Big-eye art is a new book (due out soon, release date below) looking at the world’s continued fascination with ‘Big-eye art’, which apparently emerged in the late 1950s in…
We’ve been contacted by the people at Guinness World Records to share news on their latest record attempt ‘Largest Gathering of Games Charecters’ (basically, they are looking…
AnimeOnDVD are reporting (though no official source is provided) that ADV Films UK (now via Lace, following the recent closure of ADV’s London office) have circulated the following new…
Over the last couple of weeks, a large number of high profile new anime series, sequels and movies have been confirmed as being in-production.
Leading the list is the long-rumored Trigun movie,…Two nostalgic mecha anime in Voltron and Star Fleet (X-Bomber) are set to be released in the UK later this year. 1984’s cult favourite Voltron (123 episodes long) will be published by Manga…
As the ever-potent presence of manga in the UK sees dozens of new graphic novels released on a monthly basis, Anime UK News is looking to add one new dedicated manga reviewer to our established writing…
A narrative prologue that plays before the opening theme in each episode does a pretty good job of summarising the essential story of Witchblade; an ancient weapon sought for all time, but capable…
Naruto: The Lost Story is an interesting case of anime coming out in the UK before it does anywhere else in America. Unfortunately, it isn’t an epic or even a great movie, let alone much to …
Amidst all the furore surrounding Geneon’s uncertain future there were several new titles that I feared would never make it to UK shelves; one of those was Black Lagoon. It’s fair…
The search for the Key of the Twilight continues, with Ovan’s Twilight Brigade pitted against TaN. It seems, Ovan tells his followers, that there are Virus Cores to be found in the Lost Grounds …
Beez Entertainment have today confirmed their acquisition of fan favourite sci-fi/comedy ‘The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya’, with monthly consecutive UK DVD releases slated…
Hollywood news outlets are reporting that a live action film version of Akira has been pushed into production by Warner Bros. with a view to being fast-tracked and released by the summer of 2009;…
Anime News Network has noticed that two new anime films are set to be released in the UK.
Of interest to many will be that 1993’s slice of life drama Umi ga Kikoeru (Ocean Waves), one of the few…
It has been a hectic few months for anime fans in the UK, but with 2008 finally starting to take shape, our humble writer, Lewis, has taken this opportunity to reflect on one of the most important …
It’s been a few bumpy months since the last DVD article I wrote was published. Some anime disappeared from TV. ADV went down the pan and then came back again. ADV also held one of the biggest and best…
A ten-minute introduction/preview of Batman: Gotham Knight has been posted on YouTube. Much like the Animatrix, this is a six-part anthology animated by a number of world-famous Japanese animation…
Earlier this morning we received confirmation from Manga Entertainment that they intend to release the 37-episode Death Note anime TV series in the UK. Contrary to the listings on online shops,…
To start a new manga publishing house in these difficult times is a laudable venture indeed and Dimensional Manga are to be applauded for their bravery in launching the OEM series ‘Demon Prince:…
Keeping up its drive to deliver more episodes on less discs, Beez offers up the final volume of IGPX, like many of its first and last entries into recent series, with five rather than the standard…
This volume begins with Team Satomi in the midst of their race with Team Velshtein, and as ever, protagonist and forward, Takeshi, is called upon to pull his own weight and that of the team (like …
