Rui

Rui can usually be found on the Anime UK Forums ready to leap in and converse with anyone else as passionate about historical anime (fantasy or otherwise). There is apparently some debate around whether Rui is an actual person or some kind of experimental anime-obsessed A.I.

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Scotland Loves Anime 2024
Roundup

Scotland Loves Anime 2024

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
Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram Theatrical Review
Film Review

Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram Theatrical Review

Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram Theatrical Review
Detective Conan and Heiji Hattori spring into action to prevent a heist after a challenge from Kid, the Phantom Thief. The stakes then rise as the mystery deepens, flinging everyone into a high-stakes caper in northern Japan! If you're already a fan of the series then you owe it to yourself to take the rare opportunity to see its latest theatrical outing on the big screen, and if you're yet to dip your toe into the world of Detective Conan then why not take this opportunity to check it out?
• 23rd September 2024
Winter 2024 Overview
Roundup

Winter 2024 Overview

Winter 2024 Overview

How was your Winter 2024 Season? Was it better than Autumn 2023? Did the ongoing slew of isekai enchant or overwhelm you? And what on earth was going on in Brave Bang Bravern!? As the late-starting…

AUKN Staff • 31st March 2024
Memories of Akira Toriyama
Opinion

Memories of Akira Toriyama

Memories of Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama's amazing body of work has influenced and entertained so many people around the world. The writers at Anime UK News look back at their memories of their first encounters with the world of Dragon Ball!
AUKN Staff • 10th March 2024
Looking Back at the Autumn Season 2023
Roundup

Looking Back at the Autumn Season 2023

Looking Back at the Autumn Season 2023

Autumn Streaming 2023 has been filled with surprises – mostly pleasant ones! A latecomer, The Apothecary Diaries, turned out to be one of the strongest debuts all year and Frieren started strong…

AUKN Staff • 5th January 2024
Autumn Season 2023: Some Anime UK News Picks
Roundup

Autumn Season 2023: Some Anime UK News Picks

Autumn Season 2023: Some Anime UK News Picks

For once, the hype was real: Frieren is as good as they’d predicted it would be, perhaps even better. But how many of the other slew of brand-new autumn shows are proving as impressive? And the returning…

AUKN Staff • 26th October 2023
Winter 2023 Overview
Roundup

Winter 2023 Overview

Winter 2023 Overview

Overwhelmed by the sheer number of new anime series this Winter Season? We were too! Nevertheless, the writers at Anime UK News are here to share the titles that turned out to be their favourites…

AUKN Staff • 7th April 2023
Autumn 2022 Preview – New Series
Roundup

Autumn 2022 Preview – New Series

Autumn 2022 Preview – New Series
How difficult is it for a brand-new anime series to stand out this autumn from the slew of returning titles? The writers at Anime UK News are here to introduce some of the new material that’s impressed them…so far!
AUKN Staff • 23rd October 2022
Autumn 2022 Preview – Returning Series
Roundup

Autumn 2022 Preview – Returning Series

Autumn 2022 Preview – Returning Series
Bleach returns! Mob Psycho 100 returns! My Hero Academia returns! And many more favourites, old and new, are back this autumn with brand-new seasons. But have these favourites still got what it takes? Find out what the Anime UK News writers think…
AUKN Staff • 22nd October 2022
Summer 2022 Overview – Yeah! or Meh?
Roundup

Summer 2022 Overview – Yeah! or Meh?

Summer 2022 Overview – Yeah! or Meh?
The writers at Anime UK News look back at the Summer 2022 Season – and pick their favourite shows (while also shaking their heads over the series that didn’t live up to their expectations).
AUKN Staff • 3rd October 2022