Prime Video has announced the exclusive streaming rights for the animated film Look Back, written by Tatsuki Fujimoto and directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. Released in theatres earlier this year, the film will be available for Prime members in over 240 countries and regions starting November 7th. A theatrical adaptation of the manga published in Jump+ […]
Crunchyroll has entered into an agreement with Bango to further grow its international subscriber base through bundling partnerships with telcos and other third parties. Crunchyroll offers a dedicated anime streaming library with over 25,000 hours of content. With new titles arriving every season, it remains the go-to destination for anime fans everywhere, and currently boasts […]
Amid cuts to its US Scripted productions, Netflix is increasingly looking to the APAC region for new content ideas. In the first eight months of 2024, 33 per cent of all new first-run Scripted TV series ordered by Netflix stemmed from its APAC markets, ahead of Western Europe (WE) which captured 29 per cent of […]
Licensed toys continue to outperform the overall toy market in 2024, according to data published by Circana, an advisor on the complexity of consumer behaviour. Growing by 2.4 per cent, licensed toy sales in Europe (EU5: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) bucked an industry decline of 3.1 per cent during the first seven […]
As part of its ongoing effort to expand its lineup of animated films from Japan, Netflix has announced that The Boy and the Heron, the Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-winning animated film from Japan’s celebrated Studio Ghibli, will be available to stream on the platform from October 7th (excluding Japan and the US; in France the […]
The BBC has acquired the UK rights to over 1,000 episodes of the English dubbed versions of the celebrated anime series One Piece. The series, produced by Toei Animation and based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga series of the same name, is the No.1 manga in the world with over 500 million copies sold and over […]
Hasbro has announced that its all-new Beyblade X has been a huge hit this summer, trending on TikTok and landing in toy shops, as the new anime series airs on the BBC. The fourth iteration of the celebrated series introduces new characters to UK audiences, 25 years after the franchise’s first launch. The new storyline […]
Studio Ghibli’s powerful animated film, Grave of the Fireflies, is set to stream exclusively on Netflix starting September 16th. It will be available in over 190 countries (excluding the US and Japan) as part of the streaming platform’s ongoing efforts to expand its lineup of anime from Japan. Netflix currently offers 22 Studio Ghibli films […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down AnimeFlix, a piracy website dedicated to anime content. The operation, based near Helsinki, Finland, logged between 7 and 13 million monthly visits and had 2 million unique visitors per month. Nearly one-third of the site traffic originated from the US, followed by India […]
The First Slam Dunk, the animated movie that topped the Japanese box office in 2023, will be available to stream on Netlix in 75 countries from August 25th. Netflix said that bringing The First Slam Dunk to the service is part of its ongoing efforts to expand its anime library. This addition joins other celebrated […]