January 2026 Animation Preview: Sperm, a time loop, and Don Hertfeldt's latest
It's hard to believe that 2025 is coming to an end. Time passes too fast, doesn't it? But animation is here to ease the pain of getting older, time going by, etc. And January is a pretty packed month! In Theaters IMDb has a January 2 release listed for Spermageddon , a Norwegian comedy that follows two teens falling in love (and fumbling toward sex), and the parallel story of the teenage boy's sperm trying to make it to an egg. I've been wanting to see this one for a while, and I hope that it is indeed coming out this week, but I haven't been able to find any showtimes, so I'm not sure where IMDb is getting their information. My kingdom for a crumb of actual information about this movie's US release! Spermageddon GKIDS is getting us their year to an exciting start with the release of LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie -- Immortal Bloodline on January 4. Lupin, the master thief, has been around since the 1960s, and has been the star of anime serie...