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| March 2025 | Final Fantasy series reached cumulative global physical and digital sales of 200 million units. |
| 2024 | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was released on PlayStation 5, the second installment in the remake trilogy. |
| 2024 |
Pulgasari
Vulture published a retrospective calling Pulgasari 'quite bad as a film' while highlighting its intriguing behind-the-scenes story.
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| September 17 2024 | Final volume of 'Naoko Takeuchi Collection' published |
| August 2024 | Published 25th anniversary Farscape one-shot comic. |
| July 2024 | Released follow-up single 'Underground' through Three Six Zero Recordings. |
| June 2024 | Following Gainax's bankruptcy and closure, Studio Khara officially gained full copyright of the Evangelion franchise. |
| May 2024 | The group debuts under the name F5ve with the single 'Lettuce', also releasing a Pride Month special message on TikTok for an international audience. |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI was released for PlayStation 5, continuing the mainline series. |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy Union collaborated with Lost in Cult on the sixth volume of Lock-On art journal, featuring interviews with Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, and Matt Mercer, and an exclusive cover illustration by Yoshitaka Amano. |
| November 21 2023 | Third Blu-ray set of Farscape released by Shout! Studios. |
| June 2023 | Final Fantasy series reached cumulative global physical and digital sales of 185 million units. |
| June 30 2023 | Sailor Moon Cosmos -Part 2- film was released, concluding the latest film series |
| June 9 2023 | Sailor Moon Cosmos -Part 1- film was released, directed by Tomoya Takahashi |
| March 1 2023 | SG5 releases their debut single 'Firetruck' on streaming platforms, accompanied by a music video with manga references. |
| February 23 2023 | The Sailor Moon 'Prism on Ice' ice skating show was ultimately cancelled due to an 'unstable world situation', following the Russo-Ukrainian war. |
| 2022 | Announcement of a sequel covering the Stars arc, titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie, to be produced as a two-part theatrical anime film project. |
| August 28 2022 | Conclusion of the 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D ~Moon Palace arc~ Deluxe' theme park attraction. |
| July 2022 | SG5 makes their official debut at Anime Expo, co-managed by LDH Japan Inc. and Three Six Zero. |
| June 2022 | The Sailor Moon ice skating show was rescheduled to debut in June 2022, continuing to face pandemic-related delays. |
| June 2022 | SG5 idol group is officially announced, with the final lineup and concept confirmed. |
| April 5 2022 | First volume of 'Naoko Takeuchi Collection' published |
| March 4 2022 | Launch of the 'Deluxe' attraction featuring Sailor Guardians in their princess forms at Universal Studios Japan. |
| January 2022 | Announcement of a new Sailor Moon theme park attraction titled 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D ~Moon Palace arc~ Deluxe'. |
| January 2022 | Multiple brands including Sanrio, Uniqlo, and Maison de FLEUR launched collaborative merchandise to celebrate Sailor Moon's 30th anniversary. |
| December 8 2021 | Collector's/Ultimate edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion was released by GKIDS. |
| December 8 2021 | Collector's/Ultimate edition Blu-ray was released, featuring the 'Classic Dub and Subtitled Version' including ADV and Manga English dubs and subs. |
| November 9 2021 | Standard edition Blu-ray of Neon Genesis Evangelion was released by GKIDS. |
| November 2 2021 | GKIDS released the TV series, Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion on major digital download services. |
| August 30 2021 | GKIDS announced multiple release editions including a Collector's Edition and a Standard edition, in addition to the previously planned Ultimate Edition. |
| June 2021 | The Sailor Moon ice skating show was further postponed to June 2021 due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic challenges. |
| February 2021 | Ghost Stories and its dub were released on the anime streaming platform RetroCrush. |
| February 11 2021 | Sailor Moon Eternal -Part 2- film was released |
| January 8 2021 | Sailor Moon Eternal -Part 1- film was released |
| 2020 | Early plans for forming the Sailor Guardians 5 (SG5) idol pop group begin. |
| 2020 | The first installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake project was released on PlayStation 4. |
| October 20 2020 | Final 'Eternal Edition' volume published by Kodansha Comics |
| October 3 2020 | GKIDS licensed the original TV series, Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion for home video, theatrical, and digital download release in North America, marking the first Blu-ray release of the franchise in the region. |
| June 2020 | The Sailor Moon ice skating show was initially scheduled to debut in early June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| May 30 2020 | Anime Limited acquired home video distribution rights for the original Neon Genesis Evangelion series, Evangelion: Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with an Ultimate Edition Blu-ray release planned for 2021. |
| February 20 2020 | ColourPop makeup brand released an official Sailor Moon inspired makeup collection, expanding the franchise's merchandise beyond children's demographics. |
| 2019 | Square Enix released Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn – Prologue, a short anime produced by Satelight Inc, on their YouTube channel. |
| 2019 |
Pulgasari
Shin Sang-ok publicly stated in an article that Pulgasari was 'a pure monster film' with no hidden ideological message, contradicting previous interpretations about the film's potential political metaphors.
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| November 19 2019 | Second Blu-ray set released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which uniquely included Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. |
| November 5 2019 |
Gals!
Mihona Fujii announces the continuation of the Gals! manga series on Shueisha's Manga Mee app, picking up from the original manga's ending.
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| August 25 2019 | Conclusion of the 'Moon Palace arc' theme park attraction at Universal Studios Japan. |
| June 30 2019 | Announcement of the title 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie' for the two-part film project. |
| June 30 2019 | An ice skating show based on Sailor Moon titled 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Prism on Ice' was announced, featuring Olympic figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva as the lead. The show would include Anza as Queen Serenity and voice actresses from the Sailor Moon Crystal anime series. |
| June 21 2019 | Netflix officially premiered Neon Genesis Evangelion with a new English translation by Dan Kanemitsu and a new English-language voice cast selected by Studio Khara. |
| June 5 2019 |
Pulgasari
Pulgasari opened a film festival (specific festival name not fully specified in the text).
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