Corus Entertainment’s Adult Swim Canada linear channel will air FLCL: Grunge simultaneously with its broadcast in the United States. The fourth season kicks off on September 10th at 12AM, with “Shinpachi.” Episode titles for the following weeks include “Shonari,” “Orinoko,” and “Furu-Bari.” Continue reading
Crunchyroll has announced that it’ll be attending this year’s Fan Expo Canada convention in Toronto. This marks the first time the Sony-owned anime streaming service will have a presence at Canada’s largest pop culture gathering. Continue reading
GKIDS is bringing the latest installment in Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk franchise to Canadian theatres this month. The First Slam Dunk is the fifth feature film in the series and its first all-new animated work since the 1990s. The movie opened in Japan last December and became one of the highest grossing anime features of all-time. Continue reading
Crunchyroll is bringing the latest entry in the Pyscho-Pass franchise to Canadian cinemas this month. Psycho-Pass: Providence is the fourth (or sixth depending on how you count Sinners of the System) theatrical entry in the series and opened in Japan last May. It acts as a celebration of the franchise’s 10th anniversary and is the first since the initial 2015 film to receive a big-screen release in Canada and the United States. Providence’s Canadian launch is in conjunction with its debut down south. Continue reading
Atlantic Digital Network’s Toonavision linear channel has added Monsuno to is lineup. The series debuted on July 1st with multiple timeslots throughout the week. The main run airs every weekday at 9PM. The show joins other action and anime series in Toonavision’s lineup, like Bakugan: Battle Planet, Chaotic, Dragon Force, various Future Card Buddyfight entries, Redakai, Tenkai Knights, and Zo Zo Zombie Continue reading
Pluto TV announced yesterday the debut of a 24/7 Yu-Gi-Oh! linear channel in Canada. Following Lupin, it marks the second anime-specific channel to become available on the Canadian service since its launch on December 1st. The U.S. service has had a Yu-Gi-Oh! channel since November 2020. At the time, Konami Cross Media said the lineup would consist of the following entries in the franchise: Continue reading
GKIDS is bringing the animated adaptation of Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lonely Castle in the Mirror novel to Canadian cinemas this month. The film opened in Japan last December, with its launch stateside happening earlier this month. Continue reading
Toronto’s Corus Entertainment announced today that its Nelvana children’s content division is collaborating with Tokyo’s Polygon Pictures to “deliver stand-out Japanese-originated animated content for kids.” The intent is to focus on Japanese properties aimed at younger audiences, adapting both existing concepts and “creating new perspectives such as lifestyle, publishing, and design.” Continue reading
GKIDS is adding a unique entry to its annual Studio Ghibli Fest. Spirited Away – Live on Stage will screen across select Canadian cinemas this month. The production adapts Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 film of the same name. The recordings took place 2022 run at Tokyo’s Imperial Theatre. Continue reading
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