Penthouse is a six-member band consisting of Shintaro Namioka (vocals, guitar), Maho Oshima (vocals), Cateen (piano), Shintaro Yano (guitar), Takuma Ohara (bass) and Tatsunori Hirai (drums).
“Taxi to the Moon” appears on the Laundry album.
Animated and directed by Tomoyuki Niho.
Synopsis: Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn’t being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden…
Written and directed by:
Sofiia Chuikovska
Loïck du Plessis d’Argentré
Lina Han
Simin He
Jiaxin Huang
Maud Le Bras
Bingqing Shu
Sound and music by Jérémy Ben Ammar.
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Release date: April 11, 2025.
Inspired by Charles Dickens’ The Life of Our Lord.
Synopsis: While Dickens was a loving father, his work often kept him distant from his family. In particular he struggled to connect with his youngest son Walter, a five-year-old dreamer who is inseparable from his best friend Willa the cat.
One day, Dickens’ reading performance at a London theatre is ruined by Walter’s mischievous behavior. Dickens pleads to his son to try and enjoy the reading but Walter is not interested.
His wife Catherine, aware of Walter’s obsession with King Arthur, urges Dickens to tell his son the story of another king: Jesus Christ.
Release date: July 5, 2025 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Two best friends, Yoshiki and Hikaru, live in a rural Japanese village. They are inseparable — until the day Hikaru returns from the mountains, no longer himself. Something has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, and feelings, and everything they know begins to unravel.
Crew:
Directed by Ryohei Takeshita.
Based on the manga by Mokumokuren.
Character design by Yuichi Takahashi.
Music by Taro Umebayashi.
Ending theme song: “Anata wa Kaibutsu (you are my monster)” by TOOBOE.
Animation production by CygamesPictures.
Release date: December 20, 2024.
Synopsis: Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Directed by Jeff Fowler. Written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington.
Release date: May 23, 2025.
Synopsis: Lilo & Stitch is the funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On).
Written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes.
From the album “Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits” by Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs (Steve Ferrone, Lance Morrison and Chris Holt).
Mike Campbell was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band’s songs, including “Refugee,” “Here Comes My Girl” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream.”
Directed by Pixar animator Matt Nolte.
Co-Directed by Greg Dykstra.
Written by Matt Nolte & Bryan Nolte. Cinematography by Tim Mena.
Edited by Jonathan Vargo & Will Starling.
Synopsis: Mr. Everest is dead and trapped in the paperwork process before entering heaven. After the long journey, he accepts that heaven is very different from what he expected.
Written and directed by:
Nahee Jang
Ximing Li
Ying Wan
Hao Wang
Music by Arthur Dairaine. Sound by Mathieu Tiger and Jean-Baptiste Sainte Pol.
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Release date: August 1, 2025.
Synopsis: The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Release date: June 20, 2025.
Synopsis: What if the thing you were searching for… found you first? Alien-obsessed Elio discovers the answer to that question when he is transported to the Communiverse, an interplanetary paradise that is home to intelligent life from galaxies far and wide.
But when he’s mistaken as Earth’s leader, he’ll have to form unexpected bonds, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and make sure he doesn’t lose the opportunity to live out his ultimate dream.
Synopsis: New hires Robert and Phil must serve customers until one of them dies to see who can get hired at minimum wage.
Created and written by Mike Manor, an animator/director based in Los Angeles known for his viral pixel art aesthetic and voice acting.
Voice cast: Chris Fleming, Rachel Kaly, Mandal, Derek Simpson and Mike Manor.
Music and sound by Derek Simpson.
A note from Pamela Hayden:
“The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons?… not easily. It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show, and to give voice to Milhouse (and Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey, Malibu Stacy, and many others).
“Here’s to everyone who made this terrific ride I’ve been on possible. Thanks for 35 years!! Be well and happy. My best to you all.
“P.S. I’ll always have a special place in my heart for that blue-haired 10-year-old boy with glasses.”
When: Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST.
Where to watch: Airs on ESPN2 and streams on ESPN+ and Disney+.
In Dunk the Halls, Mickey Mouse makes a Christmas wish to Santa Claus to bring the NBA players to “Main Street, USA” at Magic Kingdom Park to play the first animated NBA game on Christmas Day.
Release date: March 7, 2025.
Synopsis: When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, it unleashes a virus that transforms the zoo animals into zombies. Gracie, a young quirky wolf, teams up with a gruff mountain lion named Dan. Together they lead a team of survivors — including Xavier, the movie-obsessed lemur, Frida the fiery capybara, and Poot the baby pygmy hippo — on a perilous mission to escape the virus and rescue their zoo.
Release date: December 13, 2024 on Apple TV+.
Synopsis: Izzy the Guinea Pig, Tate the Snake and Zuri the Bunny — classroom pets living in a New York City kindergarten — travel around the globe in their amazing “Jetcar” to rescue animals in musical, mini-opera-themed adventures.
Voice cast:
Victoria Scola-Giampapa as Izzy
Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Tate
Vanessa Huszar as Zuri
Developed by Jennifer Oxley (Peg + Cat, 3rd & Bird). Executive produced by Oxley and Steve Altiere (Pretzel and the Puppies, Dragons: Rescue Riders).
The original Wonder Pets! series was created by Josh Selig.
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