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New Ghost in the Shell Anime announced
A new Ghost in the Shell anime has been announced for release in 2013.
The name of the anime will be Ghost in the Shell ARISE. Staff will include Kise Kazuchika (Executive director), Tow Ubukata …
New Anime Releases 14/01/2013
New anime releases for Monday Bleach: Series 10 – Part 1 (Manga Entertainment and Kaze) RRP: £24.99 Buy from Amazon for £17.99…
MANGA STUDIES: From Architecture to Female Otaku Event
LAPCSF is organizing a session devoted to Manga Studies with researchers and professionals visiting from Japan. The global circulation of manga has attracted increased attention and Manga…
Live Action Antique Bakery Trailer and Details
Terracotta rocked our world last year when they released Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack in the UK and they look set to bring another great adaptation of a much beloved manga in the form of the Korean live-action…
Bristol Cosplay Flash mob + Cosplay Competition at IBT
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Bristol is playing host to a mass cosplayer flash mob on 17th Feb 2013 as part of IBT festival 13; an experimental performance festival taking place across the city. Recognising…
Vampire Princes Miyu re-release by MVM
MVM Confimed in their twitter feed the re-release of Vampire Princess Miyu.
“Ok folks, lets lighten up this Thursday afternoon by announcing that our re-release, due Q2 2013, will be Vampire…
Tokyopop Set To Return
Recently at Anime LA, Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy revealed that Tokyopop was set to make a return to business in North America.
He explained that Tokyopop had not actually gone bankrupt and instead became…
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai Promotional Video
The official website for Sasami-san@Ganbaranai has started streaming a new promotional video for the anime which premieres tomorrow on TBS.
Synopsis
Sasami is a hikikomori who is looked after…
Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home Movie Details
The movie sequel for Hanasaku Iroha is only a couple of months away from a theatrical release but it is only now that details surrounding the plot have been released and thanks to twitter user @ultimatemegax…
SunnyCon 2013 Press Release
SunnyCon may only have launched last year but it is making massive strides catering to the UK’s Japanophiles. Well we at AUKN have great news as a press release for SunnyCon 2013 has been released.…
Phantom Thief Roman to be streamed by Crunchy Roll
Mokey Punch’s Phantom Thief Roman (Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman) anime that we announced a few days ago will be streamed by Crunchy Roll.
New Manga from Natsume Ono
A new manga from Natsume Ono (House of the five leaves / Ristorante Paradiso) is now available online for free on the official website of Japanese Ikki magazine. Unfortunately, an English translation…
Wolf Children screening at Glasgow Youth Festival
Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children will have another screening at the Glasgow Film Theatre on the 10th of Feb, 2013 at 12:45.
Details of 101 Films release of Elfen Lied
New anime licensor 101 Films has released more information concerning their release of Elfen Lied. The series is being released as a DVD boxset, over 4 discs and with a double-sided poster. It …
Lupin III’s creator new anime Roman Phantom Thief
The Roman Phantom Thief series from Monkey Punch, Lupin, the 3rd‘s creator, have a new anime starting on the 7th of Jan. If you enjoyed Lupin, the 3rd – The woman called Fujiko Mine,…
Another free season at Anime On Demand
Anime on Demand‘s Andrew Partridge announced that the streaming website will offer another free season and that 5 new shows will be added in it on AUKN’s forums.
“Got five …