Oban Star-Racers has been nominated for the Best Children’s Animation award at the 2007 BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) – the other three nominations are all…
This past weekend saw the London MCM Expo roll into town, unleashing hordes of cosplayers and anime fans on England’s capital city. Though (compared with previous events) there were slim…
According to the official website of DVD distributors Pinnacle Vision, Revelation Films intend to release School Rumble (including a starter set) on UK DVD starting 21st January, 2008.
Produced…
According to the latest issue of NEO magazine, MVM have picked up Witchblade and Black Lagoon for UK DVD releases. It’s expected that these new anime acquisitions (and possibly a few more…
The Times Online have recently published “How manga is conquering Britain“, an article by manga expert Paul Gravett.
Gravett specifically notes the growing influence of manga…
The Leeds Film Festival has built up a tradition of showcasing exciting new anime (as well as Eastern cinema in general) and this year’s event – running through early November –…
Earlier today, French game developers Ubisoft released their first “dev diary” concerning the upcoming “Naruto: Rise of a Ninja” video game (XBOX 360). If you’re…
In a little under two weeks, the London MCM Expo (20-21 Oct) will be kicking off and in addition to three already confirmed anime-related guests (English dub voice actors Johnny Yong Bosch, Laura…
News and rumors concerning the ever increasing list of supposed anime and manga adaptations continue to bubble under the surface.
Many will be interested in the apparent scoop over at “…Fabulous Films, who have previously published the first DVD volume of Inuyasha in the UK, have announced their intentions to release the cult classic cartoon “The Mysterious Cities of…
With the continuing saturation of Japanese pop culture across the internet being largely based on illegal distribution, it appears that Japanese officials are finally starting to take a firmer…
It was recently revealed on Anime News Network that Engish author Lucy Cousins’s childrens picture book “Hooray for Fish!” has been animated in Japan (by the relatively …
After a recent spate of violent juvenile crime in Japan (including the infamous case where a school girl axe-murdered her sleeping father), two of the country’s most controversial anime…
“The Agriculture Ministry [of Japan] is not in charge of Gundam,” said ministry official Tsutomu Shimomura, after it turned out that six of his civil servant co-workers had been…
Nakama Britannica (not to be confused with the Nakama Britannica Portal) is collaboration on the part of Anime UK News to produce an anime blog worthy of spotlighting the underrated quality of…
As Eureka Seven enters its second half the plot developments are still moving forward apace and the characters are continuing to develop too. It is perhaps a series that demands a larger than average…
In a news report posted on Anime Nation earlier this evening, the worst has been confirmed with regards to the future of Geneon USA; the company will cease all DVD production, sales and distribution…
Coming from the dream combination of the emphatically cool Studio 4C and much admired manga-ka Taiyou “Ping Pong” Matsumoto, Tekkonkinkreet is a movie I’ve long waited to see. Based on those …
Back in August, we reported news that ADV Films had signed a US distribution deal with Geneon; meaning that while Geneon would still license and produce anime is the US, all of their future sales,…
In a forum post over at AnimeOnDVD, John Sirabella (president) of Media Blasters casually announced that the company has picked up Tweeny Witches (a.k.a Mahou Shoujotai) for a US DVD release.…
