Troubled pop icon Britney Spears has jumped on the so-called ‘anime’ bandwagon with her latest music video for the song “Break the Ice”, which depicts the blonde singer…
Several new UK anime release dates have come to light recently, many of which involve publishers MVM and Manga Ent. and extend as far as 2nd June. The one big surprise is the tsundere-fantasy Shana…
In addition to the mutitude of other new anime recently announced as in-production in Japan, another iteration of Masamune (“Ghost in the Shell”) Shirow’s Appleseed has…
Big-eye art is a new book (due out soon, release date below) looking at the world’s continued fascination with ‘Big-eye art’, which apparently emerged in the late 1950s in…
We’ve been contacted by the people at Guinness World Records to share news on their latest record attempt ‘Largest Gathering of Games Charecters’ (basically, they are looking…
AnimeOnDVD are reporting (though no official source is provided) that ADV Films UK (now via Lace, following the recent closure of ADV’s London office) have circulated the following new…
Over the last couple of weeks, a large number of high profile new anime series, sequels and movies have been confirmed as being in-production.
Leading the list is the long-rumored Trigun movie,…Two nostalgic mecha anime in Voltron and Star Fleet (X-Bomber) are set to be released in the UK later this year. 1984’s cult favourite Voltron (123 episodes long) will be published by Manga…
As the ever-potent presence of manga in the UK sees dozens of new graphic novels released on a monthly basis, Anime UK News is looking to add one new dedicated manga reviewer to our established writing…
Beez Entertainment have today confirmed their acquisition of fan favourite sci-fi/comedy ‘The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya’, with monthly consecutive UK DVD releases slated…
Hollywood news outlets are reporting that a live action film version of Akira has been pushed into production by Warner Bros. with a view to being fast-tracked and released by the summer of 2009;…
Anime News Network has noticed that two new anime films are set to be released in the UK.
Of interest to many will be that 1993’s slice of life drama Umi ga Kikoeru (Ocean Waves), one of the few…
It has been a hectic few months for anime fans in the UK, but with 2008 finally starting to take shape, our humble writer, Lewis, has taken this opportunity to reflect on one of the most important …
A ten-minute introduction/preview of Batman: Gotham Knight has been posted on YouTube. Much like the Animatrix, this is a six-part anthology animated by a number of world-famous Japanese animation…
Earlier this morning we received confirmation from Manga Entertainment that they intend to release the 37-episode Death Note anime TV series in the UK. Contrary to the listings on online shops,…
To start a new manga publishing house in these difficult times is a laudable venture indeed and Dimensional Manga are to be applauded for their bravery in launching the OEM series ‘Demon Prince:…
According to new listings on Play.com, there’s a Death Note DVD set to hit the UK on the 28th of April. Given the cast listing includes the likes of Tatsuya Fujiwara and Asaka Seto, it’s…
MVM have pushed back the release date of ‘Black Lagoon #1’ until the 10th of March; no reasons were provided. They have also published 8 exclusive movie-clips spliced from their …
According to the latest edition of the ‘Manga Newsletter’, Momentum Pictures have licensed the CG anime ‘Vexille‘ and intend to release it in the UK, starting with…
On Thursday, 14th of February, SelfMadeHero will be releasing the latest graphic novel in their ‘Manga Shakespeare’ series. Having already published the likes of ‘Romeo…
