An exclusive interview with Go Nagai (creator of the series ‘Demon Lord Dante’ and ‘Devilman’) from a press confrence that took place in April during the Napels Comicon…
Geneon Entertainment’s weekly mailer spreadsheet has indirectly announced a North American DVD release date of August 28th for the first volume of ‘The Story Of Saiunkoku’…
All of May’s UK anime DVD releases are listed below. Of course, if you are excited about some of these releases, feel free to drop by our community forums and let us know what you think!
07 MAY…A new UK manga publisher has arrived! Having inked a deal with Viz Media, “Simon & Schuster” are set to publish the likes of Naruto and Bleach in the UK and Ireland. According to…
According to Play.com, “Naruto Unleashed: Series 2 Part 2” [RRP: £24.99] is set for a UK release on the 27th of August, followed up by the “Naruto Unleashed: Complete Series…
It has been said for a while that manga is rapidly expanding in the UK; a few years ago we had to import 95% of graphic novels from the US or Japan, yet now manga is even influencing the UK’s catholic…
Long time GAINAX producer, animator and character designer Takami Akai has resigned from the company under a storm of controversy following a series of comments he made about Japanese otaku …
Segolene Royal, a French socialist government official in the running for the upcoming presidential election, is causing concern in Japan due to her views on two of the country’s major…
TokyoPop have published an interview with auteur anime director Satoshi Kon, looking at his latest movie, Paprika, as well as the rest of his career to date; his beginnings as a manga-ka, his influences…
Sony Pictures have launched their official website for Tekkon Kinkreet, including a brand new trailer.…
Beez, one the primary anime DVD distributors operating in the UK, have released information detailing their boxset plans for 2007. These new releases are as follows:
Dated UK DVD box-sets[23/04/07]…
To celebrate its most recent UK DVD debut, Anime UK News are delighted to be giving away no less than 5 brand new copies of “InuYasha: Season 1”. Fans have been waiting for nigh-on a …
Over the weekend at the Anime Boston convention two new US DVD anime licenses were announced – ADV have snapped up the 12 episode science fiction series Innocent Venus while Geneon confirmed…
Anime blog Anipages Daily have published a detailed and illuminating interview with Michael Arias, director of Studio 4C’s latest theatrical movie, Tekkon Kinkreet, which was just …
Play.com are listing the Sony-Pictures licensed Tekkon Kinkreet as being set for a UK DVD release on 3rd September, 2007 (the same release date as Paprika).
Tekkon Kinkreet is an acclaimed anime…
Celebrating the UK DVD release of Naruto Unleashed: Series 2 Part 1 (due Monday, 21st May ’07), the likes of Manga Ent. and Jetix have teamed up to coordinate a cross-country cosplay event…
For those of you who intend to buy the newly revised “Anime Encyclopedia”, authors Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy will be on hand at Farringdons book store in the London Barbican…
According to Play.com, Sony Pictures have again pushed back the UK DVD release of Satoshi “Perfect Blue” Kon’s latest movie Paprika – it’s now dated as 3rd September,…
VIZ Media have acquired the global licensing rights to anime TV series Blue Dragon. With a story developed by Final Fantasy luminaries Hironobu Sakaguchi (story, concept) and Nobuo Uematsu …
An English-translated interview with Yoko Kanno has been posted on the official Production I.G website. The article mostly concerns her composing of the many Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone …
