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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. © 2023 SPY x FAMILY The Movie Project © Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. © 2023 SPY x FAMILY The Movie Project © Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha The First Film From the Fan-Favorite SPY x FAMILY Franchise Will Be Available to Stream Subtitled and Dubbed Around the WorldSource: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. © 2023 SPY x FAMILY The Movie Project © Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha The Forger family comes home for a new mission when SPY x FAMILY CODE: WHITE (劇場版 SPY×FAMILY CODE: White, Gekijō-ban Supai Famirī Kōdo: Howaito, 2023) arrives on Crunchyroll starting tomorrow, Thursday, September 5 at 5:00 PM PT. The film will be available to stream in select territories around the world in both Japanese with subtitles and dubbed in English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, and Castilian Spanish. Premiering outside of Japan in North America and select territories earlier this year from Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures

    The team behind the CG shorts GODZILLA VS. GIGAN REX and GODZILLA VS. MEGALON have reunited for the new kaiju movie AYURA. Photo courtesy of Tokai Production. TM & ⒸAyura

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    The team behind the CG shorts GODZILLA VS. GIGAN REX and GODZILLA VS. MEGALON have reunited for the new kaiju movie AYURA. Photo courtesy of Tokai Production. TM & ⒸAyura Source: Tokai Production Co., Ltd. Official X (formerly Twitter): AYURA_gifu Special Thanks to Avery Guerra   Photo courtesy of Tokai Production. TM & ⒸAyura At "Godzilla Fest 2022", Toho premiered the computer animated short film, GODZILLA VS. GIGAN REX (ゴジラ VS ガイガンレクス, Gojira VS Gaigan Rekusu), from the studio's digital production brand GEMSTONE Creative Label. The film was written and directed by Takuya Kaminishi, who had worked for the VFX studio Shirogumi on the movies SHIN GODZILLA (シン・ゴジラ, Shin Gojira, 2016), SHIN ULTRAMAN (シン・ウルトラマン, Shin Urutoraman, 2022) and GODZILLA MINUS ONE (ゴジラ-1.0, ゴジラマイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan, 2023). Kaminishi's film was produced by Shirogumi and Tokai Production, a video production company founded by Akihiro

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    Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Toys &Collectibles America Inc. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Toys &Collectibles America Inc. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America Inc., Bandai Godzilla 2023 from the movie GODZILLA MINUS ONE will be the next release in Bandai's new line of 6” scaled action figures that are fully poseable and feature beam effect parts. The figure will be released in both Japan and the United States this October. It can be ordered from Amazon and toy retailers, comic shops and specialty stores.   Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Toys &Collectibles America Inc. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Photo courtesy of Bandai Namco Toys &Collectibles America Inc. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. 6"

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    Source: MVD Entertainment press release Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Image courtesy of MVD Entertainment. ©2021 The Great Yokai Wars Film Partners Following the recent Blu-ray release, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR: GUARDIANS (妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ, Yōkai Daisensō Gādianzu, 2021) comes to DVD this October 8th from SRS Cinema. The film is the second entry in the popular Great Yokai War series from legendary director Takashi Miike (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER). In the year 20xx, cities located along the Fossa Magna, a fault that runs from north to south across the Japan island, are destroyed by what appears to be a storm or an earthquake. The route of the destruction points towards Tokyo. Meanwhile, in Beijing, Yokai from around the world come together for an international conference known as the "Yummit". They discover that monsters formed from ancient underwater fossils have combined into one giant Yokai and

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    Photo courtesy of Diamond Select Toys. © 2024 Legendary and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Godzilla TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM © Legendary Source: Diamond Select Toys press release Special Thanks to Zach Oat Diamond Select Toys will release Deluxe Gallery Dioramas of Godzilla and Kong from the movie  GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE in mid-2025. To purchase the dioramas, find a store at comicshoplocator.com or pre-order from Diamond Select Toys. The Godzilla diorama is also available from Toho's Godzilla Store.   Photo courtesy of Diamond Select Toys. © 2024 Legendary and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Godzilla TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM © Legendary GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE - Godzilla Deluxe Gallery Diorama A Diamond Select Toys release! The King of the Monsters is here, and he’s incredible! Standing approximately 11 inches tall, Godzilla joins

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to CJ Johnsen and Spencer Kopp Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS. Series: ©ULTRAMAN TAIGA PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM. Movie: ©ULTRAMAN TAIGA FILM PARTNERS. All Rights Reserved. Mill Creek Entertainment is offering our readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray set of ULTRAMAN TAIGA: The Complete Series and ULTRAMAN TAIGA THE MOVIE: NEW GENERATION CLIMAX. This 4-disc collection presents the 25 series, the feature film, plus a 12-page booklet with hero character profiles, a main enemy & Kaiju guide, and episode synopses. These prizes also come with the  San Diego Comic-Con exclusive O-card (see artwork above right). ULTRAMAN TAIGA: The Complete Series and ULTRAMAN TAIGA THE MOVIE: NEW GENERATION CLIMAX is on sale now and has a SRP of $39.99. The set can be ordered from Amazon, Deep Discount and other retailers (both online and in stores). OFFICIAL CONTEST

    Award-winning director Naoko Yamada (A SILENT VOICE, LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD) returns with the 'music x youth' story, THE COLORS WITHIN. Image courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2024 Science SARU INC./STORY Inc./TOHO CO., LTD./JR East Marketing & Communications, Inc./Lawson Entertainment, Inc.

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    Award-winning director Naoko Yamada (A SILENT VOICE, LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD) returns with the 'music x youth' story, THE COLORS WITHIN. Image courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2024 Science SARU INC./STORY Inc./TOHO CO., LTD./JR East Marketing & Communications, Inc./Lawson Entertainment, Inc. Source: Toho Co., Ltd., GKIDSOfficial Site: https://kiminoiro.jp/ (Japan), https://gkids.com/films/the-colors-within/ (US)   A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Toho Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hiroyasu Matsuoka) have provided information and images from THE COLORS WITHIN (きみの色, Kimi no Iro), the new anime film from award-winning director Naoko Yamada (A SILENT VOICE, LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD). The movie opens August 30th in Japan with an international release scheduled to follow this winter.   Teaser poster. Image courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2024 Science SARU INC./STORY Inc./TOHO CO., LTD./JR East Marketing & Communications, Inc./Lawson Entertainment, Inc. Theatrical

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Bananya Lovers Source: Crunchyroll press release Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Bananya Lovers Today, Crunchyroll announced the acquisition of BANANYA AROUND THE WORLD (ばなにゃ あらうんど ざ わーるど, Bananya ara un do Warudo), the third season of the adorable series featuring kittens living in bananas! Kyo Yatate will return to direct the series at animation studio Lesprit, with series composition by Masahiro Takata and Sei Yoshitsuki joining on the scripts. Beginning in October, the show will be available to stream on Crunchyroll worldwide except Asia, but including the Indian subcontinent.   About BANANYAWhat could be cuter than a little kitten? A kitten inside a…banana?! Bananya is a carefree kitty that lives in a banana with dreams of becoming a delicious chocolate-covered dessert. But he’s not the only one in the bunch! He lives with other bananya friends who come out

    No more stickers! The Landing! Operation Mothra Liberation board has been picked clean of free Mothra event stickers. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. ©SUBNADE © TOHO CO.,LTD.

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    No more stickers! The Landing! Operation Mothra Liberation board has been picked clean of free Mothra event stickers. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. ©SUBNADE © TOHO CO.,LTD. Photographer: Daisuke IshizukaOfficial Site: https://www.subnade.co.jp/event/mothra_in_subnade202408 SciFi Japan recently ran an article previewing "Mothra in Subnade" (モスラ イン サブナード, Mosura in Sabunādo), a special promotional campaign celebrating the 51st anniversary of Shinjuku Subnade, the largest underground shopping mall and parking lot in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The promotion runs from Friday, August 9th to Sunday, October 27th, 2024, and feature various Mothra-themed events and decorations throughout the Subnade . We are now pleased to share more "Mothra in Subnade" photos courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka, who visited the mall forf the event. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. ©SUBNADE © TOHO CO.,LTD. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. ©SUBNADE © TOHO CO.,LTD. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. ©SUBNADE ©

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    Photo courtesy of Radiance Films. ©KADOKAWA CORPORATION Source: Radiance Films, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski DAIEI GOTHIC: JAPANESE GHOST STORIES presents a collection of three of Japan's most famous ghost stories that have haunted people for centuries in a limited edition Blu-ray set from Radiance Films. Photo courtesy of Radiance Films. ©KADOKAWA CORPORATION Kenji Misumi (LONE WOLF AND CUB) directs THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA (四谷怪談,Yotsuya Kaidan, 1959), in which a woman returns from the grave as a horribly disfigured phantom to torment her husband and his new bride. In THE SNOW WOMAN (怪談雪女郎, Kaidan Yukijorō, 1968), directed by Tokuzo Tanaka (ZATOICHI), a woodcutter must keep his oath to a vengeful female spirit or pay the ultimate price. THE BRIDE FROM HADES (牡丹燈籠, Botan Tōrō, 1968) by Satsuo Yamamoto (SHINOBi) sees a handsome samurai so enchanted by a courtesan's beauty that

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    © Full Moon Features Source: MVD Entertainment press releasee Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © Full Moon Features THE PRIMEVALS (2023), the long-delayed film by the late stop motion genius David Allen (THE HOWLING, WILLOW, GHOSTBUSTERS 2, PUPPET MASTER, EQUINOX, FLESH GORDON), comes to Blu-ray this September from Full Moon Features (PUPPET MASTER, SUBSPECIES, DEMONIC TOYS). Deep in the Himalayas, a group of Sherpas subdue and kill a towering humanoid creature. Its remains - including a brain that appears to have undergone some kind of surgery - wind up under the supervision of Dr. Claire Collier (Juliet Mills, BEYOND THE DOOR), who believes it to be one of the legendary Yeti. Joined by her former student Matt Connor (Richard Joseph Paul), a longtime believer in the creatures' existence, big-game hunter Rondo Montana (Leon Russom, THE BIG LEBOWSKI), and others,

    The Monsterverse KONG: SURVIVOR INSTINCT game will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Image courtesy of 7Levels. GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS © 2019 Legendary and WBEI. All Rights Reserved. GODZILLA VS. KONG © 2021 & TM Legendary and WBEI. All Rights Reserved. GODZILLA TM & © Toho Co., Ltd. MONSTERVERSE TM Legendary. 7Levels is a trademark of 7Levels S.A. All Rights Reserved.

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    The Monsterverse KONG: SURVIVOR INSTINCT game will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Image courtesy of 7Levels. GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS © 2019 Legendary and WBEI. All Rights Reserved. GODZILLA VS. KONG © 2021 & TM Legendary and WBEI. All Rights Reserved. GODZILLA TM & © Toho Co., Ltd. MONSTERVERSE TM Legendary. 7Levels is a trademark of 7Levels S.A. All Rights Reserved. Source: 7Levels press releaseSpecial Thanks to Paweł Biela In collaboration with Legendary Entertainment, 7Levels unveils their upcoming 2.5D action-adventure indie PC and console game, KONG: SURVIVOR INSTINCT, launching later this fall. Inspired by Legendary’s blockbuster Monsterverse franchise and set shortly after the events of 2021’s hit theatrical release, GODZILLA VS. KONG, players will navigate a shattered city through the eyes of a father desperate to find his missing daughter. The compelling narrative delivers an intense gaming experience, as you

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    Photo courtesy of Studio Mujaku. ©Studio Mujaku Source: Studio MujakuSpecial Thanks to Avery Guerra In December 2022, SciFi Japan ran an exclusive preview of MIDNIGHT THE ERA, an independent kaiju short film that was being created through a combination of animation and traditional Japanese tokusatsu FX techniques. The film is produced by Studio Mujaku, a group of 30 university students led by director Hanasuke Okada and producer Kakeru Taiga, who have split their time between their school duties and making this movie.  Studio Mujaku has now released the official trailer for MIDNIGHT THE ERA... enjoy!  

    Kinji Fukasaku’s crime drama THE THREAT will soon be available outside Japan for the first time ever. Photo courtesy of Arrow Video. © Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Kinji Fukasaku’s crime drama THE THREAT will soon be available outside Japan for the first time ever. Photo courtesy of Arrow Video. © Toei Co., Ltd. Source: Arrow Video, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of Arrow Video. © Toei Co., Ltd. Arrow Video’s September Slate features a rarely seen gem from the director of BATTLE ROYALE. THE THREAT (脅迫 おどし, Odoshi, 1966) is a gritty crime drama in the vein of Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW, set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Japan that has left many of its citizens behind. Misawa (Rentarō Mikuni; FUGITIVE FROM THE PAST, VENGEANCE IS MINE) appears to lead a charmed life, the very model of Japan's post-war economic miracle. His position as the account manager of a prestigious advertising agency is enough to pay the mortgage on the spacious modern house he

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    Source: DCSpecial Thanks to Michael Shelling Image courtesy of DC. © & TM DC. All Rights Reserved. ©2024 Legendary. All Rights Reserved. TM&© TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM&© Legendary The hit 7-issue mini-series Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong from DC and Legendary Comics is now available in a collected edition hardcover. DC collides with Legendary’s Monsterverse in this tale from acclaimed writer Brian Buccellato (The Flash, Injustice, Detective Comics), bestselling artist Christian Duce (Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point) and colorist Luis Guerrero!   Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong Collected Edition Hardcover ISBN: 9781779525291Writer: Brian BuccellatoArtists: Christian Duce, Tom DerenickAvailable NowPrice: $29.99Pages: 264Format: Hardcover   About Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong The DC Universe is about to get shaken-up when the Legion of Doom unlocks a portal to another dimension, unleashing the fiercest Monsters in the Multiverse. Godzilla, the King of

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    Source: Sentai press release Sentai Home Video has announced its November 2024 slate of anime Blu-ray releases. Product details follow, in order of release...   Photo courtesy of Sentai. THE VEXATIONS OF A SHUT-IN PRINCESS COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by:    Sentai Distributed by:   Distribution SolutionsRun Time:         300 min.Street Date:      11/5/2024Format:             BDLanguage:        English Dub, Japanese with English SubtitlesSRP:                 $69.98 Romari Gandesblood is NOT your typical vampire. She's weak, can't use magic, dislikes blood, and prefers to hide in her room and pretend that the rest of the world isn't there. Unfortunately, as a Vampire of Important Parentage and her father's daughter, she's been assigned to the job she's least suited for: leading one of her nation's armies! Can Komari and her obsessive new maid Villhaze convince her new battalion of bloodthirsty brutes into believing that she's their fearless leader and totally in command?

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    Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. Source: Arrow Films, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Remastered from the best available elements and packed with a host of new and archival extras, J-HORROR RISING presents seven of the genre's most distinctive titles in this limited edition set from Arrow Video. Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. In the ghostly pastoral horror of SHIKOKU (死国, 1999), a young woman returns after many years to her rural birthplace, only to find her best friend from childhood has died by drowning when just sixteen. The dead girl's mother, the local Shintoist priestess, has embarked on the region's famous pilgrimage - but why is she walking backwards? The aftermath of the devasting Kobe Earthquake of 1995 creates fissures in the already fractured mind of a high-school girl in ISOLA: MULTIPLE PERSONALITY GIRL (ISOLA 多重人格少女 ISOLA Taju-jinkaku Shojo, 2000), allowing

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    Photo by Andrew Nguyen. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. Author: Andrew Nguyen From August 10-30, the Hashimoto Contemporary served as the site of an art exhibit in honor of the Godzilla series' 70th anniversary, hosted by Spoke Art and Ghost X Ghost along with the support of Toho Studios. Titled "70 years of Godzilla," the exhibit contains officially licensed art pieces from 40 artists with a variety of different styles presented. Several of the art pieces were created by well-known artists that have previously worked on Godzilla related merchandise. The opening ceremony was on August 10 and on the day before the opening of the exhibit, the two companies hosted a screening of the original GODZILLA (1954) at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The art exhibition will gradually release copies of the pieces presented in the exhibit with the last of them being made available

    A selection of pre-production art and sculpts from various stages of TriStar Pictures` initial, unrealized version of their American GODZILLA movie. © 1993-1995 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Interviews, Never-Before-Seen Photos, Storyboards, and Production Art from Sony Pictures` Abandoned First Attempt Author: Keith Aiken Special Thanks to: Please See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Below A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE On May 16, 2014, Warner Bros. Pictures released GODZILLA, a $160 million American adaptation of the long-running Toho Co. franchise. Co-produced by Legendary Pictures and directed by Gareth Edwards, the film finally gave many fans what they had long hoped to see... a big-budget, Hollywood take on the King of the Monsters with state-of-the-art visual effects. Well-received by critics and audiences, the new GODZILLA was a box office success, with a sequel announced for 2018. The generally positive reviews for the 2014 film were a sharp contrast to the reception given the first Godzilla movie made by an American studio. In October 1992, TriStar Pictures (a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment) announced that they

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    Source: Terry Rossio and Jan De BontArtist: Giacomo Ghiazza   Aaron Vaught and Nelson Fleer come to Godzilla`s aid while Pike engages the Gryphon in aerial combat around the Empire State Building.   ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. ©1994 Sony

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