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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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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: https://60th.m-78.jp/ As announced last weekend on SciFi Japan, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Ultraman appeared for the ceremonial first pitch and related events at Dodger Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Before the 7:10pm (PST) game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, Dodgers fans and attendees were treated to a photo session with Ultraman and his longtime foe Alien Baltan at Center Field Plaza. Fans formed a long line, eager to meet and take photos with the iconic Tsuburaya Productions characters. At the ceremonial first pitch, as Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Chairman and Group CEO of Tsuburaya Fields Holdings, was about to head to the mound with Ultraman, Alien Baltan unexpectedly barged in. Just when it seemed like a huge brawl was about to break out, Ultraman executed a perfect shoulder against Alien

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    30-second spot for the Godzillafest convention in San Francisco, coming September 19-21, 2025 to the Holiday Inn - Golden Gateway (1500 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109).   Official Site: https://www.godzillafest.com/ Official Facebook:    / sfgodzillafest   Official Instagram:    / sfgodzillafest   Godzilla TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Photo courtesy of Shout! Studios and Anime Limited. © Go Naigai - Devilman Crybaby Project A Stunning Blu-ray Release Featuring All Episodes + 156-Page Artbook From Science SARU and Acclaimed Director Masaaki Yuasa  Source: Shout! Studios Special Thanks to Lizbeth Galeno Photo courtesy of Shout! Studios and Anime Limited. © Go Naigai - Devilman Crybaby Project Anime Limited and Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment company, today announced the North American Blu-ray debut of the critically acclaimed Netflix anime DEVILMAN CRYBABY (2018). Arriving December 9 as the DEVILMAN CRYBABY Deluxe Edition, the release includes all episodes of the groundbreaking adaptation along with a 156-page artbook featuring artwork from renowned animation studio Science SARU and director Masaaki Yuasa.   A riff on the 1970s manga cult favorite Devilman by artist Go Nagai, the CRYBABY adaptation was named Crunchyroll’s 2018 Anime of the Year and is lauded for its

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    CHAINSAW MAN – THE COMPILATION Slashes Onto Crunchyroll This September Source: Crunchyroll press release   Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. © Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHA・MAPPA Crunchyroll announced today that CHAINSAW MAN – THE COMPILATION will stream exclusively on the platform this September, bringing fans two feature-length recap films that revisit the unforgettable first season of the hit anime series in anticipation of the upcoming theatrical film, CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC, coming to U.S theaters on October 29 via Sony Pictures. The compilation gives fans the perfect way to catch up before the movie premieres.  The two films, CHAINSAW MAN – THE COMPILATION: PART I and CHAINSAW MAN – THE COMPILATION: PART II, will debut worldwide on Crunchyroll, excluding Asia, this September. Based on the manga phenomenon by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw Man has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a critically acclaimed anime series produced by MAPPA (JUJUTSU

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    Photo courtesy of GKIDS. © 1997 Madhouse Source: GKIDS Special Thanks to Rae D'Agnillo   GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of award-winning animation from around the world, announced out of their panel at Anime NYC that it is bringing PERFECT BLUE (パーフェクトブルー, Pāfekuto Burū, 1997), the legendary first film from the late auteur director Satoshi Kon to cinemas nationwide in a gorgeous new 4K restoration. PERFECT BLUE comes to cinemas nationwide starting October 3, 2025. PERFECT BLUE is the debut feature from the legendary director Satoshi Kon (PAPRIKA, MILLENIUM ACTRESS, TOKYO GODFATHERS). The groundbreaking feature is singular in its impact throughout the film world at large, and its influence can still be felt today. PERFECT BLUE has been hailed as one of the best animated features of all time and is only one of a handful of projects the late Satoshi Kon directed before

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    New German Dubs for LORD OF MYSTERIES and More Anime Also Announced Source: Crunchyroll press release Crunchyroll, the ultimate lifestyle brand for anime fandom, held its Crunchyroll Showcase panel at Anime NYC 2025 on Saturday, August 23, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. In anticipation of the epic series finale, Crunchyroll shared the first teaser visual for FIRE FORCE Season 3 Part 2. Produced by david production, the conclusion of the red-hot animated series will begin in January 2026, streaming only on Crunchyroll. Also shared at the Crunchyroll Showcase panel was the world premiere of the main trailer and new key visual for LET’S PLAY. The trailer reveals the opening theme song, “1, 2, Play,” and ending theme song “Left & Right,” will both be performed by musical artist Toshinobu Kubota. Based on the widely popular webcomic created by Leeanne Krecic (Mongie),

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: https://60th.m-78.jp/ Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shibuya ward, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masayuki Nagatake) is pleased to announce that Ultraman will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium, the home stadium of the Los Angeles Dodgers, on August 26, 202. Before the game begins, Ultraman will hold a photo session with fans inside the stadium. Then he take the mound with Hidetoshi Yamamoto, President and Group CEO of Tsuburaya Fields Holdings, and his longtime foe Alien Baltan to throw the first pitch. This event is a joint project between the Dodgers and Tsuburaya Fields Holdings' U.S. affiliate, TSUBURAYA FIELDS MEDIA & PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and will also be promoted to media outlets within the U.S. Next year marks the 60th anniversary of the Ultraman series, and its appearance on the globally popular Major League Baseball stage marks a new step

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    Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©Yukinobu Tatsu/SHUEISHA, DANDADAN Production Committee Source: GKIDS Special Thanks to Rae D'Agnillo Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©Yukinobu Tatsu/SHUEISHA, DANDADAN Production Committee As DAN DA DAN soars into its second half, a new teaser has been revealed, featuring the debut of the much beloved gentleman Kinta Sakata. During the hit series’ panel at Anime NYC, Bryce Papenbrook (ATTACK ON TITAN, DEMON SLAYER) was additionally revealed as the English-language voice of Kinta Sakata. This comes on the heels of the original Japanese language teaser, and new key visual released this past Thursday, which revealed Daichi Fujiwara as the original Japanese language voice.  As the season moves to it second half, fans can look forward to a buck-wild final few episodes, centering on the chaotic oncoming kaiju battle, as well as introductions to many colorful new additions, and subsequent romantic tensions, to Momo

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    Source: AnimEigo  Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) Image courtesy of AnimEigo. © Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. Anime distributor AnimEigo announced the home media license for A TIME SLIP OF 10,000 YEARS: PRIME ROSE ( タイムスリップ10000年 プライム・ローズ, Taimu Surippu 10000-nen Puraimu Rōzu, 1983) during its panel at Anime NYC. The fantasy adventure feature film is based on a manga by legendary creator Osamu Tezuka and will be released as an HD Blu-ray edition next year. AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD acquired the license from SkySet Entertainment. Osamu Tezuka is widely celebrated as the "Godfather of Manga,” and is renowned for revolutionizing the Japanese manga and anime industries with his imaginative characters, pioneering storytelling techniques and prolific output, which included more than 700 manga works and 500 anime episodes, including groundbreaking works like Astro Boy, Princess Knight, and Kimba the White Lion. In A TIME

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    Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©2025 GKIDS, INC. Source: GKIDS Special Thanks to Joanna Michaels   GKIDS will be having two panels at this year’s New York Comic Con...  New York Comic Con October 9 - 12, 2025Javits Center (429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001)   GKIDS Panels Photo courtesy of GKIDS. © Gege Akutami/Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project Thu, Oct 9, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM What’s Next for JUJUTSU KAISEN Celebrating all aspects of the globally acclaimed anime, JUJUTSU KAISEN, join the voice cast of the acclaimed series as they dive in and discuss their roles in the JJK universe. NYCC fans will be some of the first to experience the next phase of JJK!   Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©Hiroshi Sakurazaka / Shueisha, ALL YOU NEED IS KILL Project

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