Oscar Wilde’s legendary short story The Canterville Ghost becomes an animated feature, with a couple of surprises up its sleeves. It opens in theaters this Friday October 20th. Co-Director Robert Chandler joins me for this spooky good Animation Scoop Q&A. (This interview was edited for length and clarity.) Jackson Murphy: Oscar Wilde is an icon. […]
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INTERVIEW: “The Canterville Ghost” Adapts A Classic Into Animation
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Shout Factory Releasing “Ainbo: Spirit Of The Amazon” in U.S. in November
August 29th, 2022 Jerry Beck An official selection of the 2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and recently nominated for Best Feature, Best Sound Design, and Best Original Music at the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards in Madrid, Ainbo: Spirit Of The Amazon smashed the box office in Spain and garnered international box office successes in France, Australia, New Zealand, and […]
INTERVIEW: Celebrating 30th Anniversary Of “FernGully” With Director Bill Kroyer
August 17th, 2022 Jackson Murphy 1992’s FernGully: The Last Rainforest is an animated feature classic. For its 30th Anniversary, Shout! Factory is releasing a new blu-ray and DVD combo pack on Tuesday August 23rd with incredible picture and sound and cool bonus features, including a new introduction from director Bill Kroyer. In this Animation Scoop Q&A, Kroyer discusses what FernGully […]
“NADIA: The Secret of Blue Water The Complete Series” Available on 4K August 2
June 2nd, 2022 Jerry Beck Available August 2nd, 2022 from GKIDS with distribution by Shout! Factory, the release boasts an all-new 4K restoration, and includes all 39 episodes of the series in both the original Japanese and an English dub, as well as a number of bonus features including a new booklet featuring character and mechanical designs from the series, […]
Shout! Factory Gets Distribution Rights to Laika Feature Films
February 8th, 2021 Jerry Beck Shout! Factory and animation studio LAIKA announced today a new entertainment distribution alliance to bring the studio’s first four award-winning legacy films to the home entertainment marketplace in the U.S. The announcement was made today by Melissa Boag, Shout’s Senior Vice President of Family Entertainment, and David Burke, LAIKA’s Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, Operations.
Shout Factory Celebrates “Bartender” With A 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
October 13th, 2020 Jerry Beck Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of this highly sought-after pop culture series, Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Anime Limited, is releasing Bartender 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition on national home entertainment shelves and digital on January 19th, 2021. Debuting for the first time on Blu-ray in North America, Bartender 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition comes housed in special […]
INTERVIEW: Actor Joshua Seth on Tai’s Last Digivolution – Or Is It?
October 7th, 2020 W.R. Miller Growing up can be painful, especially if it means losing your friends, perhaps forever. That’s the dilemma facing Taichi “Tai” Kamiya, his human friends, and their digital monster pets, the Digimon. From elementary school to college, the “Digi-Destined” kids and their Digimon have battled various threats from the digital world. Now the kids have learned […]
ANIME REVIEW: “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna”
October 6th, 2020 Charles Solomon The theatrical feature Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna premiered in Japan in February, marking the 20th anniversary of the franchise. (A subtitled version of Last Evolution was slated for US theatrical release in late March, but the run was postponed due to COVID 19, then cancelled.) Takeru “Tai” Takaishi (Joshua Seth) and Yamato “Matt” Ishida […]
INTERVIEW: Bill Plympton Discusses his Animated Features
October 30th, 2019 Jerry Beck Shout! Factory has acquired the film library of independent animator Bill Plympton in a deal that encompasses all seven of the Plympton feature films (The Tune, I Married a Strange Person!, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Cheatin’, and his latest feature, Revengeance) – as well as over 50 of his shorts, including the […]
GKids to Release China’s “White Snake” in November
October 8th, 2019 Jerry Beck 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 […]
Shout! Factory Announces Acquisition of Bill Plympton Library
July 10th, 2019 Jerry Beck Shout! Factory has acquired the library of acclaimed animator and cartoonist Bill Plympton. The deal encompasses all seven of the Plympton feature films (The Tune, I Married a Strange Person!, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Cheatin’, and his latest feature, Revengeance) as well as over 50 of his shorts, including the Academy Award-nominated […]
