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‘Peppa Pig’ Writer Part Of Kartoon’s ‘Winnie-The-Pooh’ Team Just days after unveiling a $30M, multi-year Winnie-the-Pooh plan, Kartoon Studios has unveiled its writing, directing and commercial team. Sam Morrison, who was part of the writing team for Nickelodeon’s Peppa Pig, has been named Head…

EXCLUSIVE: Crunchyroll has acquired North American rights to LiVE is SMiLE ALWAYS -LANDER-, a new concert film from J-pop sensation LiSA. Bringing LiSA’s final show at the Tokyo Garden Theater from her most recent tour to theaters, the film will be released by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment…

Sony sat out CinemaCon in April this year, but was the first major studio to present at CineEurope in Barcelona today, culminating in a screening of Apple Original Films’ Scarlett Johansson/Channing Tatum-starrer Fly Me to the Moon which Sony is releasing theatrically. Before the screening, Sony…

Crunchyroll Senior Vice President of Global Commerce Mitchel Berger was in ebullient mood as he gave a talk on the growing global reach of anime at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival this week. The Sony-owned platform is in attendance this year with soccer-themed Blue Lock the Movie – Ep…

Crunchyroll has dropped the trailer for Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle. Based on the original weekly Shonen Jump manga by Haruichi Furudate, the film is directed and written by Susumu Mitsunaka and series Haikyu!! is produced by Toho animation. The first four seasons of Haikyu!! are currently…

So, Sony was here at CinemaCon after all. In a way. Sony domestic distribution chief Adrian Smith took the stage to introduce the first ever Crunchyroll presentation at the Las Vegas exhibitor and studio confab. Smith beamed that the label “has exceeded all our expectations and everyone at Sony is excited…

Crunchyroll has acquired North American and select EMEA and Latin America theatrical rights to the highly anticipated feature anime spinoff Blue Lock The Movie – Episode Nagi. Crunchyroll and Sony have set a North American release for June 28, 2024 with the international dates still to be confirmed. The…

Jujutsu Kaisen won Anime of the Year at the eighth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which were handed out Saturday in Tokyo. Related Stories Documentary Crunchyroll Dropping Doc Series…

UPDATE: Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded profits of $281 million for the third-quarter of fiscal year 2023, a 57% hike versus the comparable period in 2022. Revenues were also up 5% to $2.473 billion. Announcing earnings in Tokyo this morning for the three months ended December 31, 2023, Sony…

EXCLUSIVE: Anime streamer Crunchyroll is dropping a doc-series on renowned Japanese animation maker Studio Bones. The platform has been quietly working on Bones 25: Dreaming Forwards, which will drop tomorrow (February 13), timed with the release of the studio’s latest series, Metallic Rouge, and its…

Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, announced theatrical dates for Spy x Family Code: White starting in April 2024 for its international territories, as well as debuted new dub trailers for the highly anticipated anime family action comedy. The film, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony…

EXCLUSIVE: Streamer Crunchyroll and Sony Music Entertainment have teamed to launch a weekly podcast to spotlight anime’s impact on the broader cultural zeitgeist. Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect will launch worldwide in English on all major podcast platforms on February 16, with new episodes…