Swash-buckling Hollywood star Johnny Depp, still fresh from his all-conquering role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, will be taking to the waves once again but this time, …
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (a.k.a Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo) recently won the Special Distinction prize at the 31st Annecy International Animated Film Festival (a prestigious French awards…
Aside from our regular staple of news articles, here at Anime UK News we’re working our little butts off to provide you with insightful, eloquent and relevant anime reviews. As a result …
At its 2007 Editors’ Day presentation, held in San Francisco last week, NAMCO Bandai unveiled a trailer for the upcoming Afro Samurai video game.
A NAMCO Bandai representative promised…
After seemingly going on hiatus for over a year, the second half (episodes 4 to 6) of KARAS will soon be released in Japan (starting in August). The action-packed sci-fi OVA series was conceived…
The growing infamy of and controversy surrounding lolicon manga in and outside of Japan has captured the attentions of the country’s governments and police; especially those publications…
In an interesting move, Viz Media (US) have issued cease and desist notices to a number of fansub groups and file sharing communities involved in the production and distribution of Death Note …
Former Studio Ghibli director Hiroyuki Morita (“The Cat Returns”) has revealed online (via a Japanese production blog) that despite directing the GONZO-animated adaptation…
Bandai revealed all four of the Gundam Meister pilots and their Gundam mobile suit robots in this October’s Mobile Suit Gundam 00 science fiction series on June 14.
The event at the Shinagawa…
According to Anime News Network, anime producers “Marvelous Entertainment” are said to be planning a sequel to 2003’s acclaimed action-drama “Gunslinger Girl”.…
Warner Bros. official website for Speed Racer has recently gone live with a bunch of promotional images and videos (though no actual footage of the movie itself).
Speed Racer is being directed…
Production I.G have published the second (and fairly short) part of their interview with the legendary soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno. The interview, intended to promote Stand Alone Complex…
US anime distributors Bandai Visual have announced their licensing of a new mecha-horror TV series – “Kissdum ~Engage Planet~”. Having collected mixed reviews (mostly…
ICv2 now hosts an interview with Viz Vice President of Sales Gonzalo Ferreyra, and Director of Retail Marketing David Rewalt regarding Viz’s planned Naruto manga release blitz.
The interview…
Kotaku are reporting that Ubisoft’s much anticipated XBox 360 video game “Naruto: Rise of a Ninja” will be released (outside of Japan) with both English and Japanese language…
The Anime Network (UK) need your help; they are looking for form a promotional army a.k.a. street team to help spread the word that anime is on UK TV:
“We’re looking to come out strong…In an emotional interview with Ain’t it Cool News, Highlander: Search For Vengence producer Galen Walker has revealed that his company, Imagi, decided to edit Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s…
Otaku News have published a short article talking with the male half of the UK’s Anime Network TV presenting team – Stuart Claw. Despite showing an expected bias towards ADV’s…
ComiPress have published an interesting and detailed summary of all the “English Anime Magazines and Journals” released during 2006-2007. The article, which even includes the…
With the release of the first volume of 009-1 in the USA on June 19th, ADV Films have teamed up with IGN to stream the first episode of the series for free. To watch the episode, click here.
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