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There’s 5 anime releases due out this week. You may need no introduction to the likes of Naruto and Pokemon, but have you heard about My Hero Academia? Serialised in Weekly Shōnen Jump…

Manga Ent. have a history of producing their own releases. Long before Hiroyuki Imaishi became famous for creating Gurren Lagann, he made the crazy Dead Leaves for Manga Ent.. Today, the company…

According to a post on the Anime UK News forums, Universal Pictures have 6 anime series planned for home video release in 2017, the first of which will be Starmyu (2015) on August 7th, with a lower…

Makoto Shinkai’s world-famous anime film your name. will finally receive its home video release in Japan on July 26, and it may be of interest to UK anime fans that these releases (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray,…

A Silent Voice, which was released in UK cinemas in March by Anime Ltd and National Amusements and “enjoy[ed] a strong box office result”, has been scheduled for Hard of Hearing showings…

The last couple of days has brought news of two anime classics, both of which could be classed as sci-fi westerns, transitioning to the UK’s streaming anime market.

First of all, Cowboy…

The author of the popular Fairy Tail manga has announced that the long-running story will end “in about 2 more volumes”. Volume 61 of the manga was released in Japan earlier in May …

There’s a number of interesting anime DVD/Blu-Ray releases coming out this week. Not least of all is Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, the concluding half of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s famous…

Last.fm have put together a list of their most scrobbled anime soundtracks of all time, curated by Manga UK.…

The video streaming market is an interesting place for anime fans right now. The competition is intense, with the long established Crunchyroll now facing strong competition in the form of Amazon…

A study by the Japan Press Research Institute to find the most recognised Japanese people alive and dead has revealed some surprising results.…

Bloomberg have published an article speculating that North American anime distributor Funimation could be (or has been) the subject of competing take-over bids from Universal and Sony:

Both…

Crunchyroll have announced that the following 3 anime series have been added to their streaming catalogue and are available to the United Kingdom:

Full UK cinema listings for In This Corner of the World (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) have been posted on the film’s website. Screenings will begin on Wednesday, 28th June.…

The live action Blade of the Immortal film opened in Japan last weekend. Hiroaki Samura’s violent samurai manga of the same name began serialization in 1993 and has already inspired an …

Wave Motion Cannon recently published an article titled “Anime Production Issues: A Working Environment that isn’t Improving“, which is a translation of an interview with an …