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FIRST LOOK: “Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom”

January 8th, 2026

GKIDS announced today its acquisition of US distribution rights to the latest Shaun The Sheep feature from Aardman. First look at the trailer, here.

GKIDS Brings “Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution” To Theatres This December

Haylie Baker|

October 31st, 2025

The next big North American anime event comes around this December, with the arrival of Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution. Debuting exclusively in IMAX theatres for a limited one day theatrical run, the movie will only appear on just 100 screens nationwide. In addition, a new IMAX poster has been unveiled. This upcoming film is brought to […]

‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’: The Wide-Eyed Wonder of a Toddler’s Coming of Age

Bill Desowitz|

October 28th, 2025

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKids, opening October 31 in select theaters and wide November 7), won the Grand Jury Prize at the eighth Animation Is Film Festival in Hollywood.

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INTERVIEW: Makoto Shinkai, Director, “Weathering With You”

It’s the summer of 2011. The long-range weather forecast for Tokyo is rain. And it’s not. Going to. Stop. Such is the sad state of affairs in Weathering With You, from Japanese director Makoto Shinkai. His previous work, Your Name, became the first anime not directed by Hayao Miyazaki to earn more than U.S. $100 […]

W.R. Miller|November 5, 2019

2019: A Sea Odyssey: An Interview with the Makers of “Children of the Sea”

As a young girl, Ruka Azumi had an amazing encounter with the sea life in her father’s aquarium, as they gathered and looked at her through the sea window. Years later, as a 14-year-old junior high student, she crosses paths with two boys, brothers, who are able to breathe and talk underwater, both raised by […]

W.R. Miller|October 31, 2019

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 […]

W.R. Miller|October 28, 2019

GKids to Release China’s “White Snake” in November

GKIDS will open White Snake in Los Angeles on November 15 and in New York and select theaters November 29. From Light Chaser Animation, one of China’s premiere animation studios, comes a visually stunning new take on a classic legend. One day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, a snake catcher from […]

Jerry Beck|October 8, 2019

“Animation Is Film” 2019 Announces Initial Feature Competition Line-up

Animation Is Film has announced the preliminary competition line-up for its third annual edition to take place October 18-20 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Festival will present a selection of new animated feature films from Asia, Europe, South America and North America, with both juried and audience prizes. Tickets are available for […]

Jerry Beck|September 16, 2019

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 […]

Jerry Beck|August 22, 2019

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