June 14, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Miyazaki’s Animism Abroad is an academic study by Eriko Ogihara-Schuck, subtitled The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences. It’s a very niche book, mainly for readers with specific interests in anime’s treatment of religion and spirituality: how anime is translated/adapted when it travels to other cultures; and how […]

June 11, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Anime Limited is introducing the Gundam franchise into Britain with a mix of old and new releases. The new Blu-ray of the very first Mobile Suit Gundam series gives us its genesis in 1979. Meanwhile, Gundam: The Origin (which Anime Limited distributed for Bandai Visual) and Gundam Reconguista in G were both […]

June 9, 2016 · 0 comments

Tokyo Ghoul fans it has been a long wait since we released Season 1 back in October of last year but the time has finally come to bring you our release of the sequel series, Tokyo Ghoul √A, also known as Tokyo Ghoul Root A. Get the full details on our release below. Before we get […]

June 8, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. When Marnie Was There, released in cinemas on 10th June through Studio Canal, may be the last feature film made at the world’s most famous anime studio, Ghibli. Marnie tells the story of a solitary, withdrawn, rather boyish-looking girl called Anna. As the film opens, she’s sent away to a coastal town […]

June 5, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley. If ever you want an example of how to build hype around an anime series, you could do worse than to take a leaf from the playbook of Kyoto Animation. In March 2013 a short, 30-second promotional video produced by off-shoot Animation Do appeared on television and online. Social media was ablaze […]

June 2, 2016 · 0 comments

By Hugh David. In the distant past, the winged dragon Bahamut threatened the entire world of Mistarcia, but humans, gods and demons banded together to seal away its power. To keep it locked away, the seal was broken into two parts, and given to the eternal enemies: gods and demons. Two thousand years later, a […]