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Creative Head Hikaru Kondo Breaks Down the 3 Innovative Battles in ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’
Crunchyroll's "Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle" continues breaking box office records. It's not only the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time with $682 million worldwide, but also the number one international film ever in North America with $134.5 million.
“My Hero Academia: Vigilantes” Season 2 Streams January 5

“My Hero Academia: Vigilantes” Season 2 Streams January 5

Haylie Baker|
December 16th, 2025
The highly anticipated My Hero Academia prequel, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes charges back into the action with Season 2 on January 5, 2025, exclusively on Crunchyroll. With this announcement, Crunchyroll released a new trailer and key art, showcasing characters that have yet to make their debut. Not only this, but the artists for the opening […]
Crunchyroll Announces New Acquisitions At CCXP

Crunchyroll Announces New Acquisitions At CCXP

Haylie Baker|
December 15th, 2025
At the recent CCXP, hosted in São Paulo, Brazil, Crunchyroll made many unforgettable memories with fans, presented exclusive trailers, messages from cast members, historic performances, and hosted new arrivals, all live on the Thunder Stage. Among the exciting events and personalities onstage, Crunchyroll’s specialty was on full display as the latest in anime was announced.  […]

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INTERVIEW: Ji Zhau, Co-Director of “The White Snake”

Five hundred years ago in China, during the late Tang dynasty, the Dark General made people catch snakes that somehow energize him with supernatural power. The snake people—demons—don’t like this. So a beautiful young woman, Blanca, tries to assassinate him. She fails. Despite her martial arts prowess, she is subdued. She wakes in a remote […]
Avatar photoW.R. Miller|October 28, 2019
INTERVIEW:  Ji Zhau, Co-Director of “The White Snake”

ANIME REVIEW: “Yu Yu Hakusho Ghost Files”

Like Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi (Justin Cook), the hero of the brawling fantasy-adventure Yu Yu Hakusho (1992), is “a low-down cheap little punk.” He boasts that he’s the toughest kid in Sarayashki Junior High. He cuts classes and loves duking it out with other guys, especially with his red-haired […]
Avatar photoCharles Solomon|September 29, 2019
ANIME REVIEW: “Yu Yu Hakusho Ghost Files”

TRAILER: Fuminori Kizaki’s “Human Lost”

From the chief director of Psycho-Pass, the director of Afro Samurai, and the studio that brought you Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters comes the animated feature film Human Lost – Osamu Dazai’s masterpiece of Japanese literature re-imagined into a hyper-kinetic deep dive into human consciousness. Funimation Films will give Human Lost a limited theatrical release, […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|September 17, 2019
TRAILER: Fuminori Kizaki’s “Human Lost”

ANIME REVIEW: “Golden Kamuy: Season One”

Alternately ground-breaking, engaging and grisly, Golden Kamuy (2018) can be challenging to watch, but it’s difficult to ignore. Based on the 2014 manga by Satoru Noda, the story takes place near the end of the Meiji era (1868-1912). While serving in the 1st Division of the Imperial Army during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Saichi Sugimoto […]
Avatar photoCharles Solomon|September 10, 2019
ANIME REVIEW: “Golden Kamuy: Season One”

ANIME REVIEW: “Cells at Work!”

Both upbeat and offbeat, Cells at Work! (2018) is a quirky fantasy series that may initially remind some viewers of Osmosis Jones (2001). But the program is lower key and much less hip: It feels closer to the old police drama “The Naked City”: “There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has […]
Avatar photoCharles Solomon|September 4, 2019
ANIME REVIEW: “Cells at Work!”

GKids to Open “Promare” and “Another Day Of Life” in September

Lest you thought GKids was sitting out Awards Season… They have two big pictures opening in September for Academy Award consideration. Raúl De La Fuente & Damian Nenow’s Another Day of Life will bow September 13th in both New York and Los Angeles. A week later, on September 20th, the distributor will open Studio Trigger’s […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 22, 2019
GKids to Open “Promare” and “Another Day Of Life” in September

INTERVIEW: Director Ayumu Watanabe on Bold “Children Of The Sea”

Ayumu Watanabe is the director of the striking new anime film Children of the Sea. It’s available now on Blu-ray and DVD via GKIDS and Shout Factory, and you can also stream the English-language version on Netflix. The story is about a special girl who makes some just-as-special friends. Over the course of the summer, […]