Global anime brand Crunchyroll, alongside Wowow and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, have announced a partnership for the development and production of new anime series, starting with the fantasy adventure Bye Bye, Earth. “Anime fans love to discover new worlds and our partnership with Wowow and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan will allow us to present new … Read more
Having previously entered distribution deals with Netflix for reality, drama and entertainment series, Japan’s Nippon TV is expanding its relationship with the streamer, licensing 13 of its most popular anime titles to the platform in a non-exclusive pact. Some series will go wider than others, notably Hunter X Hunter whose first 38 episodes will be … Read more
Anime heroes prevailed over good old-fashioned rogue lions at the box office over the weekend, as Crunchyroll (NYSE:SONY) scored a win with Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. The film grossed $20.1M in wide release domestically, easily surpassing a fellow opener in Idris Elba’s Beast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), which grossed $11.6M. More important, though, was that Dragon Ball … Read more