Through out this week, further news on Anime Central (the UK’s first ever dedicated anime TV channel) has filtered through into our community; a summary of which is below:
Firstly, you…What with recent news of the Dragonball Z film, it appears that big budget adaptations of popular anime franchises are the in-trend right now, because none other than Warner Bros. (along with …
Viz Media have finally announced the English dub cast for Death Note and fans will be surprised to learn that genius detective “L” will be voiced by Alessandro Juliani, known to many…
The first (out of four) of the new Evangelion movies (titled “Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone”) opened in Japan late last week and wasted no big in impacting on the national box…
In an amusing twist the lead male role for the soon to air (October-due) live action TV version of “Negima!” has gone to a 13 year-old girl (Yukina Kashiwa)!
Being an adaptation of …
Anime auteur Makoto Shinkai has turned his unique visual talents to a TV advertising campaign, having recently produced two animated TV commercials for the Shinano Mainichi Shinbun (Japanese…
According a news report from the Montreal Gazette, Hollywood movie studio 20th Century Fox are intending to film a $100+ million live-action adaptation of Dragonball Z in the Canadian city during…
According to a report in the Australian Daily Telegraph, a number of worried social groups have raised moral concerns over a line of Naruto toy dolls that could well be teaching their innocent …
Yoshihiro Togashi’s popular manga “Hunter X Hunter” is to finally resume serialization in the October issue of Japan’s Shonen Jump; it went on an official hiatus …
Following up Genshiken‘s first season (12 episodes) from 2004, it has finally been announced that the popular otaku comedy is to receive a second TV series and will start airing on Japanese…
Having attended the listening party for Kanye West’s latest hip-hop album, NYmag seem all too happy to point out that the music was “inexplicably” complimented by “hyperviolent…
Asahi.com (by way of Canned Dogs) has noted that the childrens anime “Sazae-san” (airing since 1968!) is the only show left on Japanese TV animated using the classic method of hand-drawn…
Production I.G (animation studio behind the likes of Ghost in the Shell) have been hard at work on their extensive official website for a long time now and with their recently updated interview…
‘Media packs’ for Kurau Phantom Memory, 009-1 and Innocent Venus can be downloaded at ADV Films’ (US) Bittorent (a peer-to-peer file sharing method) website. Previous…
According to ICv2, ADV Films (US) will soon control (starting on October 1st) the sales, marketing and distribution of Geneon Entertainment’s (US) anime releases. Despite axing these…
The OAV of Bubblegum Crisis reaches its (albeit premature) conclusion with a reclusive pop star hell-bent on revenge and a young niece of the AD Police chief giving Nene a tough time. The self-contained…
The October issue of the Japanese magazine “Comic Blade” is set to confirm that production is underway on a further TV series of the surreal ‘slice-of-life’ anime …
With Anime Central – the UK’s first ever 100% dedicated anime TV channel – set to hit British airwaves in September, Anime UK News has turned its attention to the state of anime…
My first encounter with anime was when my little brother dragged me to take him to see the Pokemon movie. That little electric fur ball, otherwise known as Pikachu, was a joy to watch as he zapped …
