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Toei and Manga Ent. Take ‘One Piece’ to U.K.
Toei Animation and Manga Entertainment will bring popular anime series One Piece to fans in the U.K. as a packaged DVD box-set for the first time, it was announced by Ryuji Kochi, managing director of Toei Animation Europe and Jerome Mazandarani, Manga’s head of marketing and acquisition. The two companies [...]
‘One Piece Film Z’ Rises to the Top in Japan
Toei Animation’s 11th One Piece animated feature tilted subtitled Film Z, landed at the No. 1 spot at the Japanese box office with a 1.3 billion yen (approximately $16.2 million) during its opening weekend (Dec. 15, 16). The 11th film of the long-running hit anime series opened on 300 screens [...]
This Month’s Home Entertainment Highlights
Futurama, Life & Times of Tim and Ted join The Simpsons and One Piece on our holiday DVD wish list this month. Futurama: Volume 7 – [Fox, $29.98] Park your shiny metal [hiney] on the couch and pop open a can of Slurm–it’s time once again to bring [...]
Movie Plans for Toei’s Dragon Ball, One Piece & Saint Sieya
Japan’s toon powerhouse Toei Animation announced that the studio is releasing a new Dragon Ball Z movie in March of 2013. At MIPCOM, Toei Animation vice chairman Kozo Morishita told Animation Magazine, “This is one of our studio’s most popular brands, and we have worked hard to make sure the [...]
‘Lorax’ Pops, Ponies Get Married on New Discs
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, a hit at the box office for Universal and Illumination Entertainment, arrives on home video ahead of a strong pack of animated and VFX releases that includes a favorite among the Bronies tribe. Directed by Chris Renaud (of Despicable Me fame), The Lorax (Universal, $29.98 DVD; $34.98 [...]
Toei’s ‘Dragon Ball’ Rolls into Latin America
Toei Animation has made deals across Latin America for its classic brands, Dragon Ball and Saint Seiya, it was announced by Kenji Ebato, General Manager for Toei Animation Inc. Ceettv-City TV Canal S.A. (Colombia) will broadcast all the original Dragon Ball Z (291X30) series, along with the updated director’s cut [...]
Toei Animation Appoints Kinoshita as CEO and COO
Long-time Toei Animation executive Hiroyuki Kinoshita was named CEO of Toei Animation Enterprises, and COO of Toei Animation Inc. and Toei Animation Europe S.A.S. on Friday. Since joining Toei in 2004 as director of business planning, Kinoshita has served as CFO and secretary and treasurer of Toei Animation Inc., director [...]
‘Tintin’ and ‘Happy Feet Two’ Dance Onto Home Video
The world’s most famous boy reporter and the return of the light-footed penguins headline a strong week for animated home video releases. Steven Spielberg directs and Peter Jackson produces The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount, $30.99 DVD, $40.99 Blu-ray and DVD combo pack, $49.99 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD combo pack), which [...]
‘Shonen Jump Alpha’ Hits Web
Anime/manga champ VIZ Media has launched the first issue of its new digital manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, available now at VIZManga.com. The digital mag will allow fans to follow their favorite series like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Bakuman, Toriko and Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan online each [...]
‘One Piece’ 4 on DVD
Dust off your pirate hats—the latest DVD assemblage of Luffy and his nautical cohorts, One Piece: Collection Four, hits shelves today courtesy of FUNimation Productions. This four-disc set packs 24 episodes (600 minutes) of piratical adventures. In this selection from the series, the Straw Hat crew acquires a super cute [...]
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