Howl’s Moving Castle in UK cinemas now
On Friday, Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle embarked on a nationwide UK theatrical release. Critical response to the movie has generally been good, and reviews included …
Official UK website for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
The official UK website for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is now live and contains, amongst many other features, comprehensive cinema listings for it’s 28th October UK theatrical release.…
Ghost in the Shell 2 premiere after party
Manga Ent. UK have let us know about the unqiue after-party following the Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence UK premiere this Wednesday night (28th September).
There will be a very special GHOST IN…Clips of Millennium Actress’ exclusive English dub
The official UK website for Millenium Actress contains two exclusive clips (in both Quicktime and Flash format) of the English dub produced especially for it’s UK release.
Also, for those…
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Considered by many to be Hayao Miyazaki’s life work, “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind” is a fantastic film. Mixing up his now famous themes of crimes against nature with a bleak…
Attempt to find Japan’s most popular animated shows
According to ANN, Japanese TV channel “TV Asahi” has produced two top 100 lists (one the result of a nation-wise survey and one a webpoll after the first list was announced), to determine…
RaptureTV confirm Wolf’s Rain for UK TV
In a press release sent out earlier today, inbound UK digital TV chanel RaptureTV have confirmed one of the two anime series they intend to broadcast is Wolf’s Rain.
“It (Wolf’s…UK boxset for Stand Alone Complex
A new listing on Play.com has confirmed Manga Ent. UK’s plans to release a box set for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st GIG. This 6 disc collection (there are seven single DVD volumes)…
Interview with IAD
The Anime Place, have posted an interview with two representatives of IAD (International Anime Distribution) who we previously reported were making an attempt to legalize fansubs. The interview…
Gad Guard Volume 2
After a distressingly mediocre start, I was cautiously optimistic that Gad Guard would pick up a little in its second volume, but sadly, these next four episodes are more of the same- and by now …
This week’s UK anime DVD releases
Released earlier this week were a large number of anime DVDs, although with UK shops like Play.com reporting a lack of stock for MVM’s most recent releases; another delay for their releases…
NEO magazine’s readers awards
NEO Magazine have asked us to mention their Autumn reader awards, “the first Asian pop culture awards for the UK, covering the worlds of manga, anime, film and music” that will take…
Del Ray manga previews online
According to ANN manga publisher Del Ray are allowing fans to preview their manga online. The previews go online 30 days before the title hits the shops and you get a new page to read each day (essentially…
CPM announce Outlanders fancasting
AnimeOnDVD are reporting that American licensing company Central Park Media (CPM) have outlined plans to let the fans decide the English dub cast for their upcoming US release of Outlanders…
Competition: Win a Howl’s Moving Castle goodie bag
To celebrate the release of Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle on 23rd September, we have teamed up with Optimum Releasing to give away 5 Howl goodie bags (which contain related…
New anime DVD reviews online
During these last few weeks we have posted the following anime DVD reviews.
.hack//Liminality (R1 import) Review by Jo Sarsam. US release: 6 out of 10. Appleseed (Optimum Asia) Review by Paul…Attempt to make fansubs legal by IAD
According to ANN, International Anime Distribution (IAD) has outlined their intentions to work with Japanese companies, American licensors and fansubbing groups to make the distribution…