Today’s review comes from Martin Butler in the form of Production I.G’s vampire showcase; Blood – The Last Vampire. This is a notoriously short film, but one that packs more…
According to news reported by UK Anime, Columbia Tristar have set Steamboy with a UK DVD release date of 6th June (we assume there are no plans for a limited UK theatrical release). The DVD extras…
With February now but a distant memory, March promises to be a busy (and expensive!) month for UK anime fans. There are 3 new shows launching over the next 4 weeks in Chobits, Chrono Crusade and Yu…
Rounding up our coverage of MVM’s February releases, Martin Butler has cast his critical eyes over family-friendly comedy the Adventures of Mini-Goddess #1.
“A light-hearted…EyeonAnime have posted MVM’s revised May, June, July and August release schedules; confirming MVM’s plans to increase their number of DVD releases to 6 different titles per month.…
The latest issue of Neo magazine (fourth edition) is out today and this month’s magazine is their biggest yet (“Now 100 pages of pop culture action”).
The cover image features…
Hot on the heels of my Last Exile #2 review, I’ve taken a look at RahXephon: The Movie (out in February from ADV)- a 2 hour retelling of the popular mecha series.
“I left this film feeling…I recently posted my review of Last Exile #2, another outstanding release from ADV UK in February. If loved the epic, swash-buckling adventures as seen in the likes of Star Wars, Last Exile is the…
The latest issue of Neo magazine (out this Thursday, 3rd March) reveals that MVM have acquired the UK licenses for Paranoia Agent and Samurai Champloo. In fact, according to the magazine, Paranoia…
On Sunday night, Channel 4 broadcasted their much revered “greatest 100 cartoons” rankings, as voted for by the British public. For anime fans, this proved to be an interesting …
As expected, many of last week’s top ranking new releases have fallen out of the Play.com “best selling anime” top 40 and so this week we’re only able to compile a top …
Finally, out today is the first volume of Trigun, MVM’s gun-slinging sci-fi Western that looks set to become one of their most popular releases of 2005. Also out today (from Tartan) is a …
Rounding up the short but sweet Mahoromatic first season, Martin Butler has taken a look at the third volume (out now from ADV) of this fan service friendly, science fiction drama from Gainax.…
A news post on the Anime News Service is stating that the popular ninja anime Naruto could be heading for UK TV sooner than anyone expected; “… Besides the USA, the animation’s…
Gonzo (Last Exile, Hellsing) have announced their intentions to adapt popular Japanese sci-fi novel ‘Murdock Scramble’. Planned to be an OVA with a Japanese release slated for…
With the last week’s news that ADV UK plan to start releasing the New Fist of the North Star OVA series in April, it’s an interesting co-incidence that the Japan based North Star Pictures…
The reviews are coming in thick and fast these days and Ross Taylor has recently set his critical eyes on the Tokyo Godfathers gift set, an expensive limited edition version (out now from Columbia…
US newspaper the LA Times has posted a detailed article comparing (and in Oshii’s case, interviewing) Mamoru Oshii and Hayao Miyazaki, two of the most highly regarded directors of Japanese…
Yukito Kishiro, creator of the Battle Angel manga that is set for a live action adaptation by James Cameron, has been interviewed by Manga News Service.
“As a movie fan, I hope that the film…According to an article in the latest issue of the Radio Times magazine, both Spirited Away and Akira have made the top 20 in Channel 4’s “100 greatest cartoons” program, set…
