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GKIDS Acquire North American Distribution Rights for The First Slam Dunk

North American film producer and distributor GKIDS has today announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to Toei Animation's animated feature film The First Slam Dunk. The film, based on Takehiko Inoue's beloved manga "Slam Dunk," has already...

HIDIVE Announce New Anime Licenses at Anime Boston 2023

In attendance at Anime Boston 2023 this weekend, the team at HIDIVE held a panel event where they announced a few new anime acquisitions for their official streaming platform. These acquisitions are not necessarily for the ongoing Spring 2023,...

New Additions Made to CrunchyRoll’s Spring 2023 Anime Season Streaming Line-Up

While I have already celebrated the inclusion of The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls U149 to CrunchyRoll's anime streaming line-up, this is just one of three newly added seasons that will be soon available to stream on the platform as part...

CrunchyRoll to Stream The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls U149

Leaving it very much to the last minute to announce their acquisition of the anime series for their Spring 2023 anime season, given the first episode has already aired in Japan, CrunchyRoll has today confirmed they will be streaming...

HIDIVE to Stream HELCK in Summer 2023 Anime Season

Casting their gaze to the middle of the year, international anime streaming service HIDIVE has announced that the upcoming action fantasy series HELCK will be streaming exclusively on their platform during Japan's upcoming Summer 2023 anime season. This will...

CrunchyRoll Announces New Acquisitions for 2023

Like many other otaku-oriented multimedia brands, anime licensor and streaming service CrunchyRoll was in attendance at Anime NYC over the weekend. In tow, was a range of new anime acquisition announcements, providing a glimpse at what the upcoming 2023...

HIDIVE Announce Octet of Anime Acquisitions for Streaming and Theatrical Release in 2023

In attendance at Anime NYC this weekend, streaming platform HIDIVE confirmed a set of eight anime and anime film acquisitions for the Winter 2023 season and beyond, all of which will either roll out on their streaming platform, or...

HIDIVE Makes Quartet of Anime Acquisition Announcements at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2022

In attendance at this weekend's Anime Weekend Atlanta festivities, western anime streaming platform HIDIVE came prepared with a quartet of announcements to unveil, including word on the first co-production the company is arranging with a Japanese studio. In addition...

CrunchyRoll Announce Trio of New Licenses at New York Comic Con 2022

In attendance at the New York Comic Con (NYCC) this weekend, CrunchyRoll hosted their typical industry panel, and with it brought a trio of new anime acquisitions to announce. These acquisitions are: Revenger https://youtu.be/8mNZABPDT-A Animation Studio: NitroplusRegions: Worldwide exl. AsiaRelease Window: Coming...

Akiba Maid War to Also See HIDIVE Anime Streaming Exclusivity

The next anime streaming exclusivity announcement from HIDIVE relates to Akiba Maid War (Aka. Akiba Maid Sensou / アキバ冥途戦争), an upcoming original anime project co-created by P.A. Works and CyGames, to commence airing in October 2022 as part of...

Bibliophile Princess to Exclusively Stream via HIDIVE From Next Month

Continuing their announcement of anime streaming licenses, HIDIVE has confirmed they will be the exclusive streaming platform for Bibliophile Princess (Aka. Mushikaburi-hime / 虫かぶり姫), pitched as an "historical drama anime" based on the original light novel and manga works...

HIDIVE to Exclusively Stream Urusei Yatsura TV Anime This Season

Adding another anime license to their exclusivity line-up to go against the other anime streaming monoliths in the industry, HIDIVE has confirmed they hold the rights to Urusei Yatsura, an anime adaptation based on the 1980s manga of the...