Anime UK News recently spoke to Paul Gravett, curator of The British Museum’s first anime season aimed at families to find out why they have decided to embrace Japanese culture and screen…
Random House have dropped us a note about an exciting new graphical novel competition being organised by The Observer and Comica. After sending in your short graphic novel (obviously, a manga-influenced…
As the British Museum embarks on two anime seasons, Anime UK News speaks to Paul Gravett author of ‘Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics’ and curator of the ‘Anime to Manga for Families’ season…
Courtesy of Optimum Releasing, Studio Ghibli’s latest movie – Tales from Earthsea will be hitting UK cinemas starting this Friday, 3rd August. If you head on over to the movie’s…
MVM will begin releasing the highly anticipated sci-fi opus Ergo Proxy on UK DVD on the 6th of August and to build a little bit of pre-release antcipation, they have published 3 short clips taken…
Over the last few days, San Diego Comic Con (arguably North America’s largest comic convention) has been taking place and as is ever the case with these large events, several new anime and…
Lunar Entertainment, a video game store based in Fleetwood (near Blackpool), are kick starting a brand new manga and anime cafe. Although they have not announced an official opening date, they…
In the wake of Michael Bay’s popular Transformers movie, UK DVD publishers Metrodrome are jumping on the bandwagon by releasing “Transformers Takara – The Complete Collection”;…
The busy chaps over at Cosplay Island recently got in touch with Anime UK News to let us know about their newly launched website; a dedicated and interactive domain for budding UK cosplayers; once…
“I’ll protect you.” This is the fervent promise that Gundam pilot Shin makes to the fair-haired girl, Stella, he rescues from the sea.
And how have they met? It all starts with Shin, off-duty, catching…
This one really surprised me. After giving the last volume a five, and almost foregoing description of the plot (because of how basic and conventional it was), the series has returned with many…
Following from the last season of the IGPX (international grand prix) racing circuit – in which two teams of three mechs race to the finish line, but can and inevitably do fall back on combat…
The flashback section of the story reaches its conclusion with Shin’s rage going out of control and threatening the safety of friends and enemies alike. This culminates in a dramatic showdown…
Why is it in anime that the future is always a bleak place? I’ve always wondered this… Following up on the first volume’s cliffhanger, Haruka finds herself in Karasu’s dimension, La ‘cryma,…
Although this weekend’s “Japan Expo” carried some big news for the UK industry, it was also an exciting time for US fans too, as one of their biggest conventions – Otakon…
For those of you following the growing number of clips and trailers for the much anticipated “Rebuild of Evangelion”, a short (15 second) TV commercial, which contains newly animated…
Manga Ent. UK have today announced that they are going to release the popular Shonen Jump supernatural action adventure Bleach on UK DVD – the first 12 episodes of which shall be hitting …
A few months ago, digital TV (sky number 368) channel “Rockworld.TV” started airing Cromartie High School and Gilgamesh. Somewhat surprisingly (no official press releases circulated),…
More exciting news from Northern Ireland’s only anime convention, Tomo-dachi, has reached us; taking place from the 24th until the 26th of August 2007 at the University of Ulster, the …
For the millions of Evangelion fans out there, Gainax have seen fit to release a good quality version of Rebuild of Evangelion; the first of four new Neon Genesis Evangelion movies that are due …
