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

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

Avatar photoBill 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.
‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners

‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
October 21st, 2025
ANIMATION IS FILM (AIF) today announced the winners of its 8th annual festival, with AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, receiving the festival’s top honor, the Grand Jury Prize.

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Gkids Partners with Fathom Events to Bring Anime Back To US Theaters This Summer

GKIDS and long-time partner Fathom Events, are continuing their collaboration this summer, bringing back a series of critically acclaimed and fan-favorite anime features. Kicking off the series is the 2020 animated tour-de-force from Studio 4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, MFKZ, Mind Game), CHILDREN OF THE SEA. Directed by Ayumu Watanabe, with a score by award-winning composer and longtime […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 14, 2021
Gkids Partners with Fathom Events to Bring Anime Back To US Theaters This Summer

Gkids Announces Release Plans and Voice Cast for Ghibli’s “Earwig and The Witch”

GKIDS, the acclaimed distributor of multiple Academy Award-nominated animated features, has announced the voice cast of the upcoming English language dub for legendary animation house Studio Ghibli’s latest feature Earwig and The Witch. The film is directed by Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea) and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki, […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 16, 2020
Gkids Announces Release Plans and Voice Cast for Ghibli’s “Earwig and The Witch”

TRAILER: GKids Ottawa Prize Winner “On-Gaku: Our Sound”

GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, released a new trailer for the upcoming animated feature On-Gaku: Our Sound from director Kenji Iwaisawa, based on the manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi. The film will play in select theatrical markets starting December 11th, 2020.
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 2, 2020
TRAILER: GKids Ottawa Prize Winner “On-Gaku: Our Sound”

Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” Kick-Off Animation Panels at Virtual NYCC

New York Comic-Con at Home is underway! The first major animation virtual panel shown today was for Cartoon Saloon’s latest feature Wolfwalkers. It’s opening in select theaters on November 13th before hitting AppleTV+ worldwide on December 11th.
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|October 8, 2020
Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” Kick-Off Animation Panels at Virtual NYCC

OFFICIAL TRAILER: Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers”

Here’s the full, official trailer for the upcoming Apple Original Film, Wolfwalkers, the critically-acclaimed animated feature film directed by two-time Academy Award-nominated director Tomm Moore and director Ross Stewart. The film is co-produced by the award-winning animation studios Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions and will be released in theaters nationwide on November 13th by GKIDS […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|October 8, 2020
OFFICIAL TRAILER: Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers”

TRAILER: Gkids CGI Anime “Lupin III: The First”

40 years from the masterpiece that is The Castle of Cagliostro, Lupin III returns in an all new theatrical feature from TMS. Under the directon of one of the leading VFX artists in Japan, Takashi Yamazaki (STAND BY ME Doraemon, Dragon Quest Your Story), it will be the first Lupin film in 23 years, and […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|September 24, 2020
TRAILER: Gkids CGI Anime “Lupin III: The First”

INTERVIEW: Chris Bailey On Howl You’ll Enjoy “The Great Wolf Pack”

Academy Award nominee Chris Bailey (of iconic Disney animated short Runaway Brain) is the director of the new animated film The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure. Bailey and the folks at popular indoor water park chain The Great Wolf Lodge are taking their beloved characters (Wiley Wolf, Violet Wolf, Oliver Raccoon, Sammy Squirrel […]