Anime influenced (UK based) t-shirt designer Terratag has released two new designs based on the popular action anime Afro Samurai. These t-shirts, created alongside Afro Samurai mangaka Takashi…
We’ve received news that on the 20th of May (from 6PM till 8PM) at the Walthamstow Library (E17 7JN), Tokyopop will be running one of their “recon” manga events; basically,…
The story of Ergo Proxy had always split its attention between the events within the domed city of Romdo, a cold, mechanical dystopia closed off from the world, and the bleak surroundings leading…
Kenji Kamiyama said in an interview talking about ‘Ghost in the Shell’ that the greatest science fiction is that which touches on important issues within today’s society. What Kamiyama is trying…
Having decided to continue her search for the truth with Vincent, Re-l prepares for the journey ahead, but her AutoReiv companion, Iggy, defies his orders to return home, as the suggestion in …
Earlier in the week, Nozomi Entertainment (US anime publishing arm of Rightstuf International) announced that they’ve acquired the fan-favourite slice of life anime franchise Aria,…
To celebrate the recent release of Death Note (anime) Volume 1 in the UK (it came out last Monday, 28th April), Manga Ent. have posted up 5 short streaming video clips cut from the first couple of …
Kicking off next weekend (10th to 11th May), the Bristol Comics Expo has expanded its focus on the (global) manga scene to unprecedented levels. We’re told the line-up includes guest appearances…
In London on Friday 16th May (from 1pm till 6pm), King’s College London (Room K2.31, Strand Building, Strand Campus) will be hosting a seminar on anime and manga; it’s titled “Japan’s…
A few months ago, I was sat in my living room with my sister and my mother, a typical lazy winter evening. They were watching some terrible reality-tv show, whilst I was minding my own business, engrossed…
“Silver white hair, eyes of the deep young sea…’
The mystery underlying the true identities of the Children of Béfort is at last revealed in this volume. But before that, the action moves to explore…
Several impressive new trailers have been released recently and here’s a quick run-down of what to look out for:
A new (and much longer) trailer for Mamoru “Ghost in the Shell”…As anticipation for the live action Dragonball movie reaches boiling point, Japanese manga magazine Shonen Jump have announced that they intend to produce a brand new (albeit one-shot) Dragonball…
UK-based Death Note fans are being invited to attend a Northern gathering next week (Monday, 28th April) to celebrate the in-bound releases of the first live action movie (in UK cinemas) and the…
After being confronted with women possessing similar powers and appearance as herself when transformed by the Witchblade, Masane returns to her partners in the Douji Group conglomerate to …
After hesitantly giving the last volume an eight to match the first, and indicate that the series was still largely on track, this volume has, unfortunately, made all too real some of my worst anxieties.…
As the American convention season starts to hot up, several major announcements have sprung up from the most recent “New York Comic Convention”: [Note: Companies refered …
The penultimate volume unsurprisingly ups the ante in terms of exposition and tension as Eureka, Renton and the kids are led by Norb to the inner sanctum of the Voderac and, following a meeting …
North American movie studio Dreamworks have, ahead of strong competition from Universal and Sony, acquired the rights to produce a 3D live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, with relative…
Following on from our recent news story that anime director Makoto Shinkai is currently living in London, Otaku News has word that on the 20th of June at the BFI Southbank (in London), Shinkai will…
