Lionsgate Becomes Toei's U.S. Pipeline

Published: 2026-09-12T13:21:31.640Z

Lionsgate's standing distribution deal with Toei turns a single 2027 release into a repeatable theatrical channel, while Crunchyroll's self-distribution of a Type-Moon adaptation and anime's continued

Lionsgate becomes Toei's U.S. theatrical pipeline Lionsgate just became Toei's U.S. theatrical pipeline, starting with Monkey Quest in 2027. The CG-anime feature, Journey to the West by way of Shrek 2 writer David N. Weiss, gets a wide North American Source: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/distribution/toei-animation-monkey-quest-lionsgate-266360.html
Crunchyroll Acquires Anime Pic 'Witch On The Holy Night' & Sets Release Date – Watch The Trailer It's a 2012 Type-Moon visual novel by Kinoko Nasu, the Fate guy. That matters: this is a theatrical play for a known IP with a Fate-adjacent fanbase, not a blind swing on an original film. And Crunchy Source: https://deadline.com/2026/09/witch-on-the-holy-night-anime-trailer-release-date-1237073963/
By the Numbers: anime on Netflix in South Korea Anime entries on Netflix's South Korea Top 10 for the week of 2026-09-06 included Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (#6), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle I (#10). Source: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10#week-2026-09-06-market-south-korea

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