February 15, 2017 · 0 comments

It was back in December of 2015 that we brought the classic series Full Metal Panic to the UK & Ireland for first-time on Blu-ray in a now officially out-of-print Ultimate Edition release that collected all three seasons of the series along with an exclusive hardback artbook showcasing lots of art from the franchise. On […]

February 15, 2017 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Vacationing in Washington DC, college grad Saki meets an extraordinary youth with no memories, killer rivals and a “magic” phone that can provide anything. Adopting the name Akira Takizawa, our unexpected hero slowly learns he’s in the middle of an incredible game. Its goal: to transform Japan forever… Like much Japanese animation, Eden […]

February 12, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. It was only last year that the Japan Foundation UK began including documentaries in its annual touring film season, with Aya Hanabusa’s intimate depiction of a family of butchers descended from the stigmatised buraku class, Tale of a Butcher Shop (2013), the first to be included in the line-up. This year, we […]

February 10, 2017 · 3 comments

So, it’s been a few weeks since our last Newswire. It’s been incredibly busy at Anime Limited HQ but we wanted to make sure there was an update for you of some kind before the weekend. As a note, we know a lot of you are wanting to know details about upcoming releases of ours […]

February 9, 2017 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Pieta in the Toilet is the oddest-titled film in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, now running in selected cinemas through February and March. No, it’s not a gross-out comedy; instead, it’s a very human drama about an extremely sombre topic, but shot through with humour and low-key spirituality. While Pieta’s not […]

February 8, 2017 · 0 comments

We’re just days away from our release of the first of the four Persona 3 movie releases – see the full unboxing of our Movie #1 release HERE – and there’s no better time than now to tell you about what to expect from our upcoming release of the second movie, Persona 3: Movie #2 […]