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June 17, 2020 · 0 comments

Glasgow (June 17, 2020) – Anime Limited, the UK and France’s leading independent distributor of anime, is happy to announce the acquisition of distribution rights via Asmik Ace, Inc. for the UK, Ireland and France of the latest Masaaki Yuasa film, “INU-OH”. The film features as part of the Work in Progress Features programme at […]

June 15, 2020 · 1 comment

By Jonathan Clements. Reframing Disability in Manga by Yoshiko Okuyama is a well-timed integration of the study of Japanese comics and portrayals of the disabled, powerfully conceived as an off-the-peg classroom text. It could readily function as a textbook on a dedicated course, but is formatted in a smart topical manner throughout that would lend […]

June 12, 2020 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. Matt Alt’s Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered the World is a work of startling originality. Like the dozen inventions and creations it profiles, it takes already-familiar technology and repurposes it to new and innovative ends, using everyday objects as springboards to discuss the peculiarities of Japanese culture and the global […]

June 9, 2020 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. Three teenage girls, from different schools, are on an outing to the Tokyo Tower when they are whisked away to the fantasy land of Cephiro. They are destined to become the Magic Knights, a trio of warriors promised in prophecy, who must save Princess Emeraude from her imprisonment at the hands of […]

June 5, 2020 · 1 comment

If you’re someone who is more of the ‘old school’ anime crowd here in the UK, it’s quite likely you will be familiar with (or at least have heard of) the name Magic Knight Rayearth. Or perhaps just referred to as Rayearth. A lot of people were very excited when we revealed we’d be bringing […]