Every so often an anime will take people by surprise and become the talk of the (anime-based) internet, and last year My Hero Academia was just such a show. Blending western comics with shonen manga…
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…
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Naruto Shippuden’s UK release continues to move ever forward (I’m running out of unique ways to phrase that, I may have to start repeating them soon…) as the 28th 2-disc “box …
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 …
Warning: Review contains episode spoilers
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in…
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:
High School DxD (2012/TNK) Mikagura School…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.…
Warning: Contains spoilers to Part 1.
“It’s all in the mind you know, it’s all in the mind.” – The Goons
The second part of Zeta Gundam sees the series really firing up, as we witness love, death, betrayal…
“Playing for someone else is more important than you’d think. You said you started playing the piano for someone else, right? That’s when you’re able to play well. When you’ve…
“The Guardian: Newt technology spills end to misprints.” – Stephen Fry
The original Mobile Suit Gundam did badly in the ratings when it went out originally in 1979, so perhaps what is most surprising…
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 …
The Pokémon franchise has recently been enjoying its time in the limelight again with the release of the latest main series game installments, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, as well as various …
