{
  "id": 3026662,
  "title": "Guillermo del Toro, James Gunn, ‘Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Directors Set for Crunchyroll’s Inaugural Anime Future Forum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/guillermo-del-toro-james-gunn-beyond-the-spider-verse-directors-set",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/crunchyroll-anime-future-forum-sony-guillermo-del-toro-gunn-1236841275/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Anime giant Crunchyroll plans to dissect the growing business of anime with its first-ever thought leadership summit to be held as a precursor to New York Comic Con in October. The Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum will be held Oct. 7 at New York’s Javits Convention Center, with conference tracks focusing on four key themes: fandom, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}