When it comes to reviewing anime, one of the most frustrating tasks can be screen-capping. Sometimes you’ll remember the cool scenes, jump straight in and snap away. Job done. But with FLCL, it’s…
Chow Yun-Fat is the latest (and clearly most high profile) actor to join the largely B-list cast of the much-anticipated Dragonball movie, which continues to race towards it’s eventual…
‘They have existed since the dawn of time. Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. Shortly after life emerged …
Hot on the heels of ‘The Anime Encyclopedia’ comes this comprehensive guide to manga (in translation). Its author and compiler, Jason Thompson, is singularly well-qualified for the task, having…
This is perhaps a sure sign of anime growing in the UK, because the following post contains a lot of new information with regards to several anime and manga related events happening in the UK over…
Ghost in the Shell has risen to become a staple of both the science-fiction genre, and of anime in general, enjoying a meteoric rise from cult anonymity to widespread popularity after the onset…
In the near-future it has become possible to observe and record the workings of the unconscious mind through a new cutting-edge technology. A scientific research team has discovered a way to …
Tenchi Muyo is back after a 9 year hiatus with an all new box set. It’s been 2 months since the action seen in OVA 2 and peace has finally returned to the Masaki household. Unfortunately the calm is …
Compared with even 6 months ago, there are now many anime series televised every week on UK TV. Today, Anime Network and the inbound Anime Central are at the forefront for anime on UK TV; note that…
The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Revised & Expanded Edition) Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy 2007 Titan Books 896 pp £19.99
This is one book that no …
Volume 4 gets off to a flying start (literally) as the Minerva is attacked by mobile suits on the way to Suez. Neo Roanoke takes to the skies with the Extended pilots Auel and Sting, leaving Stella…
Paprika, Satoshi Kon’s acclaimed latest movie, has found modest success at US theatres, becoming the famed director’s highest grossing theatrical anime to date (Kon also directed…
Cagalli is out of her depth. She has been trying to do the right thing for the nation of Orb but events have overtaken her. Yuna Roma Seiran, her violet-haired fiancé (could he be any more obnoxious?)…
The Anime All-Nighter event has become a regular and very popular fixture in the annual Sci-Fi London event. As with previous years, it was a back-to-back showing with only breaks to answer the…
According to Play.com, Sony Pictures have again pushed back the UK DVD release of Satoshi “Perfect Blue” Kon’s latest movie Paprika – it’s now dated as 3rd September,…
Tenchi Muyo! The Daughter of Darkness opens with a sequence about a young Jurai prince and one of his friends playing on a hilltop, enjoying the Startica festivities held in summer on the planet…
Sony Pictures have unveiled a new Quicktime trailer for Paprika and posted it on the apple.com website for your streaming pleasure. Directed by Satoshi “Pefect Blue, Paranoia Agent”…
Worldwide independent film magazine Vertigo, which is published in the UK and can most likely be found nationwide in Borders, have let us know about their latest issue which features an extended…
Just like the movie in which it’s featured, Susumu Hirasawa’s “The Girl in Byakkoya – White Tiger Field” from Satoshi Kon’s mind bending epic Paprika…
Play.com are now listing Satoshi “Paranoia Agent” Kon’s latest movie Paprika with a UK DVD release date (no doubt courtesy of Sony/Columbia Tristar) of 5th March, 2007.…
