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The previously announced six-episode series of Lycoris Recoil anime shorts, which will depict the daily lives of Chisato, Takina and others, today revealed the full title of Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- , along with a key visual and production staff details. A release date is yet to be confirmed. Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- Key Visual The production staff members leading each episode are as follows: Episode 1 Script: Shingo Adachi Storyboard/Direction: Takashi Sakuma Episode 2 Script Draft: Imigimuru Storyboard: Shingo Adachi Direction: Tsuyoshi Tobita Episode 3 Script: Shu Mori Storyboard/Direction: Kota Mori Episode 4 Script: Yoshikazu Tominaga Storyboard/Direction: Takayuki Kikuchi Episode 5 Script: Ken Yamamoto Storyboard/Direction: Motoki Nakanishi Episode 6 Script: Shingo Adachi Storyboard/Direction: Masayuki Sakoi Related: Takina Takes Chisato Hot to Go in Lycoris Recoil Summer Visual Lycoris Recoil —which is directed by Shingo Adachi, with character designs from Imigimuru ( This Art Club Has a Problem!

This week on The Anime Effect: We recommend retro anime through the decades, discuss what shows leave us looking for more lore and share our chat with Afrofuturist group Earthgang. In our audio-only episode we fill you in on the latest news in the anime world including the November Sony Music drop on Crunchyroll, the Oblivion Battery Season 2 announcement and more! Episode 40 of The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you're waiting to watch the video episode, it'll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m. Et. Listen or Watch on: Episode 40 Summary In this week's audio-only episode, Leah is joined by guest hosts Alex Lebl and Haley Whisennand to break down this week’s headlines. They share the latest on Beastars and Oblivion Battery , an update on Nintendo's Switch successor, Crunchyroll’s collab with Newtype Magazine,...

For nostalgic fans craving the cyberpunk action of a Girls with Guns anime classic, Bubblegum Crash, the sequel to Bubblegum Crisis, is getting a Blu-ray release courtesy of AnimEigo. Bubblegum Crash will be available in HD via Blu-ray home media on January 21, 2025 for eager fans wishing to round out their collection of 1990s anime and stylish action. The series features all three Ova episodes, with episode #2, Geo Climbers, fully restored alongside episode #1, Illegal Army, and episode #3, Melt Down, upscaled to HD, all packaged in a lovely slipguard with bonus features.

Bubblegum Crash is a collective Ova series that follows up on the original series, Bubblegum Crisis, a 1987 series featuring the Knight Sabers, a female mercenary team who face off against Genom, a powerful corporation. Genom's primary product, Boomers, artificial cybernetic humanoids, feature prominently in the Bubblegum Crisis world. In Bubblegum Crash, Boomers are held up as saviors in 2034. However, everything is right in MegaTokyo,...

Lycoris Recoil to Release Six New Anime Short Films: Everything We Know So Far - Main Image

Anime fans have another reason to celebrate, as Lycoris Recoil is getting six new anime short films featuring beloved characters such as Chisato and Takina.

The fan-favorite Lycoris Recoil duo is set to return, and the excitement couldn’t be contained!

Lycoris Recoil Gets Six New Anime Short Films

Aside from the new anime project previously announced for Lycoris Recoil, the series is also getting six new anime short films, as revealed at a second-anniversary screening at Sumida Aquarium.

The new anime shorts will center on the daily lives of characters such as Chisato and Takina, giving fans a chance to peek into their ordinary days.

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Lycoris Recoil shares a screencap showing Chisato holding what looks like a bottle of sake by the window, as shown below:

For clarification,...

The official X account of Lycoris Recoil announced on July 23, 2024, that the anime will be getting six short films that will focus on the everyday lives of Chisato Nishikigi, Takina Inoue, and other characters in the series set in Café LycoReco.

Under the supervision of Shingo Adachi, each film will feature different creators handling direction and storyboarding.

Imigimuru, who wrote the script for the original anime, will also be writing the script for one of the films.

The staff also provided a sneak peek with a screen cut. Check it out below:

More details regarding the short films, such as the release dates, staff involved, are yet to be revealed.

Lycoris Recoil anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired from July 2 to Sep 24, 2022. Crunchyroll simulcasted the anime and also streamed its English Dub.

A manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen began serialization in Media Factory’s manga magazine Monthly Comic...

Fans of the Lycoris Recoil anime have more to look forward to, this time in the form of a series of shorts. A special second anniversary program announced plans for six short films in total, each depicting the daily lives of Chisato, Takina and others. With Lycoris Recoil director Shingo Adachi supervising, each of the six movies will feature different people handling direction and storyboarding. Original character designer Imigimuru will be in charge of some of the scripts. Release dates and other specifics have yet to be announced, so stay tuned for more. The staff previously announced a separate new work for the Lycoris Recoil series. Related: New Lycoris Recoil Anime Officially Revealed Beyond that, a new collaboration between Lycoris Recoil and Sumida Aquarium has been announced with more details to come at a later date. Lycoris Recoil —which is directed by Shingo Adachi, with character designs from Imigimuru ( This Art Club Has a Problem!

Crunchyroll, the leader in bringing fans the ultimate anime experience in over 200 countries and territories around the world, today announced the streaming platform will be adding an all-new batch of fan-favorite series to its available AVOD catalog starting August 1, including Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, Vinland Saga, Bluelock, Lycoris Recoil, My Dress-Up Darling, and more.

“It's part of our service to fans when we can make popular titles more accessible,” said Crunchyroll's Chief Content Officer, Asa Suehira. “These titles will be part of the 1,000 hours of Crunchyroll's library available free for fans as a way of sampling the world of anime, building new audiences, and growing the already passionate community.”

Those who have signed up for a free user account with Crunchyroll will have the ability to watch all AVOD title offerings for free with ads. Additional titles already available in Crunchyroll's AVOD library includes Cowboy Bebop, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,...

Chainsaw Man recently released its first Blu-ray in Japan, and its sales are a terrible sign for season 2. Chainsaw Man’s anime had been massively hyped up even before it was officially announced, and when it finally premiered, it quickly became a big hit for its stellar story, amazing animation from Studio Mappa, and for how effortlessly the anime was able to invoke a cinematic feeling to tie into the series’ influence from Western cinema. The anime was easily one of the biggest hits of the fall 2022 season, if not 2022 as a whole, and when it ended, people were quick to wonder when season 2 would air.

With how much of a success Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man has been, it would be easy enough for season 2 to be all but assured, but it might not be that easy according to Japanese sales data (tweeted out by Chainsaw Man fan @SxFisthebest...

Get ready to jump into action this spring. Highly anticipated action feature 400 Bullets, written and directed by Tom Paton, hits VOD, digital and national home entertainment shelves for watch-at-home on March 2, 2021 from Shout! Studios. An edge-of-your-seat, military actioner about what it means to fight for honor instead of profit, 400 Bullets combines gun battles, epic hand-to-hand fight sequences and the banter of hardened soldiers into a lean, two-fisted film that packed with a wallop. The film boasts a stellar British cast of Jean-Paul Ly, Andrew Lee Potts, James Warren, Adele Oni, Steve Blades, and Wayne Gordon.

The collectible Blu-ray and DVD release boast a spectacular movie presentation with special bonus content, including commentary with writer/director Tom Paton and behind-the-scenes featurette. A must-have for action movie enthusiasts and collectors, 400 Bullets will be available in stores at Walmart and other fine online retailers. Pre-order is available now at Shoutfactory.com...

In today’s Global Bulletin, Fremantle passes 130 territories sold for Samuel L. Jackson’s “Enslaved,” Lineup Industries is set to license Nhk’s formats slate, Red Sea International awards more than $1 million in grants, and Walter Presents nabs five Nordic series.

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Samuel L. Jackson’s Epix docuseries “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” will air in 130 territories after Fremantle closed deals including France’s Histoire TV, History in Germany and Movistar Plus and Rtve in Spain.

Directed by Simcha Jacobovici, “Enslaved” is a Canada-u.K. co-production between Associated Producers and Cornelia Street Productions in collaboration with the CBC and the Documentary Channel in Canada as well as Epix, Anonymous Content and Samuel and Latanya Richardson Jackson’s television production company UppiTV in the U.S.

Narrated by and starring Jackson, the series uses cutting-edge technologies, including advanced 3D mapping and ground-penetrating radar, to find and explore...

YA sequel overtakes 2019 predecessor’s lifetime total in Spain after 11 days

In encouraging news for the independent space amid the pandemic, Voltage Pictures’ YA romance After We Collided has reached $20.9m at the international box office.

The sequel to Voltage’s 2019 hit After stars returning leads Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin and continued to play well after a number of table-topping debuts last weekend including Italy, Spain and Portugal. It is scheduled to open in the US through Open Road Films on October 23.

After We Collided brought in an estimated $4.2m from 21 markets over the session and stands at 2,374,296 admissions overall.

Three soldiers marooned in the desert try to rescue a wounded girl.

Australian actor Luke Hemsworth will star in Nick Robertson’s supernatural war thriller Recoil, with UK agency Evolutionary Films boarding worldwide sales on the title.

The film is set to shoot later this year in Lake George, Goulburn, and Broken Hill, in New South Wales, Australia.

Hemsworth, Danielle Cormack, and Daniel Webber will lead the story of three Australian infantry soldiers marooned in the Afghan desert trying to rescue a wounded girl. They find themselves trapped in a never-ending battle with a mysterious enemy.

Recoil will be the...

When real estate billionaire Charles S. Cohen was 15, all hell broke loose in Newark, N.J. It was the summer of 1967 and a 12-year-old black child, not much younger than him, was on the cover of Life Magazine bleeding from a police shotgun wound aimed at an older kid who’d been looting beer during a riot. Cohen lived across the bridge in Westchester County, N.Y., close enough for the horror to feel real, so he filmed stills of the magazine, and intercut them with his own story about two boys in a playground, one black, one white, combining their strengths to spin a merry-go-round.

Cohen called his first short “Contrast,” and premiered it at his high school auditorium. His guts roiled with trepidation and pride. He’d done every bit of it from editing to piano score besides act — he’s not much for glory hogging. Ask Cohen,...

Stars: Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsley, Liam McIntyre, Chad Lindberg, Gabriella Wright, Cung Le, Mark Rhino Smith, Jiro Wang, Katherine de la Rocha, Lillian Blankenship, Velimir Velev | Written by Tony Mosher, John Sullivan | Directed by Alain Desrochers

Down on his luck and desperate for work, ex-special services veteran Eddie (Banderas) takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job he opens the doors up to a distraught and desperate young girl who has escaped and fled from a hijacking of the Police motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a trial witness in a briefcase. Hot on her heels is psychopathic hijacker (Ben Kingsley), alongside his resourceful henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate their witness.

The Die Hard template of movie-making (trapped in a locale as invaders take it over) is...

When a man waiting to die finds something to live for – you get a completely new horror movie titled Zombie Hunter! And you know what – this really looks great, so I definitely recommend you to check out the official trailer and poster for the whole thing! Feel free to explore the post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested wasteland and let us know what you think!

Written and directed by Kevin King, this horror movie centers on the vengeful Hunter who, killing in the name of the family he lost, teams up with a group of survivors and face the deadly mutations that challenge their survival.

Zombie Hunter stars Martin Copping as Hunter and Danny Trejo as priest named Jesus, while the rest of the cast also includes Clare Niederpruem, Jade Gordon, Amy Savannah and Jason K. Wixom. Unfortunately – the movie is still without an official release date, but don’t worry – with every new update we’ll be back!

DVD Release Date: June 12, 2012

Price: DVD $24.99

Studio: Indican

Danny Trejo (l.) means business in Ranchero.

Roger Gutierrez and Danny Trejo—the man who never met a movie he didn’t want to appear in—star in the 2008 independent drama-thriller film Ranchero.

After the death of his parents Jesse Torres (Gutierrez) leaves his childhood cattle ranch for the Bright Lights of the Big City. Reconnecting with his childhood friend, the troubled Tom (Brian Johnson), Jesse finds himself in a squalid neighborhood of drugs, gangs and broken dreams. Struggling with his new life, Jesse finds solace in a local girl, Lil’ Bit (Christina Woods), but as the romance blossoms Jesse finds himself confronted by the neighborhood mobster, Capone (Trejo) who owns her. Now faced with a drug addicted best friend, an angry mobster and his girlfriend’s freedom, Jesse must make some hard choices with dangerous consequences.

Directed by Richard Kaponas and written by co-star Johnson,...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 5, 2012

Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $29.99

Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Danny Trejo prepares to do what he does best in Bad Ass.

Danny Trejo (Predators) kicks criminal butts and takes the law into his own hands in the violent 2012 action drama film Bad Ass.

Decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega (Trejo) returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It’s not until 40 years later when an incident on a commuter bus, where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads, makes him a local hero and he’s suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren’t doing anything about it. It’s then that Vega decides to really take matters into his own hands…

Bad Ass...

To mark the release of Recoil on DVD and Blu-ray 16th April (Today!), Entertainment One have given us five copies of the movie to give away on DVD. Recoil stars Former Pro Wrestling World Champion turned actor, Steve ‘Stone Cold’ Austin (The Expendables, The Longest Yard, Damage) and Danny “Machete” Trejo (Planet Terror, Grindhouse). Recoil is directed by Terry Miles and also stars Serinda Sawn.

After the murder of his family, a former cop turns vigilante in order to find the criminals that have slipped through the system and exercise his own brand of ruthless justice in the hard-­‐hitting and gripping action release, Recoil, out on Blu-­‐ray and DVD from Entertainment One on 16th April 2012.

When honourable police officer Ryan Varrett’s (Austin) entire family is viciously murdered, the one-­‐time good guy cop is forced to go rogue – breaking the laws he once swore to uphold – in his quest for justice.

Recoil

Stars: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Danny Trejo, Serinda Swan | Written by John Sullivan | Directed by Terry Miles

When honorable police officer Ryan Varrett’s (Austin) entire family is viciously murdered, the one-time good guy cop is forced to go rogue – breaking the laws he once swore to uphold – in his quest for justice. The primary targets for Varrett’s revenge are a murderous biker gang, a corrupt local police, and a cold-hearted crime lord named Drayke (Trejo).

Much like the original Star Trek movies, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s direct to DVD flicks follow a familiar pattern in that all the even-numbered releases are easily better than the odd. Thank god this time round we’re on a even-numbered release! Yes after the terrible Tactical Force, Austin is back with Recoil a fantastic revenge flick that recalls the best of 80s action movies and sees the former wrestler go...

Professional wrestling is as much a performance art as it is a sport, with combatants required to inhabit a persona as well as master a series of intricate wrestling moves. As a result, there have been a series of wrestlers over the past few decades that have tried to make the leap into acting. For a long time Hulk Hogan was the only one who could claim, limited, mainstream success with Suburban Commando and Mr Nanny hitting the heights in the early nineties. Since then, sporadic attempts to cross over have been stillborn, until The Rock left the WWE to pursue a full-time acting career nearly ten years ago. He has put in the time, and become the first wrestler to make it as a bona fide movie star.

This success has, inevitably, opened the floodgates. On paper, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin had a pretty good shot at following in The Rock’s footsteps.

DVD Release Date: Feb. 7, 2012

Price: DVD $24.98

Studio: Screen Media

Danny Trejo calls the shots in Poolboy.

Kevin Sorbo (Bitch Slap) and Danny Trejo (Predators) star in the 2011 violence-infused gross-out comedy movie Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury.

It’s a nutty one: Vietnam veteran and former pool cleaner Sal Bando (Sorbo) returns home to So-Cal to find that white suburbia has been tarnished with Mexican laborers who have taken over all the local pool cleaning business. Even worse, his wife is having an affair with a rival Mexican pool cleaner (Bryan Callen). And if that isn’t bad enough, Bando’s wife and son are then killed by bad-ass Mexican boss Caesar (Trejo). Infuriated, Bando sets off on a brutal mission to reclaim his rightful vocation and enact his revenge on the man who destroyed his family.

The first film directed by Garrett Brawith, who’s better known as an actor...

Steve Austin is quickly becoming this generation’s Steven Seagal. All of his movies are interchangeable, and if they didn’t have different titles, you’d probably think it was one continuous storyline spliced together by someone who doesn’t really understand how movies operate. Be that as it may, I’ve watched all of Austin’s flicks, including that hideous feel-good family drama “Knockout”. Maybe that’s why my cinematic radar twitched a bit when I saw the trailer for the upcoming direct-to-video actioner “Recoil”, which co-stars Danny Trejo, another actor who isn’t too discriminating when it comes to scripts. That’s no criticism, mind you, as I find Trejo to be endlessly entertaining, even when the movie he stars in is less than spectacular. Here’s a quick, one sentence synopsis: A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers – and then...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 6, 2012

Price: DVD $19.97, Blu-ray $29.95

Studio: Nasser Entertainment / Vivendi Entertainment

Steve Austin means business in Recoil.

Retired professional wrestler turned movie action hero Steve Austin (The Expendables) stars as a cop who forms his own brand of vigilante justice in the 2011 action film Recoil.

When honorable police officer Ryan Varrett (Austin), returns home to find his entire family murdered, the one-time good guy cop is forced to go rogue – breaking the laws he once swore to uphold – in his quest for justice. The primary targets for Varrett’s guns, knives and fists are a murderous biker gang, a corrupt local police, and a ruthless crime lord named Drayke (Danny Trejo, Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World).

Directed by Terry Miles (A Night For Dying Tigers) and co-starring sexy Serinda Swan (TV’s Breakout Kings), Recoil premieres on DVD.

Bonus features on the DVD and...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is "The Terminator." No, really.

According to Deadline, the former Governor, who is making his long-awaited return to the big screen, will revive the legendary franchise that kept his status as a bona fide action star intact throughout the '80s and '90s. While there's no writer yet attached to the project, "Fast Five" director Justin Lin could helm the next installment of the "Terminator" saga, which will -- say it with me -- bring Arnold "baaahk."

Check out the rest of Tuesday's biggest casting news from Hollywood, including additions to "The Hunger Games," as well as a plea from Kristen Bell to appear in the big screen adaptation.

Welcome To District 3

You may not know the names of the District 3 competitors in "The Hunger Games," but now you'll know the names of the actors who will play the youngsters called into the reaping: Ian Nelson and Kalia Prescott.

Despite throwing Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane and Ray Stevenson at the problem, Marvel has yet to find real success with a Punisher movie. So, it should come as no surprise that Nasser Group North and Caliber Media Co. are attempting to fill the void with their flick Recoil.

The movie stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin as an ex-cop whose family is murdered by the mob, and then sets out for vengeance. One might say that he's looking to punish those responsible. Meanwhile, Danny Trejo will play a criminal who has his sights set on Austin's character, and will more than likely call his rival "ese," "cabron" or if we're very lucky, both.

Who else thinks they should put a wig on Austin for this role?

Variety reports that the film will be written by John Sullivan (some horror movies you've never heard of) and directed by Terry Miles (some other...

Remember the Stunning Steve Austin, a Texan pro wrestler in the late-80s. Well, he and La Tortuga Danny Trejo, who spent much of the 1960s in California prisons, are finally mixing their powers for the indie action movie titled just Recoil.

John Sullivan, who wrote the horror Fear of the Dark, penned the script for this actioner directed by Terry Miles, who is currently developing thriller Timelock acquired by Im Global.

Jim Harvey of Studio City Pictures will be at Cannes seeking distribution for Recoil.

Austin, who played Dan Paine in The Expendables will portray an ex-cop who’s life is ripped apart when his family is viciously murdered. He then makes it his life’s passion to find those responsible and serve up his own kind of justice. Trejo portrays a cold-hearted killer who is seeking his own vengeance against the ex-cop over the murder of his brother...

The Tom Hanks company Playtone is putting together Game Change, in which Julianne Moore will play [1] Sarah Palin under the direction of Jay Roach (Austin Powers). The film follows the 2008 Presidential election, and Ed Harris plays [2] John McCain. Now Ron Livingston has been cast as Mark Wallace, senior advisor to the McCain-Palin ticket. In other words, he gets to play the guy who coached Sarah Palin for her debates, and so his scenes with Julianne Moore could be gold. And, no, this movie is not a comedy. At least, I don't think it is. [Deadline [3]] Next up is casting for an action/revenge film called Recoil. These two casting announcements couldn't be more different, but how great would it be to combine them into one film? Anyway, more Recoil news after the break. Recoil sounds like it should be a Sylvester Stallone picture. Instead it will star Steve Austin and Danny Trejo...

Man, Austin loves beating up on 80s action stars, huh? First, he smacks around Stallone in The Expendables. Soon he’ll whup up on Dolph Lundgren in The Package (here). And now, he’s going one-on-one with Machete himself, Danny Trejo in Recoil.

The film is being directed by Terry Miles and written by the Dtv Prophecy sequels scribe, John Sullivan. The plot to this potential bad-ass showdown: “After the murder of his family, former cop John Varrett goes vigilante in order to find the criminals that have slipped through the system and exercise his own brand of ruthless justice.” Guess who plays who.

The film will look for buyers soon at the Cannes Film Market.

Source: Arrow...