Psychological horror
Narrative subgenre
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| 2025 | Alien: Earth series expected to be released on Hulu in mid-2025. |
| March 14 2025 | Final film, Gekijōban Mononoke Dai-San-Shō: Hebigami, is announced with a planned release in 2026. |
| March 14 2025 | Second film in the series, Mononoke Second Chapter: Ashes of Rage, is released in Japan. |
| 2024 | First film in the Mononoke anime film trilogy was released. |
| October 25 2024 |
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Netflix announced the series would be streamed in Asia by the end of the year.
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| October 4 2024 |
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The English dub of the Uzumaki anime premiered.
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| September 29 2024 |
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The Uzumaki anime premiered in Japanese with English subtitles.
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| July 2024 | Principal photography wrapped in mid-July. |
| July 2024 | Filming for 'Alien: Earth' wrapped up in mid-July, completing the principal photography. |
| July 2024 | Announcement made that the Mononoke film project will consist of three films. |
| July 26 2024 | Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain is released, with Hiroshi Kamiya performing the role of the Medicine Seller. |
| July 20 2024 | Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain is screened at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival. |
| June 2024 | Hiroshi Kamiya announced that a sequel to the first Mononoke film is in production, focusing on the hinezumi. |
| April 2024 | Filming resumed after the SAG-AFTRA strike. |
| April 2024 | Filming for 'Alien: Earth' resumed after the strike's resolution. |
| April 2024 | Filming resumed after the strike, with the production continuing its work. |
| November 2023 | Timothy Olyphant and David Rysdahl were added to the cast of 'Alien: Earth'. |
| August 2023 | Production was halted in late August due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, interrupting the filming process. |
| July 2023 | Additional cast members Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, and Adarsh Gourav joined the film's ensemble. |
| July 22 2023 |
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During Adult Swim's 'Toonami on the Green' panel at San Diego Comic-Con, a new clip from the series was debuted.
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| July 19 2023 | Production on the series officially began in Thailand, marking the start of filming. |
| May 2023 | Sydney Chandler was cast in the lead role for the film 'Alien: Earth'. |
| April 2023 | FX executive Landgraf stated that the Alien series was in 'active pre-production'. |
| February 2023 | Film production delayed beyond the originally planned 2023 release, and original voice actor Takahiro Sakurai is removed from the cast. |
| 2022 | The series received multiple nominations at the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards across various categories, including Best Girl, Best Protagonist, Best Director, Best Animation, Best Character Design, Best Score, Best VA Performances, Best Action, Best Drama, and Best Fantasy for protagonist Ai Ohto and the series. |
| June 2022 |
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Corus Entertainment confirmed the series would be broadcast on Adult Swim in Canada. The anime was also delayed indefinitely at the request of the production staff.
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| June 18 2022 | At the 15th anniversary event, an anime film is announced by Twin Engine, with original director Kenji Nakamura returning. |
| April 26 2022 | The series receives a North American Blu-ray release. |
| March 2022 | Initial principal photography for 'Alien: Earth' was scheduled to begin, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 17 2022 | The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the series is a prequel set before the events of the original 1979 Alien film, with Hawley confirming it will align more closely with the style and mythology of the original movie. |
| 2021 | Episode 10 was praised for its exploration of transgender themes through character Momoe and the introduction of trans male character Kaoru. |
| 2021 | Director Shin Wakabayashi addresses criticism about a controversial dialogue in the fourth episode, stating that a dissenting line from the character Neiru was cut for time. |
| 2021 | The series' special episode was generally negatively reviewed, with critics feeling it failed to satisfactorily conclude the story and potentially undermined the themes of the main series. |
| 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority was nominated for the IGN Awards in the Best Anime Series category. |
| June 30 2021 | A special episode of Wonder Egg Priority is aired, with approximately half the timeslot dedicated to a series recap. |
| June 15 2021 |
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A second teaser video was posted, with director Hiroshi Nagahama explaining how the pandemic forced the team to 'restructure' their plan for the anime.
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| March 2021 | A special episode was aired three months after the original planned finale, which began with a recap segment taking up half of its one-hour timeslot. |
| March 31 2021 | Original broadcast run of Wonder Egg Priority concludes. |
| March 31 2021 | First two episodes of the English dub premiere on Funimation. |
| March 30 2021 | Funimation announces an English dub for the series will be produced. |
| January 13 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority begins airing on Nippon TV's programming block and other channels. |
| 2020 | Shinji Nojima first conceived Wonder Egg Priority after observing declining popularity of live-action dramas among younger audiences, deciding to create an anime that would bridge realism and fantastical elements. |
| December 2020 | During Disney's Investor Day presentation, the live-action Alien TV series was officially announced, with Noah Hawley as showrunner and Ridley Scott as executive producer, set on Earth in the near future. |
| July 29 2020 |
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The Japanese voice cast officially began recording for the Uzumaki anime.
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| July 26 2020 |
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Adult Swim reran the teaser trailer during Adult Swim Con and confirmed the series was being moved back a year from its originally planned 2020 release.
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| July 22 2020 |
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The official Twitter announced the Japanese voice cast for the Uzumaki anime.
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| June 10 2020 |
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The anime's official Twitter account shared pictures of storyboards.
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| 2019 |
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A 4-episode anime television miniseries adaptation of Uzumaki was announced at Crunchyroll Expo, co-produced by Production I.G USA and Adult Swim's Williams Street.
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| February 2019 | Bloody Disgusting reported the development of two Alien television series, including a live-action series by Ridley Scott for FX on Hulu. |
| 2017 | Release of Doki Doki Literature Club!, a visual novel that exemplifies psychological horror techniques like simulating game crashes and file corruptions. |
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