Visual Arts brand Key has now been creating visual novels and inspiring adaptations for 25 years. Known for the likes of Air and Clannad , among others, the studio debuted with the Kanon visual novel on June 4, 1999. To celebrate, Visual Arts shared a commemorative video looking back at all the hard work that went into these beloved creations over the years. Check out the overview, starting with snippets of Kanon before moving ahead to Air (2000), Clannad (2004), Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life (2005) and beyond. Key 25th Anniversary Special Movie Some of the anime adaptations based on Key works are available to stream on Crunchyroll, including Kanon and Planetarian . Here's how Crunchyroll describes the former: Yuichi visits his cousin for the first time in years and discovers a haunting fact: he has no recollection of any previous visits. The pieces of the puzzle that might explain the gaps in his memory begin to...
- 6/4/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Ahead of the third season's fourth episode broadcast tonight in Japan, the official website and accounts for The Duke of Death and His Maid anime announced the casting of Mai Nakahara (Nagisa in Clannad ) as Liz, the Duke's grandmother who died from an accident at a young age. Related: The Duke of Death and His Maid Anime Celebrates Season 3 with New Illustration Based on the manga by Inoue, The Duke of Death and His Maid is directed by Yoshinobu Yamakawa ( Hi Score Girl ) at studio J.C.Staff, with series composition by Hideki Shirane, character designs by Mitsuru Kuwabata and music by Takeshi Watanabe and Gen Okuda. Crunchyroll streams the first two seasons and is simulcasting the third, describing the story like so: How can you fall in love when you can’t even hold hands? Due to a childhood curse, anything that the Duke touches will die—which makes his flirty...
- 4/28/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Critically acclaimed anime director Naoko Yamada, whose filmography includes the Sound! Euphonium series, Clannad, and K-On!, has us excited for her next work, which is set to come out this year. Kimi no Iro (Your Color) was initially set to be released in 2023, but the title has been delayed to 2024. Now, with the release of the film’s first trailer, we have also confirmed the premiere date for the movie, which is going to be August 30, 2024.
Kimi no Iro‘s fall 2023-to-summer 2024 delay upset some fans, but the movie is now on track to release in several months’ time, so fans can rejoice. The movie will follow high school student Totsuko, who has the ability to perceive the emotions of other people as colors. Because of this ability, she has to tread very lightly and tell white lies to other people to avoid darkening their colors, which is important to her.
Kimi no Iro‘s fall 2023-to-summer 2024 delay upset some fans, but the movie is now on track to release in several months’ time, so fans can rejoice. The movie will follow high school student Totsuko, who has the ability to perceive the emotions of other people as colors. Because of this ability, she has to tread very lightly and tell white lies to other people to avoid darkening their colors, which is important to her.
- 3/18/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
AMC Networks has acquired Cool Japan Fund’s anime content distributor Sentai and its assets, including niche subscription streaming service Hidive.
Sentai’s anime-centric direct-to-consumer platform will join AMC Networks’ lineup of targeted streaming services, which includes AMC Plus, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and Allblk.
Those digital offerings are in addition to the company’s linear channels AMC, BBC America (a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, We tv and IFC Films.
Per AMC Networks, “With strong industry relationships and access to key content creators in Japan, Sentai distributes and curates one of the anime industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles, with its content available on Crunchyroll, Hulu and Amazon Prime, among others.”
Japanese anime is a hot commodity these days, with major players like Sony Pictures Entertainment recently loading up on assets in the genre, one that has a large and vocal global fanbase and convention culture.
Sentai’s anime-centric direct-to-consumer platform will join AMC Networks’ lineup of targeted streaming services, which includes AMC Plus, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and Allblk.
Those digital offerings are in addition to the company’s linear channels AMC, BBC America (a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, We tv and IFC Films.
Per AMC Networks, “With strong industry relationships and access to key content creators in Japan, Sentai distributes and curates one of the anime industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles, with its content available on Crunchyroll, Hulu and Amazon Prime, among others.”
Japanese anime is a hot commodity these days, with major players like Sony Pictures Entertainment recently loading up on assets in the genre, one that has a large and vocal global fanbase and convention culture.
- 1/5/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Update 07:22 Am Pst: According to local emergency services, the death toll has now risen to 33 in today’s tragic attack on animation studio Kyoto Animation in Japan. Dozens have been injured and the number of fatalities is expected to rise.
No details have been released about the motive behind the atrocity.
More as we have it.
Update 00:57 Am Pst July 18: According to local broadcaster Nhk, and the BBC, at least 23 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack on Thursday morning at animation studio Kyoto Animation in Kyoto, Japan.
Local authorities have said that a man broke into the prolific studio and sprayed an unidentified liquid around before igniting it. Dozens of people still remain unaccounted for. The suspect, an unidentified man, has been detained and was taken to hospital with injuries.
No motive for the attack has been reported, but Japan’s public...
No details have been released about the motive behind the atrocity.
More as we have it.
Update 00:57 Am Pst July 18: According to local broadcaster Nhk, and the BBC, at least 23 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack on Thursday morning at animation studio Kyoto Animation in Kyoto, Japan.
Local authorities have said that a man broke into the prolific studio and sprayed an unidentified liquid around before igniting it. Dozens of people still remain unaccounted for. The suspect, an unidentified man, has been detained and was taken to hospital with injuries.
No motive for the attack has been reported, but Japan’s public...
- 7/18/2019
- by Bruce Haring and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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