On April 16th 2008, Bandai Entertainment started what would turn into a frenzy of regular updates and an ongoing space opera epic, using all but two websites, secret source code messages, and…
Running over this weekend is the London MCM Expo, featuring most (if not all) of the major UK anime and manga distributors, a number of anime dub voice actors (Mike McFarland (Master Roshi from …
A scene from the sixth episode (“The Mist of Vengeance”) of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime has provoked angry responses from Arab and Islamic communities, so much so …
In addition to our previous news reports on Funimation’s recent anime licenses, over the last weekend they also announced four further new acquisitions:
D.Gray-man (first 51 episodes…Booking is now open for the forthcoming anime season at the BFI Southbank in London. Running from the 20th of June until the 22nd, a diverse selection of the latest anime movies will be screened …
MPD Psycho’s protagonist Kazuhiko Amamiya and his multiple personality disorder – with one personality indeed being a bit of psycho – proves to be a blessing and curse for new readers. In one sense…
First, and before all else, whether you’re Gothic or not, whether you like Gothic culture or not, I hope you will read and enjoy this article for its emotional and philosophical weighing of a fairly…
“This is the day we send that ship to hell.” Neo Roanoake, preparing to destroy the Minerva.
Angry young ace Gundam pilot Shinn Asuka realizes that Stella, the girl he has fallen for, is not only …
After being lured into anime fandom through hard-edged science fiction and edge-of-your-seat action-fests I’ve always wondered how exactly I started to gravitate towards the whimsical drama…
Currently enjoying at least three (soon to be four) new anime acquisitions, US anime distributor FUNimation are working their way through this week by announcing one new license every evening.…
On Friday last week, the latest Wachowski “Matrix trilogy” brothers action movie Speed Racer (based on the 1960s anime series Speed Racer (aka Mach GoGoGo)) opened in theaters …
Rhoda “Voxie” Villegas is giving away (free) copies of her (now in-active) fanzine ‘MAMEzine‘. Along side magazine regulars like (old) news, features and reviews,…
Spanking new from Del Rey comes ‘Fairy Tail’, the eagerly anticipated new manga by Hiro Mashima (www.delreymanga.com) . Mashima is already known in the west as the mangaka of ‘Rave Master’ an …
It has been several months since the President of Geneon USA, Eiji Orii, left his [PDF format] parting words back in November 2007, and while there is still no official word on the situation, …
Manga Ent. UK have confirmed two new UK anime licenses.
Hellsing Ultimate is a high-quality OVA re-animation of Kouta Hirano’s popular vampire/horror action manga. So far, the series…Three Japanese salary-men were arrested late last week for allegedly uploading new episodes of anime to the Japanese file-sharing program “Share”. According to Canned Dogs…
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…
