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…
Continuing their recent spate of anime acquisitions, last night Funimation confirmed their licensing of Heroic Age; a 26-episode Greek mythology inspired space opera/mecha anime from 2007.…
The BFI have recently published “Spirited Away: BFI Film Classics” by British writerAndrew Osmond, describing his book as tracing “connections between Spirited Away …
A brand new 5 minute preview of The Sky Crawlers has been posted online for your streaming pleasure. Directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Production I.G, this highly anticipated science-fiction…
Manga Ent. have posted online a trailer for their sci-fi/fantasy flick Origin: Spirits of the past (a.k.a Gin-iro no Kami no Agito), originally released in Japan during January 2006 as animation…
Early footage for Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, has been unofficially leaked online via the video-streaming website Daily Motion. The video shown has been…
Our own Martin Butler was at this past weekend’s Anime Now event (held at the BFI South Bank cinema in London) to take in (amongst several anime movies) the much anticipated question and …
According to reports posted on AnimeOnDVD and EyeOnAnime, ADV UK have cancelled all future separate volume releases of both Kurau Phantom Memory and Red Garden, opting to finish both series …
On Monday, June 30 at 4:30pm and Friday, July 4 at 5:10pm, UK digital TV channel Film4 will be airing Hayao Miyazaki’s 1979 break-through Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro; both showings…
US anime distributor FUNimation have continued their recent licensing spree by acquiring 2007’s baseball anime Ookiku Furikabutte! (and renamed it ‘Big Windup!’). The…
Animation studio Gonzo have announced that the next anime to be subtitled and released onto the internet just hours after its Japanese television broadcast will be their new (fan-service friendly…
Fans of the UK manga movement will be pleased to hear that Sonia Leong‘s global manga adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (“Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet“) has been nominated…
There will be a double-bill screening of retro adventure favourites Lupin 3rd: Secret of Mamo (1978) and Space Adventure Cobra (1982) in the zavvi store at the Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre…
IMAGI’s computer graphics Astro Boy film continues to progress at a steady pace with the news that the movie’s voice cast now includes some big-name Hollywood talent, not least …
