‘Ninja Scroll’ 30th Anniversary Theatrical Release Opening Nationwide in September

Today at Anime Expo 2024, Iconic Events Releasing, in partnership with AMC Networks HIDIVE, revealed plans for a 30th anniversary theatrical release of the critically acclaimed, samurai period drama film Ninja Scroll. Written and directed by Yoshiaki KawajiriNinja Scroll was originally released in 1993 and is considered a truly seminal work in anime filmmaking. The best part is that it comes out on my birthday!

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Thoughts (and Just Thoughts) from Watching ‘The Animatrix’ for the First Time

With The Matrix Resurrections now less than a month away from release, it was time to make one more dive into the world of the Wachowskis’ creation, but through multiple different lenses. In 2003, the same year the second and third films came out, an animated anthology film called The Animatrix was also released. In collaboration with several Japanese animation studios, side stories, origin stories, and stories of random characters within the Matrix are explored through these nine different shorts.

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