Modern History
The revving of car engines kicks off the opening images of the titles, so that we’re in no doubt that ‘Otogi Zoshi’ has left Heian Kyo far behind. Against a washed-out…
SmartMoney.com, a financial news website run by Dow Jones and Hearst, is featuring a look at the financial situation and prospects of 4Kids Entertainment in light of the company releasing its…
For those of you looking for free and legal anime, this is your lucky chance; ADV UK have recently released the first episode of Guyver: Bio Booster Armor for online streaming (Windows Media). …
According to ICv2, US manga publishers “Seven Seas” have decided to pull their much debated release of “Nymphet“. The controversy surrounding the title is due to …
Anime News Network have published an interesting and honest interview with ADV co-founder John Ledford.
Covering a broad range of topics, Ledford discusses how his company went from a regional…
She the Ultimate Weapon (or Saikano) was a great love story and anime series, even if the girls might have preferred it a little more than the boys. Another Love Song, on the other hand, remedies …
Due to the pre-event announcements, there weren’t too many surprises (in terms of new UK anime licenses) announced at this past weekend’s London Expo, however ADV Films were able…
In celebration of the growing spotlight on Japanese pop culture in the Western world, the Japanese Embassy in the UK is organising a series of events based around one of it’s most popular…
According to the Anime News Network, Bandai Visual USA have acquired “Gunbuster vs. Diebuster”, a new movie which splices together GAINAX’s famous sci-fi drama Gunbuster…
On May 27th, I attended the London Expo held at the Excel Center. Whilst I was there I captured lots of footage to create another highlights video (similar to the Naruto Extravagaza video). This…
With the huge London Expo taking place this weekend, a trio of UK anime publishers have issued their pre-event press releases to inform fans of their schedules and in both MVM’s and Beez’s…
For those who attended this week’s “Naruto Extraveganza” at London Oxford Street, or indeed, people who are just curious to see how the event looked (including massive amounts…
After all the ghost stories, is Requiem from the Darkness a good fright? The short answer, in my opinion, is ‘no’, but the long answer would probably be some drawn out and malformed…
Since the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier “USS George Washington” will be docking in Japan at some point in 2008, the U.S. Navy has decided to introduce itself to the Japanese …
For the first time in over five years, legendary anime soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, GITS: Stand Alone Complex) will be performing live in concert, the only snag for UK fans being…
In recent weeks nearly a dozen manga scanslators and anime fansubbers have been arrested in Japan and Poland; while these were unrelated incidents, both stories appear to indicate a progressively…
With Paprika fast approaching its limited theatrical run in the US, director Satoshi Kon has sat down with the New York Times to discuss the movie and its subversive pscyhological themes. The …
Much to his own delight, anime-harem master Ken (Love Hina) Akamatsu has recently announced that Negima! will be getting a live action adaptation (presumably TV series) in his native Japan! …
Now that Harry’s henchmen have been all but vanquished, Millenion’s stranglehold on the city has crumbled into nothing but dust. Looking to avenge his old friends and settle old scores, the scarred…
For many fans the original Bubblegum Crisis OAV was a genre-defining series: following Otomo’s seminal Akira into overseas popularity and combining futuristic cityscapes with good…
