A teenagage student in the US was recently suspended from his Virginia school after he was discovered to be writing his own (clearly labelled) “death note”; alarms were immediately…
After many months (and for thousands of Dragonball fans, years) of speculation, it has finally been confirmed by Twentieth Century Fox that a big-budget live-action version of Dragonball is…
According to Animetion, Revelation Films have lined up the first season of Hell Girl (a.k.a Jigoku Shojo) for a UK DVD release starting in February 2008. The supernatural mystery is a 26 episode…
FirstShowing.net have published an interview with AstroBoy director Colin Brady which includes some conceptual art to be used for the upcoming film (animated by Imagi, whose most recently …
Production I.G. picked up an award in the “cel animation” category at the recent “London International Advertising Awards” for Kazuto Nakazawa’s animated…
During late October, UK anime fans made their bi-annual pilgrimage en-masse to the ever-growing London MCM Expo and it’s large array of exciting guests. Amongst the many dazzling sights…
Studio 4C’s movie Tekkonkinkreet is the only anime in the running for this year’s “Best Animated Feature” Oscar. These preliminary nominations will eventually …
ADVFilms.co.uk have recently released a new “media” section of their website; it contains images and videos (including cosplay) captured at the various events and conventions…
The UK’s own dedicated anime TV channel Anime Central are looking to showcase enthusiastic anime cosplayers based in the UK for a special feature set to air around the New Year holidays.…
UK newspaper The Times (via their online outlet Times Online) have recently published an article looking at how women in Japan are gradually establishing themselves in the country’s …
News posted at Brand Republic and on the Digital Spy community forums appears to suggest that Sony are seriously looking at launching their anime devoted TV channel “Animax” in …
This is perhaps a sure sign of anime growing in the UK, because the following post contains a lot of new information with regards to several anime and manga related events happening in the UK over…
According to various reports, CAPCOM and Sony Pictures Entertainment of Japan have joined forces to produce an original CG animated movie for the Resident Evil (a.k.a. Biohazard) franchise.…
Though the majority of UK anime fandom passes through the London MCM Expo as one may treat his favourite sweet-shop, it was serious business for Anime UK News this year as we conducted our first …
Halloween is fast approaching and it’s time to indulge in some frightful Japanese horror. Sadly, it’s not a genre that translates well to anime and manga, but having recently discovered the abnormal…
According to news emerging from Japan, global manga publisher’s Tokoyopop are pushing to produce a (presumably North American) live-action adaptation of the popular and fan-service…
With all the doom and gloom surrounding the US anime industry following the virtual collapse of publishing goliath Geneon, one would be fair to assume that this perhaps isn’t the best of…
It’s been widely reported that production on a brand new season of the Samuel L. Jackson voiced Afro Samurai is under way and already set to air on US TV during early 2008. Again penned by manga-ka…
