Girls' Fist!!!! Gt , the manga branch of the Girls' Fist!!!! media mix project, is getting animated! Starting today, the project's official YouTube channel will air a 13-episode short anime. The girls' rock band-themed project was launched in June 2018 with the first manga Girls' Fist!!!! illustrated by Bomi, based on an original story by Kiurian. The story is set in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, and centers on four high school girls who form a band to fulfill their dream of performing on stage at a music festival. The first manga was serialized in Kadokawa's Monthly DenPure Comic (a bonus booklet for Dengeki PlayStation magazine) and released two tankobon volumes. The second series, Girls' Fist!!!! Gt (illustrated by Najimi), has been serialized in Dengeki Twitter Magazine. Related: High School Girls Rock Out in Mixed-media Project Girls' Fist!!!! New Mv "Sayonara My Loneliness" The members of the project's South Matsumoto High Punk Rock Society,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram , the 27th feature film in the Case Closed/Detective Conan anime franchise, continued to stay at the top the Japanese box office now for the sixth consecutive weekend. The record for the longest stay in first place in the Case Closed/Detective Conan film series is seven weekends — from April to May 2018 — held by Detective Conan Zero the Enforcer , the 22nd film in the series. The Million-dollar Pentagram earned 408 million yen (2.61 million Usd) on 278,000 admissions in its sixth weekend of May 17-19, a 24.6 percent week-by-week drop, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. Since debuting in Japanese theaters on April 12, the movie has earned a box office total of 13.5 billion yen (86.32 million Usd) from 9.43 million ticket sales. The movie also became the second top-grossing film in the Conan anime franchise, behind only the 2023 film Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine with 13.88 billion yen (88.75 million Usd). It also now ranks...
- 5/21/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
The 2024 outing of the Tokyo Anime Award Festival, one of the most prestigious in the country, revealed their winners for the top award that celebrates the last year in animation from Japanese industry professionals. The fan vote, which saw over 75,000 people vote for their favorite anime from 2024, was also announced with a little less than half going to one movie with a very large and dedicated fan base. Here is the full list of award winners: Anime of the Year Best Film: The First Slam Dunk Best TV Series: Oshi no Ko Individual Awards Writer: Takehiko Inoue ( The First Slam Dunk ) Director: Takehiko Inoue ( The First Slam Dunk ) Animator: Takeshi Honda ( The Boy and the Heron ) Visual Arts: Daiki Nakazawa (CG Director on The First Slam Dunk ) Sound/Performers: Yoasobi (“Idol” from Oshi no Ko ) Related: Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2024 Announces Achievement Award Winners The anime fan award, voted on by the public,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
The Japanese box office rose 3.9% to $1.5bn (¥221.5bn) in 2023, led by local anime features, Hollywood blockbusters and monster film Godzilla Minus One.
Cinema admissions were up 2.3% to 155.5 million, according to data published Tuesday by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren). The figures are the biggest since pre-pandemic 2019, when the gross box office was $1.64bn (¥242bn) from 195 million admissions.
The country remains the world’s third largest box office territory behind North America and China.
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Some 556 imported films accounted for a 33% market share in 2023, slightly up on last year’s 31%, and took $497m...
Cinema admissions were up 2.3% to 155.5 million, according to data published Tuesday by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren). The figures are the biggest since pre-pandemic 2019, when the gross box office was $1.64bn (¥242bn) from 195 million admissions.
The country remains the world’s third largest box office territory behind North America and China.
Scroll down for the top 20 titles
Some 556 imported films accounted for a 33% market share in 2023, slightly up on last year’s 31%, and took $497m...
- 1/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
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