Sex. Life wouldn’t exist without it, yet so many find it too hard to talk about. Especially when how one feels doesn’t conform to social norms. In this brilliantly animated collection of stories concerning affairs of the heart, three threads in the complex tapestry of human relations are woven together. First, two women meet at the wedding of a third they both love and discover that perhaps, together, they have found a way to move on. Next, a former student confesses his attraction to his male teacher, not knowing that the latter has long harbored similar emotions. Finally, in two connected tales, two friends must learn to understand the new things they have begun to feel, first as children and then, again, as blossoming adults. Love, like everything else in life, doesn’t always evolve as expected in HAPPY-GO-LUCKY DAYS. Rating: TV-14
When Kinoshita Kazuya’s new girlfriend brutally dumps him, he discovers a surprising new alternative - renting a girlfriend instead! However, while this does let Kazuya avoid the embarrassment of explaining to his friends and family why he’s suddenly partner-less, he’s unprepared for what happens when Mizuhara Chizuru arrives to fulfill his rental contract. Not only is she completely not what he expected, but her real life has a frightening number of cross-overs with his own! And when it turns out that his grandmother is just crazy about Chizuru, it’s not like he can just swap her out for a different model! Or can he? Will Kazuya and Chizuru’s relationship progress beyond a “goods purchased” mode? And what happens if Kazuya’s ex-girlfriend decides to re-enter the picture? Find out when love and romance are delivered on an installment plan in RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND! Rating: TV-14 (D)
Ryohei Arisu is bored with life. Nothing is new or exciting, and playing games is the only relief from the endless monotony of a seemingly pointless existence. If only, he wishes, he could be someplace else… a different world… where things were more exciting. Then Ryohei and his friends, Daikichi and Chota, see what seems to be an incredibly powerful firework in the sky, brighter than any shooting star, and when they can see again, they discover that they’re in an entirely new reality. Unfortunately, as they quickly learn, while this new world is, indeed, far more exciting, it’s also incredibly dangerous. Trapped in a post-apocalyptic environment where the only way to survive is to compete in a series of increasingly deadly games, Ryohei and his friends have no choice except to adapt or perish in ALICE IN BORDERLAND! Rating: TV-MA (D,S,V)
Iwai Mushanokoji’s beautiful flowing tresses have been cursed all her life, making them seemingly impossible to cut. Then she encounters hair-obsessed Kiri Haimura, whose special set of scissors prove to be cursed as well when they cut off a single lock of Iwai’s gorgeous mane! Unfortunately, others have Iwai’s luscious locks as their mane obsession as well, and an entire evil crew cuts in on the action with their own cursed shearing implements! Unlike Kiri, however, they’re not going to be satisfied with just a little bit of a trim! Can Kiri stop this shear insanity and snip their distressing ambitions in the bud? Will Iwai suffer a fatally close shave at the hands of these hackers? Get ready for razor-edged suspense and hair-raising thrills when good hair becomes the root of all evil in THE SEVERING CRIME EDGE! Rating: TV-MA (D,V)
Secrets from your past can kill you, even if you can’t remember them. Photographer Maria Osawa has been in Shanghai less than a day, covering an Anti-Terrorist Conference, when she’s attacked by masked assassins. Rescue comes in the form of Canaan, a mysterious girl Maria once met before an experimental cure for a deadly bio-weapon erased part of her memory. A soldier for hire, Canaan’s formidable martial arts skills are augmented with the gift of synesthesia, seeing emotions as colors, and her presence in Shanghai is no coincidence. She’s hunting a former comrade who brutally betrayed her, and the path leads to the conference and the lethal Ua virus, which mutates a few survivors, giving them strange abilities. Thrown together, the two women must face an army of terrorists and monster assassins while hunting their enemy… the assassin Canaan once called her sister… in CANAAN! Rating: TV-14 (V)
Some people may treat life like a game, but when young noblewoman Catarina Claes accidentally bumps her head, she has a horrifying revelation. In a previous life, she was an avid otaku and game player, and the life Catarina is living is that of the villainess of the game FORTUNE LOVER… a character doomed to be either killed or exiled no matter how the game is played! Forewarned and forearmed with the multiple plots of the game in mind, Catarina sets out to re-code her fate. Can she not do what she would have done, befriend people she’d never befriend, and change her entire outlook on life? And will even that be enough to roleplay her way out of her destiny? She’s literally in the game of her life in MY NEXT LIFE AS A VILLAINESS: ALL ROUTES LEAD TO DOOM! Rating: TV-14
Anime Network is the only major asset of Valkyrie Media Partners. As with anything related to the late, lamented A.D.V., Valkyrie Media Partners is owned by Matt Greenfield and Janice Williams, who just so happen to be major participants/officers in Section 23 and Seraphim Studios. It’s all interlocking.
I just reread the article and Anime Network appears to be part of the deal. Kinda confusing that there’s two companies named Sentai, and the one that was bought, according to the article, owns Anime Network (which means they own Valkyrie Media Partners)
I kinda want to see the tree of ownership for Sentai related stuff to see who was not included in the PR but was bought by AMC.
I’m pretty certain they bought all of Sentai Holdings LLC. Which should be everything that was under Section23. Which should be all the companies. The only one I’m not 100% of is Maiden Japan as there was some weird stuff going on with the website and the listing of the copyright on there at one point.
It sounds like from the article (which I might be reading to much into) AMC plans to eventually add Hidive to the AMC+ package ,but will let the Disc based parts of the company still do what they are currently doing. I’m also thinking Sentai licensed Movies may start getting runs in AMC theaters. Mind you until we get some more concrete this is all speculative on my part.
AMC Networks has no relationship at all to the AMC theater chain.
Also, even though AMC Networks has AMC+, the individual services: Acorn TV, Allblk, AMC, BBC America, IFC, Shudder, Sundance NOW, and WE TV all have their own straming apps separate of AMC+. I doubt HIDIVE will go anywhere for a good long time.
I think he means because Sentai Filmworks is under Sentai Holdings. I thought originally it was all under Section23 ,but Section23 is under Sentai Holdings. That whole thing was very confusing to start with though. From what I sort of understood they were all supposed to be separate entities from a legal standpoint ,but at the same time one company. Like I said confusing.
