The latest issue (#34) of ImagineFX (on sale since Tuesday 29 July) features a manga-inspired cover (girl with mech) drawn by Udon Entertainment’s Saejin Oh. The issue itself contains…
ADV Films and LDMS have sent out a press release detailing their UK DVD release schedule for the final quarter of 2008, which has been hit by the recently announced cancellations. This new schedule…
Though it seemed inevitable that the issues surrounding ADV in the US would eventually impact on their UK activity too, a report via AnimeOnDVD has formally confirmed that the following ADV UK…
American movie producer Erwin Stoff, whose credits include I Am Legend, A Scanner Darkly and The Matrix (as well as working as an agent for Keanu Reeves) has revealed to iF Magazine that he’s…
Manga Entertainment have formally confirmed their UK release of The Girl Who Lept Through Time by announcing plans for a limited theatrical run; the movie is set to open in selected UK cinemas…
Otaku News has posted a press release from the British Film Institute announcing their Osamu Tezuka Season at the London Barbican theater, which is set to run from Thursday 18th September to Wednesday…
AmeCon 2008 have announced that Kari Walgren, an English dub actress well known for her roles as Haruko of FLCL and Lavie Head of Last Exile, will be at the summer convention as a guest. AmeCon 2008…
Ever continuing to announce new anime licenses, this time Funimation have revealed their acquisition of 2007’s Baccano!, an action-packed, gangster-filled and stylish 16 episode …
One of the issues currently facing the Japanese anime industry is finding creators with enough talent to inherit the creativity and popularity of aging Studio Ghibli maestros Hayao Miyazaki…
News of ADV Films financial strife continues to twist and turn in the US with recent reports that they have further “discontinued” their anime DVD releases of Makoto Shinkai’s…
A number of new anime sequels/spin-offs have been announced recently.
Though specific details are sparse at this early stage, a new (third) season of Black Lagoon was officially announced in…Earlier this week, Sony launched their video download service with several anime series, many of them from US distributor Funimation (Afro Samurai, Samurai 7, […]), but one particular…
With its Japanese theatrical release imminent (July 19), an (English translated) review of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie) has been published online via …
A translated interview with anime director Shoji Kawamori and soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno discussing the making of their popular new soundtrack for Macross Frontier has been published …
After months of hype from the North American anime distributor Bandai Entertainment boasting that a “new era” is coming as part of the Nebula Project, and our own representitive…
Spanning from July 3-6, Anime Expo is arguably the biggest anime convention in America, usually where the American anime distributors announce several titles.
Amongst all the noise Funimation…
Information is scarce, but Canned Dogs is reporting that Japanese animation studio Bones has a sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist in its planning stages – with Irie Yasuhiro as the director,…
With the Los Angeles’ Anime Expo in full swing this weekend, several announcements are either forthcoming or have already been made. Worthy of note so far has been the activity of Funimation,…
As the Western manga industry further establishes itself with consumers, more and more Japanese publishers are taking a firmer grip with their international sales. The latest manga label to…
While the likes of Funimation and Bandai continue to thrive, international anime publisher ADV Films appears to be undergoing something of a financial crisis. In the last few weeks alone, several…
