Shonen Jump puts 6 global manga finalists to public vote
Earlier this year, it was announced in Weekly Shonen Jump that Shuiesha was holding a global manga competition – where entrants from around the world can have their work chosen by JUMP …
New Chunibyo Season 2 trailer airs
Chunibyo Demo koi ga Shitai! Ren, the sequel series to Chunibyo’s romantic comedy 2012 animation series Chunibyo Demo Koi ga Shitai! (Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions) is set to begin…
Start 2014 with Free Film Screenings at the Japan Foundation
Following on from last week’s report and feature on the forthcoming Japan Foundation Touring Film Festival Anime UK News has received exciting information on free screenings of Japanese films…
Wolf Children
Wolf Children follows the story of Hana, who at the start of the film is your typical 19-year-old college student who falls in love with a man, but not just any man, a Wolf Man. Born from a now extinct…
A Look at The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2014
The line-up of films for the 11th Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme has been announced for its run in 2014 (January 31st to March 27th 2014) and it goes under the title ‘East Side Stories’…
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2014 Line-Up Announced
The 11th Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme has announced its line-up for 2014 and it goes under the title ‘East Side Stories’ and the theme for this festival is youth.
The website notes:…
Tamako Love Story anime movie confirmed for April 2014
It was previously announced that Kyoto Animation were working on a new Tamako Market project, following up from the television anime series that aired at the beginning of the year. Today, it…
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan receiving anime adaptation
2013/12/18THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NAGATO YUKI-CHAN Anime Adaptation in the WorksHARUHI-CHAN & CHURUYA-SAN are also being distributed!
This not-so cryptic message is what users are…
UK Anime & Manga Christmas Gift Guide 2013
With only several sleeps to go until Christmas Day, everyone is either really organized with their shopping, having all the presents wrapped and ready to give, or they’re scrambling around in…
Gordon-Levitt leads English The Wind Rises cast
Today, Studio Ghibli announced the cast for the English language dub of The Wind Rises, the Golden Globe-nominated final theatrical feature from acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki.…
The Wind Rises at the Glasgow Film Festival
The Wind Rises, the latest Studio Ghibli film released earlier this year, will be playing at the Glasgow Film Festival on Sunday, February 09th, 2014 at 3:45 pm.
It will be shown as part of the festival’s…
Sword Art Online Volume 1
‘In this world, ‘Game Over’ is equivalent to death in the real world.’
Thousands of keen players – including young Kirito – who have logged into Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG,…
Wandering Son Volume 5
“Look at her! You’d think it’s the end of the world!”
Shuichi ‘Nitorin’ Nitori (a boy who would rather have been born a girl) and his friend Yoshino Takatsuki (a girl who would rather have been born…
Next BBFC Podcast to focus on classification of anime
As part of their latest #askBBFC Twitter session, the British Board of Film Classification revealed that the next instalment of their podcast, which is scheduled to go live on 20th December,…
Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning due out before end of January
Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning, the first theatrical feature in Sunrise’s Tiger & Bunny superhero anime franchise was initially scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom…
Arrietty’s Yonebayashi to direct “When Marnie Was There”
Back in 2010, Studio Ghibli released Arrietty, a Japanese animated movie adaptation of The Borrowers, a children’s classic by English author Mary Norton, which was directed by Hiromasa…