Amidst all the furore surrounding Geneon’s uncertain future there were several new titles that I feared would never make it to UK shelves; one of those was Black Lagoon. It’s fair…
The search for the Key of the Twilight continues, with Ovan’s Twilight Brigade pitted against TaN. It seems, Ovan tells his followers, that there are Virus Cores to be found in the Lost Grounds …
Beez Entertainment have today confirmed their acquisition of fan favourite sci-fi/comedy ‘The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya’, with monthly consecutive UK DVD releases slated…
Hollywood news outlets are reporting that a live action film version of Akira has been pushed into production by Warner Bros. with a view to being fast-tracked and released by the summer of 2009;…
Anime News Network has noticed that two new anime films are set to be released in the UK.
Of interest to many will be that 1993’s slice of life drama Umi ga Kikoeru (Ocean Waves), one of the few…
It has been a hectic few months for anime fans in the UK, but with 2008 finally starting to take shape, our humble writer, Lewis, has taken this opportunity to reflect on one of the most important …
It’s been a few bumpy months since the last DVD article I wrote was published. Some anime disappeared from TV. ADV went down the pan and then came back again. ADV also held one of the biggest and best…
A ten-minute introduction/preview of Batman: Gotham Knight has been posted on YouTube. Much like the Animatrix, this is a six-part anthology animated by a number of world-famous Japanese animation…
Earlier this morning we received confirmation from Manga Entertainment that they intend to release the 37-episode Death Note anime TV series in the UK. Contrary to the listings on online shops,…
To start a new manga publishing house in these difficult times is a laudable venture indeed and Dimensional Manga are to be applauded for their bravery in launching the OEM series ‘Demon Prince:…
Keeping up its drive to deliver more episodes on less discs, Beez offers up the final volume of IGPX, like many of its first and last entries into recent series, with five rather than the standard…
This volume begins with Team Satomi in the midst of their race with Team Velshtein, and as ever, protagonist and forward, Takeshi, is called upon to pull his own weight and that of the team (like …
According to new listings on Play.com, there’s a Death Note DVD set to hit the UK on the 28th of April. Given the cast listing includes the likes of Tatsuya Fujiwara and Asaka Seto, it’s…
MVM have pushed back the release date of ‘Black Lagoon #1’ until the 10th of March; no reasons were provided. They have also published 8 exclusive movie-clips spliced from their …
According to the latest edition of the ‘Manga Newsletter’, Momentum Pictures have licensed the CG anime ‘Vexille‘ and intend to release it in the UK, starting with…
On Thursday, 14th of February, SelfMadeHero will be releasing the latest graphic novel in their ‘Manga Shakespeare’ series. Having already published the likes of ‘Romeo…
Being a huge fan of Ursula Le Guin’s original novels, I was really looking forward to seeing how Studio Ghibli brought her world of Earthsea to the screen. In an unusual situation regarding licence…
A little over three weeks since ADV Films announced they were transitioning their in-house UK sales and distribution operations to a third-party company, they have today confirmed they’ve…
UK anime publishers MVM have today sent out a press release announcing their intentions to lower the RRP (recommended retail price) of their “single disc titles” (therefore, doesn’t…
According to Nausicaa.net, Film4 are set to air Porco Rosso on February 11 at 16:55 and February 16 at 13:00. This is another Studio “How’s Moving Castle” Ghibli film directed…
