The Tomo-Dachi committee announce Tomo-Dachi 2007
Colin Palin, the director of Northern Ireland’s biggest anime convention Tomo-Dachi, has sent us a press release to let us know that the convention is set to go ahead in 2007. During 2006…
ADV pack off ther Bento Box DVDs to hungry fans in the UK
Mimicking their US counter-parts, ADV are trying something new in the UK to promote their anime DVDs – their “Bento Box” DVD release will contain four episodes from four different…
Death Note: The Last Name Site teaser trailing online
Twitch have linked to the trailer for the second live action Death Note movie, “Death Note: The Last Name Site”.
The world is a kind place for Death Note fans at the moment, because …
Manga Ent. parent company sold for $186 million
Liberty Media have completed a $186 million deal to purchase Manga Entertainment’s parent company IDT Entertainment.
When Manga Entertainment was originally acquired by IDT in 2004,…
Stream first epiosde of the new Guyver TV series
IGN are currently streaming (for free) the English dubbed first epiosde of the new Guyver TV series.…
Satoshi Kon’s Paprika set for US theatrical release
Satoshi “Paranoia Agent, Perfect Blue” Kon’s latest movie – Paprika (a typically mind bending science fiction thriller), is set for a March ’07 North American…
Anime UK News’ community’s top 10 anime
As voted for by our forum community over 3 months, Ramadahl and Ryo Chan have tallied up the points and revealed that the Anime UK News’ community’s favourite anime (as of 2006) is:Top…
Cromartie High School Volume 2
Prepare yourselves for another trip into the weird and wonderful world of Cromartie High, home to the toughest, meanest and downright stupidest students in all of Japan. If you were lucky enough…
D.N.Angel Volume 7
Having chosen to stay behind in the world of the Second Hand of Time, Daisuke remains separated from Dark, but now the time has come for the Phantom Thief to obtain the legendary Wedge of Time and …
Anime UK News quizzes Rapture on new TV show Anime Nation
With RaptureTV’s immediate future on Sky Digital now confirmed as safe, Anime UK News recently pitched a few questions over to them about their all new weekly anime themed TV show “Anime…
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu Volume 4
FMP? FUMOFFU reaches its end with three full-length episodes that feature down-and-out yakuza, a dubious school club challenge and misplaced biological weaponry”¦a normal day at Jindo…
RaptureTV in dispute with BSkyB; may lose channel number
RaptureTV – one of the handful of UK digital TV channels willing to support anime (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mezzo DSA, Wolf’s Rain) – faces losing its channel number and EPG section…
D.N.Angel Volume 6
Mio may be gone, but Daisuke’s troubles are proven to be far from over after Satoshi’s father arranges for him to fall under the spell of a mysterious artefact known as the Second Hand…
Robotech: New Generation Volume 1
After the lacklustre and frankly dull Robotech Masters arc I didn’t approach The New Generation with much enthusiasm. Fortunately the character development, storyline and artwork …
80,000 episodes of Samurai Gun bundled with Wii’s Red Steel
In a potentially lucrative move, ADV UK have partnered up with game maestro’s Ubisoft to offer fans a sneak peak at the new Nintendo Wii video game Red Steel. The first run of Samurai Gun #1…
The first Blu-Ray anime DVD is Metropolis
According to AnimeOnDVD, the first Blu-Ray anime DVD (“next-generation optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data”) to be released…
Goro Miyazaki talks of killing parents; review of Gedo Senki
Set against the back drop of the continuing tensions between anime directors (and father and son) Hayao and Goro Miyazaki, Goro (the new director) tries to explain why a character from Gedo Senki…
Live action Blood: The Last Vampire moving ahead
In talking to AICN, Hollywood movie director Ronny (“Freddy vs. Jason”, “Bride of Chucky”) Yu has confirmed his intentions to adapt Production I.G.’s popular…
Creator of popular children’s anime committs suicide
Rin Inumaru, the 48-year-old creator of children’s anime Ojarumaru, committed suicide (“jumped from the roof of her 14-story apartment complex in Tokyo”) on Sunday the…