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There are new details about Dan Da Dan season 2, as GKids released a trailer ahead of the debut in movie theaters. In the US and Canada, we’ll get to see the show first on June 6, 2025, ahead of it streaming on services like Crunchyroll on July 3, 2025. 

First, there’s the one and a half minute trailer for Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye, which is the name the first three season 2 episodes are being released under when those show up in movie theaters. The video begins with the yokai Evil Eye, the antagonist of this latest arc, announcing his intentions to assault humanity now that he found a body. However, Okarun is there and takes on the Turbo Granny form to fight back. From there, we get a hint at some of the fights Momo and Okarun face at the start of the new season.

Here’s the latest trailer: 

We don’t just know the theatrical debut dates for North America. The official English social media covered four different regions. The earliest episodes will appear is on May 30, 2025, as that’s when it will show up in countries in Asia. On June 6, 2025, it will show up in North America and Australia. The European debut is a day later on June 7, 2025. 

Coincidentally, June also happens to be when the next volume of the Dan Da Dan manga will appear in English. Viz Media announced that volume 13 will launch on June 3 2025. Previously, volume 12 debuted on April 1, 2025. 

Dan Da Dan season 2 will start on July 3, 2025, though the first three episodes will appear as Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye in movie theaters in North America on June 6, 2025. The manga is released outside Japan by Viz Media.

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GKids Films announced that it acquired the distribution rights for the North American release of Colorful Stage The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing. The movie will appear in theaters in Canada and the United States on April 11, 2025.

Since the website for the movie didn’t mention if it’ll only be in select theaters, it’s likely that you’ll be able to catch it in most major ones. Regardless, if you’re unsure, GKids will probably release more information on it closer to April 11, 2025. You can also watch a trailer for the film on the official webpage for it.

Colorful Stage The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing first appeared in Japanese theaters in mid-January 2025. Though it stars familiar Vocaloid mascots, as a Colorful Stage movie, it mostly centers on the original characters for that game. Popular Vocaloid producers like Deco*27 (“Vampire”) and Jin (“Kagerou Daze”) worked on the opening and ending themes for the film, with music videos for them available on YouTube.

As for the story, it follows the tale of twenty teenagers who discover Sekai, which is an alternate world made from feelings. Vocaloids occupy these Sekais, and they help these teenagers with their self-discovery journeys. The plot of the movie focuses on Hatsune Miku trying to reach people with her songs, and the teenagers in question help her with this.

Colorful Stage The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing who appear in North American theaters on April 11, 2025.

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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning-, the theatrical cut of the first three episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux, will be headed to theaters in North America on February 28, 2025. Animated film distributor GKids secured the license for the film cut of the new anime. GKids has not yet announced which theaters will be showing the film or when tickets will become available.

The film is a compilation movie of the first three episodes of the newest entry in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux (pronounced 'quarks'). The show is a first ever collaboration between Sunrise and Studio Khara, the Hideaki Anno-founded animation studio behind the Rebuild of Evangelion film series. It is set in an alternate Universal Century where Amuro Ray is not the one who finds the Gundam, but instead Char Aznable.

This film, and the first three episodes, center around Amate Yuzuriha, a young high-schooler living on the Side 6 space colony, who falls into illegal, underground Mobile Suit fighting. It was originally released in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2025.

The original three Gundam films were released in American theaters, showcasing the original adventure of Amuro Ray during the One Year War. In addition, it was recently revealed that Hololive Vtuber, Hoshimachi Suisei would be providing an insert song for the anime.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning- will hit theaters in North America on February 28, 2025 but no announcements for regions outside of North America have been made at this time.

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The Look Back anime film based on the Tatsuki Fujimoto manga is headed to movie theaters in the US on October 6-7, 2024. following an early release in select venues on October 4, 2024. This comes after it debuted in Japan in June 2024. 

Look Back is the story of two young women who aspire to become mangaka and create their own original manga series. The two meet while in school together. While Fujino is the more talented of the two, causing a complex in Kyomoto, the two eventually are drawn together and become close. The story follows the growth of their art and relationship from elementary school until college, and the effect the two have on each others’ lives. 

Here is the English trailer for the anime adaptation of Look Back. 

The official GKids site offers information on buying tickets for showings. It seems only ones for the showings on October 6-7, 2024 are available. Prices vary depending on the theater selected. The options shown note that only the Japanese dub with English subtitles will be available. 

Look Back first appeared as a manga back in 2021, before the one shot was turned into a movie. This came after creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s other works Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch. As a result of its success, physical copies were released. 

The Look Back anime adaptation will be in US movie theaters in New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2024, then throughout the country between October 6-7, 2024. The manga was released in English via Viz Media.

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How many times has Hayao Miyazaki come out of retirement now? I’ve lost count. But I am sure glad he did. I went to see the new Ghibli movie The Boy and the Heron this past weekend here in Japan. Do you your first Ghibli film? Mine was Kiki’s Delivery Service back in third grade. I don’t much about how I much liked it, but it remained with me for years until I rediscovered it and the rest of the Ghibli cata high school. As my first Ghibli movie, it remained high on my list of favorite movies from the studio, and now there’s a new addition with The Boy and the Heron.

Editor's Note: There will be no spoilers for The Boy and the Heron below. y5m2l

While The Boy and the Heron isn’t scheduled to release in the West until December 2023, I can’t wait for you all to get to see it. It feels like previous movies from Miyazaki, while bringing new energy as well. At just over two hours long, it introduces an uncharacteristically large cast of characters. Naturally, the protagonists are, well... the boy and the heron. The movie shares many themes and ideas from previous Miyazaki films, but spins them in a new and refreshing way.

Ghibli movies often dealt with the hardships and adventure of making sense of the world as a child. Miyazaki seems to have made it his life's work to keep children dreaming and imagining a world both different and so similar to ours. The Boy and the Heron deals with these same themes, but in different ways than before, and I believe achieves that quite well. It perfectly captures the feeling of being a child in a world you feel helpless to change or understand.

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The move is also, in ways I can’t quite explain without going into spoilers, a request for the viewers (specifically children) who might watch it. The Japanese version of the movie has the title “How Do You Live,” which is shared with a book by Yoshino Genzaburo. While the stories don’t seem to have too much overlap, the themes and ideas they want to express seem to be similar. So, if you’re finding it hard to wait for the English release, the book may give you at least a little taste of what the movie is about.

The visuals in The Boy and The Heron are also exactly what you expect from a Studio Ghibli film. The characters are all extremely believable in their facial expressions and all the backgrounds are beautiful and could be paintings hanging in an art museum themselves. While most of the movie is typical (and not ina bad way) Ghibli, the opening sequence is something else entirely. It was something I wasn’t expecting, but absolutely blew me away.

It’s hard for me to give a full review with absolutely no spoilers, but suffice to say that The Boy and The Heron is a movie worth seeing in theaters when it releases and has rocketed to a high place on my list of favorite Ghibli movies. Make sure and set aside a date in your calendar to catch this one in theaters in December! It’s so good!

The Boy and The Heron is set to release in theaters outside Japan on December 8, 2023. It is airing in Japan now as How Do You Live.

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GKIDS released the official English movie trailer for Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film in 10 years. The film follows a young boy named Mahito who misses his dead mother. He finds himself in a world shared by the living and the dead. Once there, he gains new insight into death, life, and friendship.

This movie features hand-drawn artwork, a staple of Studio Ghibli, and is an original, semi-autobiographical project by Miyazaki. The film's musical score has been composed by Joe Hisaishi, and the theme song "Spinning Globe" is penned and performed by J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu. Recently, Yonezu recently wrote the theme song "Moongazing" for Final Fantasy XVI.

The official English The Boy and the Heron teaser trailer for the Studio Ghibli movie can be viewed below:

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GKIDS announced they would be distributing the film in North America back on July 14, 2023. It did not release any further details about the film at that time.

The Boy and the Heron will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2023. It will also be featured at the New York Film Festival, which takes place from September 29, 2023 to October 15, 2023.

The Boy and the Heron will release in North American theaters and IMAX on December 8, 2023.

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Evangelion 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon A Time is coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray on October 17, 2023 in North America. GKIDS will be releasing a standard edition and collector's edition of the final installment to the Rebuild of Evangelion film series.

The standard edition of Evangelion 3.0+1.11 will include a 2-disk Blu-ray set with over an hour and a half of bonus features that include EVANGELION:3.0(-46h), EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.), character promotion reels, stage greetings, trailers, TV spots, and more. The standard edition is an exclusive product being released through GKIDS and Amazon.

The collector's edition of Evangelion 3.0+1.11 will include everything in the standard edition plus a 28-page book, art cards, and a poster featuring the theatrical promotional art all encomed within a sturdy box. The collector's edition also includes the 4K UHD version of the film. The collector's edition of Evangelion 3.0+1.11 is also available exclusively through GKIDS and Amazon.

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Evangelion 3.0+1.0 initially released on Amazon Prime in 2021 and later released in theaters and on IMAX screens in October 2022. Evangelion 3.0+1.11 recently released in Japan on Blu-ray on March 8, 2023.

Evangelion 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon A Time picks up after the events of Evangelion 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo with Shinji struggling to cope with the gruesome death of Kaworu. The film serves as the epic conclusion to the story of Shinji, Asuka, Rei, and Mari as the anti-NERV group Willie tirelessly works to prevent Gendo Ikari and NERV from enacting their Human Instrumentality Project.

Neon Genesis Evangelion initially aired in Japan in 1995. The End of Evangelion served as the film conclusion to Neon Genesis Evangelion and released in theaters in 1997. The Rebuild of Evangelion film series was touted as a soft reboot of Neon Genesis Evangelion, starting with Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone in 2007, ten years after the End of Evangelion. Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance released in 2009, and Evangelion 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo released in 2012.

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Evangelion 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon A Time will be on 4K UHD and Blu-ray in North America on October 17, 2023. It is streaming on Amazon.

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Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's new movie is called How Do You Live in Japan, but it will be The Boy and the Heron outside it. GKIDS announced it picked up the film. When it did, it revealed the new name for it. While it is airing now in theaters in Japan, it won't show up in North America until 2023.

Here's the official announcement. It doesn't note if there will be an English dub or who actors might be should one appear.

This initial reveal also didn't mention anything about a physical release yet. However, GKIDS is known for that. For example, it did so for the Studio Glibli movie Earwig and the Witch. Movies it handles also often show up on streaming services. That ended happening with films like Promare, which turned up on HBO Max. (That service is now just known as Max.)

This is the second reveal regarding the film today. The Japanese voice actors were also confirmed. There's also an icon appearing next to the hashtag "#君たちはどう生きるか" that resembles the heron on Twitter.

How Do You Live is airing in theaters in Japan now, but the Studio Ghibli movie will be known as The Boy and the Heron when it ends up appearing worldwide in North American theaters.

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People will have new ways to see the last Rebuild of Evangelion movie. GKids got the rights to it. This means that Evangelion 3.0+1.0 will appear in North American theaters and people could soon see things like a Blu-ray release or digital copies to buy. At the moment, it is available to stream on Amazon Prime. It should show up in movie theaters in places like the United States and Canada at the end of 2022.

GKids began by noting it had the "North American theatrical, home video, and EST rights." This would mean people will see Evangelion 3.0+1.0 on DVD, Blu-ray, and to purchase digitally alone on storefronts. In a follow-up tweet, it confirmed the "late 2022" launch window for the theatrical release.

It took quite a while for Evangelion 3.0+1.0 to release worldwide. The Japanese debut kept being delayed for production-related reasons and the due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually ended up appearing in March 2021 in Japan. A worldwide release followed on Amazon Prime. It also made quite a bit of money when it released in Japan.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time will head to North American theaters in late 2022, and home video DVD, blu-ray, and digital releases are on the way.

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GKids' full Blu-ray collection of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, the Evangelion Ultimate Edition, will return for pre-orders after the initial batch sold out. GKids Films announced via Twitter that a "very limited" number of pre-order units would be available starting on September 9, 2021 at 11am PT/2pm ET.

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The GKids Films Blu-ray release comes in multiple editions, including a Collector's, Standard, and Digital edition. Like all the others, Neon Genesis Evangelion Ultimate Edition will include the complete original TV series, as well as the two follow-up movie releases, Evangelion: Death (True)², and The End of Evangelion. However, the Ultimate Edition sets itself apart in of included physical bonuses, in addition to the eleven discs that contain the content.

The Evangelion Ultimate Edition set will include exclusive packaging and more than five hours of bonus features. The bonus features include commercials for the original releases of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Japanese voice auditions, animatics, and even deleted live-action scenes originally destined for The End of Evangelion. It will also have additional audio and subtitle tracks based on the original releases of the series and films. The default dub and subtitles are otherwise based on the new dub and translation commissioned when the series was acquired by Netflix. One thing that will be missing, however, is the song "Fly Me To The Moon", which played over the end credits of the TV show. Licensing issues prevented the song from appearing in international releases of the series. The set will have eight special art cards, but the Ultimate Edition also includes artwork based on the LaserDisc releases, a paperweight based on the 3rd Angel Sachiel, a NERV ID card and lanyard, art boards, as well as a 156-page book.

The Neon Genesis Evangelion Ultimate Edition will cost USD $274.99 to pre-order. The standard price is $349.99, and that will take effect when the set is released on December 8, 2021.  The current batch of pre-orders will become available on September 9, 2021, going live at 11am PT/2pm ET.

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GKIDS Films has announced that it will be bringing back Children of the Sea, Weathering With You, Lupin III: The First, and Promare to select theatres. Each movie will be available in Japanese with subtitles, as well as English dub. Tickets will go on sale from May 14, 2021. You can also sign up for updates through the GKIDS official announcement page.

The screenings, in collaboration with Fathom Events, will run from June 2021 to September 2021. Weathering With You, Lupin III: The First, and Promare will be shown in 4DX in select theatres. Additionally, Promare's screening will also include the SIDE: GALO and SIDE: LIO prequel shorts.

Here is a full list of the movies and their scheduled screening dates below:

• Children of the Sea
  • June 13, 2021, 3PM (English Dub)
  • June 15, 2021, 7PM (Japanese with subtitles)
• Weathering With You
  • July 25, 2021, 3PM (English Dub and 4DX)
  • July 27, 2021, 7PM (Japanese with subtitles)
• Lupin III: The First
  • August 29, 2021, 3PM (English Dub and 4DX)
  • August 31, 2021, 7PM (Japanese with subtitles)
• Promare
  • September 16, 2021, 7PM (English Dub and 4DX)
  • September 19, 2021, 3PM (Japanese with subtitles)

GKIDS films is an indie publishing house that distributes Studio Ghibli movies, among other popular anime titles. The company also recently added Promare and other movies to HBO Max. It also ran the original screening of Lupin III: The First for the United States back in October 2020, and released the DVD and Blu-ray versions in January 2021.

Tickets for Children of the Sea, Weathering With You, Lupin III: The First, and Promare will go on sale from May 14, 2021.

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People who prefer to own an Earwig and the Witch DVD or Blu-ray copy won’t have to wait too long. Gkids announced release dates for the two options that give you versions of the Studio Ghibli movie you can watch any time. The digital copies will be out first on March 23, 2021. Then, on April 6, 2021, the Blu-ray and DVD copies will appear.

There will be two versions of the Earwig and the Witch DVD and Blu-ray sets available. Gkids already has pre-orders open for both of them. The basic one costs $24.99. It gives you the DVD and Blu-ray. Both have the “Creating Earwig and the Witch” feature and Japanese voice actor interviews. The Blu-ray also shows off storyboards for the movie.

The other option is $30.99. It’s identical to the standard Blu-ray and DVD release, except everything comes in a Steelbook case.

As for the theatrical and streaming debut, that’s coming up quite soon. There will be two showings in theaters in the US between February 3-4, 2021. Then, it will show up on HBO Max on February 5, 2021.

Earwig and the Witch is immediately available in Japan. It will show up in US theaters on February 3-4, 2021. The Earwig and the Witch digital copies will be sold on March 23, 2021, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray combo pack on April 6, 2021.

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On January 4, 2021, GKIDS Films, a publishing house that frequently distributes Studio Ghibli projects, revealed a new lineup of six titles set to release on HBO Max this month. As of January 12, 2021 these titles, which include Promare, are now available to stream on the platform.

Two documentaries about Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki are available, as well. They are the 2013 film The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness and Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki. The last three titles rounding out the new selection are the animated features Weathering with You, Ride Your Wave, and The Night is Short, Walk on Girl.

The official Twitter for GKIDS Films went on to mention that Weathering With You on HBO Max has a “strange issue” with audio and subtitles. “Some s have said that by selecting the Spanish language option in the main film menu, you can access the Japanese language version with English subtitles,” said the company.

Studio Trigger’s Promare only recently became available in North America after two limited-run theatrical releases and its physical version’s debut. A collector’s edition that included a CD soundtrack, the film’s script, decals, and a poster was also released. Those interested in the anime who are looking to express their love for the series during Zoom meetings can also Promare backgrounds shared by the distributor near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GKids revealed the Earwig and the Witch English launch details, and people won’t have to venture outside or be in a theater to watch it. There will be two different opportunities to see it in February 2021. There will be showings in theaters on February 3-4, 2021, before the film is added to the HBO Max streaming service on February 5, 2021.

The Fathom Events page has a few more details about the Earwig and the Witch showings. The English dub will only be shown on February 3, 2021. People can catch the version with Japanese voice acting and English subtitles on February 4, 2021. It isn’t possible to see which theaters might have it or order tickets yet.

There’s also a new Earwig and the Witch English trailer. This one shows offs the voice acting, gives you an idea of what Earwig’s new life will be like, and even includes a very brief clip of Kacey Musgraves’ “Don’t Disturb Me.”

Rock out to the English trailer for #EARWIG AND THE WITCH, ft. Kacey Musgraves' (@KaceyMusgraves) English cover of the theme song, "Don't Disturb Me."

Coming in 2021 from Studio #Ghibli & Goro Miyazaki (#FromUpOnPoppyHill)

#EarwigMovie updates: https://t.co/mv7Ksk1d1q pic.twitter.com/96MxcCtKrT

— GKIDS Films (@GKIDSfilms) December 22, 2020

You’ll have two ways to watch Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch English version in February 2021. It’ll be in theaters, pandemic permitting, on February 3-4, 2021, then on HBO Max streaming starting February 5, 2021.

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GKids announced the launch dates for Lupin III the First safely in your own homes. First, digital copies will debut on December 15, 2020. However, if you want a physical version you can always have on hand, you can get the Lupin III the First DVD and Blu-ray version on January 12, 2021.

While prices and potential bonuses for the digital copies of the movie weren’t revealed, the product pages for both the standard and Steelbook versions offered more hints at what people can expect. Both give you DVD and Blu-ray copies of the movies, with the basic version being $24.99 and the Steelbook coming in at $10 more at $34.99 for a version with a special case and a concept art pamphlet.

There are also some special features present with the physical release. Both the DVDs and Blu-rays will have Animation Breakdown, CG Model Gallery, trailers, and Yellow Carpet Premiere features on the discs. Each Blu-ray has two addition features on it. One involves original interviews with people who made the Japanese version of the film possible, while the other talks to the English voice actors.

Lupin III the First is immediately available in Japan. It will show up in theaters in North America on October 18 and 20, 2020. GKids will release it digitally on December 15, 2020. Finally, on January 12, 2021, the Lupin III the First DVD and Blu-ray copies will appear.

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