Early footage for Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, has been unofficially leaked online via the video-streaming website Daily Motion. The video shown has been…
Ai Yazawa’s seminal shojo (for girls) manga Nana tells the story of two young women on the cusp of life’s realities. While superficially polar-opposites in style and attitude both find one another…
With the last five episodes, the final volume oversees a conflict between Arc Aile (the morally questionable Edel Raid Protection Agency) and the Chaos Choir – who are more closely affiliated,…
Norihiro Yagi’s ‘Claymore’ (クレイモア) is a dark and brooding story chronicling the journey of Claire, a Claymore (a half-breed of Human and Yoma), through her miserable job of destroying Yoma, …
Things were looking up for Yuji Sakai. He had just started high school with his best friend and managed to bag a seat in class next to Hirai, your typical Japanese high school hottie. Unfortunately…
Our own Martin Butler was at this past weekend’s Anime Now event (held at the BFI South Bank cinema in London) to take in (amongst several anime movies) the much anticipated question and …
According to reports posted on AnimeOnDVD and EyeOnAnime, ADV UK have cancelled all future separate volume releases of both Kurau Phantom Memory and Red Garden, opting to finish both series …
On Monday, June 30 at 4:30pm and Friday, July 4 at 5:10pm, UK digital TV channel Film4 will be airing Hayao Miyazaki’s 1979 break-through Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro; both showings…
US anime distributor FUNimation have continued their recent licensing spree by acquiring 2007’s baseball anime Ookiku Furikabutte! (and renamed it ‘Big Windup!’). The…
Animation studio Gonzo have announced that the next anime to be subtitled and released onto the internet just hours after its Japanese television broadcast will be their new (fan-service friendly…
Fans of the UK manga movement will be pleased to hear that Sonia Leong‘s global manga adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (“Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet“) has been nominated…
There will be a double-bill screening of retro adventure favourites Lupin 3rd: Secret of Mamo (1978) and Space Adventure Cobra (1982) in the zavvi store at the Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre…
IMAGI’s computer graphics Astro Boy film continues to progress at a steady pace with the news that the movie’s voice cast now includes some big-name Hollywood talent, not least …
Rapidly following on from their currently running anime season, the BFI Southbank are planning to screen 24 live action classic “Japanese gems” through-out July. The following…
In a place resembling Europe circa 1900, there lies a village named ‘Spirit.’ The children of the village are going missing without a trace, and terrified villagers swear it is the return of a 300…
And so we reach the end of the road for Renton, Eureka, the Gekkostate and the others as the final confrontation with the true nature of the Coralians looms: Dewey swings his plan into action while…
The end of the last volume saw Marl again attacking Cou – but with little time to respond, Viro (the newest member of the team, and a self-confessed fan of Cou’s) manages to React with…
The fourth volume of Elemental Gelade sees Cou and the others searching for Ren, who has been separated but continues alone in her search for the Edel Gardens, while her friends fight to be reconciled.…
Following up last week’s report on Tokyopop‘s internal restructuring, theBookseller.com have published a short interview with Tokyopop‘s new UK sales and marketing …
Popularly translated as Club-to-death (or Beating) Angel Dokuro-chan, the fan-favourite ‘slapstick’ comedy “Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan” has been licensed…
