August 25, 2015 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. In the 13 years since I curated a season of Chinese animation at the Udine Film Festival (the programme is reprinted in Schoolgirl Milky Crisis), I still occasionally get asked about it. Producers, who fret that the Japanese mother lode has been mined out, want to know if I am sitting on […]

August 22, 2015 · 2 comments

By Andy Hanley. Every light novel that enjoys sufficient success to continue beyond its first volume faces a single, pivotal problem – how do you take the core concept and then build or improve upon it? This is particularly true in the case of Sword Art Online. Its original tale of a virtual reality where […]

August 20, 2015 · 1 comment

Another week has gone by and that means it’s time for your latest edition for the Anime Limited Newswire! NEWS/GENERAL UPDATES ~ First of all this coming Monday sees the release of Space Dandy Season 2 on both Blu-ray Collector’s Edition and DVD Collector’s Edition. We posted a big preview unboxing preview of what we […]

August 19, 2015 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley. It is the year 2022, and virtual reality has become the new must-have accessory for gamers everywhere. But this isn’t the kind of technology familiar from our own present. Rather than simply a headset designed to place a virtual world in front of your eyes, this is the real deal – a […]

August 16, 2015 · 0 comments

By Meghan Ellis. Does the idea of a near-future romance sound like something created especially for you, or was that just me? If the answer is a resounding yes, then you should check out Hal. Anyone familiar with the girls’ comics sub-genre in Japan will almost certainly recognise the character design, carefully created by manga […]

August 13, 2015 · 0 comments

The time has nearly arrived! We’re just over a week away from the release of Space Dandy Season 2 in the UK! We’ll be releasing it as a Collector’s Edition DVD and Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set from 24th August. This post is designed to tell you (and show you) everything you need to know about […]