The MTV Movies Blog has word that (Hollywood actor) Keanu Reeves is currently working on a live action adaptation of the (1997) sci-fi anime TV series Cowboy Bebop, with the intention of playing…
Schoolgirl Milky Crisis isn’t hentai. It’s actually the title of Jonathan Clements‘ forthcoming book, which collects his opinions and anecdotes on the anime and manga …
Earlier in December, UK DVD distributor Pinnacle Vision fell into administration. They were the DVD distributor for, amongst many others, anime publishers Beez and Revelation Films (as well…
In what is fast becoming an annual tradition during the festive month of December, three of anime films from Studio Ghibli will be appearing on UK TV over the coming weeks. Although not nearly as…
The London Expo was held over this past weekend. It is one of the biggest trade events for the UK anime industry and, as a result, is where many of the most exciting news stories are first broken to …
Earlier this year, Revelation Films postponed their entire 2008 release schedule to “concentrate” on their existing releases. This mean’t that, amongst many others, …
Following on from August’s news, Manga Entertainment UK and North America’s Funimation have officially announced an exclusive distribution partnership. This is an agreement…
The anime-orientated video streaming website Crunchyroll has signed new agreements with Japanese officials for the free video streaming/pay-to-download rights of two new anime series. …
MVM Films have circulated four streaming video clips of their soon to be released (13th October) movie The Adolescence of Utena (a.k.a Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie), a romantic drama …
The live action Death Note 2: The Last Name will be released on UK DVD on the 13th of October (from 4 Digital Asia) and to help promote the film, a trailer been published online for your previewing …
After many months of uncertainty, ADV Films have finally confirmed a new anime license, which, in turn, suggests their recent struggles might finally be behind them.
The formally huge anime …
Earlier in September, UK newspaper The Guardian published an article profiling the experimental, adult-side of the reowned anime/manga creator Osamu Tezuka. Imaginatively titled “…
The National Media Museum of Bradford (West Yorkshire) will be hosting a sequence of four screenings of Howl’s Moving Castle, director Hayao Miyazaki’s (family friendly) fantasy anime from…
Anime UK News have received a press release from The Grand International Cosplay Ball, an event that’s happening on the evening of November 30th at The Clapham Grand in London. Quotes from…
Originally, Manga Entertainment had planned to release the first two episodes of Hellsing Ultimate in the UK on one DVD volume in August ’08, however, according to a press release circulated…
Running from 27 August to 6 September was the prestigious Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world.
Hayao Miyazaki with his film ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea‘ …
Production I.G’s sci-fi drama The Sky Crawlers (the latest anime film to be directed by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Innocence)) has been licensed for a US release (amongst many other…
Though it has been out in Japanese cinemas for no more than a couple of weeks, reports on Anime News Network are talking about unnamed Hollywood movie studios showing an interest in remaking Detroit…
Nagi Noda, the director of the memorable first opening theme for Honey & Clover (see video link below), as passed away, aged 35, due to on-going complications following a traffic accident…
World renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, famous for cultivating the satirical Superflat movement, has directed the animated music video for the song ‘Good Morning‘ …
