Thursday, November 07, 2024
Category: Anime News

 

GKIDS announced late last year that they had picked up the rights for the movie "Pompo the Cinephile."  The original Japanese version was released last June and the English Blu-Ray release earlier this year. Only now does it make its way to the American big screen.  

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Toy company Mattel and online streaming giant Netflix announced they are working on a live-action movie adaptation of the Masters of the Universe franchise.

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During Netflix's online fan event titled Tundum held on September 25th, they unveiled the opening to the highly anticipated live-action series adaptation of the 1998 Cowboy Bebop anime. The opening is a faithful recreation of the original anime's including Yoko Kanno's "TANK!" song. The original director for the anime, Shinichiro Watanabe serves as a consultant for the live-action series.

Cowboy Bebop will be released on November 19 on Netflix.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80207033

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With the final chapter of Evangelion releasing on Amazon this weekend globally, fans may want to check out NHK Professional: Documentary of Hideaki Anno (& EVANGELION 3.0+1.0) special which originally aired in March 2021, is currently available on Amazon Prime:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09C73MV21/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

The documentary crew followed Anno's journey and struggle with production and his unorthodox methods between 2017 and 2020 in his quest for perfection in completing his work.

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While fans in Japan had been able to enjoy watching the fourth and final Rebuild of Evangelion movie, Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time since March, Amazon has announced they will be releasing the updated version of the movie, Evangelion 3.0+1.01, on their streaming platform Prime Video on August 13 globally.