I’ve just posted Martin Butler’s review of Perfect Blue, Satoshi Kon’s break through psychological thriller that was released on UK DVD by Manga Ent. a few years ago.
“Overall,…Based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, “Perfect Blue’ follows the life of pop star Mima Kirigoe who decides to leave her singing career with J-pop group Cham behind and instead…
MVM have published the cover-art for their May DVD releases and for your viewing pleasure, we’ve posted the art work for Fullmetal Alchemist #1, Read or Die TV #1 and Trigun #3.…
With Momentum Asia’s live action anime adaptation Casshern coming to UK DVD in 2 weeks time (25th of April), a decent quality streaming trailer has been published along with the DVD cover-art…
I’ve taken a look at ADV UK’s Get Backers #2 (released in March).
“Get Backers #2 is a fun little action show balanced between terribly mediocre and terribly good. Suffice…Is it enough to say I simply enjoyed Get Backers #2?While I have found nothing particularly inspiring or different about this show, it remains good, solid fun thanks to a quirky sense of humour,…
Play.com are listing 6 DVD releases from ADV UK for the 20th June, predicting a June debut for Gravion as well as the long awaited UK arrival of risqué Excel Saga spin-off Puni Puni Poemy.
Joining…
One Piece will be premiering on Toonami UK tomorrow (Monday, 11th April) at 5pm and will then be repeated at 7.30pm.…
ADV UK has updated their website and revealed several interesting DVD ‘initiatives’ set up in conjunction with the online DVD store Sendit.com. One bizarre opportunity involves…
Aint it Cool News have posted an interview with the people from Production I.G., focused on their upcoming new anime series IPGX that is being co-produced by Cartoon Network.
The short interview…
Not a month seems to go by without MVM announcing a few new UK acquisitions and April appears to be no exception. Eye on Anime have scooped the big news that MVM have picked up the UK licenses for both…
According to Eye on Anime, ADV UK has plans to release the romantic (12-episode) series Sakura Diaries as a 2-disc “DVD collection” this summer. Also worth noting is that this release…
According to Anime Nation, large American movie publisher New Line Cinema has bought the rights to produce a live action adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s mystery manga series Monster. The…
By way of a DVD trailer, Geneon have revealed their US acquisition of Gankutsuou. This anime series is a highly rated sci-fi retelling of the famous book The Count of Monte Cristo. It has been produced…
With only a few solemn, half eaten Easter eggs left concealed at the back of the room, March already seems like a long distant memory for us. Compared with the excitement galore we’ve seen…
Martin Butler has penned his thoughts on GAINAX’s vintage (but often cited as a classic) anime OAV series Gunbuster. Gunbuster has had a UK DVD release (courtesy of Kiseki Films) but it …
The story of “Gunbuster’ follows the career of Noriko Takaya, the daughter of a legendary International Space Force pilot. Following his death in battle, she enrols at a training…
Manga Ent. UK have let us know the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex mini-site has just been launched; boasting episode and character guides, multimedia content (wallpapers, video clips…
For those interested in the Yu Yu Hakusho art-box (and T-shirt), Anime UK News forum regulars IanC and Ramen89 have both posted up several decent photos of this recently released art box.…
