PlayStation 5 easily outsells Xbox Series X in Japan

As the title suggests, the documentary “Queer Japan” is big and broad, not focused.

Tokyo-based pay TV company Wowow has acquired theatrical distribution rights in Japan for Songbird, the pandemic-set sci-fi thriller produced by Michael Bay and former Paramount president Adam Goodman. The pickup is Wowow's first major acquisition through the new theatrical distribution division the company set up earlier this year.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Songbird,” the Michael Bay-produced pandemic thriller that is headed straight to streaming in North America, will be given an in-cinema release in Japan. The rights pickup was the first acquisition by the newly-formed theatrical distribution arm of Japanese pay-TV leader Wowow.The film takes place years in the future, in which a mutated strand of coronavirus, called COVID-23, continues to wreak havoc on the world’s population.

Refresh for latest…: Sunday’s international box office reporting looks vastly different to what was expected coming into the weekend. A Friday gross that portended a high-teens launch for Monster Hunter in China was quickly thwarted when local authorities pulled the feature game adaptation from the country’s cinemas.

Tales Of series will be getting a 25th anniversary later this month with expected game news.The announcement was made on the official website and a Japanese translation reveals that the stream will focus on Tales Of series mobile games, events, anniversary merchandise, as well as talks from the creators of the series and musical performances. The stream will air on December 15 at 11pm GMT via YouTube.December 15 marks 25 years since the release of Tales of Phantasia for the Super Famicom.

HBO Asia's original horror anthology series Folklore has been renewed for a second season, WarnerMedia said Tuesday. Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo will return as showrunner of the second season, with each hour-long episode directed by a different established or emerging Asian director.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefUniversal Studios Japan is to open its Nintendo attraction in February 2021, the park announced on Monday. The grand opening of Super Nintendo World will kick off the Osaka-based park’s year-long 20th anniversary celebration.Built at a cost of some $580 million, Super Nintendo World will include rides, replicas and retail outlets.

Universal Studios Japan have announced that Super Nintendo World will officially open on February 4.The theme park has been designed in conjunction with Nintendo, and features several rides and attractions based on their most popular games. The star of the show is a Mario Kart roller coaster, which takes place inside Bower’s Castle.The roller coaster uses a mixture of physical elements, such as the kart, track, and architecture, and AR goggles.

Universal Studios Japan has set a February 4, 2021 grand opening for the first Super Nintendo World, after the launch at the Osaka theme park was delayed earlier this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. The opening will now coincide with the park’s 20th anniversary celebration.

coronavirus pandemic, the video game-themed amusement park announced Monday.“Super Nintendo World will debut here as the first multi-level land at Universal Studios Japan,” Universal creative executive producer Thomas Geraghty told journalists during a media tour of some park locations — including the interior of Bowser’s Castle, which houses a Mario Kart-themed attraction.Guests in the immersive experience will wear an augmented reality (AR) headset created by Universal as they ride “right

Universal Studios Japan have announced that Super Nintendo World will officially open on February 4.The theme park has been designed in conjunction with Nintendo, and features several rides and attractions based on their most popular games. The star of the show is a Mario Kart roller coaster, which takes place inside Bower’s Castle.The roller coaster uses a mixture of physical elements, such as the kart, track, and architecture, and AR goggles.

Refresh for latest…: DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s The Croods: A New Age led the weekend in China with a $19.2M debut, outpacing local titles One Second and Caught In Time. This is the third best bow for a studio movie in the Middle Kingdom during the pandemic era (behind Tenet and Mulan).

Japan's leading pay TV company WOWOW is boarding Michael Mann's crime series Tokyo Vice, taking all local rights and co-producing the show with HBO Max and Endeavor Content. Created and written by Tony-winning playwright J.T.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-TV broadcaster, has boarded the high profile international TV series “Tokyo Vice,” on which Michael Mann is set as the pilot episode director.

The U.S. Navy on Tuesday sent a warship to challenge Russia’s “excessive” maritime claims in the Western Pacific, officials said.

Peter White Television EditorTokyo Vice, the upcoming HBO Max drama series exec produced by Michael Mann, has found a Japanese partner.Premium pay-TV broadcaster Wowow has come on board the project as a co-producer, taking all rights for Japan.This comes as the show, which Mann is directing the pilot, returns to production after the COVID-19 shutdown, this week.The deal was struck by Endeavor Content, which is producing and handling international distribution, with Wowow’s Kayo Washio, who runs