Booking opens for London’s annual anime all nighter

Booking is now open for the forthcoming anime season at the BFI Southbank in London. Running from the 20th of June until the 22nd, a diverse selection of the latest anime movies will be screened along side related live action productions, including the two live action Death Note films (which were released in Japan during … Continued

A brand new (3+ minutes) trailer for Appleseed Ex Machina has been published online and can be streamed over at YouTube. This CG-animated movie is a follow-up to the popular 2004 Appleseed film and interestingly, is being produced by famous Hollywood & Hong Kong film maker John Woo. Many of the same people working on … Continued

Beginning in 1985 as a graphic novel and continuing sporadically thereafter, Masamune Shirow’s tales of urban combat and political unrest in a hi-tech utopia have persisted in the affections and imagination of fans ever since. So it was with some fanfare that, in 2004, an adaptation of Appleseed directed by Shinji Aramaki was unveiled as … Continued

Sony Pictures have launched their official website for Tekkon Kinkreet, including a brand new trailer.

Anime blog Anipages Daily have published a detailed and illuminating interview with Michael Arias, director of Studio 4C’s latest theatrical movie, Tekkon Kinkreet, which was just last week confirmed to be heading for a UK DVD release. An interesting fact about Michael Arias is that he is one of the few foreign directors to find … Continued