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 […]

Curious about our release of Cyber City Oedo 808, on sale now as part of the Twelve Days of Christmas offers? Check out Andy Hanley’s documentary on the origins of this 1990s cyberpunk fan favourite. Dec 9, 2022Jonathan Clements

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 Jeremy Clarke. This animated feature based on six Haruki Murakami short stories comes not, as you might expect, from Japan, but rather from one of the few other countries that can reasonably be said to have an animation industry: France. Writer-director Pierre Földes, whose father Peter is an award-winning animator, further confounds expectations by […]

By Jonathan Clements. Ironically, there is nothing new about the plot of Rootport’s Cyberpunk Peach John. Despite a media frenzy about the way it was created, a year’s worth of colour artwork assembled in just a couple of months by a pseudonymous creator using artificial intelligence software, the story itself is as old as the […]

By Tom Wilmot. It wasn’t so long ago that Gakuryu Ishii was a somewhat obscure figure in the West, despite being one of Japan’s most influential modern filmmakers. However, with the director’s seminal punk films Crazy Thunder Road (1980) and Burst City (1982) receiving stacked Blu-ray releases in recent years, Ishii is experiencing something of […]

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 […]

Anime Limited is pleased to present the theatrical release of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna in the UK GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 –  Anime Limited is pleased to announce a special one day event screening of Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna in partnership with Showcase Cinemas in the UK. The final adventure for Taichi, Agumon […]

(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 […]

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 […]

**IMPORTANT UPDATE** – 26/02/2020 Regarding the UK Premiere of Violet Evergarden at Glasgow Film Festival.We regret to inform everyone that due to current global health & travel concerns, Yui Ishikawa is no longer attending the UK Violet Evergarden premiere this Sunday (1st March) at Glasgow Film Festival. The two premiere screenings themselves will still be […]

by Jeremy Clarke. This animated feature based on six Haruki Murakami short stories comes not, as you might expect, from Japan, but rather from one of the few other countries that can reasonably be said to have an animation industry: France. Writer-director Pierre Földes, whose father Peter is an award-winning animator, further confounds expectations by […]

By Jonathan Clements. Ironically, there is nothing new about the plot of Rootport’s Cyberpunk Peach John. Despite a media frenzy about the way it was created, a year’s worth of colour artwork assembled in just a couple of months by a pseudonymous creator using artificial intelligence software, the story itself is as old as the […]

By Tom Wilmot. It wasn’t so long ago that Gakuryu Ishii was a somewhat obscure figure in the West, despite being one of Japan’s most influential modern filmmakers. However, with the director’s seminal punk films Crazy Thunder Road (1980) and Burst City (1982) receiving stacked Blu-ray releases in recent years, Ishii is experiencing something of […]

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 isn’t in British cinemas yet – as of writing, it’s scheduled for release on 14th April. However, Anime Limited is distributing the Japanese import version of the film’s vinyl soundtrack, which will be followed by the company’s own CD and vinyl editions later this year. Feb 3, […]

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 […]

It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these, but the time is nigh to catch-up on what to expect from the coming month here at Anime Limited, as we move inexorably towards the second quarter, which of course includes April hosting our annual spring sale. We’ll have more on that and the dates […]

We know that so many of you have already experienced the phenomenal One Piece Film: Red on the big screen. However, if you still haven’t caught the movie – or you have seen it but are dying to watch it again – then you’ll want to make sure you’re ready to hit up the cinema […]

One Piece Lights up London with a magic projection on the County Hall and 15 other projections around the city on November 26th, 2022 Paris – November 24, 2022 – To celebrate the success of One Piece Film : RED, Toei Animation Europe is excited to announce that the world-famous Straw Hat crew will be […]

“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 […]

“Do you take jam with your tea?” Jeremy and Andy conclude the week with details on our home video release of PROMARE, plus discussion on watching Sakura Wars and Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Jeremy and Andy are back to bring some anime related discussion to take you into the weekend! After some unplanned talk about bubbles, they […]

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 […]

Anime Limited is excited to present the home video release of the classic Macross title on Blu-ray! GLASGOW, JULY 01, 2022 –  Anime Limited is proud to announce its upcoming release of Macross Plus to Blu-ray for the first time outside of Japan, an anime praised as a “visual tour de force” by Forbes. In […]

Ever since so many of you came flocking to cinemas to watch Mamoru Hosoda’s incredible latest film BELLE, we’ve been flooded by people asking and speculating over when we’ll be bringing the film to DVD and Blu-ray for you to enjoy in your own homes. Well, today, we can reveal all… Let’s start with 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 […]

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 – […]

Firstly – thank you to anyone who has supported the Durarara!! release so far – it’s greatly appreciated and we know a lot of you have been looking forward to this. WHAT HAPPENED? As many of you know – the discs for this release were authored in Australia by the distributor there for their release […]

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 […]