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Demon Slayer Movie: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is Coming and Where To Find It!

The first chapter of the Demon Slayer Movie: Infinity Castle trilogy will be coming and it’s a global roll out!

The Demon Slayer Movie titled Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is wasting no time to spread the love at North American theatres this Fall! As the first film in the epic trilogy from the famed animation studio Ufotable, nobody wants to delay this work following its Japanese premiere on July 18, 2025. In what’s special is that this tale forms the first part of the Infinity Castle trilogy. It takes place after season four and that finished its American run almost exactly a year ago.

IMAX and other premium large formats will present this latest film. The film will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English.

From the Press Release

International release dates include (with additional dates announced later):

August 14: Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan
August 15: Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam
August 20: Philippines
September 11: Mexico, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean (Jamaica, Aruba, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Curacao), Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland (Italian-speaking), Syria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates
September 12: India, Mongolia, Spain, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, Southern Africa, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
September 17: Belgium, France, French-speaking Africa, Luxembourg, Switzerland (French-speaking)
September 18: Moldova
September 25: Austria, Germany, Switzerland (German-speaking)

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A Retrospective on Detective Dee in the Cinema Front (and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame)

When there’s over 40 films featuring Detective Dee (Di Renjie), just where should a newcomer start? What’s offered here is a love letter to the franchise.

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame The love for China’s greatest crime buster from the feudal age is strong, and while he’s better known as Di Renjie (狄仁傑), audiences worldwide better know him as Detective Dee. Although some of the original tales got translated over, that hasn’t stopped others from bringing life to this 7th century magistrate. And as for why he got a slight change in occupation, I suspect the new role rolls off the tongue better, and what he does sounds more intriguing.

I discovered him through Tsui Hark‘s films, but I’m glad to say I still have many more to view. The main reason other works didn’t get internationally distributed is because they were made for television or distributors from elsewhere didn’t understand his appeal. I became a fan because of the supernatural elements that he sometimes has to face. And after getting a huge gift package recently, it’s time to get caught up!

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From Wild Arms to Armed Fantasia, This Video Game is Worth Waiting For!

The best part of why Wild Arms is so beloved is because of the music first, and world building second. It lives again under a new name: Armed Fantasia!

Armed Fantasia- To the End of the Wilderness Prromo Poster When I last wrote a retrospective that included the latest status of the Wild Arms franchise, not much has changed. Although the original is available on the PlayStation5, sadly no one is interested in continuing. There was a Wild Arms Mobile and Million Memories for smartphones, but sadly when it didn’t get translated and offered to an international market, the game died. Thankfully, executive producer Akifumi Kaneko is not letting the world he helped create fade. In its place is a spiritual successor titled Armed Fantasia, which is still in development.

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Attack on Titan VR’s First Global Challenge is Coming!

The first collaberative effort to bring Attack on Titan VR to life comes in a challenge for players (as members of the Survey Corps) take on a coming onslaught!

Press Release

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable, developer UNIVRS’ first-person action-adventure VR platformer based on the highly acclaimed manga circulated around the world to over 140 million fans, challenges Scout Regiment members with the new “Global Challenge – Thunder Spear Unlock” event, running from Wednesday, Feb. 26th at 10:00 PM PST to Sunday, March 9th at 11:59 PM PDT.

“Global Challenge – Thunder Spear Unlock” allows players to work together and pool points in the hopes of unlocking the powerful Thunder Spear for the entire community. During this limited-time Global Challenge event, Scouts will be able to play co-op mode with friends who own Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable (Part 1) without needing to purchase the Armored Titan Expansion Pack (Part 2) content.

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On Night of the Zoopocalypse Release Schedule and The Amazing Maurice Sequel News!

Kazoo Films is a new movie distribution company aiming to bring more animated feature films to audiences worldwide. First up is The Night of the Zoopocalypse!

Night of the Zoopocalypse LA-based production studio and distributor Viva Pictures has entered into a strategic alliance with Kazoo Films, Cantilever Media’s newly launched distribution company. The non-exclusive agreement will see both companies jointly acquiring animated feature films (like Night of the Zoopocalypse) for family audiences, with Viva Pictures handling distribution in the US and Kazoo taking UK rights.

Selected films will be acquired on a case-by-case basis, with the two companies collaborating on marketing and promotional efforts to maximise reach in both territories.

The first film they will collaborate on is on the Clive Barker inspired film, Night of the Zoopocalypse, directed by Rodrigo Perez-Castro and Richard Curtis which Viva Pictures has acquired for the US and Kazoo has picked up for the UK. The two companies will be sharing assets and marketing materials for the film which Viva Pictures is releasing on March 7 (with Elevation Pictures handling Canada on the same date) and Kazoo will release in the Autumn around Halloween.

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Hiroya Oku’s Gantz G Omnibus is Ready to Rumble Via A Dark Horse

After Dark Horse Comics released twelve omnibus collections of the original Gantz manga series, they’re continuing with Gantz G Omnibus and hopefully, that’s just one.

Gantz Omnibus Book Cover Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: Sept 25
Preorder Gantz G Omnibus on Amazon USA

Anyone who has followed Gantz will find a lot of familiarity with the concept. When a young teen accidentally dies, instead of moving on to their next life, they awaken in a type of limbo where they have to prove their worth. From the original tale set in modern day Japan to a side-story and now a historical action drama, this crazy R.I.P.D. cum Predator concept has elements to like, and danger to gasp at. The creators adapted it to anime, but reading the original story remains unsurpassed.

From the Press Release:

Gantz, the powerful manga series from creator Hiroya Oku, has garnered a massive following since it debuted in 2000 and became a pillar of the action genre. Dark Horse Manga has brought Gantz to English in 37 traditional tankobon style paperback volumes, which have been collected into 12 omnibus volumes that gather multiple chapters in one.

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