The inaugural event is set for October 7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, bringing together anime industry leaders, creators and executives from animation, gaming, music, film and technology.
The adult animation-focused company’s content library heads to the streamer, with offerings including ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Lupin the 3rd,’ adding to its presence across multiple free streaming platforms.
A Televisual report says Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to shutter the leading visual effects studio, closing its VFX and virtual production operations after existing commitments are completed.
The well-known executive joins the adult animation studio’s growing advisory board that includes George R.R. Martin, Jimmy Iovine and Conrad Vernon.
Sony Music and Sony Pictures will now indirectly own 80% of Peanuts Holdings LLC, while the Charles M. Schulz family will continue to own 20%.
Ufotable director Haruo Sotozaki and DOP Yuichi Terao discuss how their work on the hugely successful, Golden Globe-nominated animated film was meaningless unless they could tap into the maximum level of emotion and deep feeling a character would express and bring that onto the screen for the audience.
The first film in a 3-part cinematic trilogy will hit IMAX and premium large format theatres in the U.S. and Canada on September 12.
Starting this October, participating theaters across the U.S. will feature fan-favorite films, curated television episodes, anniversaries, classic titles, and exclusive previews of upcoming streaming series from Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment's anime libraries.
The special screening of select English dub episodes from ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ Season 1 hits select U.S. theaters for one day only on July 21.
The first film in a 3-part cinematic trilogy will hit IMAX and premium large format theatres in the US and Canada on September 12.
The new animated film from the Oscar-nominated ‘Mirai’ and ‘Belle’ director, which follows a princess who can transcend time and space, hits theaters globally outside Japan on December 12.
Adapted from the manga by Naoya Matsumoto, the omnibus film features a recap of Season 1 and an exclusive never-before-seen original episode; debuts April 13 in the U.S. and Canada.
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment have combined into one film the final two episodes of the critically acclaimed anime series for a supersized cinematic experience on one day: February 10.
The anime streamer and Sony Pictures Entertainment bring the highly anticipated blood-sucking film into theaters for a special one-day limited run on August 28.
Supernatural vampire compilation film from Aniplex of America to receive one-day-only release in North America, Mexico and Australia beginning in August.
The voice actors, who portray Seishiro Nagi and Reo Mikage in the English dub of the first movie to come from Taku Kishimoto’s award-winning ‘Blue Lock’ soccer anime, based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro’s manga, discuss how difficult it is embrace a role when you can’t access the entire film, with enough prep time, to dig into and capture a character’s full depth, drive, and complexity; the film releases June 28, 2024 in the U.S.
5 selected delegates will receive mentoring and coaching sessions from industry experts to prep to pitch projects next week at Annecy 2024; initiative supports women animators from emerging animation communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.
The animated film, based on writer Haruichi Furudate’s popular manga and anime series, opens in the U.S. and Canada today, May 31.
The anime destination also revealed theatrical release dates for ‘Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle’ and ‘Blue Lock the Movie -Episode Nagi-.’
SFX Supervisor Jeremy Hays and VFX Producer Whitney Richman discuss the challenges of conceptualizing and creating scenes involving astral projection, underwater characters that aren’t actually underwater, and the lead character, Cassandra Webb, falling off a bridge during a motor vehicle rescue, on S.J. Clarkson and Sony Pictures’ suspense thriller.
The ‘Your Name’ and ‘Weathering with You’ director wants his new Annie Award-nominated film, about a young woman who finds herself opening a series of doors to disaster that take her on a mysterious journey, to inspire people impacted by tragedy to not give up hope.
Chicago area entertainment destination features physical and immersive multimedia experiences, interactive installations, and attractions based on the studio's popular movies, series, and games, including ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Jumanji,’ ‘Uncharted,’ and ‘Zombieland.’
In a genre twist, the superhero suspense thriller tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel’s most enigmatic heroines; starring Dakota Johnson, Emma Roberts, and Adam Scott, it heads to theaters February 2024.
SPE’s award-winning virtual production and VFX company assumes operation of the virtual production stage located on the historic Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City.
The annual initiative seeks to discover new talent and boost advanced animation production from a technical and narrative perspective; entries accepted from individuals and groups – the deadline is December 13.
