In news that essentially flys against everything that the US (and by extension, the UK) anime industry has been fighting against for several years now, the video-streaming site Crunchyroll…
The protracted saga of ADV’s status in the UK appears to be at end with the switch over to their distribution partner, Lace Digital Media Sales, having been officially rubber-stamped earlier…
Troubled pop icon Britney Spears has jumped on the so-called ‘anime’ bandwagon with her latest music video for the song “Break the Ice”, which depicts the blonde singer…
A striking aspect of watching Eureka Seven is that you come to expect the unexpected. As enjoyable as I find the aerial combat and edge-of-the-seat tension to be, it has a complexity of writing …
Several new UK anime release dates have come to light recently, many of which involve publishers MVM and Manga Ent. and extend as far as 2nd June. The one big surprise is the tsundere-fantasy Shana…
In addition to the mutitude of other new anime recently announced as in-production in Japan, another iteration of Masamune (“Ghost in the Shell”) Shirow’s Appleseed has…
Big-eye art is a new book (due out soon, release date below) looking at the world’s continued fascination with ‘Big-eye art’, which apparently emerged in the late 1950s in…
We’ve been contacted by the people at Guinness World Records to share news on their latest record attempt ‘Largest Gathering of Games Charecters’ (basically, they are looking…
AnimeOnDVD are reporting (though no official source is provided) that ADV Films UK (now via Lace, following the recent closure of ADV’s London office) have circulated the following new…
Over the last couple of weeks, a large number of high profile new anime series, sequels and movies have been confirmed as being in-production.
Leading the list is the long-rumored Trigun movie,…Two nostalgic mecha anime in Voltron and Star Fleet (X-Bomber) are set to be released in the UK later this year. 1984’s cult favourite Voltron (123 episodes long) will be published by Manga…
As the ever-potent presence of manga in the UK sees dozens of new graphic novels released on a monthly basis, Anime UK News is looking to add one new dedicated manga reviewer to our established writing…
A narrative prologue that plays before the opening theme in each episode does a pretty good job of summarising the essential story of Witchblade; an ancient weapon sought for all time, but capable…
Naruto: The Lost Story is an interesting case of anime coming out in the UK before it does anywhere else in America. Unfortunately, it isn’t an epic or even a great movie, let alone much to …
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 …
