hiroyuki imaishi

PROMARE Teaser: GKIDS Plots Its Fall Rollout For TRIGGER’s Spectacular Debut Anime Feature!

Here to remind you of their debut awesomeness with feature-length anime is Studio TRIGGER’s most recent U.S. outing, Promare. Hiroyuki Imaishi, the mind behind series hits like Gurren Lagaan and Kill La Kill directs the company’a first long form animation spectacle which since landed a home at GKids for its Fall rollout. That release sets with a special two-day theatrical event on September 17 and 19, followed by an opening in select theaters on September 20. Tickets are officially on sale at PromareMovie.com while the banner just rolled out the official U.S. teaser. Check it out above and see about those tickets while you can! The first feature-length film from the acclaimed studio TRIGGER, creators of the hit series KILL la KILL and Little Witch Academia, and director Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL), Promare uses a bold cel-shaded visual style to tell a blistering action-adventure story, and is […]

PROMARE: GKids Scores A Fall Event Release For Trigger’s Feature Debut

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Director Hiroyuki Imaishi’s Promare is hitting the U.S. with a Fall rollout from GKids in a new announcement now making the rounds. The film, signaling celebrated animation studio Trigger’s debut foray into the feature-length arena, will stake a limited two-day theatrical event in partnership with Fathom Events on September 17 and 19 before a proper GKIDS release on September 20. The first feature-length film from the acclaimed studio TRIGGER, creators of the hit series KILL la KILL and Little Witch Academia, and director Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL), Promare uses a bold cel-shaded visual style to tell a blistering action-adventure story, and is the spiritual successor to many of director Imaishi’s former works. Thirty years has passed since the appearance of Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings, who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves “Mad Burnish” appears, […]