Earlier this week, the last 6 minutes of the third episode of ‘Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2′ (currently airing in Japan) were leaked online and quickly became available…
A Gabriela Robin Site have posted a fully translated interview with OST composer Yoko Kanno (famous for her musical work on the likes of Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne and Wolf’s Rain) concerning…
The first anime-related guest to be hosted at May 2008’s London Expo (ExCeL centre, 24-25 May) has been revealed as English dub actor/director Mike McFarland, noted for directing the …
A streaming trailer for Studio 4C’s theatrical anime anthology ‘Genius Party Beyond’ has been posted online. It consists of 5 short movies created by some of the most acclaimed…
Active Anime have recently published a joint press release from VIZ Media and Manga Entertainment announcing an “exclusive DVD distribution deal in the UK and Ireland”. Of course,…
According to information being solicited to the press, UK anime publisher MVM have licensed the 13 episode shonen-ai (boys love) comedy Gravitation (originally aired in Japan during the autumn…
Gonzo, following up their earlier claims that they intend to push ahead with the rapid distribution of anime across the web, has announced their intentions to initiate an open-pricing model…
The SCI-FI LONDON Film Festival has officially announced the schedule for its annual Anime All Nighter. Taking place at the West End Apollo Cinemas on midnight of Saturday, 3rd May, the line-up…
Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan will be hosting (on August 4 and August 5) a special concert with Studio Ghibli soundtrack composer Joe Hisaishi (including a 200-piece orchestra and 400 chorus…
Earlier today, we updated our UK DVD release schedule to cover the first half of summer 2008. These newly added releases are listed below, but keep in mind, some of them (especially those still …
‘Xcomp’s Yuuenchi’ blog has posted a fascinating (English translated) excerpt from Makoto Shinkai‘s online journal in which it’s revealed that the famous…
It’s well known that the Japanese animation industry farms out a lot of its standard animation tasks to cheap labor in Korea and this often leads to the assumption that all Korean animation…
Seirei no Moribito, a fantasy adventure TV series animated by the acclaimed Production “Ghost in the Shell” IG, has been licensed by Media Blasters for US DVD distribution. The …
An anime TV spin-off from actress Milla Jovovich‘s recent sci-fi/action movie Ultraviolet is set to air in Japan during July of 2008. Animated by Madhouse, the series will be known as “UltraViolet:…
Viz Media has formally announced that it has picked up the first Bleach movie, “Memories of Nobody“, for distribution in the US. It’s now quite likely that this movie, much…
ADV have picked up the shonen action/fantasy with a card-game tie-in, Kiba, for release in North America. The series is 51 episodes long and aired in Japan during 2006. In other news, it seems the…
Rocket Girls has been acquired by Bandai Entertainment for release in North America. The 12 episode TV series from 2007 is, as its name suggests, about a group of high-school girls transformed…
The director’s cut of Highlander: Search for Vengeance will be released in Japan during the summer of 2008. Amongst other things, the movie will feature, for the first time, a Japanese …
