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    Darren, Luchia, Pocon, Tadona and Rupy want to sing and dance in the the anime feature film, POP IN Q. Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © Toei Animation/Pop in Q Partners 2016

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    Source: Toei Co., hLtd. Official Site: popin-q.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Toei has provided information and images from POP IN Q (????Q, PoppinQ), the 60th anniversary film from Toei Animation. The musical`s director, Naoki Miyahara, and production team have previously created dance sequences for the PRETTY CURE shows and movies. POP IN Q is the story of the special time in the lives of adolescent girls -- the transition from middle to high school -- and the bonds of friendship that can be forged during that period of hope, trouble, confusion and nurturing. On the eve of their graduation from middle school, five girls are pulled into a fantasy world on the brink of destruction. The world`s tiny inhabitants tell the girls that their only hope is for the girls perform a song of love and unity. But the girls are

    Image courtesy of Shochiku Co. © Tadatoshi Fujimaki/Shueisha ? Kuroko`s Basketball Film Partners

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    Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: kurobas.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The KUROKO`S BASKETBALL (??????, Kuroko no Basuke) anime series comes to the big screen with a quartet of films. Also known as THE BASKETBALL WHICH KUROKO PLAYS, the anime is adapted from Tadatoshi Fujimaki`s manga, which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 2009 to 2014. The collected volumes of Kuroko’s Basketball have sold more than 30 million copies. The first three movies are being billed as the KUROKO`S BASKETBALL: WINTER CUP OMNIBUS (?????? ???????????, Kuroko no Basuke Uintaakappu Sooshuuhen). They are compilations of the series` third season -- currently streaming in North America on Crunchyroll -- in which the Seirin High School basketball team competes in the Winter Cup tournament. Each film will open in Japanese theaters on a Saturday (September 3, October 8, December 3) and have a 2 week limited

    Image courtesy of Aniplex of America. © NISIOISIN/ KODANSHA, ANIPLEX, SHAFT

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    Source: Aniplex of America press release Official Site: kizumonogatari-movie.com (Japan), Kizumonogatari-USA.com (US) Special Thanks to Joanna Metoki Aniplex of America announced at their industry panel at OTAKON (Baltimore, MD), their plans to premiere -KIZUMONOGATARI- PART 2: NEKKETSU (?????????, Kizumonogatari ?? nekketsu-hen?, 2016) in the U.S. starting in October 2016. Aniplex also confirmed that theater patrons will receive an exclusive giveaway item with each purchased ticket while supplies last. Ticket sales for -KIZUMONOGATARIPART 2: NEKKETSU will begin at a later date through the official -KIZUMONOGATARI- website. -KIZUMONOGATARI- PART 2: NEKKETSU will be distributed by AZOLAND PICTURES in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. This is the highly anticipated second installment of the -KIZUMONOGATARI- film trilogy. Aniplex of America premiered the first film, -KIZUMONOGATARI- PART 1: TEKKETSU this past February across the U.S. and also in Canada starting on August 28th. -KIZUMONOGATARI- PART 2: NEKKETSU features the

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    Source: Madman Entertainment press release Official Site: kingsglaive-jp.com (Japan), kingsglaivemovie.com.au (AU) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman Entertainment is thrilled to announce that the stunningly animated KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV (???????? ???????????XV, Kingusugureibu: Fainaru Fantajii Fifutiin, 2016) will screen in cinemas across Australia & New Zealand from August 27 -- for a strictly limited season. Featuring the voices of Aaron Paul (BREAKING BAD), Lena Headey (GAME OF THRONES) and Sean Bean (THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, GAME OF THRONES), KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV is the standalone CG companion feature film to FINAL FANTASY XV, one of the year`s most anticipated games -- to be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, 30 September 2016. The magical kingdom of Lucis is home to the sacred Crystal, and the menacing empire of Niflheim is determined

    Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2002 Masashi Kishimoto

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    Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, has announced a partnership with Tubi TV, a leading provider of free movies and TV shows, to stream some of VIZ Media’s most popular anime titles to audiences across North America, including to legions of viewers based in Canada. Based in San Francisco, CA, Tubi TV is the largest North American ad-supported provider of free streamed movies and TV shows. In addition to its own website, the Tubi TV app is accessible from platforms including Apple TV, Xbox One & Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung televisions -- in addition to iOS and Android mobile devices. All VIZ Media content on Tubi TV is presented with original Japanese dialogue and features English subtitles.

    Cure Magical, Cure Felice and Cure Miracle protect Mofurun in MAHO GIRLS PRETTY CURE! THE MOVIE. Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © 2016 Maho Girls Pretty Cure! The Movie Production Committee

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    Source: Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: precure-movie.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Toei has provided information and high-res images from MAHO GIRLS PRETTY CURE! THE MOVIE (???????????????????????????, Eiga Mahoo Tsukai Purikyua! Kiseki no Henshin! Kyua Mofurun!), the twenty-first feature film in the PRETTY CURE series. Thirteen-year-old Mirai Asahina (aka Cure Miracle), her stuffed teddy bear Mofurun, and the young magician Riko Izayoi (aka Cure Magical) return to Japanese theaters on October 29th. MAHO GIRLS PRETTY CURE! THE MOVIE will be paired with a new short film, CURE MIRACLE AND MOFURUN`S MAGIC LESSON! (????????????????????, Kyua Mirakuru to Mofurun no Mahoo Ressun!). The computer animated short will have a running time of approximately 5 minutes. Story Mofurun becomes a Cure this autumn! Do you know the "wishing stone"? On one day every 100 years, any wish made on the stone will come

    Image courtesy of Shochiku Co. © Yoshitoki Oima ? Kodansha/

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    Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: koenokatachi-movie.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Shochiku has provided additional images from their upcoming anime film, A SILENT VOICE (?? ???, Eiga Koe no Katachi). The movie opens in Japan on September 17th. About Shochiku Co., Ltd. Shochiku traces its origins to 1895 when Takejiro Otani presented his first stage play. They also produced the first color motion picture in Japan, and have expanded into TV dramas, video contents, Kabuki presentation, theater operations, and real estate. The company has become a symbol of enduring tradition as the exclusive promoter of the Kabuki theater in Japan as well as widely known as the

    44 Pretty Cures unite in the anime feature film, PRETTY CURE ALL STARS: SING TOGETHER ? MIRACLE MAGIC! Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © 2016 Pretty Cure All Stars STMM Movie Production Committee

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    Source: Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: precure-allstars.com (Japan) PRETTY CURE ALL STARS: SING TOGETHER ? MIRACLE MAGIC! (???????????? ?????????????, Eiga Purikyua Ooru Sutazu Minna de Utau ? Kiseki no Maho!) is the twentieth feature film in the PRETTY CURE series. Produced as the first-ever authentic musical in the series, the movie had composer and lyricist Mori Yukinojo in charge of music production. Mirai Ashina (Rie Takahashi) and Riko (Yui Horiei) visit a town for the first time. However, they get separated by the witch Sorciere (Seiko Niizuma) and her servant Torauma (Koji Yamamoto), who are after "Pretty Cure tears." 44 Pretty Cure girls from over the years unite to save the world by keeping the witches from executing their evil magic. Credits Japanese Theatrical Release: Saturday, March, 19th, 2016 (Roadshow) Running Time: 70 Minutes Cast Cure Miracle/ Mirai Ashina: Rie Takahashi

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    New Story Arc for DRAGON BALL SUPER Source: Toei Co., Ltd. press release Official Site: toei-anim.co.jp/dragon_s (Japan) In February 2016, the television animation series DRAGON BALL (???????, Doragon Booru) produced by Toei Animation Co., Ltd. celebrated the 30th anniversary of its initial broadcast. Toei Animation has now announced a piece of truly “super” news worthy of this milestone memorial year for DRAGON BALL. ? New plot development about to begin for DRAGON BALL SUPER! Trunks is back again from the future! New “Future Trunks” story arc begins! The DRAGON BALL SUPER (???????? (????), Doragon Booru-Choo (Suupaa), 2015-) television series is poised for a new plot development. Trunks arrives from the future and appears before Goku and his companions after they have just finished their battle with Universe 6. This is the beginning of a new “Future Trunks” plot arc, with story and

    © KOUTA HIRANO/SHONENGAHOSHA/DRIFTERS?????

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    New Series from Hellsing Creator to Debut in October 2016 Source: Funimation Entertainment press release Official Site: nbcuni.co.jp/drifters (Japan) At its annual Industry Panel at Anime Expo 2016, Funimation Entertainment revealed to the capacity audience its acquisition of DRIFTERS (??????, Dorifutazu) -- the eagerly anticipated new anime series from Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano. Funimation has secured international rights to home entertainment, video on demand and broadcast distribution of the title from NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. DRIFTERS is set to premiere this October on the company’s subscription streaming service, FunimationNow, in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Ireland. “We’re excited to expand our partnership with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan following last year’s acquisition of SERAPH OF THE END: VAMPIRE REIGN,’” said Gen Fukunaga, CEO and founder of Funimation. “We are anticipating a great response from fans for Kouta Hirano’s DRIFTERS -- given the tremendous popularity of his Hellsing series.” DRIFTERS

    Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © 2016 BNP / BANDAI, AIKATSU STARS THE MOVIE

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    Details for New Anime Double Feature from Toei Source: Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: aikatsu-movie.net (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Toei has provided information and high-res images from the upcoming anime feature, AIKATSU STARS! THE MOVIE (????????????, Gekijooban Aikatsu Sutaazu!). Based on the enormously successful Bandai Data Carddass collectible card arcade game, the movie is produced by Bandai Namco Pictures, the new family/children`s division of the Sunrise animation studio. Toei will distribute the film in Japanese cinemas starting August 13th. AIKATSU STARS! THE MOVIE features the new Aikatsu (Idol Activities) characters from in the currently running AIKATSU STARS! (?????????, Aikatsu Sutaazu!) television series. The lead is Yume Nijino, a first year student at Four Stars Academy who wants to become a member of S4, the school`s top singing, dancing and acting idols. In the film, Yume and her classmates travel to the

    Image courtesy of Shochiku Co. © Yoshitoki Oima ? Kodansha/A Silent Voice Film Partners

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    Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: koenokatachi-movie.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE There is a "voice" I want to tell. There is a "voice" I want to hear. Shochiku has provided some information and images from their upcoming anime film, A SILENT VOICE (?? ???, Eiga Koe no Katachi). The movie is based on the best-selling -- and award-winning -- manga by Yoshitoki Oima, originally serialized in Kodansha`s Weekly Shonen Magazine. Produced by Kyoto Animation (K-ON! franchise, TAMAKO LOVE STORY), A SILENT VOICE is directed by Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, TAMAKO LOVE STORY), written by Reiko Yoshida (THE CAT RETURNS, GIRLS UND PANZER, OSAMU TEZUKA’S BUDDHA 2 and features character designs by Futoshi Nishiya (THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA). The lead characters Shoya Ishida and Shoko Nishimiya are voiced by, respectively, Miyu Irino (SPIRITED AWAY, ANOHANA -THE FLOWER WE SAW THAT DAY THE

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    Kazue Kato as a Special Guest of Honor Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, teams with the 2016 Anime Expo to welcome famed manga creator and illustrator Kazue Kato as a special Guest of Honor at this year’s event. The artist will make her first North American professional appearance by participating in a pair of insightful panel discussions and meeting fans in several autograph sessions. The 2016 Anime Expo is the largest dedicated anime/manga fan convention in North America and takes place July 1st–4th at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets and full details are available at anime-expo.org. VIZ Media will be located on

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    Event will Feature All-Star English Cast and Exclusive Entertainment to Celebrate the Upcoming Movie in 2017 Source: Aniplex of America press release Official Site: swordart-online.net (Japan), SwordArt-OnlineUSA.com (US) Special Thanks to Joanna Metoki and Alex Crum Aniplex of America is proud to announce that they will be hosting the SWORD ART ONLINE Festival at this year’s Anime Expo to celebrate the worldwide release of SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -ORDINAL SCALE- (??? ???????????? -???????????- Gekijooban Soodo Aato Onrain -Oodinaru Sukeeru-) in 2017. This exclusive event will be on July 2nd, 2016, (Day 2 of the convention) in Petree Hall (Live Programming 1) and features 11 members of the English dub cast from the series including: Bryce Papenbrook (Kirito), Cherami Leigh (Asuna), Cassandra Lee Morris (Leafa), Stephanie Sheh (Yui), Michelle Ruff (Sinon), Ben Diskin (Death Gun), Christine Cabanos (Silica),

    The virtual battle series ACCEL WORLD returns with the new anime feature film, INFINITE BURST. Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © 2015 Reki Kawahara / KADOKAWA ? ASCII Media Works / AWIB Project

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    New Anime Movie Opens in Japan July 23rd Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: accel-world.net (Japan) Gentlemen -- This is "The Accelerated World". Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided information and images from their upcoming release, ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST (?????????????????????, Akuseru Waarudoo Infinitto Baasutoo). The anime film will open in Japanese cinemas on July 23rd. ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST is an original story by Accel World creator Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online). Kawahara`s Accel World light novel series has sold more than 4.5 million copies, while the first novel also won the Grand Prize at ASCII Media Works’ 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008. A 24 episode ACCEL WORLD television series from the famed animation studio Sunrise (TIGER & BUNNY, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM, CODE GEASS, COWBOY BEBOP, KEKKAISHI) debuted in 2012. Four years later, the cast and crew from the anime

    Things get heated between Nami (Akemi Okamura) and Nico Robin (Yuriko Yamaguchi) in ONE PIECE FILM GOLD. Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © Eiichiro Oda/ 2016 One Piece Production Committee

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    Preview of Upcoming Anime Film Source: Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: onepiece-film2016.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Toei has provided SciFi Japan with another batch of images from their new anime film, ONE PIECE FILM GOLD (?????????????, Wan Piisu Firumu Goorudo). The movie opens in Japanese cinemas on Saturday, July 23, 2016. For more information on ONE PIECE FILM GOLD, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan: ONE PIECE FILM GOLD Sets Sail in July ONE PIECE FILM GOLD Info & High-Res Images from Toei

    Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates are coming back to the big screen in ONE PIECE FILM GOLD. Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © Eiichiro Oda/ 2016 One Piece Production Committee

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    Press Notes and Materials for Upcoming Anime Film Source: Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: onepiece-film2016.com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Executive producer Eiichiro Oda presents the ultimate entertainment epic!!! 19 years after the manga debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Eiichiro Oda`s ONE PIECE stands as an international anime and merchandising success. This summer, Toei unveils the long-awaited next chapter... ONE PIECE FILM GOLD (?????????????, Wan Piisu Firumu Goorudo). Oda returns as executive producer, while longtime ONE PIECE TV series director Hiroaki Miyamoto directs from the screenplay by Tsutomu Kuroiwa (BLACK BUTLER). Joining the ONE PIECE voice cast are several special guest stars, including Hikari Mitsushima (ULTRAMAN MAX, DEATH NOTE), Gaku Hamada (ULTRAMAN GAIA: THE BATTLE IN HYPERSPACE, FISH STORY), Nanao (WOLF GIRL AND BLACK PRINCE), Kendo Kobayashi (YATTERMAN) and Kinya Kitaoji (THE INCITE MILL ?7 DAY DEATH GAME?). The film`s theme

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    Second in Series of Project Itoh Film Adaptations to Screen in U.S. on May 17 & 18 Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Official Site: project-itoh.com/harmony (Japan), funimationfilms.com/harmony (United States) On the heels of their limited theatrical engagement of THE EMPIRE OF CORPSES (?????, Shisha no Teikoku, 2015), Funimation Films has announced that advance tickets are now available for the movie HARMONY (?????, Haamonii, 2015), the second in the series of three animated films adapted from Project Itoh’s novels. The film, produced by award-winning Studio 4°C, is co-directed by the duo of Michael Arias and Takashi Nakamura. Presented in both Japanese with English subtitles and English dub versions, HARMONY will screen in more than 60 theaters across the United States on May 17 and 18, 2016. Local theater listings will provide specific dates and times

    Image courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. © Bird Studio/ Shueisha. © 2015 Dragon Ball Z Production Committee

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    Source: Toei Animation Co., Ltd. press release Official Site: dragonball2015.com (Japan), dragonballz.com (US) Toei Animation Co., Ltd. announced that DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION ‘F’ (???????????????, Doragon Booru Zetto: Fukkatsu no `F`, 2015), an animated film produced and distributed by the Company that was released last April, won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Animated Film at the 39th Japan Academy Awards. DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION ‘F’ , the 19th installment in the series, marked the first time that the original writer of Dragon Ball, Mr. Akira Toriyama, was actually involved in production. Mr. Toriyama wrote the screenplay for the film. The movie was released on April 18, 2015 in Japan and made 3.7 billion yen at the domestic box office. It was then released in 44 other countries, becoming a smash hit. The box office sales worldwide including that of Japan has reached 7.7 billion yen

    Images courtesy of VIZ Media. © MASASHI KISHIMOTO

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    Intense Ninja Action of All 10 Movies From The NARUTO and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Universes Offered For Digital Purchase Source: Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Erik Jansen and Jane Lui VIZ Media, LLC, the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, brings the action and excitement of NARUTO to Steam, a leading interactive content delivery platform by software company, Valve Corporation. All 10 full-length feature films from the NARUTO and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN story arcs are available (English dubbed) for purchase and rental on Steam in the U.S. and Canada, including: · NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW · NARUTO THE MOVIE: LEGEND OF THE STONE GELEL · NARUTO THE MOVIE: GUARDIANS OF THE CRESCENT MOON KINGDOM · NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE · NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: BONDS · NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: THE WILL OF

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