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Monthly archives for April 2025

Anime

Crunchyroll goes worldwide with Ani-May celebrations for 2025

April 30, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer

Throughout the month of May, anime streaming giant Crunchyroll is taking the month-long Ani-May (a pun on pronouncing “anime”) celebration global, offering fans exclusive products and promotions through major retailers around the world. “Anime isn’t just an entertainment medium; it’s …

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Movies, Videos

Canadian cinemas to screen Hatsune Miku film on May 11

April 28, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing

Vocaloid Hatsune Miku has her theatrical debut with COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing in theatres across Canada starting Sunday, May 11th, 2025 according to North American distributor GKIDS. The Canadian premiere comes weeks after the US, …

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Manga

Free Comic Book Day returns this Saturday

April 28, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
Free Comic Book Day header

The first Saturday in May is designated Free Comic Book Day; local comic book stores nationwide offer a selection of sample titles to pick-up without charge. This year, the event falls on Saturday, May 3rd, 2024. A rotating roster of …

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Conventions, In Pictures

Cosplay from Sakura-Con 2025

April 28, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
Sakura-Con 2025

The Easter long weekend brings thousands of anime, manga, video game and pop culture fans into downtown Seattle for Sakura-Con. For three days, I snapped as much cosplay as I could within the halls of both convention centres and parks …

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Anime, Movies, Videos

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train movie pulls into Canadian theatres for May

April 24, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

It was the box office hit in 2020; now Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train steams back into cinemas across North America as a 4K remaster on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are …

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Anime, Movies, Videos

GKIDS to bring DAN DA DAN EVIL EYE film to theatres in Summer 2025

April 4, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
DAN DA DAN EVIL EYE

North American film distributor GKIDS has announced a special film comprising the first three episodes of DAN DA DAN season two. DAN DA DAN EVIL EYE is coming to theatres across Canada and internationally starting Friday, June 6th, 2025. It’s …

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Anime, Videos

English dub of TO BE HERO X premieres on Crunchyroll on April 5

April 4, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
TO BE HERO X

The action-packed anime TO BE HERO X premieres Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at 5:30 pm PDT / 8:30 pm EDT on Crunchyroll with subtitles and dubbed in English, Chinese, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and German. New episodes will …

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Anime

Voting now open for Crunchyroll Anime Awards, global stars revealed as presenters

April 3, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
Crunchyroll Anime Awards

It’s that time of the year! The annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards are here and voting is open for fans to choose their favourite shows, characters, songs, and voice actors! The polls are open from Thursday, April 3rd through 11:59 pm …

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Gaming, Videos

Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 5, to cost $629.99 here in Canada

April 2, 2025 Frederick Linsmeyer
Nintendo Switch 2

This morning, the most highly anticipated Nintendo Direct streaming event, provided a clearer look at the Nintendo Switch 2 console, is scheduled to launch on Thursday, June 5th, 2025. In the hour-long video, the Japanese gaming giant demonstrated some of …

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