The Cartoon Brew Livestream: Toho’s Surprise Move In U.S. Animation Distribution

Cartoon Brew’s weekly Friday livestream is back today and available on our Youtube channel starting around 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern.

The stunning industry news of the week was the surprise announcement that Japanese distribution and production giant Toho is acquiring boutique American distributor GKIDS. We’ll take a closer look at that deal as well as round up some other recent news, like last weekend’s historic achievement for animation at the U.S. box office.

Watch today’s episode below. Send your questions to the live chat on Youtube, where you can engage directly with us: