To help promote the 10th September release of MVM’s Samurai Champloo box set, four exciting clips (URLs below) have been published online for your streaming pleasure. If hip-hop inspired…
Cosplay enthusiast Emily Bastian has dropped us a line to let us know about two cosplay events she will be running at Collectormania Glasgow and London Film and Comic Con.
“Showmasters …
Earlier this week we published Sarah’s thorough review of Titan Books’s epic “The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917“, a newly revised …
Van and Wendy continue in their quest for the Claw, whilst a rising sense of urgency takes them both early on in this second volume. Like the first, each episode is based on a different town or city,…
It was another busy weekend for the UK anime industry as AmeCon went down with a number of exciting new announcements, much of which involve anime finally making progress on UK TV.
UK anime TV news…
As was expected, AnimeCentral officially unveiled itself this morning as the UK’s first ever dedicated anime TV channel. The news was unveiled at AmeCon, and our forum user hopeful_monster…
The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Revised & Expanded Edition) Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy 2007 Titan Books 896 pp £19.99
This is one book that no …
Manga and anime were the best introductions to Japanese culture I could have ever had. It was whilst I was flicking through my manga did I wonder: Just what is Pocky? Who’s Hyde? So, it was with much…
Following up our previous news report on “AnimeCentral”, there is mounting information to suggest that yes, this will be the UK’s first ever dedicated anime TV channel. …
Every once in a while an anime TV series comes along that manages to sustain and develop a terrific and involving story over many episodes; ‘Fullmetal’ Alchemist is one of those rare treats. Each…
UK Anime have spotted an interesting OFCOM license for a new TV channel that would delight UK anime fans – essentially, Chartshow.tv have registered a new channel by the name of “…
Though it’s short notice and technically not anime, we’re sure many of our readers will be pleased to know that the original 1986 “Transformers – The Movie”,…
Much like their soon to be released first volume of Ergo Proxy, MVM have cut four clips from the first UK DVD volume of Berserk (out 3rd September 2007) and posted them online for your streaming pleasure.…
A brand new (3+ minutes) trailer for Appleseed Ex Machina has been published online and can be streamed over at YouTube. This CG-animated movie is a follow-up to the popular 2004 Appleseed film…
Eureka Seven reaches something of a turning point at its halfway mark as Renton, shocked at the true nature of Gekkostate’s activities and guilt-ridden over Eureka’s condition, leaves the ship.…
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…
