News

The international manga awards

The International MANGA Awards were established to recognize Manga artists who have contributed to disseminating Manga culture outside Japan, as part of our mission to promote Japanese pop…

• 15th May 2010
News

Go! Comi’s website expired

The North American manga publishing company Go! Comi has let its website domain expire as of May 8. Former Go! Comi Creative Director Audry Taylor has also told ANN that she is no longer working …

• 13th May 2010
Anime Review

Rozen Maiden Volume 1

It’s quite amazing how such a simple item can have multiple different references and meanings. Dolls are commonly associated with innocence; being a girl’s play thing during pretend tea time,…

• 7th May 2010
News

Astroboy competition

E1 Entertainment and AUKN will be giving away one copy of the DVD or one copy of the BD to two lucky AUKN readers. For a chance to win, just answer the question “Who is the creator of Astroboy?”…

• 7th May 2010
News

New Anime Releases 03/05/2010

New Anime release been released today:

Fate/stay night 5# RRP: £15.99

    Paranoia Agent: Complete Collection RRP: £29.99

   

Romeo X Juliet 4# RRP: £15.99

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• 3rd May 2010
Manga Review

Yokaiden Volume 2

Yokaiden is an American comic book drawn in what some would call the “Manga Style”. That fact alone has probably convinced a lot of people reading this review to press the back button and never give…

• 1st May 2010
News

Dir En Grey back to the UK in August

Japanese rock heroes Dir En Grey return to the UK this summer for a special headline show at London’s KOKO on August 3rd. Currently on tour promoting the album “Uroboros”, they recently played …

• 29th April 2010
News

4th ToHeart2 OVA Series confirmed

“The June issue of Gakken’s Megami Magazine is announcing on Friday the title and launch date for the fourth ToHeart2 OVA series: ToHeart2 adnext at the end of September. The Japanese…

• 29th April 2010
Anime Review

X TV Volume 5

Variations on the theme of the inevitability of destiny…

  It’s a little unfortunate that ‘Wish,’ the first episode on this disc, is basically a resume of what’s gone before, as first Kakyo…

• 27th April 2010