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KPop Demon Hunters Wins Oscars for Best Animated Feature, Song
Film's "Golden" song won Original Song category
― The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans' KPop Demon Hunters for Best Animated Feature Film in the 98th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. The film competed against Zootopia 2, Arco, Elio, and Little Amélie or the Character of Rain.The film's "Golden" song also won the Best Music (Original Song) category....
KPop Demon Hunters Directors Confirmed to Return for Sequel
Sequel is Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans' "1st project" in Netflix partnership
― Now that we know that KPop Demon Hunters is officially getting a sequel — albeit one that may not come until 2029 at the earliest — we can also rest assured that directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans are returning to direct. Netflix confirmed on Thursday that the sequel is the "first project" out of an exclusive multiy...
Kpop Demon Hunters Animated Film Receives Oscars Nominations
Film also receives nominations for Dorian Film Awards, VES Awards, MPSE Golden Reel Awards
― The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced in a livestream on Thursday that it has nominated Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans' animated film KPop Demon Hunters for Best Animated Feature Film at the 98th Oscars. The film also received a nomination in the Original Song category for "Golden." Other...
KPop Demon Hunters Wins Golden Globes for Best Animated Film, Song
Film's "Golden" wins in Best Original Song - Motion Picture category
― Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans' animated film KPop Demon Hunters won the Best Motion Picture - Animated category at the 83rd Golden Globes Awards on Sunday. The film's "Golden" song also won the Best Original Song - Motion Picture category.Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon...
KPop Demon Hunters Takes Best Animated Fim at Critics Choice Awards
Soundtrack's “Golden” wins Best Song
― Massively popular animated film KPop Demon Hunters took home Best Animated Film and Best Song during the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday. The film beat out Arco, Elio, In Your Dreams, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, and Zootopia 2 for Best Animated Film. “Golden” took home Best Song over Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, and Blake Slatki's “Drive” from...
Webtoon-Based Animated Film Your Letter Opens in India on December 12
Film released in Korea on October 1
― PVR Inox Pictures announced on Instagram on Tuesday that it will release the feature-length animated film Your Letter based on the webtoon of the same name in Indian theaters on December 12. Your Letter earned a near-perfect 9.98 rating during its webtoon run. The story follows transfer student Sori, who discovers a mysterious letter in her desk drawer. Each clue...
Hideo Kojima Makes Voice Cameo in Zootopia 2
The icon of stealth video games makes his Disney debut
― Disney Japan made a shock announcement on Tuesday: video game director Hideo Kojima is making his Disney debut in the Japanese language dub of Zootopia 2. Kojima will cameo as Zootopia police officer Paul Moldebrandt. Kojima commented on his appearance in the Zootopia 2 press release: “I've had several cameo appearances in live-action films and...
KPop Demon Hunters Sequel Is Coming — But Will Take 4 Years to Cook
Reports: Sony, Netflix target 2029 release for KPop Demon Hunters 2 sequel
― KPop Demon Hunters has been soaring through viewership and music charts alike so strongly that a sequel seems all but inevitable, but industry news reports on Wednesday finally say that Sony and Netflix are aiming to open a sequel to the hit film in 2029. The film's returning sing-along theatrical screenings also grossed US$...
Indian Anime-Style 2D Film Before Again Streams Teaser Trailer in 4K
The hand-drawn anime-style video teases the story of an artist from Delhi who happens upon a lantern that can heal the cracks in his relationships
― Indian company GD Production Studio began streaming a 4K trailer for its upcoming 2D animated project Before Again on October 18. The hand-drawn anime-style video teases the story of an artist from Delhi who happens upon a lantern that can heal the crack...
KPop Demon Hunters Is Now Longest-Running English Film in Netflix's Global Top 10
Film has been watched 325.1 million times over 15 weeks
― Netflix's original animated film KPop Demon Hunters adds another achievement under its belt. It clocks in its 15th consecutive week in Netflix's Global Top 10 Movies list, making it the longest-running English-language film ever on the list. The movie also never went lower than #2 during its entire tenure on the list, and it is now #1. The fil...
KPop Demon Hunters Becomes 1st Netflix Title to Surpass 300 Million Views
Film had already claimed the global #1 spot 2 weeks ago, pulling ahead of Squid Game season 1
― Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans' Sony Pictures Animation film KPop Demon Hunters has become the first title on the Netflix platform to surpass 300 million views, according to Netflix's official site Tudum. As of September 17, the movie recorded 314.2 million views (measured by dividing the 523.6 million to...
KPop Demon Hunters Is 1st Netflix Film to Top U.S. Weekend Box Office
And it's now Netflix's most watched movie ever
― American entertainment news outlet Deadline reported on Monday that KPop Demon Hunters reached #1 on the U.S. weekend box office with US$19.2 million. The film made US$10.1 million on Saturday and US$9.1 million on Sunday. Deadline added that the KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along Event played in 1,700 theaters and beat out Warner's summer mystery horror fi...
Crunchyroll Launches More Animated Ads Featuring Rashmika Mandanna and Tiger Shroff
Crunchyroll announced its new Indian ad campaign on Tuesday featuring two new short films that whisk Bollywood stars Mandanna and Tiger Shroff back to their anime worlds
― Crunchyroll announced its new ad campaign on Tuesday featuring new short films that whisk Rashmika Mandanna and Tiger Shroff back to their anime worlds. While last year's campaign celebrated Mandanna's birthday as well as the India...
Japan Finally Gets to Watch The 1994 Mega Man Animated Series
It's the Super Fighting Robot, Mega Man!
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Rock Man (Japanese name for Mega Man) series announced that the 1994 Mega Man animated series has begun streaming on several Japanese services on December 20. The post states that this is the first time the series is being released with Japanese subtitles and that “a Mega Man no one knows about is here!” ／📣19...
Babymetal Goes Desi in Collab with Indian Metal Band Bloodywood
Bloodywood's new single "Bekhauf" features an animated music video where both bands' members take on heroic anime-esque avatars
― The Japanese heavy metal idol trio Babymetal released a single in collaboration with Indian metal band Bloodywood on Friday. If that news wasn't exciting enough for fans of either, their new single "Bekhauf" has a fully animated video where the band members take on heroic ...
Studio Trigger Releases Transformers One Collaboration Poster
See your favorite Transformers with that Trigger touch
― With a mix of toys and cartoons, the Transformers franchise has captured the imagination of multiple generations since the 1980s. After the new film Transformer One opened in Japan, the staff revealed last week a Gridman Universe-inspired Transformers One collaboration poster by Studio Trigger's Masaru Sakamoto. According to the official Japane...
Marvel's What If…? Season 3 to Assemble Avengers' Robot Mecha, Voltron-Style
Pilots include Captain America, Black Widow, Xu Shang-Chi, Monica Rambeau, Moon Knight
― The "Marvel Animation Sneak Peek" panel at the D23 event screened footage from the third and final season of Marvel's What If…? animation series on Saturday. The footage teased that at least one episode will feature five giant robotic mecha that combine into an even bigger robotic mecha. The footage showed a 2D l...
New Anime-Style Alien Fan Film By Animator Paul Johnson
English animator has previously made anime-style fan films inspired by Star Wars, Doctor Who and R-Type/
― Paul "OtaKing" Johnson, an English animator who creates "retro anime-styled 2D animation films," has released an anime-style Alien fan film. The film is called Alien: Monday, and runs 19 minutes, including just under four minutes of end credits. It depicts an encounter between Ashlin, a female s...
Power Rangers Gets Crossover Comic With Usagi Yojimbo
No turtles of the teenage variety in this crossover
― Among American comics fans, a fan favorite character is Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo. Based on the historical figure Miyamoto Musashi, the anthropomorphized rabbit has captured the imaginations of comic readers. However, one of the character's breakout appearances was in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) episodes "Usagi Yojimbo" and "Usagi Com...
New Unoffical Laputa: Castle in the Sky CGI Short Streamed
Relive the magic of seeing the castle in the sky for the first time
― Studio Ghibli is known for its supreme quality of hand-drawn animation. With it comes beautiful and iconic imagery, from the forests in both Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke, the interior and exterior of the bathhouse in Spirited Away, to the ever so memorable introduction of the Cat Bus in My Neighbor Totor...
The Simpsons' 'Treehouse of Horror XXXIII' Episode Wins Creative Arts Emmy Award
DR Movie animated parody of Death Note manga, Stephen King's horror novel IT
― The 2022 Halloween episode "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" won the Outstanding Animated Program category for The Simpsons series at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday! This is it… Presenting the poster for Treehouse of Horror XXXIII — now with more horror than ever! pic.twitter.com/TGiVCTCMNQ— The Simpsons (@TheSimp...
Berserk: The Black Swordsman Fan Animation Aspires to be Everything the 2016 Anime Wasn't
Project includes "adaptation of the stories that have been neglected of this medium"
― Online animation group Studio Eclypse announced in early October that its team has begun pre-production on a BERSERK: The Black Swordsman fan animation. The staff of the project expressly stated the animation will not include the "Golden Age arc" of Kentarou Miura's manga and will focus on "The Black Swordsman arc....
Crunchyroll Streams Bastions Korean Animated Superhero Show With BTS Songs
BTS, other K-pop groups provide music
― Here's a show for all the K-pop stans out there! Crunchyroll began streaming the Bastions Korean 3D animated superhero series on Saturday. The series is streaming worldwide, excluding China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, and South Korea. Notably, the series features music by the popular Korean boy group BTS, as well as the girl group Le Sserafim and si...
Super Mario Bros. Movie Camrip Gets Over 9 Million Views Through Unauthorized Twitter Upload
Twitter Blue subscriber uploaded film across 2 parts, was accessible for at least 7 hours
― A full-length camrip of The Super Mario Bros. Movie received over nine million views on Twitter before finally being taken offline, Forbes reported last Sunday. (Note that this number does not represent the total number of users who watched the film in its entirety; Twitter defines a video view as "watched in ...
Nintendo Changes Name of Character in Japanese Version of Super Mario Bros. Movie
"Blackie" from Wrecking Crew NES game will be named "Spike" to match U.S. version
― Nintendo's Japanese Twitter account announced on Thursday that the company is changing the name of the character "Blackie" from the Wrecking Crew NES game to "Spike" to match the U.S. version. Notably, the character plays a key role in The Super Mario Bros. Movie film, which the Japanese name change will also apply to...
Video: BBC Parodies Pokemon Go! With Yokai
Animated parody video by the children's series Horrible Histories
― The long-running BBC children's series Horrible Histories has posted the above animated sketch on YouTube, which envisions a Pokemon! Go style game with traditional Japanese yokai monsters, called "Historical Pokymonsters! Run!" Following the remit of the series, the sketch aims to educate children using humour, telling them about m...
Super Mario Bros. Film Co-Producer Calls Chris Pratt's Mario Performance "Phenomenal"
Illumination founder Chris Meledandri suggests Italian accent won't be used, but it will receive "a nod"
― Illumination's animated film of Super Mario Bros. caused a big stir online in September when Chris Pratt was announced as the voice of Mario. Illumination founder Chris Meledandri, who is co-producing the film with Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto, praised Pratt's performance in his br...
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