The April/May issue of Visual Scene magazine has been released and is packed with material and artwork covering all aspects of Japanese pop culture. In the words of the magazine itself, “Inside,…
The city of Bristol will publicly celebrate the life of acclaimed fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones tomorrow at 14:30 at St George’s Church on Brandon Hill. Anime fans may best remember …
Resident Evil: Damnation, the 3D CGI action film starring Leon S. Kennedy, has been given a theatrical release date of the 27th October.
This is the second CGI film based on the Resident Evil franchise…
The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has revealed that there will be a TV anime version of Marvellous AQL’s 3DS side-scrolling sexy ninja action title Senran Kagura. Warning: trailer contains…
Bakuman is coming to an end in this year’s combined 21st/22nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine which goes on sale next Monday.
Synopsis Moritaka Mashiro is a talented artist, Akito Takagi …
New manga releases coming out this week:
Dorohedodo Volume 6
(200 pgs) (Viz Media)
RRP: £8.13
Air Gear 23
(208 pgs) (Kodansha)
RRP: £7.99
Sengoku Basara:
Samurai Legends 1
(360 pgs) (Udon)
RRP:…
Almost twenty years since the debut of the critically acclaimed movie Ninja Scroll Madhouse revealed their intentions of making a new Ninja Scroll project.
News broke earlier this month at Sakura-Con…
The 4th Annual Terracotta Far East Film Festival wrapped up yesterday with Sion Sono’s live action adaptation of the manga Himizu winning the Audience Award.
Synopsis
The film is based on Minoru…
Anime maker Studio 4C and car maker Toyota have combined to create a new online anime series called PES: Peace Eco Smile.
The series consists of seven episodes three-or-four minutes long based…
New Anime Releases for Monday:
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
Described as “Blade Runner” meets “Ghost In The Shell”, cyberpunk action-thriller Mardock Scramble: The First Compression…
The trailer for Mamoru Hosoda’s next film has been released.
Synopsis In a story that takes place over thirteen years the theme of love between parents and children is explored. It starts when …
The Genesis cinema in East London is screening Akira, the cult classic anime. For a chance to win one of two pair of tickets, enter our competition here! To book your tickets, visit the Genesis cinema…
The 2012 Olympic Games open on the 27th of July and the entire world will get to see how Danny Boyle and his team of creatives represent the culture of the UK and London. We are already getting swamped…
The Japanese movie site Cinema Today uploaded teaser trailer for the forthcoming Fairy Tale movie adaptation.
Synopsis The Fairy Tail wizard’s guild find themselves in an adventure to save…
Kaze UK announced on Twitter and the news forum that they have licensed the Berserk movie for UK distribution with ambitious plans to give it a theatrical premiere.
Synopsis
The saga follows Guts…
Anime magazine NEO is preparing for the release of its 100th issue later this year.
With issue 97 coming out on Thursday 19th April, the 100th issue is expected to come out on Thursday 12th July.…
Neo magazine has revealed that Japan Underground have organised a musical event at The Pipeline on the 14th of May where they will introduce three new rock acts from Japan including 8otta, Miila…
The official website for Sankarea is now streaming a trailer for the anime.
Synopsis Chihiro Furuya is a high school boy with an obsession. That obsession is zombies. He collects anything connected…
A brand new convention, CamCon, is to be held in Cambridge on 12th May, 2012. It will cover anime and manga, as well as comics, sci-fi and games.
The event, to be held at The Junction, Clifton Way, …
The official website for Sword Art Online posted a trailer over the weekend
Synopsis
Kazuto “Kirito” Kirigaya is a programmer who enters a virtual-reality, massively multi-player…
