Anime & Manga
The First Slam Dunk Becomes Highest-Grossing Anime Film in Korea With 3.82 Million Tickets Sold
The First Slam Dunk, the new anime film of Takehiko Inoue‘s Slam Dunk basketball manga, became the highest selling anime film of all time in South Korea, selling a cumulative total of 3,818,000 tickets and crossing an equivalent of US$30,386,627 in earnings. The film has now surpassed Makoto Shinkai‘s your name. as the highest earning anime film in the country.
The film ranked #3 in its ninth weekend in South Korea earning an equivalent of US$940,062 from Friday to Sunday. The film sold 114,806 tickets and played on 722 screens.
The film opened in South Korea on January 4. In its fourth weekend, the film ranked #1, ahead of Avatar: The Way of Water.
The film opened in Japan on December 3, and ranked at #1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1,295,808,780 yen (about US$9.50 million) over its opening weekend. The film is currently the 43rd highest-earning film of all time in Japan.
Inoue personally directed the film at Toei Animation and wrote the script. Among the listed staff members are character designer/animation director Yasuyuki Ebara (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and technical directors Katsuhiko Kitada (Attack on Titan episodes, Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot), Naoki Miyahara (Digimon Adventure, Popin Q), Toshio Ōhashi (LayereD Stories 0), and Yū Kamatani (Looking for Magical DoReMi, Precure Super Stars!).
Daiki Nakazawa directed the CG, and Yūta Ogura produced the CG. Kazuo Ogura directed the art. Yota Tsuruoka directed the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.
The Japan Academy Film Prize Association for excellence in film nominated the film for Animation of the Year in its 46th annual awards.
Sources: Korea JoongAng Daily (YOON SO-YEON) via Crunchyroll, KOFIC
Azuki announced on Tuesday that it will digitally publish NAZ and Masato Fujisaki‘s Gloomy Bear: Apocalyptic Love manga based on Mori Chack’s Gloomy Bear character in English on April 4. The one-shot manga will be available on Azuki‘s website as well as on its iOS and Android applications.
Azuki describes the manga’s story:
A young man and woman have kept keychains as mementos of each other, even after they drifted apart. But one day, when they find themselves under attack by zombies, the keychains come to life to protect them! Can Gloomy Bear and All-Purpose Bunny defeat the zombies and bring the two back together?
Mori Chack created the Gloomy Bear character in 2000. The illustrator also created characters such as Podolly and Kumakikai.
The Itazura Guma no Gloomy (Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly) television anime series premiered in April 2021. The anime celebrated the 20th anniversary of the character. Mori had released a “trial” animated short for the character in 2014.
Source: Press release
Anime & Manga
Sakura-Con Screens N. American Premieres for To Every You I’ve Loved Before, To Me, The One Who Loved You, Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation, More Anime
Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will screen the North American premieres for several anime and anime films at this year’s Sakura-Con event at the Seattle Convention Center on April 7-9. including:
This year’s event will host Junya Enoki (voice of Yuji in Jujutsu Kaisen), Yoshihiro Watanabe (Orange studio producer), Waki Kiyotaka (Orange studio chief producer), Kenji Muto (Trigun Stampede director), Hisashi Kagawa (She, The Ultimate Weapon character designer), Junichi Hayama (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood movie director), and Kōhei Eguchi (Eight Bit Co., Ltd. producer).
Last year’s Sakura-Con took place at the Seattle Convention Center on April 15-17, 2022. Sakura-Con 2020 and 2021 were canceled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asia Northwest Cultural Education Association hosts Sakura-Con in Seattle annually. It describes the convention as “the oldest and most well attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest.” The convention started in 1998.
Source: Crunchyroll
Binance Crypto Withdrawals Spike Before CFTC Accusations
Google’s failure to preserve employee messages in Epic antitrust case merits sanctions, judge says
Binance faces investor backlash and Bitcoin withdrawals following CFTC lawsuit
Walmart-owned Sam’s Club plans to open about 30 new stores over next five years
22/7 Project’s Reina Miyase Graduates From Franchise
NBUniversal expects Peacock losses to peak this year as streamer slowly adds subscribers
Watch: Bride Arrives At Wedding Venue In Madhya Pradesh Driving Tractor
In September 2022, ‘The Lord of the Rings: Gollum’ will be released for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X.
Dhaakad Day 1 Box Office Report: Kangana Ranaut’s film debuts poorly in front of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 by Kartik Aaryan.
-
Business2 months agoWalmart-owned Sam’s Club plans to open about 30 new stores over next five years
-
Anime & Manga2 months ago22/7 Project’s Reina Miyase Graduates From Franchise
-
Business2 months agoNBUniversal expects Peacock losses to peak this year as streamer slowly adds subscribers
-
Odisha News2 months agoKnow the 2023 Padma Shri awardees from Odisha
-
Politics2 months agoCongress leaders slam Punjab government for not granting R-Day remission to Navjot Singh Sidhu
-
Odisha News2 months agoHockey World Cup 2023: India thump listless Japan
-
Anime & Manga2 months agoCompile Heart Teases New Hyperdimension Neptunia Shooting Game
-
Fashion2 months agoAelis Couture Spring 2023
You must be logged in to post a comment Login
You must log in to post a comment.