Take a sullen protagonist with a tragic past, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, a gun-toting girl in a kimono, a master thief with a trick or two up her sleeve and a timid girl with a terrifying secret…and…

The first feature-length effort from Gonzo was always going to be, in my mind at least, a big event. The premise of a post-apocalyptic future world, a struggle against nature and everything wrapped…

With the continuing saturation of Japanese pop culture across the internet being largely based on illegal distribution, it appears that Japanese officials are finally starting to take a firmer…

Armageddon has arrived with a wave of atomic explosion’s spreading across the earth. Five hundred years later, the world is changed forever. The Methuselah, a race of vampires are waging a war…

‘Basilisk’ opens in the grounds of Sunpu Castle in 1614 A.D.. It is cherry blossom time. In the presence of the retiring shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, and his chief retainers, a bizarre duel is about…

On the cover of this month’s issue of Japanese magazine ‘Champion Red’, it confirms that an anime adaptation of the manga series ‘Blue Drop’ will be created.…

Right from the word go, this is one stylish series. It’s not just the cool theme tune, or the Bond-esque feel of the opening sequence, Speed Grapher hits the floor running and never slows down.

Tokyo…

Former Studio Ghibli director Hiroyuki Morita (“The Cat Returns”) has revealed online (via a Japanese production blog) that despite directing the GONZO-animated adaptation…

She the Ultimate Weapon (or Saikano) was a great love story and anime series, even if the girls might have preferred it a little more than the boys. Another Love Song, on the other hand, remedies …

Kanna Village has been successfully defended from the bandits, but for Kanbe, this is not enough- he wants to attack the problem at its source. After instructing the other samurai to stay behind…

The journey to find Joshua is well and truly underway as Rosette, Chrono and Azmaria board the train bound for San Francisco. A chance meeting with Satella proves to be the least of their worries…

UGO have posted an extended interview with Eric Calderon of GDH International (the parent company of popular anime producers Studio “Last Exile, Hellsing” GONZO); looking at …

As RAPT and the shadowy force that back it seize control of Tokyo, Sei’s allies force her to disband her mercenary team and start working for the enemy she had previously been fighting against.…

Coveted along with Elfen Lied as one of the most violent and extreme anime series to appear in recent years, director Ichiro “Violence Jack” Itano’s version of GANTZ has turned…

The seven samurai are gathered and the fortifications are in place, but for the people of Kanna village, the conflict is only beginning. The bandits have finally arrived in overwhelming numbers,…

The world is approaching its final days. The war that has engulfed the planet is reaching its natural conclusion, and slowly but surely, the casualties are adding up. And as Shuji and Chise face…