Anime and Film Industry Updates

U.S.-Japan anime studio N Lite has struck a co-development partnership with Japanese publishing giant Kodansha to produce a serialized manga based on its feature film “Mfinda,” with the debut set for Kodansha’s Biblio Sirius Magazine in 2026. The manga, written by N Lite founder Ch

The AI-infused retooling of The Wizard of Oz that opened last August at Sphere in Las Vegas has now sold almost 3 million tickets, grossing $370 million. Sphere Entertainment provided the updated tally on the film, which it sees having plenty of playability left, during the company’s first-qua