Amecon to run 13th – 15th August 2010

AmeCon has announced that the voice actor Brad Swaile is set to attend. Swaile, who made a huge impression at the last amecon in 2010 should be familiar to people from his roles as Light Yagami in Death Note and Rock in Black Lagoon. AmeCon is dedicated to the celebration of Japanese Animation and Comics, … Continued

The website for the UK’s largest residential convention AmeCon 2012 is up and tickets are on sale. AmeCon is dedicated to the celebration of Japanese Animation and Comics, and the community that these media bring together. With a weekend of parties, videogames, artist’s alleys, cosplay events and competitions, a cosplay ball and AMV Disco, AmeCon … Continued

Over this past weekend, AmeCon 2008 was happening at the University of Leicester and brought with it several new anime licenses that UK anime fans may be interested to discover. Beez have picked up Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Sword of the Stranger (movie), while MVM announced Desert Punk, Solty Rei and Romeo and Juliet … Continued

Still celebrating the success of their recent event (attended by upwards of 400 people over three days), Irish anime convention Eirtakon have got in touch with us to say that they’ve already lined up a guest for their 2008 gathering; English dub actor Vic Mignogna, otherwise known as the voice of Edward Elric from Fullmetal … Continued

This is perhaps a sure sign of anime growing in the UK, because the following post contains a lot of new information with regards to several anime and manga related events happening in the UK over the coming year. The Edinburgh Filmhouse cinema (apparently Scotland’s “foremost independent cinema”) will be holding a “Late Night Anime” … Continued