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Vote Now for the Seventh Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Anime of the Year nominees include ‘Attack on Titan Final’ Season Part 2, ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners,’ ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc,’ ‘Lycoris Recoil,’ ‘Ranking of Kings’ Cour 2, and ‘SPY x FAMILY;’ fans can vote every day, in every category, through January 25 – winners will be announced March 4.

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JETRO Launches Crowdfunding for Japanese Anime

Five Japanese animation studios begin Kickstarter campaigns to fund their anime film or series productions.

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‘Vinland Saga Season 2’ Now Available on Crunchyroll

The epic Viking anime’s second season follows Thorfinn trying to find meaning in life after the death of his nemesis Askeladd; new episodes available every Monday.

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Crunchyroll Drops New Trailer, Release Date for ‘NieR: Automata Ver1.1a’

The anime series based on Square Enix and Platinum Games’ role-playing game, featuring the battle between androids and machines in a post-apocalyptic Earth, is set to release January 7.

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Famed ‘Naruto’ Producer and Studio Pierrot Founder Yuji Nunokawa Dies at 75

In addition to the illustrious anime icon’s achievements in entertainment, he was responsible for establishing initiatives to aid the anime industry, such as The Association of Japanese Animations collective and NUROANI Juku.

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‘Goodbye, Don Glees!’ Artfully Captures Teenage Insecurity and Invincibility

Atsuko Ishizuka’ highly personal 2D animated feature tells the story of 3 childhood friends who, over a summer, find that life is leading them onto very different paths of self-discovery, now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

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Is a ‘Stranger Things’ Anime Spinoff in the Works?

The rumored series, set in 1980s Tokyo, chronicling the adventures of video game-loving twin brothers after an encounter with the Upside Down, has been teased by media outlet What’s on Netflix.

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GKIDS Sets ‘New Gods: Yang Jian’ Theatrical Release Date

Light Chaser’s new animated feature tells the story of Chinese god Yang Jian’s journey to stop his long-lost nephew as he searches for a treasure that could bring catastrophe.

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‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond’ Release Dates Set

Crunchyroll announces that the film, based on the popular anime series ‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,’ will hit theaters in English speaking territories and Mexico beginning January 18.

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Global Theatrical Release Dates for Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Suzume’ Announced

Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Wild Bunch International, and Eurozoom will distribute the anime film in theaters internationally beginning April 12, 2023.

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Crunchyroll Announces Winter Anime Season Lineup

Check out the massive list… the anime streaming platform debuts largest simulcast lineup ever, including’ TRIGUN STAMPEDE,’ ‘VINLAND SAGA,’ ‘Bungo Stray Dogs,’ and many others.

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Former Crunchyroll Execs Kristin Parcell and Stacy Burt Join Toho

Pair will lead the Japanese entertainment production giant’s U.S. expansion, including its first E-Commerce platform outside of Tokyo, launching in 2023.

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Crunchyroll, WOWOW and Sony Pictures Announce Co-Production Partnership

First project is a fantasy adventure animated series ‘Bye Bye, Earth,’ based on the novel by Tow Ubukata.

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Crunchyroll Celebrates the World Cup with Soccer-Themed Anime Lineup

In honor of the huge international tournament, the streamer shares its favorite ‘football’-related series including ‘BLUELOCK’ and ‘My Dear Cramer’

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Crunchyroll Announces Indian Subscriber Rollout Plan

The upcoming subs and dubs in Hindi and Indian English include ‘Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train’; ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc’; ‘Darling in the FRANXX’; and ‘Fire Force.’

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Crunchyroll Reveals November Film Lineup

‘Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night,’ ‘Laid-Back Camp The Movie,’ ‘PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie’ and more arrive on the streamer starting November 17.

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‘Inu-Oh’ Coming to Digital and Blu-ray + DVD

From famed director Masaaki Yuasa, the animated glam-rock opera, set in 14^th-century Japan, follows Inu-oh and friend Tomona as they discover the power of music and dance.

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Crunchyroll Returns to New York for Anime NYC

Attendees can explore experiential installations, panels, photo ops, and exclusive premieres of the latest projects and shows from the leading anime platform at the upcoming convention running November 18-20.

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Bilibili Releasing ‘The Three-Body Problem’ Animated Adaptation

The new series, based on Chinese author Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning sci-fi novels about humanity’s first contact with an alien race, debuts December 3; David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ live-action version will debut on Netflix next year.

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‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’: a Vibrant Ode to Retro Anime

For director Hiroyuki Imaishi and character designer Yoh Yoshinari, their story about a smart boy of low social status slowly crawling to his own demise is filled with genre-common themes of humanity’s corruption sprinkled with a small glimmer of hope, strikingly presented with a past-meets-present animation and narrative style; the 10-episode series is now streaming on Netflix.

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Crunchyroll to Stream ‘VINLAND SAGA’ Season 2

The hit historical action anime’s sophomore season follows Thorfinn trying to find meaning in life after the death of his nemesis Askeladd.

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‘Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time’ Special Screenings Set

The ‘Evangelion’ franchise finale will screen in IMAX November 30, and select theaters December 6^th, 8^th and 11^th.

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‘Tsuyokute New Saga’ Fantasy Novels Get Anime Series Adaptation

Masayuki Abe’s book series follows Kyle, set to vanquish the demon king destroying his world, when he is suddenly sent back in time to try and prevent the conflict from every taking place; new show coming to Crunchyroll in 2023.

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The ‘Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure’ Heads to Canada

Kashamara Productions brings the immersive multimedia event, including live vocals, a 60-piece orchestra, and the music of Shunsuke Kikuchi, to Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver in 2023; presale tickets available November 28, 2022.

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‘NieR:Automata Ver1.1a’ Series Cast, Trailer, and Image Revealed

The anime adaptation based on Square Enix and Platinum Games’ role-playing game that follows androids 2N, 9S, and A2 as they battle to reclaim Earth from alien mechanical beings, is set to release January 2023.