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Crunchyroll Anime Awards: ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Takes Top Honors; Megan Thee Stallion, Bong Joon-ho Among Presenters
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 was the big winner at Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards in Tokyo over the weekend, taking the top-prize anime of the year honor and triumphing in 10 additional categories, including best director, best character design, best action and best cinematography. The best film prize went to Mokoto Shinkai’s anime blockbuster Suzume, while Demon […]
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Martin McDonagh Set for Masterclass, Career Retrospective at Hong Kong Film Festival
Martin McDonagh is set for a masterclass and career retrospective at the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). The British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, director and producer will discuss his career in theater and film and his inspirations with an audience in Hong Kong. In a career spanning three decades, McDonagh has won an Academy Award, […]
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Netflix Unveils 2024 India Content Slate of 8 Films, 14 Series
Netflix unveiled its 2024 content slate targeting India’s expanding streaming market at a talent-packed gala event Tuesday in Mumbai. The company’s latest India lineup is notably diverse, spanning an array of genres across eight feature films and 14 series, but it’s also a slight step down in terms of volume compared to recent years (Netflix […]
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Disney+ Sets Release Date for Hitman Anime Series ‘The Fable’
Disney+ has revealed the release date for the next title on its growing slate of Japanese anime. The hitman series The Fable, based on the best-selling manga of the same name, will launch worldwide on the streaming service on April 7. The show is the latest anime title released via Disney’s partnership with Japanese publishing […]
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Japanese Producer of Anime Hits ‘Suzume,’ ‘Your Name’ Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
A producer involved in some of Japan’s highest-grossing anime blockbusters was arrested in Tokyo this week on suspicion of creating child pornography. Koichiro Ito, 52, stands accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl he met over social media into sending him nude selfies in September 2021, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported Thursday. According to another report from […]
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Disney’s Top Asia Exec on Bob Iger’s Streaming Pivot and the “Gold Rush” for Korean Content
During the short period that Disney+ has been active across the major markets of the Asia-Pacific region — just a little over two years in most countries — the Walt Disney Co. has gone through a period of uncharacteristic turmoil. A CEO shakeup, a secular reassessment of the streaming business, cost-cutting, shaky box-office results, speculation over […]
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BTS’ J-Hope Documentary ‘Hope on the Street’ to Release on Amazon Prime Video
Hope on the Street, a docuseries featuring J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS, has landed exclusively at Prime Video. Produced by BTS’ label HYBE, the six-part series will premiere on the Amazon service worldwide March 28, with new episodes released every Thursday and Friday. Prime Video describes Hope on the Street as profiling J-Hope’s origin story […]
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Disney+ Unveils Expanded Korean Originals Slate for 2024
Disney+ is steadily boosting its output of high-end Korean drama. The streaming service on Monday revealed a growing slate of star-driven Korean originals for 2024, building on the momentum achieved last year with the critical and commercial popularity of hit shows like Moving and Big Bet. Newly announced titles joining the company’s Korean slate include […]
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Berlin: Toei Animation’s Yoshi Ikezawa on Ambitious New CGI Feature ‘Hypergalactic’
Instrumental in bringing anime to the world through properties such as Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball and One Piece, Toei Animation is now on a mission to reach even wider audiences by combining Japanese aesthetics with storytelling and themes from around the globe. The storied studio, where Hayao Miyazaki began his career, landed a huge hit […]
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How Amazon, Netflix and Disney+ Stack Up in Japan
The Japanese streaming video space remains competitive, with Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ and local competitors reaching more than 100 billion viewing minutes in 2023 in the “premium VOD” space that generated $4.5 billion in subscription revenue. Those are some of the findings of a new study by MediaPartners Asia’s data analytics arm ampd, which […]
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What a Messi! Argentine Star Fails to Play, Fans Boo Beckham as Inter Miami’s Match in Hong Kong Ends in Disaster
There’s a David Beckham meme, taken from the recent Netflix Beckham documentary, that’s popular on social media at the moment. You know the one, you’ve seen it a thousand times or more, the one where Beckham harangues Victoria Beckham to “be honest” several times before she finally relents and tells the truth about her privileged […]
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Anime and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Push Japan’s Box Office Higher in 2023
Japan’s box office climbed 4 percent to a post-pandemic high of $1.5 billion (221.5 billion yen) in 2023, driven again by a strong slate of anime and a steady return to theaters. Hollywood films maintained the same market share of around 31 percent as the previous year, though a very weak yen reduced earnings in […]
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