Onosume

With a chant of "Ai-katsu!", Matthew Tinn spends their days filled with idol music and J-Pop. A somewhat frequent-ish visitor to Japan, they love writing and talking about anime, Japanese music and video games.

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Manga Review

Friday at the Atelier Volume 2 Review

Despite a clunky start, Hamada's quirky romance between office worker turned model Emiko and surrealist artist Shinsui starts to come into its own as it begins to explore its characters and reflects on the pain and brilliance of the creative process.

Onosume • 25th August 2025

Anime Review

The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy – Complete Collection Review

1000 years after the fall of Leonis’ Kingdom of the Undead, two young girls, Riselia and Regina, from the Excalibur Academy awaken the former king, but as a 10-year-old boy! After dying trying to protect him, Riselia is resurrected by Leonis as a Vampire Queen and together the pair battle the invading Voids, who look suspiciously like the monsters that ravaged the medieval world all those years ago.

Onosume • 18th August 2025

Roundup

Summer 2025 Preview

With a bewildering number of series to watch this Summer Season, which titles are worth checking out? The Anime UK News writers have plenty of suggestions!

AUKN Staff • 24th July 2025

Roundup

Spring 2025 Overview

Which Spring 2025 anime series made our final cut? Read on to find out…

AUKN Staff • 7th July 2025

Anime Review

BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense. Season 2 Review

The second season of BOFURI doesn’t quite hit the same highs as the first season, but if you’re looking for more epic overpowered hijinks with Maple and the gang, this delivers it in spades!

Onosume • 4th June 2025

Opinion

Gender? We Hardly Know Her! Anime UK News Celebrates Gender Non-Conforming Characters for Pride Month 2025

For Pride Month, Anime UK News spotlights favourite characters who break gender norms, the ones who celebrate who they are and make us love them, regardless of how they choose to identify.

AUKN Staff • 1st June 2025

Anime Review

Chained Soldier Season 1 Complete Collection Review

After stumbling into the demonic world of Mato, Yuuki Wakura is saved by Kyouka Uzen, leader of the 7th Squad of the Demon Defence Force. Yet this comes at a price, as he is now forced into being her personal slave!

Onosume • 6th May 2025

Roundup

Spring 2025 Preview

New anime TV series for Spring have been springing up on all the usual streaming channels since April began – but what’s this? We can’t watch Yaiba yet in the UK – Lazarus (Shinichiro Watanabe) is…

AUKN Staff • 25th April 2025

Roundup

Winter 2025 Overview

It’s sunny and the spring flowers are appearing – it must be the end of winter! And that also means the Winter Season is drawing to a close. We said farewell to Dragon Ball DAIMA (twenty episodes) …

AUKN Staff • 2nd April 2025

Film Review

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Review

Anime UK News' reviewers check out the UK cinema release of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- to see whether all of the hype for the newest entry into the Gundam series is worthy of all of the buzz!

AUKN Staff • 17th March 2025

Manga Review

Blood Blade Volumes 2 and 3 Review

While Vlad and their small band of monsters have set off for the paradise of Monster Island, getting there won’t be easy as an old foe rears his head. The Justiciar has his sights set on Vlad and wants them eliminated, at any cost.

Onosume • 6th March 2025

Anime Review

Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2 Collector’s Edition Review

Liella! return for their second chance at claiming victory at Love Live! While the group tries to expand and gain more members from the new first years, a new rival enters from stage left. As Wien Margarete takes the school idol world by storm, will Kanon and the gang be able to stand up and take the fight to her?

Onosume • 16th February 2025

Roundup

Winter Season 2025 Preview

Winter Season 2025 is now underway, so the team at Anime UK News are here to share their picks of both new and returning series!

AUKN Staff • 25th January 2025

Anime Review

Zenshu Episode 1 Review

Hotshot anime director Natsuko Harose is penning her big new anime film when she kicks the bucket and finds herself in the world of her favourite anime movie! Join us as we take a peak at this weird and wonderful new isekai series.

Onosume • 5th January 2025

Roundup

Autumn Season 2024 Overview

Now that the Autumn 2024 Season is (just about!) over, find out which series stayed the course for our writers at Anime UK News (and maybe one or two that didn’t…)

AUKN Staff • 3rd January 2025

Anime Review

Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror – Collector’s Edition Review

In this fantasy spin-off of Love Live Sunshine!!, struggling singer Yohane returns to her hometown to rediscover herself, but gets caught in a magical adventure that places the fate of Numazu on her and her friends’ shoulders.

Onosume • 24th December 2024

Roundup

Anime UK News Review of 2024 Part 1: Anime

Join the writers at Anime UK News as they look back at their favourite anime of 2024 and look forward to what's coming in 2025!

AUKN Staff • 20th December 2024

Roundup

Scotland Loves Anime 2024

With this year's Scotland Loves Anime having come to a close, our writers look back on the festival and what films you should be keeping an eye out for!

AUKN Staff • 1st December 2024

Roundup

Autumn Season 2024 Preview

Autumn has arrived and with it all the new and returning series, spread between Crunchyroll, Netflix, Disney+, HIDIVE, Amazon Prime and even Channel 4’s Adult Swim. Which new series are…

AUKN Staff • 21st October 2024

Roundup

Summer 2024 Overview

Rather like the unreliable UK weather this summer, the Summer anime series have been stop-start, affected by the Paris Olympics, some off-air for a few weeks in mid-run and/or finishing at 10 …

AUKN Staff • 4th October 2024