchyroll Official Site: https://jujutsukaisen.jp/ (Japan) During the live-streamed JUJUTSU KAISEN 5th Anniversary Special, the first teaser trailer for JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3 was shared, which also announced that it will air in January 2026. Also referred to as JUJUTSU KAISEN The Culling Game, it has been decided that Crunchyroll will stream the third season of the hit anime series exclusively worldwide, excluding Asia, with new episodes premiering weekly, same-day as Japan.  Seen in the teaser trailer is Yuji Itadori in conflict and despair after believing he has killed many people from the “Shibuya Incident.” Also shown is a fierce battle between Yuji and Yuta Okkotsu, the main protagonist from the film JUJUTSU KAISEN 0. The preview also features a heated exchange between new character Naoya Zen’in and Choso. Megumi Fushiguro, Yuki Tsukumo, and Maki Zen’in

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd.©Ammitsu / Kodansha ©2025 STELLA NEXT TO ME Movie Production Committee Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://stella-eiga.jp/ (Japan)    Toho has provided press notes and photos for their live-action adaptation of the shojo manga Gazing at the Star Next Door (隣のステラ, Tonari no Sutera), which is now playing in Japanese cinemas. The film is being marketed in Japan as STELLA NEXT TO ME and internationally as GAZING AT THE STAR NEXT DOOR.   Introduction The original work is the wildly popular manga Gazing at the Star Next Door by Ammitsu, currently serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend (別冊フレンド, Bessatsu Furendo), depicting the “close yet distant love” between two childhood friends who find themselves in the frustrating relationship of “a celebrity and an ordinary person.” Chiaki Amano, the high school girl with a crush on her childhood friend, is portrayed

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2025 EXIT 8 Movie Production Committee Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://exit8-movie.toho.co.jp/ (Japan)   Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2025 EXIT 8 Movie Production Committee Toho has provided information and images for EXIT 8 (８番出口, 8-Ban Deguchi). The psychological horror movie premiered May 19th at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and opens in Japanese cinemas this weekend. EXIT 8 has been licensed by Neon for a North American theatrical release. EXIT 8 is based on the concept of "liminal space," abandoned or empty places that create a growing feel of eeriness, discomfort and surreality.   Introduction The global hit infinite loop game where you search for anomalies is now a live-action movie! You exit the subway turnstile and walk down a white underground passageway. A sign for “Exit 8”

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