Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill will receive its UK television premiere on Film4 at 17.20 on Sunday 4th May.
The movie, directed by Goro Miyazaki, will be broadcast in the original Japanese…
Thirteen-year-old Rikuo Nura is one quarter yōkai which means that he can only assume his powerful yōkai form, Nurarihyon, during the hours of darkness. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather,…
This book and indeed this review are rather timely, as Yen Press has recently announced that will be publishing more light novels. This can only be a good move, as now we will be able to read the original…
New anime releases this week
Yen Press have just held their panel at Sakura Con in the United States, where they dropped the bombshell that the A Certain Magical Index light novels will finally be published in English. Yen …
The light novel business may be thriving in Japan, but outside of their home country things have been less than positive. Numerous times, publishers have tried to tap into the market overseas …
Brain Base’s anime adaptation of Wataru Watari’s slice of life series My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU was quite a surprise hit when it aired in Japan last Spring. So it’s no surprise…
A few weeks ago two French manga critics, Matthieu Pinon and Laurent Lefebvre, launched a project on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The project is called 1952-2012: Stories of Modern…
In 2011, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine became the first new television anime project based on Monkey Punch’s original manga in 27 years and recently, it was announced that the …
UPDATE: MVM have also confirmed that they will be releasing Kamisama Kiss in the United Kingdom on DVD.
Last Summer, TV Tokyo aired the Silver Link animated TV anime adaptation of Nico Tanigawa’s…
At the heart of Eureka Seven AO is the story of a half-alien boy, Ao Fukai, abandoned at the age of two, trying to find and save his mother. Ao, at thirteen, is now flying his mother’s mecha (or IFO) …
A while back, the critically acclaimed, Academy Award winning animation studio Studio Ghibli announced that they will be releasing an animated movie based on Joan G. Robinson’s novel…
“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” – A. Whitney Brown
Manga Entertainment recently released Sword Art Online, an…
“Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action.” – Ian Fleming.
This is a TV series originating from Japan, set in 1931, which amongst other things…
Every two years, the British Film Institute hosts the Anime Weekend, where they show off some of the best Japanese animated movies over the course of a long weekend, so it comes as no surprise that…
“The only reason I have to fight is because I have to win!” Ichigo to Ulquiorra
Series 13 Episodes 266-278
Things don’t look too good for Orihime. Left a prisoner in Las Noches in the care of Ulquiorra…
