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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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Trailer for CGI Anime Noregeki!

The official website for Bandai Visual’s CGI anime Norageki! has released a trailer.

Synopsis

The anime takes place in an isolated prison and focuses on four inmates and a cat who find themselves…

• 18th March 2011
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Appleseed XIII Trailer

Fans of Masamune Shirow’s cyberpunk story Appleseed have something to whet their appetite as a trailer for the thirteen episode television series of Appleseed XIII has been released.

Despite…

• 9th March 2011
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Competition to Win Tanpopo Comic

Anime Imports UK is collaborating with Anime UK News in a competition that will allow a member of the Anime UK News community to win a set of Tanpopo comics by the artist Camilla d’Errico. 

Synopsis…

• 4th March 2011
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Devil May Cry Movie Adaptation

First there were the videogames, then the manga, the figures and anime, now Variety reports that the videogame series “Devil May Cry” has been picked up by Screen Gems in an effort to create a live-action…

• 1st March 2011
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Onigamiden Trailer is Released

A 1-minute trailer for Hirotsugu Kawasaki’s animated feature Onigamiden has been released.

Based on a two-volume novel by Takafumi Takada, the story focuses on a modern-day boy named Jun Tendo…

• 19th February 2011
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Trailer for Live-Action Tomie

The Japanese film website, Cinema Today, has posted a trailer for the latest adaptation of Junji Ito’s award winning manga series Tomie.

The manga focuses on an incredibly beautiful high-school…

• 11th February 2011
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3D Anime Film Tofu Kozo Gets Trailer

Japanese film website, Cinema Today, has posted a trailer for the 3D anime film Tofu Kozo, “Tofu Boy”.  

The film is based on a novel written by Japanese mystery writer Natsuhiko Kyogoku and is …

• 9th February 2011
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Asian Film Events Around the UK

Third Windows films in conjunction with Coventry University’s East Asian Film Society have organised a festival of Asian cinema named East Winds this weekend.

In its press release, Third Window…

• 8th February 2011