Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo Announcing Categories and Judges for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020 Crunchyroll is excited to announce the categories and judges for the Anime Awards 2020! The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is a celebration of Japan’s amazing medium made possible by the world’s most passionate community. Now entering its fourth year, the Anime Awards’ commitment to commemorating the best of the best is stronger than ever! We are excited to present 2020’s categories, which include fan favorites like Best Fight Scene as well as returning classics like Best Couple. Check out the full list below and get ready to vote on January 10 - 17, 2020: Anime of the Year

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, and VIZ Media, a premier manga publishing and anime distribution company, are announcing today an expansive distribution deal that will bring beloved VIZ Media titles to the Crunchyroll community across the U.S. and Canada. Eighteen beloved Viz Media library titles will be available on Crunchyroll starting December 16, including: Accel World Accel World Infinite Burst Death Note K – Season 1 K: Missing Kings

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Starting today, Crunchyroll is launching an exclusive Junji Ito capsule collection through Crunchyroll Loves, the brand’s in house streetwear line. The collection will be available exclusively at the Crunchyroll Store and items will not be restocked when they sell out. This collection is an evolution of Crunchyroll’s exclusive Junji Ito line from Crunchyroll Expo 2019, the brand’s flagship anime convention, which featured artwork created from the famed horror artist especially for Crunchyroll. These latest designs build upon those initial creations. “Junji Ito creates devastatingly beautiful horror manga,” said Kristin Parcell, Director of Commerce at Crunchyroll. “Our goal was to translate his art into wearable, streetwear pieces that are accessible to all his fans. Ito-sensei is really happy with the execution, so I’m excited to see the reception from customers!” This five-piece Crunchyroll Loves collection includes a jean jacket, one hoodie,

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo Attack on Titan Characters Show Their Holiday Spirit with Festive Costumes – Only in Attack on Titan TACTICS for iOS and Android Today, DeNA Co., Ltd. and Crunchyroll Games announced an upcoming in-game event and special in-game rewards for ATTACK ON TITAN TACTICS, an officially licensed mobile game based on the popular anime series Attack on Titan. To align with the holidays, players will have the opportunity to see some of their favorite ATTACK ON TITAN characters such as Eren Jaeger, Armin Arlelt, and Annie Leonhart, dressed up in festive costumes. More information is provided below: Fanciful Story Event – Holy Night’s Battle: This in-game event tells an original story that’s set in the time period when Eren Jaeger was in the 104th Cadet Corps. With the entire regiment tired from training and eager to hold a festival for the

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo “Last Cloudia” Becomes Newest Crunchyroll Game with Epic “Collection of Mana™” Collaboration Event with Square Enix® Today, Crunchyroll Games, the interactive division of the world’s most popular anime brand, is announcing today that “Last Cloudia,” the expansive JRPG mobile game from AIDIS, Inc. will be the newest title within the Crunchyroll Games portfolio. This new partnership will kick off with an epic collaboration event with Square Enix’s “Collection of Mana” titles starting November 26 featuring the games "Final Fantasy® Adventure,” "Secret of Mana®,” and "Trials of Mana™.” This in-game event will be the first-ever collaboration for “Last Cloudia” and will feature beloved characters and

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo Crunchyroll Wraps 2019 at Anime NYC with Photo Opps, Game Demos, Exclusive Screenings and More! Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, is wrapping a year of incredible convention experiences by powering Anime NYC, New York’s largest dedicated anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture convention. Crunchyroll is the “Powered by” sponsor of Anime NYC for the third year, continuing a commitment to create unique experiences for the anime community all across the country. “The team at Anime NYC cares deeply about anime fans, so it’s a natural fit for Crunchyroll to work with them as the ‘Powered by’ sponsor of the show,” says Mary Franklin, Head of Events at Crunchyroll. “We are excited to meet up with fans in New York, hear what they think, and

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo Official App Launches and Opens RSVP for Exclusive Events November 15 & 16 @ Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles The super-sized second annual Adult Swim Festival will be held this weekend, November 15 and 16, at the stunning Banc of California Stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. In addition to previously announced musical acts such Dethklok, Jamie xx, Vince Staples, Captain Murphy, and Tierra Whack, 2 Chainz and Rapsody have also been added to the music lineup. (Previously announced Lil Nas X and Young Thug will no longer be performing due to personal reasons). The one-of-a-kind, 360° fan event will include top bands and musical artists, comedians, interactive games, and experiences that only Adult Swim can bring to life. The Crunchyroll Anime

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Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo As most of us continue to celebrate all things Halloween, well into November (and for some throughout the year), Crunchyroll invited horror manga artist Junji Ito to take a tour of the famous Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Junji Ito is a manga writer/artist, responsible for many nightmares in Japan via his horror comics such as Tomie, Uzumaki, Gyo and others. Born in 1963, he grew up writing and drawing manga while working as a dental assistant in the early 1990s. After submitting a short story to Gekkan Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges), he would eventually leave the dental practice for a full time career in manga, becoming a prolific artist, turning out

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Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll has announced three new series for it`s Fall 2019 line up! Crunchyroll Fall Season - 10/7/19 ASSASSINS PRIDE Crunchyroll Launch Date: Thursday 10/10 at 8:00AM PT Synopsis - Only those from noble families have the mana to be able to fight against monsters. K?fa is a noble born to a duke`s family who is sent to tutor a young woman named Merida. If it turns out that Merida has no talent with mana, K?fa is secretly instructed to assassinate her. SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION WAR OF UNDERWORLD Crunchyroll Launch Date:: Saturday 10/12 9:30AM PT

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Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll this week announced three new titles for its fall line up. Below are the information and synopsis for each. Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, and Fathom Events announced today that the U.S. theatrical premiere of KONOSUBA -GOD`S BLESSING ON THIS WONDERFUL WORLD! - LEGEND OF CRIMSON will be the next Crunchyroll Movie Night, taking place in more than 600 movie theaters across the country on Tuesday, November 12 at 7:00 PM local time. The U.S. theatrical debut of the film will offer fans an exclusive interview with Jun Fukushima (voice actor of Kazuma) and Rie Takahashi (voice actor of Megumin) to give fans a behind the scenes look at the new film. “Crunchyroll Movie Nights are a powerful way

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Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll this week announced three new titles for its fall line up. Below are the information and synopsis for each. MY HERO ACADEMIA Season 4 (Subtitled) Synopsis: The villain world teeters on the brink of war now that All For One is out of the picture. Shigaraki of the League of Villains squares off with Overhaul of the yakuza, vying for total control of the shadows. Meanwhile, Deku gets tangled in another dangerous internship as he struggles to keep pace with his upperclassman—Mirio. Territories: United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Central America, South America, the Caribbean; and Premium Members in Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. MY HERO ACADEMIA

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Crunchyroll announces “Mob Psycho 100” OVA as part of their Fall line up Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria For those who have not seen the series, the premise is that Shigeo Kageyama is an average middle school boy, nicknamed Mob for lacking a sense of presence. Although he looks like an inconspicuous person, he is in fact a powerful esper with immense psychic power. To keep from losing control of this power, he constantly lives a life under an emotional shackle. In order to help learn how to control his abilities, Mob works as an assistant to con-man Reigen Arataka, a self-proclaimed psychic. Mob wants to live a normal life just like those around him, but a barrage of trouble keeps coming after him. With his suppressed emotions growing inside Mob little by little, his power threatens to break through its limits as

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Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, is premiering BEHIND THE SCENES OF DR. STONE, a documentary featuring creative producer Shusuke Katagiri and director Shinya Iino. The documentary premiered on Crunchyroll’s YouTube page on September 13, and will premiere on platform this week. Running a little over 25 minutes, it was shot onsite in Japan, following the pair and their team through the creative process to adapt the hit manga into the anime series. The documentary follows Creative Producer Shusuke Katagiri and Director Shinya Iino as they bring the DR.STONE anime to life. Learn more about the animation process as Katagiri-san and Iino-san give us an insider’s look into how they adapted the manga into the anime from TMS Studio in Tokyo. DR.STONE is based on the hit weekly Shonen Jump manga title of the same name

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Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll, a subsidiary of Otter Media (a WarnerMedia company) serving anime fans in more than 200 countries and territories, and VIZ Media Europe Group, one of Europe’s established licensors and distributors of Japanese animation, have announced today the signing of an agreement to bring together Crunchyroll’s global platform with VIZ Media Europe Group’s EMEA-wide network of partners, distributors, and licensees. Through this strategic relationship, Crunchyroll will become the majority investor in VIZ Media Europe Group, with The Hitotsubashi Group (Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd.) retaining a minority stake in the company. Closing of the transaction will occur once closing conditions have been satisfied, including the receipt of required antitrust clearances. Crunchyroll, founded in 2006 as a simple anime-sharing platform, has grown to amass a passionate community

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First International Release of New English Dub Author: Bob Johnson Source: SM Cinemas Official Movie Site: m-78.jp/ginga/movie (Japan) Winckler Productions’ English dubbed version of Tsuburaya Productions’ ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE (??? ?????????? ??! ????10??!!, Gekijoo-ban Urutoraman Ginga S Kessen! Urutora 10 Yuushi!!, 2015) began a theatrical run in the Philippines on September 10, 2016. This comes directly on the heels of SM Cinema’s theatrical showings of GODZILLA RESURGENCE (SHIN GODZILLA), which began on August 31, 2016. The weekend of September 10-11, SM Cinemas held a “Meet and Greet” for fans attending showings of the movie at the Mall of Asia, SM Southmall and the SM Megamall Cinema. The events included a chance to meet Ultraman Ginga and get some toy giveaways. Thousands of toys were to be given away to attendees buying tickets to the movie. Buying 2 tickets got fans a chance to win an

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Author/Source: Aaron John GregoryOfficial Site: IDW PublishingSpecial Thanks to Bobby Curnow A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Artist Aaron John Gregory has offered SciFi Japan readers an exclusive step-by-step look at the making of his cover illustration for Godzilla: Rage Across Time. Godzilla: Rage Across Time is a five part comic book mini-series debuting this week from IDW Publishing that features Godzilla and other Toho monsters during different eras of Earth’s history. Each issue is produced by a different creative team and comes with multiple cover variants. Aaron has created artwork for the Retailer Incentive cover of the second issue, which will be available from comic book shops and retailers on September 21st. While Godzilla: Rage Across Time is Aaron`s first comic book assignment, he is no newcomer to the art world. Class valedictorian from the Academy of Art, University in San

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Author: Bob Johnson William Winckler Productions, in tandem with Tsuburaya Productions is in the process of providing English language dubs for some of the new Ultraman feature films. The movies that have been dubbed and subtitled so far are ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE, ULTRA FIGHT VICTORY and ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE. No official release of the films has been announced, though the subtitled print of ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE was screened recently at FantAsia in Canada. William Winckler Productions had previously dubbed a package of animated series, edited together into movies, for Toei Productions. Some of those were released through Shout Factory over the last couple of years. The DVDs released were GAIKING, DANGARD ACE and STAR ZINGER, though other series were produced, including FIST OF THE NORTH STAR, SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK, GE GE GE NO KITARO and others. Winckler began his career and involvement

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Source: Bay Area Film Events Event Page: The Great Godzilla Sweepstakes In conjunction with Godzilla Night 5, Bay Area Film Events presents The Great Godzilla Sweepstakes. However, you do not have to be present at the event to enter or to win. The Sweepstakes is an online event for Godzilla fans all over the world. Once again Kevin d`Antonio has amassed an amazing array of Godzilla goods that will please even the most ardent collector. The Sweepstakes is open from July 2nd to July 29th. Godzilla fans can buy tickets and enter either online or at Godzilla Night. Tickets are limited to 20 per individual. Winners will be picked onstage at Godzilla Night 5 at The Historic BAL Theatre on July 30th. Winners that are present can come to the stage to collect their prizes. Those not in attendance will be notified afterwards and arrangements will be

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Author: Bob Johnson Source: Bay Area Film Events Show info: Godzilla Night 5 Tickets: BAL Theatre Godzilla Night 5 Bay Area Film Events and Curtain Call Performing Arts team up to bring Godzilla back to the San Francisco Bay Area and The Historic BAL Theatre for the fifth annual Godzilla Night! In past years, Godzilla Nights have featured bands such as The Deadlies and Big Pimp Jones, as well as classic Godzilla films like GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, GODZILLA VS. BIOLsmLANTE, GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH and more! This year, BAFE presents a monstrous double bill of GODZILLA 2000 and the original 1961 MOTHRA. Joining the show this year will be Michael Schlesinger, the writer/producer/director of Sony’s nationwide theatrical release of GODZILLA 2000. Michael will be there to talk about adapting the film for American audiences and what went

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Japanese lawmakers are seriously considering the legalization of Japan’s first ever casino. The move, as asserted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is in the hopes of increasing Japan’s revenues for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The matter is still being debated but in case Japan actually builds its first casino, what will the world actually get from these proposed plans? Perhaps cosplayers as waiting staff at front of doors, high-tech screen equipment, or video games featuring sci-fi-themed titles instead of slot machines? If there’s anything the Japanese are experts in, it’s taking something, perfecting it, and making it their own. Remember, the West may have introduced the first guns for armed combat but it was the Japanese who perfected the matchlock. So if anyone thinks that the Land of the Rising Sun is likely to mimic the casinos similar to the ones in

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