How much of an otaku of you? Courtesy of our forum member boyinastairwell, we have noticed that the BBC website are currently running a short but fun quiz on the subject of Japanese otaku.…
At the 10th anniversary of the Japan Media Arts Festival (sponsored by Japan’s National Agency for Cultural Affairs), fans were asked to vote (in a web poll) for their favourite anime TV…
Japanese newspaper the Daily Yomiuri have posted a brief but interesting article about how Japanese animation is spreading over the globe; the medium now accounting for nearly 60% of the world’s…
Satoshi Kon’s newest movie Paprika will get its UK premiere at the Leeds International Film Festival in November.Screening DetailsVue Cinemas at The Light: Screen 5 “¢ 10th November…
According to ANN, ADV Films have licensed school based comedy series Best Student Council (aka Gokujou Seitokai) for US release. The series is due to launch in the US in early 2007.…
We have just added 20 new trailers to our archive, all of which cover the new fall anime season that is soon to begin in Japan.
Of this list, we recommend you have a peek at the trailers for Black Lagoon:…
The “second season” of Naruto (episode 26 onwards) will premiere on Jetix starting (this Thursday) 5th of October at 18:30.
Oban Star Racers, a Japanese and French co-production…
The fourth volume of 2nd Gig proved to be something of a mixed offering, a mix of two interesting character-based episodes, and two weaker instalments with more relevance to the main storyline.…
Sanzo, Goku, Gojyo and Hakkai are a quartet of demon hunters on a journey to the west. Unfortunately, when their schedule is thrown off by a particularly enthusiastic demon attack, they are left…
All of October’s UK anime DVD releases are listed below. Of course, if you are excited about some of these releases, feel free to drop by our community forums and let us know what you think!…
When it comes to the UK anime community, every month is different and so to provide you with a brief run down of what is currently popular amongst our visitors, below is brief run down of September’s…
In case you missed them during the month, below is a quick summary of the anime reviews we published through-out September (sorted by popularity).SEPTEMBER 2006 ANIME REVIEWSMalice@Doll (Artsmagic)…
To celebrate Manga Entertainment UK’s soon to be released 3-movie “essentials collection” (containing AKIRA, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll), Channel 4 have spotlighted…
Despite its low quality, a brand new and English subtitled trailer for Satoshi “Paranoia Agent, Perfect Blue” Kon’s latest movie Paprika has been posted online for your …
Over the weekend a bunch of new anime licenses were announced at a US anime convention. ADV have acquired one of the latest “girls with guns” sci-fi series in Coyote Ragtime Show, …
Madhouse Studios and CAPCOM have announced that they will work on a new 12 episode anime TV series based on the popular horror video game Devil May Cry, set to air on Japanese TV during 2007.
Madhouse…
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…
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…
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 …
