genkinahito

I'm a long-time anime and Japanese film and culture fan who has lived in the country and is studying Japanese in an effort to become fluent. I write about films, anime, and work on various things.

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New Anime Convention in Sunderland

SunnyCon is an anime convention in Sunderland running March 24th – 25th at the Crowtree Leisure Centre.

This is the first convention of its type in Sunderland and it offers a weekend packed…

• 13th October 2011
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AmeCon Registration Open

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…

• 12th October 2011
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Independent Anime at Zipangu Fest

It has been announced that Zipangu Fest is to show independent anime on two nights next month at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Zipangu fest is a film festival dedicated to showing the latest…

• 7th October 2011
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New Cyborg 009 Adaptation

Shotaro Ishimori’s popular manga “Cyborg 009 is getting a new anime adaptation helmed by Kenji Kamiyma, director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden of the East. …

• 6th October 2011
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Anime Night at Oktoberfest Programme

Oktoberfest is this weekend and the Anime All Night screening starts at 11.30pm on Saturday the 8th and ends around 8am on Sunday. Taking place in a 350 seat auditorium at the Odeon cinema in Camden…

• 5th October 2011
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Appleseed XIII – Yogen Trailer

Fans of following the new CGI versions of Masamune Shirow’s cyberpunk story Appleseed now have a trailer for Appleseed XIII – Yogen courtesy of Bandai.

Appleseed XIII – Yogen is the second of two…

• 4th October 2011
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Blood-C Movie Dated

After a controversial 12-episode TV run that has split fans Blood-C has finally ended and it has been announced that the movie will premiere on the 2nd of June 2012.

Blood-C was a spin-off of Production…

• 3rd October 2011
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Visual Scene Magazine

Anime UK News has received information that should get Japanese culture fans very excited as a new monthly e-magazine focussing on Japanese culture has emerged in the form of Visual Scene available…

• 26th September 2011
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Trailer for Persona 4 the Animation

A new trailer for Persona 4 the Animation has begun streaming and features a few lines from each character and Shoji Meguro’s background music.

The anime adaptation of the game has been overseen…

• 17th September 2011
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New Trailer for Guilty Crown

Following on from the news about Un-Go the official website for Guilty Crown, Fuji TV’s other property in the Noitamina block, has a new two minute promotional video. Guilty Crown comes from Production…

• 9th September 2011
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Un-Go Promotional Video

A promotional video for Seiji Mizushima and Bones’ new anime ‘Un-Go has been released.

Based on a series of original detective stories named Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonochou by Ango Sakaguchi, …

• 5th September 2011