Welcome to Part 2 of the Anime UK News 2016 Review of 2016 in which the staff recommend manga and light novels they’ve enjoyed this year. And then we look in our crystal balls to see what’s…
Anime UK News Review of 2016 – Part 1
2016 has been a turbulent year – and at Anime UK News we’ve had our fair share of ups and downs too. But overall, it’s been a good year for anime, light novels…
The classic, and often controversial, theatrical special of the original Transformers cartoon is now 30 years old and Manga have released the restored version on Blu-ray, but does the film still…
The Ordinary Peace
The first volume of Bleach to be released in the UK after its official end over in Japan, Volume 68 does its best to regroup everyone for one last push, but does it do well?
The battle…
Outlaw Star is a beloved classic, though is often lost in the haze of better known series of similar genre (like Cowboy Bebop, most commonly), but now the series has been cleaned and beautifully…
Naruto Shippuden continues onwards with the 26th two disc “box”, this time containing Episodes 323 to 335. In the last set I complained (in a completely unsurprised way) that it was mostly filler,…
It’s time for the second half of Akame Ga Kill! (Episodes 13 to 24) to arrive in UK stores on both DVD and Blu-ray. The story picks up where it left off (as it obviously should!) as Night Raid, a group…
11Eyes started off life as a visual novel, released on the PC in 2008, before eventually becoming a manga, then shortly after that, this 12 episode anime series. Originally airing in 2009, is this…
When Bleach ended its TV run in March 2012, I was sad. When I found out that a cute chibi spin-off of Naruto was replacing it, I was annoyed and confused. Now several years later, that previously mentioned…
Leiji Matsumoto is one of those names that you hear all the time when you start getting into anime and manga, often in sentences that start with “classic authors like…” His most famous works include…
“Black”
As the announcement of Bleach’s final chapter still rings across the manga and anime-related internet, Volume 67 is released here in the UK, still several volumes away …
The ever popular Naruto series continues its UK release with Box Set 25 of Naruto Shippuden, containing episodes 310 – 322. Unfortunately, though not surprisingly, most of this set contains …
Expelled From Paradise is an original feature film created by Gen Urobuchi (of Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero and Aldnoah.Zero fame) and directed by Seiji Mizushima (of Fullmetal Alchemist and Gundam…
Aldnoah.Zero is an original anime (as in not based on a manga, light novel or game, a rare thing really!) that was created by Gen Urobuchi of Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero and Psycho-Pass fame.
In 1969…
Naruto Shippuden once again resumes its British release with Box Set 24, containing episodes 297 – 308 of the series. This box set (of two discs not in a box… ahem) is exactly split between episodes…
“Sorry I am Strong”
Bleach’s final arc rolls on as Volume 66 begins with the rather random battle between the Shinigami (a.k.a. Soul Reapers, for those who didn’t watch the series…
Rule Number 10: Let’s all have fun and play together!
No Game No Life started off life as a light novel series, like a lot of anime in the past decade. Written by Yu Kamiya, the novels, and indeed…
This is (not) delayed any more!
So Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo is finally hitting shops here in the UK, roughly four years since it appeared in Japanese cinemas and over two years after it…
The Naruto Shippuden anime continues its DVD release here in the UK with “Box Set” 23, containing episodes 284-296. Episodes 284 to 289 contain, unsurprisingly, filler set during the Fourth …
