Karigurashi no Arietti (The Borrower Arrietty) Coming to US Theaters in 2012

Deadline.com has reported that Disney will release Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Studio Ghibli's Karigurashi no Arietti (The Borrower: Arrietty) film in North American theaters on February 17, 2012. The movie originally opened in Japanese theaters last July with supervision by Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. The English voice cast will include Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, David Henrie,

5 Centimeters Per Second DVD (Re-Release) - Now Available for Pre-Order!

After much discussion, Bandai has wisely chosen to make another one of their 'store only' releases available through direct retailers like RACS.I'm pleased to announce that the new, remastered 5 Centimeters Per Second DVD will be available from RACS on April 26th. This new re-release of 5CM from Bandai contains a brand new English track done by Bang-Zoom Entertainment, as well as a brand new

RACS Clannad After Story Upgrade Program

With the new dubbed release of Clannad After Story coming on April 19th, RACS will be participating in Section 23's Clannad After Story upgrade program.If you have already purchased one or both of the prior subtitled only Clannad After Story releases, you can trade them up for the new Dubbed version. Here's how:Just send in both of your old Clannad After Story releases:SFCL/300 Clannad After

Evangelion 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance US Theatrical Schedule

Cinema Asia Releasing, Eleven Arts and Funimation have announced the release schedule of the second of the Evangelion film series in the U.S. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance opens on January 21, 2010 while there are a few exceptions.Some theaters will also show the first chapter, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, prior to the release of the second feature.The current confirmed schedule

Clannad After Story to get a Dub / Sentai Licenses the Clannad Movie

David Williams at Sentai Filmworks confirmed at Izumicon over the weekend that they will be doing a Dub for Clannad After Story, and that it will probably be released in April. He also said they will probably allow us to run another exchange program for those who want to trade in their old subtitled only version.And as a plus, he also said that Sentai has picked up the license for the Clannad

Hoshi o Ou Kodomo: Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below - Teaser

Checkout the teaser footage from Makoto Shinkai's 'Hoshi o Ou Kodomo: Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below' film. This film will be the latest from the creator of Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, and 5 Centimeters Per Second:Coming to Japan in May 2011. It looks amazing! :-)

Funimation's New Release Format

Funimation has decided to return to offering collector editions for anime titles starting in January, which will include a rigid box and a premium item. These premium editions will be available for the FIRST PRESSING ONLY and cost US$5 more than the regular editions that will be a plain cardstock box, slim case DVDs, and no premium item.The first batch of premium first pressings include:Black

Inside Look at Upcoming Toradora and Persona Boxes

The folks at NIS America recently sent sample boxes of their upcoming releases of Toradora and Persona to Anime reviewer Chris Beverage (why they sent them to him and not us is, well, a mystery), and he has posted a good review of them plus lots of pictures here.NIS told us today that these should begin leaving the factory around June 16th, so we'll probably be able to start shipping them to

Eden of the East OP

Thanks to Sean for sending this over. We both really like this OP:The awesome OP song is Falling Downby Oasis.Funimation will be releasing Eden of the East (TV & Movies) on DVD and BD in early 2011.Synopsis: On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon