Review: Slayers OVAs
Ross Taylor has hit us with a double bill of Slayers reviews. By looking at both ADV’s Slayers Gorgeous and Slayers Excellent, he appears to have been (almost) enchanted by these magical…
Ross Taylor has hit us with a double bill of Slayers reviews. By looking at both ADV’s Slayers Gorgeous and Slayers Excellent, he appears to have been (almost) enchanted by these magical…
Slayers Excellent is the 6th of ADV’s Slayer OVA releases, and consists of three half-hour episodes dealing with the time when Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent first met. In the first…
Slayers is firmly set in a world of swords and sorcery replete with castles, dragons and magic.
In Slayers our two heroines are the sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, and Slayers Gorgeous…
ADV UK have published their March ’05 newsletter. As ever, it provides us with the latest information on their newest releases as well as a few passing comments on what they have been up to…
The manga-influenced artists at Sweetdrop Studios have let us know that they will be attending the upcoming Lodon MCM Expo. Their press release has been quoted below.
“You will find Sweatdrop…The Edinburgh University Anime & Animation Society are planning a rare Scottish anime convention (called Mini-con). The press release has been quoted below.
“Edinburgh University…Having been ignored of late, it’s about time we updated our visitor opinion poll and as ever, we’ve tried to pick an interesting subject for you to vote on. In light of all the recent…
According to an article posted by UK newspaper The Guardian, a recent study has shown that Britain is the country that downloads the most TV shows from the Internet; accounting for a whopping 18.5%…
Last week, we brought you news that the popular US anime publisher ADV had “laid off up to 40 employees” (mostly from their fledgling manga division), and while an ADV spokesperson…
I’ve taken a look at the promising first volume of MVM’s duel-language re-release of Yu Yu Hakusho; containing the first four of what will end up being a 100+ episodes show- by anyone’s…
I’ll admit I take a guilty pleasure from watching long-running action anime series and Yu Yu Hakusho appears to fit the bill perfectly; sporting 112 episodes, I can already taste the bitter…
We rarely run competitions here at Anime UK News, but after speaking with Paul Nicholson of Terratag, it didn’t take much to convince us that this would be worthwhile. Having been a fan of…
In yet another big day for UK anime DVD releases; today has seen no less than 11 anime-related DVDs flood onto UK shop shelves.21st March releasesChobits #1Chrono Crusade #1Digimon #2Final Fantasy…
Beginning what is a spate of Steamboy related news; the LA Times have recently posted an article about the film and have included an interview with its acclaimed director, Katsuhiro Otomo. This…
Anime News Service have revealed some information concerning the English dub for (Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film) Howl’s Moving Castle, confirming that both Christian Bale (Batman…
Ending our short lull of anime reviews, I’ve posted up my thoughts on Trigun #2, out today from MVM.
“Trigun #2 sees this show settling into the familiar, ever so predictable formula…With the first volume’s collision of zany humour and gun-slinging antics proving popular with this reviewer, Trigun #2 received a typically warm reception on its arrival. Yet upon viewing,…
After the recent confirmation of Columbia Tristar’s plans to release Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Steamboy in the UK (on DVD) on the 6th of June, it has emerged (thanks to Eye on Anime) that…
Having a few days ago posted news outlining the problems being faced by many US-based anime publishers and their rumoured over-saturation of the US anime industry, it has been revealed that ADV…
The DVD cover-art for MVM’s April DVDs has been published and we’ve posted the images for both GunGrave #1 and Haibane Renmei #1.…