Japanese entertainment conglomerate Toho Co. will acquire a major U.S. animation distributor, its latest push to embrace animation and expand beyond its home market. The two firms have already worked together to release films in the U.S., with GKids handling last year’s Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli feature “The Boy and the Heron.” Financial terms were not disclosed. It’s a fresh push …
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NEW YORK — For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, “The Boy and the Heron,” debuted with $12.8 million, according to studio estimates. “We’re really just trying to do justice to the film.” This image released by GKIDS shows Himi, voiced by Karen Fukuhara in English and AIMYON …
