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INTERVIEW: All The Info On “All You Need Is Kill”

January 16th, 2026

Now playing in theaters nationwide is All You Need Is Kill, an animated feature adaptation of the Japanese novel about young woman Rita, who's living the same day over and over again. Director Kenichiro Akimoto shares he loved about making this epic action adventure.

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

Jerry Beck|

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 […]

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INTERVIEW: Director Mamoru Hosoda on His Latest Masterwork, “Mirai”

Four-year-old Kun has a problem—or so he thinks. Mom has brought home a baby sister, Mirai. Now his parents are giving lots of attention to her—attention he feels he deserves. Feeling rejected, Kun decides to run away. But when he goes as far as the family’s garden, he meets a visitor from the future: his […]

W.R. Miller|November 29, 2018

Here Comes “MFKZ”

On Thursday October 11th and Tuesday October 16th, in select theaters nationwide, Fathom Events is screening the new, English-language version of the animated film “MFKZ”. GKIDS, the distribution studio behind ten Best Animated Feature Oscar nominees since 2009 (including “My Life as a Zucchini” and “The Breadwinner”), acquired “MFKZ” in July, with hopes it can […]

Jackson Murphy|October 2, 2018

“Animation Is Film” 2018 Announces Initial Feature Competition Line-up and Jury

Animation Is Film announced today the preliminary competition line-up and jury for its second annual edition to take place October 19-21 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. Mamoru Hosoda’s […]

Jerry Beck|September 20, 2018

GKids to Release “Fireworks” in LA on July 4th

Gkids has moved up its Los Angeles release date for producer Genki Kawamura’s follow up his mega-hit anime Your Name. Directors Nobuyuki Takeuchi and Akiyuki Shinbo’s Fireworks will open on July 4th in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica and Ahrya Fine Arts, in Beverly Hills. It’s a tale of […]

Jerry Beck|June 18, 2018

Hosada’s “Mirai” Screening at Cannes; Picked up by Gkids for US

GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced that the animated feature Mirai from Japan’s Studio Chizu will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. The film is written and helmed by Mamoru Hosoda, the celebrated director behind The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, […]

Jerry Beck|April 17, 2018

Gkids Acquires North American Rights to Anime “Fireworks”

US distributor GKIDS announced today that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Fireworks, from director Nobuyuki Takeuchi and general director Akiyuki Shinbo. The deal for the film was negotiated by Eric Beckman of GKIDS and Rui Machida at Toho Co., Ltd. GKIDS will release the film theatrically in Summer 2018. Here’s the […]

Jerry Beck|March 15, 2018

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