Earlier this month Production I.G released a trailer for their latest film, Giovanni’s Island (Giovanni no Shima). It is a story set just after World War II and it is a hand drawn film based on a screenplay…
“I once stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.” – Steven Wright
Over recent years a new kind of manga and anime has seen a raise…
When I heard Jonathan Clements’s introduction to FUSE, it sounded interesting, since I really like stories that are set in the Edo period. The brief talk about how western ideas were bringing…
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.” – Jackie Mason.
[C], an anime series with one of the shortest titles around (unless you count the extra-long…
Following on from AUKN’s last post, a report on Yahoo’s movies page has added slightly more detail about Manga UKs locations for the theatrical run of The Wolf Children.
The Sheffield Showroom…According to Anime New Network the anime Patema Inverted has been licensed for the UK market. Apparently, an announcement was made during its introduction at Scotland Love’s Animation’s Edingburgh…
Production I.Gs reboot of Ghost in the Shell (GitS) continues with the second episode “Ghost Whispers” getting a theatrical run in Japan next month. Here’s the trailer:
The series director is…
Watching my first Makoto Shinkai film in a cinema was probably one of the most memorible things I’ve experienced and Garden Of Words certainly was a great way for me to start my 2013 Scotland…
The light novel series “Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei” by writer Tsutomu Satou and illustrator Kana Ishida is in production over at studio Madhouse and a promotional video has already been released.…
Today a leak in Japan confirmed that Weekly Shounen Jump will be announcing that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders is getting an anime adaptation.
Stardust Crusaders is the…
Lupin the Third is one of the longest running franchises in anime and manga. With multiple TV series, a handful of movies, and a long line of TV specials, it’s something of an institution …
For many years now, fans of Japanese anime in the United Kingdom have hoped that the dedicated anime satellite channel Animax, which has been broadcasting in Asia and mainland Europe for some …
“There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle.” – G. K. Chesterton.
This manga by the late Satoshi Kon dates…
2008 saw the debut of the Strike Witches anime, a fanservice filled, military themed science fiction series set in a very alternate world during what fir us, was World War 2. This addition to the…
“El Psy Congroo.”
Rintarou Okabe, self-styled ‘mad scientist,’ has been playing with fire – and now he’s faced with the consequences of his actions. Having time-travelled or, more accurately,…
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” – Sir Fred Hoyle.
Anime Ltd. concludes their re-release…
