Today at the American anime convention “AnimeNext”, US anime company Funimation announced they had acquired the licensing rights to Studio GONZO’s (Hellsing, Last Exile…
According to Play.com, the UK release of Katsuhiro Otomo’s much anticipated new movie Steamboy has been delayed 6 months until the 30th of January 2006! This news comes hot on the heels …
NEO magazine have sent us the cover-art and revealed the features that will be inside their 8th issue, which includes a pull-out poster magazine (with amongst others, posters of Fullmetal Alchemist,…
According to reports on Anime on DVD, Production I.G. are planning to “re-cut” Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for a 140-minute movie re-telling of “the Laughing …
The hard working people behind the IMAF (International Manga and Anime Festival) have let us know about their 2005 event. Starting on the 21st of October, the London festival’s highlight…
Taking in yet another UK debut release, Martin Butler has penned his impressions of MVM’s vampire romance Tsukihime Lunar Legend.
At this early stage Tsukihime is a very intriguing show…Keeping up to date with MVM’s June releases, Martin Butler has reviewed the second volume of the multi-layered philosophical drama Haibane Renmei.
Haibane Renmei is quickly becoming…The magazine Businessweek have written a very in-depth article entitled “The Anime Biz” about the current state of the Japanese anime industry. The article (which is written from…
According to a post on the AnimeOnDVD forums, ADV UK’s September release dates have now been tentatively scheduled for the 19th of September and amongst others is the UK debut for “Peacemaker”,…
ADV UK have sent us their August press releases, amongst others confirming the latest instalments of Last Exile and Evangelion Platinum as well as UK debuts for Divergence Eve and DNAngel.15th…
According to a news update on ICv2, it is still unsure whether James Cameron will be working on a live action adaption of Yukito Kishiro’s popular Battle Angel (a.k.a. Gunnm) manga anytime…
I’ve reviewed the surprisingly underwhelming fourth volume of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, out now in the UK from Manga Ent..
I also want to take this opportunity to introduce…
Despite garnering something of a mixed reaction from UK fans, Stuart Bullen enjoyed MVM’s June release of the feature length Blue Gender: The Warrior movie, a shortened retelling of the…
Martin Butler has penned his views on the popular coming-of-age sci-fi series Chobits #2. This DVD was released in the UK during May courtesy of MVM.
The next four episodes of Chobits continue…Another week and another mid-month wave of UK DVD releases from the likes of MVM, Manga Ent. and Beez. New series kicking off include Gundam Seed, Texhnolyze and Tsukihime Lunar Legend, while …
A Highlander website has recently posted a short teaser trailer for Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s (famous director of Ninja Scroll, X TV and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust) feature-length Highlander…
The chaps from Tokonatsu 2005 have asked us to mention their incoming UK anime festival, a rare anime gathering held outdoors- fans are advised to bring their tents! More information is posted…
Bravely trying to keep up with MVM’s latest DVD releases, I’ve reviewed the second volume of Gungrave (out now in the UK).
Gungrave #2 wastes no time by throwing us into the nitty-gritty…To co-incide with the imminent limited US cinema release of Howl’s Moving Castle, four short (English dubbed) clips of the film have been made available for streaming in Quicktime and …
