GKIDS

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GKIDSUSAGKIDS Presents “cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood” the Devastating yet Beautiful Animated Drama Now Available on Digital Platforms and on Blu-ray™ January 19, 2027 GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of acclaimed, artist-driven animation, in partnership with Shout!

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GKIDSUSA“Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” Arrives on Digital October 23, 2026, and on Blu-ray and DVD January 26, 2027 Delightfully Spooky Animated Feature Film Arrives on Digital October 23, 2026 Available on Blu-ray and on DVD January 26, 2027 A charming Halloween story about the latest adventures of the residents…

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GKIDSUSAGKIDS Announces Hirokazu Koreeda’s “LOOK BACK” Coming to North American Theatres Beginning December 30, 2026 The Cannes Palme D’Or-Winning Director’s Adaptation of Acclaimed Author Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Beloved Manga was an Official Selection at Venice, Toronto and BFI London Film Festivals GKIDS, the Academy…

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GKIDSUSAGKIDS Presents “CITY THE ANIMATION” The Slice-of-Life Comedy from Famed Studio Kyoto Animation Comes Home in Premium Collector’s Edition on December 15 PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW GKIDS, the Academy Award ® -winning producer and…

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GKIDSUSAGKIDS Announces “5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND” in Theatres Beginning October 23 Directed by Yoshiyuki Okuyama, The Coming-of-Age Romance is Based on the Legendary Director Makoto Shinkai’s Original Animated Feature Film VIEW TRAILER HERE GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning…

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GKIDSUSAGKIDS Presents “100 METERS” Animated Sports Drama Comes to Blu-ray On December 1, 2026 VIEW TRAILER HERE PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW GKIDS, the Academy Award ® -winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation, announced the critically acclaimed animated feature…

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Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku — the silver screen, and the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

Cinepuuulse follows Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — across about a hundred and twenty sources. A good number of them are Spanish, French and Portuguese, because those countries programme this work seriously and write about it better than most of the English-language trade. Genre and art-house get the same seat here. I am not ranking them, and nothing is scored out of ten.

Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

— Daren Wise, Tokyo