“Tarako” Isono, who died on 4th March, would often contend against the media’s assessment of her. Repeatedly in interviews, she would assert that she identified as a “singer-songwriter”, in spite of constant descriptions of her as a “voice actress”. But her career as a performer and lyricist, while manifold and long-running, was destined to be […]

By Andrew Osmond. Liz and the Blue Bird was released in Japan in April 2018, less than two years after A Silent Voice. It was an ideal film for uniting two sets of viewers; those who’d become aware of Naoko Yamada through A Silent Voice, and those who loved the series she’d been involved with […]

By Andrew Osmond. Masashi Ando is co-director of The Deer King; he’s also the film’s Chief Animation Director, Character Designer and Storyboarder. Before Deer King, Ando had an astonishing career, unparalleled in the anime industry. He was Animation Director and Character Designer on Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster Your Name, and before that on Hayao Miyazaki’s blockbuster […]

Ever since we announced our acquisition of NARUTO – and our plans to bring it to the UK on Blu-ray for the very first time – we’ve had many of you asking for more details of what to expect and when. Well, today is the day where we get to unleash all of our plans […]

Anime Limited presents the home video release of the classic Macross title in an unmissable Blu-ray Ultimate Edition – pre-orders open June 6th! GLASGOW, MAY 25TH 2024 –  Anime Limited, under license from BIGWEST, are thrilled to reveal their plans for the release of the Macross Plus Ultimate Edition, bringing this classic show to Blu […]

Although only the most recent three weeks of posts are visible on this blog’s front page, you can navigate through the previous nine years of articles using the tags. Click on these links to find our world-class obituaries and book reviews, or coverage of Japan and China. You can read the Hugo award-winning Jeannette Ng […]

THE HOTTEST NEW ANIME MAKES ITS LONG-AWAITED BIG SCREEN DEBUT THIS APRIL IN SPY x FAMILY CODE: White Japan’s heartfelt and action-packed #1 box office sensation opens wide across the UK & IRE from Friday 26th April! London, UK, 8th March 2024  – Organising a family holiday can often feel like the world is at […]

By Shelley Pallis. Suzushiro might seem a little bit old to be doing a paper round, but he’s a college student on a “newspaper scholarship” who needs the money. Well, everybody needs the money – Japan is on the skids after an “unprecedented disaster”, that might be covid-19, or might be whatever the next jackpot […]

Anime Limited and Toei Animation to release brand new adventure exclusively in cinemas featuring an original story by One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda London, UK, 02 July 2022 – One Piece has never sounded this good. After breaking its own world record for comic sales once more and launching its landmark 1000th anime episode, the […]

(GLASGOW, UK – 13TH MAY 2020) Usually around this time of year we at Anime Limited would be preparing to exhibit at some major events, but of course, this is no longer the case in the unusual times we find ourselves in.  However, rather than rest on our laurels, we instead want to keep our […]

Hi everyone! In these unprecedented times, we know that a lot of you are stuck at home, and feeling the disappointment of the events that you were looking forward to over the coming weeks being cancelled or postponed. While we all know and understand very well the reasons why these events can’t go ahead at […]

Manchester! We know every July MCM Comic Con rolls into town and we’re delighted to say that we’ll be at the event too, taking place this weekend (27-28th July 2019) at Manchester Central. This year our AllTheAnime Shop will be there in full force, plus we’ve teamed up with some great friends of ours to […]

The end of October can mean only one thing – our marketing manager’s birthday MCM London Comic Con! Once again, we’ll be present at the show, and to make sure you’re ready to make the most of what we’re bringing to the event we wanted to give you this quick run-down of what to expect. […]

Believe it or not it’s been almost an entire year since our last Cloud Matsuri event in November 2020 – at the time we promised that it would return, albeit most likely in a slightly different format, and so today we’re here to confirm the return of this event next week, from November 15th-19th 2021. […]

(GLASGOW, UK – 13TH MAY 2020) Usually around this time of year we at Anime Limited would be preparing to exhibit at some major events, but of course, this is no longer the case in the unusual times we find ourselves in.  However, rather than rest on our laurels, we instead want to keep our […]

Although only the most recent three weeks of posts are visible on this blog’s front page, you can navigate through the previous nine years of articles using the tags. Click on these links to find our world-class obituaries and book reviews, or coverage of Japan and China. You can read the Hugo award-winning Jeannette Ng […]

By Andrew Osmond. Rental Magica begins like a gentler, less assertive, but actually more professional Ghostbusters. The setting is modern Japan, where many different groups of magic users exist to deal with paranormal imbalances, or as the characters put it, spell wave contamination. In one episode, it’s mentioned such contaminations have caused everything from the […]

By Zoe Crombie. Kimari is a high school student teetering on the edge of experience, wanting to live while she’s young but needing the right push to do so. That extra encouragement comes in the form of Shirase, a fellow student whose belief that her mother, a missing Antarctic explorer, is still waiting her in […]

Check out Episode 1 below in SD free of charge! If you want to see it in HD or see Episode 2 now then you can buy it today at www.vimeo.com/ondemand/gundam too!  Enjoy! Oct 2, 2014liceas

All The Anime Podcast #51: “Scotland Loves anime 2018 – Judges Award Deliberations special” [Recorded on 21st october 2018] It’s been a while since our last podcast – which will be returning in November, so keep you eyes out for that – but with it being the month of October it means that the Scotland Loves […]

Hi everybody! We’ve been peppering you with announcements pertaining to our MCM London Comic Con activities of late, be it the activities of Anime Guest of Honour, Shouji Gatou, or our efforts to bring anime to the big screen within Comic Con itself thanks to the return of MCM Loves Anime and screenings of Your […]

As you know, we’re huge fans of bringing anime to the big screen whenever and wherever possible here at Anime Limited, and you’ll be pleased to hear we aren’t the only ones – it’s a passion that we share with our good friends at the MCM London Comic Con. Thanks to that shared love of […]

By Andrew Osmond. Makoto Shinkai’s new film Suzume hits British cinemas today, and while the import edition of the film’s vinyl soundtrack has already sold out, Anime Limited is taking pre-orders for the “international edition” already. Apr 14, 2023Jonathan Clements

By Jonathan Clements. Grey October Sound, “one of Japan’s most talented hip-hop producers”, takes a bunch of iconic Joe Hisaishi tracks and noodles around with them, often working with instrumental cover versions by a bunch of artists including TO4NORI, CHARIOT SOUND, COCO and Judo125 to create the album Lo-Fi Ghibli. One wonders about the meeting […]

Anime Limited is pleased to present the digital release of the JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 Original Soundtrack in North America, Europe and Oceania! GLASGOW, JANUARY 26, 2022 –  Anime Limited is pleased to announce the digital release of the original soundtrack for the hit anime series JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 across North America, Europe, and Oceania. All […]

GKIDS Partners with Anime Ltd. & Plaion Pictures, Plain Archive, Shout! Factory, and Sugoi Co for International Home Entertainment Release of ARCANE Sign-up for e-mail updates on ARCANE * indicates required Email Address * First Season of the Emmy® Award-Winning Series from Riot Games to be Released for Home Entertainment Platforms Worldwide in 2024 NEW […]

Ever since we announced our acquisition of NARUTO – and our plans to bring it to the UK on Blu-ray for the very first time – we’ve had many of you asking for more details of what to expect and when. Well, today is the day where we get to unleash all of our plans […]

Anime Limited presents the home video release of the classic Macross title in an unmissable Blu-ray Ultimate Edition – pre-orders open June 6th! GLASGOW, MAY 25TH 2024 –  Anime Limited, under license from BIGWEST, are thrilled to reveal their plans for the release of the Macross Plus Ultimate Edition, bringing this classic show to Blu […]

SPOILER WARNING – we talk through the four films in competition at Scotland Loves Anime 2023, so expect some in-depth discussion of specific elements of these films. In this episode, Andy Hanley is joined by Scotland Loves Anime jury chairman Jonathan Clements, as well as three of the four jury members: – Donna McAvoy – […]

“CLOUD MATSURI PREVIEW” [NOTE: This episode was originally streamed live on YouTube] CLOUD MATSURI PREVIEW! It’s been a few weeks since our last podcast, but for very good reason as this weekend we’ll be having our own virtual convention featuring special guests from Japan and more at CloudMatsuri.com Join Jeremy and Andy in this special […]

“Climb inside and control him” Jeremy and Andy bring some anime related chatter including discussion Gleipnir, Wave, Listen to Me! and BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defence. Jeremy and Andy return for some anime related discussion to take you through the week! But before they get to anime talk, they […]

Anime Ltd. to announce details for these groundbreaking UK acquisitions early 2024 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, 28 OCTOBER 2023 –  Anime Ltd. took to the stage at MCM Comic Con in London this weekend to share the news that Studio Pierrot’s classic NARUTO and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN will join Anime Ltd. beloved line-up of bespoke Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray […]

A FILM ICON BECOMES FEAR ITSELF IN GODZILLA MINUS ONE  ROARING INTO CINEMAS, IMAX AND 4DX SOON! Cinema’s most iconic monster returns to its post-war roots with Toho’s latest kaiju blockbuster – in cinemas, IMAX and 4DX nationwide from 15th December 2023 London, UK, 24 October 2023 – Almost seventy-years after the King of Monsters first […]

Anime Limited and Toei Animation to release brand new adventure exclusively in cinemas featuring an original story by One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda London, UK, 02 July 2022 – One Piece has never sounded this good. After breaking its own world record for comic sales once more and launching its landmark 1000th anime episode, the […]

In a change from what we were planning to post today, we’ve just had details of the sales charts for February 2015 come through so we thought it was a perfect time to give you the most up-to-date information! Mar 5, 2015jeremy

It’s been a long time coming but as mentioned on our first podcast last week, it’s the return of the Anime UK Sales Charts! The last one posted detailed September 2013’s chart – yes it’s been that long since the last one was posted. Over the course of the next week or two we’re going to […]

Sorry for the delay folks!  With October being so hectic this update slipped me by personally – won’t happen for October’s sales though which will be up latest of next week! Without further ado and apologies for less in-depth analysis than usual: NEW TITLES TO SEPTEMBER- TOP 10 RANK Title Label 1 FROM UP ON […]

We’re just a few days away from the buildup to Christmas kicking into high gear – i.e. the start of December – but today we’ve got a little early Christmas present for you as were happy to announce we have acquired the series Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School. If you’re not familiar with the series, fret […]

If you look through the catalogue of titles we have brought to the UK you’ll notice a varied mixture. Over the past few years we’ve been delving into the archives of franchises that have been out-of-print and made them available again for long time fans, but also made them available for the first time to […]

Tokyo Ghoul is a franchise we have a close affinity to here at Anime Ltd. We brought the first two seasons of the anime to the UK, screened the live-action movie in cinemas and we were the first English speaking territory to release the two OVA episodes “Jack” & “Pinto” on Blu-ray and DVD. We’re […]

SPOILER WARNING – we talk through the four films in competition at Scotland Loves Anime 2023, so expect some in-depth discussion of specific elements of these films. In this episode, Andy Hanley is joined by Scotland Loves Anime jury chairman Jonathan Clements, as well as three of the four jury members: – Donna McAvoy – […]

A day late but not a dollar short, it’s time for the latest Anime Limited Newswire~! We hope you had a great Easter weekend. Here’s the latest update on all things Anime Limited for you. NEWS/GENERAL UPDATES ~ Our new release this week is the DVD version of Wings Of Honneamise. (The Collector’s Edition Blu-ray/DVD […]

Patema Inverted’s theatrical is round the corner – we’re touring the UK both with family and regular screenings, with some very interesting reviews and coverage in the works it seems here. We couldn’t be happier so far with the support everyone has had for this! I’ve something else very cool to discuss though today – […]

Recently we were able to release the second season of Love Live! Sunshine!! on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray and regular DVD. With the way things have been in recent times it’s only now that we’re able to bring you an unboxing of the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set! So if you’ve been on the fence about ordering this, or perhaps […]

It’s been a few months since we first released this set but with the way things have been, being able to bring you an unboxing of this hasn’t been possible until now! So today we’re here to bring an unboxing of this Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set – which at time of writing, […]

Recently we’ve had the pleasure of releasing The Dragon Dentist on Blu-ray and DVD in the form of a Collector’s Edition set. This title is the first television anime project produced by Studio Khara. The studio founded by Hideki Anno (creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion) was behind the Japan Anima(tor) Expo online short film project that […]

Space Dandy, is a Dandy Guy in Space!  In an awesome twist our samples have come in ahead of release on retail next week (December 8th) so we can share a nice preview of the Collector’s Edition Season 1! WHAT’S THE SHOW ABOUT? Check the trailer out folks and feel free to share it! WHERE […]

We’re very happy to be able to showcase the Giovanni’s Island Ultimate Edition and we have some pretty awesome news on it as well as the 3D exploded shot of it!  Read below for more… What’s inside the box? – Collector’s Packaging, 18.1 x 21cm – 96 paged softback book delving deeper into the world […]

[UPDATE: Please note as of February 2015 we are no longer accepting submissions for replacement digipacks.]   True to our word, 11 days after release and the discovery that the printers messed up the Digipacks for a chunk of the Gurren Laganns – we’re now ready to replace anyone impacted!  We’ve all the juicy details […]