March 31, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jeremy Clarke. The Lone Wolf and Cub franchise began life as a manga in 1970 by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. It proved hugely popular in Japan, where in 1972 the first four of six films appeared. Two more followed in 1973 and 1974. Criterion’s new three-disc Blu-ray release collects together all […]

March 29, 2017 · 0 comments

by Jeremy Clarke. Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind – rescued from a refugee boat many years ago and cyber-enhanced to be the perfect soldier. Only her mind remains; the rest of her is artificial, putting her in a unique position as society faces a new threat. Cyber warfare has evolved to […]

March 28, 2017 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The first thing to clear up about this romantic anime released by Funimation is that it’s not a fairy-tale, and isn’t really a version of Snow White. The only brief nods to that story are in the opening episode, where there’s a poisoned apple – but the heroine doesn’t eat it – […]

March 27, 2017 · 1 comment

  STUDIO4°C and Anime Limited Partner Up to Kickstart the Blu-ray Release of Cult Classic MIND GAME   Glasgow, UK March 27, 2017 –  Anime Limited are excited to announce partnering with STUDIO4°C to help Kickstart the blu-ray home video edition of the hit cult film MIND GAME by award winning director Masaaki Yuasa.   […]

March 25, 2017 · 0 comments

Andrew Osmond pits Ghost in the Shell: Arise against PSYCHO-PASS. A wise man once said: “We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.” Anime is especially interested in the future, more than any other kind of animation. The tradition goes […]

March 24, 2017 · 4 comments

So, it’s been about a month since our last Newswire. Time really has flown by! I may sound like a broken record at this point but things really have been chock-a-block busy here Anime Limited HQ which is why I’ve not been able to write a Newswire for a while. My goal with these going […]