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 …
Rapidly following on from their currently running anime season, the BFI Southbank are planning to screen 24 live action classic “Japanese gems” through-out July. The following…
Following up last week’s report on Tokyopop‘s internal restructuring, theBookseller.com have published a short interview with Tokyopop‘s new UK sales and marketing …
Popularly translated as Club-to-death (or Beating) Angel Dokuro-chan, the fan-favourite ‘slapstick’ comedy “Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan” has been licensed…
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a newer “version” of the original 1995 sci-fi classic by Mamoru Oshii. It has been completely remastered (in terms of visuals and sound; including a new 6.1…
On Sunday (June 8th) afternoon, a 25-year-old man (allegedly) by the name of Tomohiro Kato drove his truck into the heart of Tokyo’s Akihabara and injured several people. Upon exiting …
