Kotoyo Noguchi is an independent manga artist, illustrator and designer based in Japan. To date she has published two volumes of her Life with Mii: Everyday Cat Stories (Shirokuro Neko Manga) …
Mariko Hihara is an experienced Japanese author who has written over fifty novels, primarily in the boys’ love/yaoi and fantasy genres, as well as scripts for several manga. She has been…
On Saturday 24th October 2015 the first MCM Loves Anime took place, held by anime distributor Anime Limited to coincide with the MCM Comic Con. The event involved a marathon of five anime films…
At the end of last month, one of Scotland’s historic cities (that we’ll leave a mystery) hosted a special event for all fans of anime, Sci-Fi and comics culture – the Glasgow…
The BFI London Film Festival runs from October 07th to October 18thand features a programme of Japanese films that contain anime and live-action, drama and adventure and a J-horror title thrown…
2015 marks the fifth year of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, the only film event in Wales to show anime on the big screen. The festival takes place over the course of a day in Cardiff and …
For five years I have been to various conventions around the UK and reporting on them for Anime UK News. Last year I decided to expand my convention travels to Ireland for the first MCM Dublin Comic…
Anime and manga have plenty of diversity in terms of genre and setting, whether it be futuristic mecha, fantasy-like magical girls, romantic harems and boys’ love tales, stories set in…
Of all the light novel series overdue a release, perhaps the biggest title was Durarara!! Yen Press have been releasing the manga adaptation for some time, and the anime adaptation has been hugely…
The Summer 2015 anime season is less than a week away and Anime UK News has collected a selection of highlights in TV anime to help you to get a better idea of what you may want to watch.
Spring 2015 turned…
The Summer 2015 anime season is less than a week away and Anime UK News has collected a selection of highlights in TV anime to help you to get a better idea of what you may want to watch.
Spring 2015 turned…
‘Anime’ is a Western coined word used to define Japanese style of motion-picture animation. It sounds simple to identity, especially when key visual cues such as the big eyes, colourful hair …
Alice in Wonderland in Japan
by Zoe Burgess
(an extract from ‘The Representation of Alice in Wonderland in Japan’ to celebrate 150 years of Alice)
There has been a long tradition of classic western…
WARNING: This article covers an adult title and may cause offense.
“The best zoom lens is your legs.” – Ernst Haas
In January 2015 Digital Manga Publishing launched a new …
The Spring 2015 anime season launches at the end of March which means over thirty new shows are in line for broadcast and Anime UK News is here to provide some of the highlights and some of the obscure…
The Spring 2015 anime season launches at the end of March which means over thirty new shows are in line for broadcast and Anime UK News is here to provide some of the highlights and some of the more …
London’s Cadogan Hall is arguably in the best possible location for a music venue, being only a two minute walk from one of the world’s busiest and most connected subway systems, yet also neatly…
“If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?” – T. H. Huxley.
First published in 2001, with an expanded edition in 2006, …
Last year I did an introduction to the card game Weiss Schwarz in which I talked about the rules and mechanics of the game If you missed it, here is a link to the article: http://www.animeuknews.net/article/123/introduction-to-the-anime-card-game-weiss-schwarz-…
“People say that rap music causes violence, but if music about violence causes violence then what impact must Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture have had then? 19th century Europe must…
