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As part of their monthly Anime Nights series, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures are bringing the South Korean animated film Your Letter to Canadian theatres this August. Adapted from the 2018 Webtoon of the same name by Hyeon A Cho, the film had its global debut at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2024. It officially opened across South Korea in October 2025. (more…)

GKIDS is bringing Makoto Shinkai’s your name. back to Canadian theatres this August. Celebrating the film’s 10th anniversary, it will be screened with a new 4K remaster. The movie was originally released in Japan in 2016, with Funimation giving it a theatrical release in Canada the following year. The film was an immense success in Japan and even wound up making the Canadian home video charts…

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Neon Genesis Evangelion, GKIDS is bringing two films to Canadian cinemas this month. Death (True)² & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion will be screened separately across two nights as part of the movie festival. Originally released in 1997 (with this specific edit following a year later), Death (True)² & Rebirth compiles footage from the first 24 episodes of…

Coinciding with the show’s debut on Japanese television earlier today, an English version of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You is available on Netflix across select countries in Asia and is slowly rolling out through Crunchyroll in North America. The animated series is an adaptation of Jinushi’s ongoing Monthly Big Gangan romantic comedy manga of the same name. Produced by Ocean Media in…

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures are bringing Mob Psycho 100 to Canadian cinemas this month. As part of their monthly Anime Nights series, the streamer is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the animated adaptation of ONE’s 2012-2017 manga series of the same name. The anime debuted in 2016 and concluded in 2022. Fans can experience 5 selected episodes on the big screen. (more…)

Viz Media is giving Bleach fans a chance to check out the beginning of the anime’s final arc on the big screen in Canada this month. Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity offers the first three episodes of the new season prior to its broadcast in July. The anime is part of an ongoing adaptation of Tite Kubo’s 2001-2016 Shonen Jump manga of the same name that originally ran between 2004 and 2012…

GKIDS is bringing the Hong Kong-animated feature Another World to select Canadian theatres this month. The film is an adaptation of Naka Saijō’s 2012 novel Thousand Year Ghost. Upon its domestic release last fall, the movie became the highest grossing local animated feature in the country’s history. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: Another World

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures are bringing a look into the Summer 2026 anime season to Canadian theatres this month. The event will offer fans never-before-seen episodes before their proper premiere. Participating titles include Clevatess Season 2, Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2 and Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games. The streamer hasn’t revealed its entire lineup for the season…

GKIDS and Cineplex Entertainment are bringing Adolescence of Utena to theatres across Canada this June. The theatrical retelling of the 1997 television adaptation of collective Be-PaPas’ 1996-1998 manga series originally opened in Japan in 1999. Central Park Media released the film in Canada and the United States in 2001. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: Adolescence of Utena

GKIDS is bringing a new 4K restoration of Tekkonkinkreet to theatres across Canada this May. The theatrical adaptation of Taiyō Matsumoto’s 1993-1994 manga of the same name was originally released in Japan in late 2006. Sony Pictures released the film internationally in 2007. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: Tekkonkinkreet 20th Anniversary

GKIDS is bringing the 4K remaster of The Secret World of Arrietty to theatres across Canada this May. The 2010 Hiromasa Yonebayashi-helmed adaptation of Mary Norton’s 1952 The Borrowers novel will screen in the IMAX format for the first time. Disney originally released the film in North America in 2012 before GKIDS acquired the rights in 2017. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: The Secret…

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures are bringing the finale of the Attack on Titan anime back to Canadian theatres this month as part of their Anime Nights series. Based on Hajime Isayama’s manga of the same name, the animated adaptation ran between 2013 and 2023. The Last Attack compiles footage from the show’s final two specials. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: Attack on Titan: The Last…

Bandai Namco Filmworks America and Cineplex Pictures are bringing Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe to select Canadian cinemas this May. The film is the second entry in a trilogy adaptation Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino’s 1989-1990 Hathaway’s Flash novel series. The first movie opened in Japan in 2021 and was released internationally as a Netflix original. Continue reading…

GKIDS and Cineplex Entertainment are bringing Shoji Kawamori’s latest feature to Canadian cinemas this month. Labyrinth, the newest film from the creator of Escaflowne and Macross opened across Japanese theatres on January 1st. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: Shoji Kawamori’s Labyrinth

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures are bringing the second theatrical film based on Fuse’s That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime light novel series to Canadian theatres this May. Tears of the Azure Sea opened across Japanese cinemas in February, acting as an anime original side-story following the events of the television adaptation’s third season. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: That…

CJ 4DPLEX Film and Cineplex Entertainment are bringing One Ok Rock Detox Japan Tour 2025 to select Canadian cinemas this month. The concert film celebrates the band’s 20th anniversary and features their performance at Nissan Stadium, which was held on August 30-31, 2025 in Kanagawa, Japan. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: One Ok Rock Detox Japan Tour 2025

To celebrate the film’s Ultra HD Blu-Ray release next month, Warner Bros. is bringing the 2008 Speed Racer film to Canadian Imax locations this April. A live-action adaptation of Tatsunoko’s Mach GoGoGo 1967-68 television anime, the movie was directed and written by The Wachowskis. Michael Giacchino composed the score. Continue reading Canadian Theatrical News: Speed Racer 4K