Earlier this week it was revealed that the high budget live action adaptation of the extremely popular Shonen Jump manga series Death Note managed to topple the Da Vinci Code in the Japanese box…
According to Square Enix, Final Fantasy: Advent Children has sold an impressive 2.4 million copies (DVDs and UMD) around the world. 100,000 have been sold in Europe but surprisingly, a clear …
Unfortunately, FUNimation have been unable to secure the rights to use Duran Duran’s song “Girls on film” as the opening theme for their US DVD release of Speed Grapher.
Speed…
ADV UK have been travelling the country showing off their much anticipated movie The Places Promised In Our Early Days (directed by Makoto Shinkai of Voices of a Distant Star fame) and in a new press…
Scottish (Glasgow-based) anime convention Auchinawa have sent us their latest press release, confirming that Scott Ramsoomair of “renowned webcomic” VGCats will be a guest …
FuyuCon has let us know about their Nottingham-based convention. Taking place between Friday 19th October and Sunday 21st October 2007, there are 500 spaces available for UK anime fans, and …
In a statement earlier this evening, UK digital TV channel Rapture TV have confirmed that Mezzo DSA will replace Wolf’s Rain, starting Thursday the 6th of July (presumably at 8:30pm).…
According to the latest issue of NEO magazine, Inuyasha will be released on UK DVD by Fabulous Films and Fremantle Home Entertainment.
Both of these companies share a relationship with ITV (for…
After a quiet month, the UK anime is finally back up to speed this week, with releases covering the latest instalment from a number of series from ADV and MVM, along with the final volume of Project…
Later tonight the last episode (ep. 30) of Wolf’s Rain will air on Rapture TV for the last time and the UK digital channel are now looking to replace it with another anime series.
Earlier it…
Antara News have published an article looking at the growth of manga in the UK; an industry where “sales of graphic novels and manga have shot up from just over 100,000 units ($2.8 million)…
Nausicaa.net have posted a brief translation of an interview with veteren anime director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor) in which he talks with enthusiam about Goro Miyazaki taking…
Play.com have posted their listing of the Naruto (Uncut) Series 1 DVD box set including the DVD cover art. This box set, which should be released in the UK on the 21st of August, will contain the first…
The UK anime market continues at a slow pace, with just one more DVD set to hit shelves today in the form of the first volume of .hack//Legend of the Twilight.12 June 2006.hack//Legend of the Twilight…
AnimeOnDVD are reporting that Geneon have licensed historical WW2 based anime Zipang for the US market. MVM have released some of Geneon’s titles in the UK so a release over here could happen…
Two brand new competitions for you to enter, including one in which you can pick up a Toshiba DVD Player!
In this outstanding competition, one lucky winner will pick up not only a copy of Manga UK’s…According to AICN, Roy Lee (producer of the American adaptations of Ringu and Dark Water) and Neal Moritz (producer of The Fast and the Furious and xXx) have turned their eyes on producing an American…
ADV UK have sent us their July and August press releases, confirming the following release dates. DVDs of note are the concluding volumes of DN Angel, high school comedy Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!…
LAME* 2006 (London Anime Meet-up for the Elite) will be commencing on July 1st. For more information, take a look at this website.…
According to Animetion.co.uk, TokyoPop are moving ahead with plans to bring their anime to the UK with the likes of Initial D and GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka already being mooted for a UK DVD release.…
