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Japanese Films at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival
The Aesthetica Short Film Festival takes place in York from November 06th – 09th and there are a number of Japanese shorts that are in the programme. The Japan Foundation are supporting the event…
Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno UK Cinema Release Update
When Anime UK News broke news that the sequel to 2012’s Rurouni Kenshin would be released in the UK reaction was quick as fans took to the forums to celebrate. Almost two months on from that early …
Manga UK Series’ Added To Netflix
In recent months, the premium streaming service Netflix has seen a noticable increase in its catalogue of available anime titles, mainly thanks to the UK based distributor Anime Limited. …
Anime Limited Pushes Kill la Kill Blu-Ray Back To 1st December
At last weekend’s MCM London Comic Con, advance copies of the first DVD and blu-ray volume of Studio Trigger’s Kill la Kill were sold at the stand of the series’ UK distributor,…
Kickstarter project for new short film by veteran Keiichiro Kimura
Veteran animation director Keiichiro Kimura has launched a Kickstarter project in order to create a new five-minute short anime movie.
Kimura, 76, describes Go! Samurai as: “a sketch…
Guests at East Winds Film Festival 2014
The East Winds Film Festival takes place at the end of this month in Coventry and AUKN was able to give you a run-down of the films that will be screened. We now have more information about the guests…
Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist Competition
To celebrate the release of Street Fighter: Assasin’s Fist on DVD & Blu-Ray on Monday 27th October we have a Blu-Ray copy to give away, plus 2 randomly selected Manga UK DVD and/or Blu-Ray…
East Winds Film Festival 2014 Preview
The East Winds Film Festival which takes place in Coventry is one of the biggest showcases for East Asian films outside of London. From October 31st to November 02nd, audiences will have the chance…
First Details of latest Tezuka crowdfunding project from DMP
Digital Manga Publishing has announced the first details of the latest of the projects to crowdfund the works of Osamu Tezuka.
Writing on Twitter and Facebook yesterday, the DMP accounts said: …
Dreamworks Approach Scarlett Johansson For Ghost In The Shell
Earlier this year, it was reported that Dreamworks were eyeing The Wolf of Wall Street‘s Margot Robbie for the possible lead role in their upcoming live-action adaptation of Masamune…
MVM’s The Garden of Sinners Release Date Pushed Back
On 27th October, MVM Entertainment were set to release a complete DVD collection of The Garden of Sinners, a series of eight movies based on a series of light novels by Kinoku Nasu (Fate/stay night).…
Live Action Black Butler UK Release Update
Last week saw Anime UK News receive official confirmation that Black Butler is getting a release in cinemas across the UK on October 17th and today sees another update on the locations. The film…