Where did you hear that? I've heard of those rumors before, but it turned out that someone misheard something that Phil Johnston said in an interview. Are there new rumors?
Moonlight is playing in RPX in some theaters:
http://www.fandango.com/Regal-Atlantic-Station-18-IMAX--RPX_AATSJ/theaterpage
Wish I could have been there.
Here's the source:
http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/japan-animation-sensation-your-name-funimation-north-america-1201901838/
I still doubt that it's going to get an Oscar nom.
Yay!
The dubs for Akira suck, btw. Find the original Japanese trailer here:
This is one of the few Japanese animated features to do voice acting before animation.
The Chinese market can absolutely have a $300m/$400m animated movie, especially in the future. It wouldn't even break The Mermaid's record.
I don't think Zootopia is a bad investment either, just going by ticket sales. You can say people forgot it, but it was an unknown before it debuted in March.