Japan’s Nippon TV Launches Animation Division

Sony has reportedly “sidelined” the launch of the PlayStation 5 in Japan in order to focus on the US market.According to a new report from Bloomberg, Japan is being overlooked in promotions for the upcoming next-gen console, with its local team “left awaiting instructions from California”.

Last month, CHAI — the Japanese four-piece of Mana, Kana, Yuna, and Yuuki — coronated their recent signing to Sub Pop with the release of a brand new single, "Donuts Mind If I Do." The label is pressing the gauzy new track on vinyl, along with a B-side cover of Mariya Takeuchi’s 1984 city pop standard “Plastic Love.” If you don't own a record player, fear not: today, the band has unleashed the cover online.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: With cinemas in the bulk of the European majors now dealing with a second wave of closures amid the COVID-19 crisis, international box office is again led by Asia this weekend — and should continue to be so for the foreseeable future.Japan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train is still racing along at No. 1 with a gross estimated cume approaching $200M after four weekends.

Square Enix’s HD games division reported earnings following Marvel’s Avengers release show a $62million loss for the company.The latest earnings report from the company reveals that the first half of the fiscal year showed growth, while a $62million loss was shown after the release of Marvel’s Avengers, per Video Games Chronicle.During that same period – three months which ended on September 30 – its also been reported that the overall net sales for the Japanese company were ¥23.7billion,

Sofia Richie is “having fun” with her new romance with Matthew Morton, 27. The 22-year-old socialite has been spotted out and about with the Cha Cha Matcha founder, most recently when they were photographed kissing while out to dinner at Japanese restaurant Matsuhisa in Beverly Hills on Nov. 2. A few sources close to Sofia spoke with HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY and revealed how the daughter of Lionel Richie feels about her newfound romance.

Variety reported.Joining the Little Women star as her on-screen dad will be her real-life father Ethan Hawke, 49.  Revolver is set in 1966 and follows Jane (Maya) a teen living in Anchorage, Alaska.The northern city is thrown into chaos after a flight carrying The Beatles to Japan makes an unannounced stop in Anchorage, sending the residents into fits of Beatlemania.Jane thinks her ticket to adulthood involves losing her virginity to George Harrison during the band's pit stop at a local hotel,

COVID-19 pandemic. Sega have reported that players at their arcades have “declined remarkably” this year, leading to the sale to the Japanese rental company.

A 30-year-old “salaryman” — the Japanese equivalent of an office employee — is getting bored with his two girlfriends at work when a dangerous, unpredictable femme fatale overturns his life. Originally produced by Japan’s Nagoya TV as a 10-part series, this comic book adaptation directed by acclaimed filmmaker Koji Fukada was edited down to a mere 233 minutes for its theatrical release in Japan in October.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentJoanne Waage, GM of specialty streaming platform Crunchyroll, says that anime is becoming more popular. Speaking at TIFFCOM, she said it is becoming a global phenomenon, built around an essentially Japanese product.The company, Waage said, has focused on expanding beyond core fans to viewers not familiar with the anime medium.

Paramount Pictures chairman Jim Gianopulos delivered a keynote address to Tokyo's TIFFCOM content market Wednesday, offering a detailed recap of how COVID-19 has reshaped the movie business in 2020. The veteran studio head's assessment, delivered via video, was sober-minded but also optimistic.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSony, the Japanese entertainment and software giant, may be poised to buy control of anime streaming platform Crunchyroll. The site is currently owned by AT&T, which is believed to have sought buyers for it earlier this year.The Sony angle emerged from a report late last week in Japan’s prestigious Nikkei newspaper.

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent“Demon Slayer,” the megahit animation that has singlehandedly revived the limping Japanese box office, passed the $150 million mark on its 17th day of release, according to figures compiled by co-distributor Aniplex. Total admissions amount to 11.9 million.Overall, for the Oct.

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent“Underdog,” the two-part boxing film that opens the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival, is the second movie on the subject by director Take Masaharu. The first, “100 Yen Love” in 2014 won the Japanese Cinema Splash Award at the 27th TIFF and was selected as Japan’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

Imax and Toho Co., the Japanese film giant that also runs the nation's largest movie theater chain, have signed a five movie slate deal in an Asian market breaking box office records while the North American theatrical market struggles. Financial terms of the film output deal with Toho to run through 2021 were not disclosed, but the local language slate deal for Japan marks the biggest yet for the giant screen exhibitor outside of Hollywood.

Rebecca Davis editorWarner Music’s independent distribution division ADA launched on Monday in Japan, the world’s second-largest music market.

Unsolved Mysteries depicts, on March 11, 2011, an earthquake caused a massive tsunami that hit the Tōhoku region of Northeastern Japan, and in its wake it stole nearly 20,000 lives. In Ishinomaki, a town within the region, the trauma was intense and immediate.