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December 2008
Thu, 18 Dec 2008
Keanu Reeves working on live action Cowboy Bebop movie
Tue, 16 Dec 2008
There's a Schoolgirl Milky Crisis in the UK
UK anime distributor Pinnacle Vision is in administration
Mon, 15 Dec 2008
Howl's Moving Castle on BBC2 in December; Ghibli anime on TV
October 2008
Mon, 27 Oct 2008
London Expo round-up; new licenses and other misc. news
Tue, 21 Oct 2008
Revelation Films announce their Q1 2009 UK anime releases
Mon, 13 Oct 2008
Manga Ent. license 11 new Funimation anime series for UK
Sat, 4 Oct 2008
Two new anime series are free to stream on Crunchyroll
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie clips, DVD on 13th Oct.
Death Note 2: The Last Name clips, DVD on 13th of October
ADV Films license moe romantic-comedy Clannad
When Osamu Tezuka gets horny
October screenings of Howl’s Moving Castle in Bradford
The Grand International Cosplay Ball in London this November
September 2008
Fri, 12 Sep 2008
Hellsing Ultimate UK DVD release cancelled, rescheduled
Thu, 11 Sep 2008
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea set for UK release in April'09
New US anime licenses: The Sky Crawlers, Kaze no Stigma
Detroit Metal City set for Hollywood remake? UK release?
Nagi Noda, director of Honey & Clover OP, has died
Kanye West and Takashi Murakami team up for new music video
Soviet Union vs. Germany in new Studio 4C anime First-Squad
Mon, 1 Sep 2008
Revelation Films delay releases until 2009
August 2008
Mon, 25 Aug 2008
Manga Ent. UK strike deal with Funimation for 5 anime series
Marvel comic characters to be adapted for anime by Madhouse
6 video clips of Hellsing Ultimate; 1 trailer for Pokemon
Mamoru Oshii talks Ponyo
Anime screenings at SCI-FI-LONDON's OKTOBERFEST
Yoko Kanno to be seiyuu in Genius Party short; Juno Reactor
Shonen Jump release chapter of Bakuman online for free
Son of Osamu Tezuka to finish his father's last anime
Yoshitoshi ABe manga published in English on iTunes
Thu, 21 Aug 2008
New Fullmetal Alchemist TV series confirmed
Mon, 11 Aug 2008
5 new UK anime licenses announced at AmeCon 2008
Crunchyroll acquire more anime for legal free streaming
Afro Samurai's profit, sequel, live action movie on the way
Helen McCarthy's 500 Essential Anime Movies is published
Death Note creators debut newest manga project Bakuman
Anime screenings at Manchester's Urbis
Casshern Sins trailer from Madhouse Studios
Sun, 3 Aug 2008
MVM license Daphne In The Brilliant Blue; DVD in November
More Studio Ghibli movies on Film4 in August
Stream clips of Buso Renkin from Manga Ent.
Manga and anime art exhibitions in London over coming months
Latest issue of ImagineFX on mech design
July 2008
Fri, 25 Jul 2008
ADV UK anime releases for the final quarter of 2008
ADV cancel several more anime releases in the UK
Hollywood live action Cowboy Bebop movie in-production
UK theatrical release for The Girl Who Lept Through Time
Osamu Tezuka Season at the London Barbican
English dub actress Kari Walgren at AmeCon 2008
Funimation gets license for Baccano!
Miyazaki to train his new animators like monks
Thu, 17 Jul 2008
ADV US cancel more anime
New anime: Black Lagoon, Dragonball Z, One Piece & Inuyasha
Sony launch video download service with new Bones anime
Reviews of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
New interview with Yoko Kanno on Macross Frontier
Mon, 7 Jul 2008
A whole new era for the physical distribution of anime? Yes!
Anime Expo 2008 License Roundup
Sat, 5 Jul 2008
Fullmetal Alchemist, Darker Than Black sequels in the works?
Fri, 4 Jul 2008
Funimation cherry pick releases from Geneon USA, ADV Films
Huge Japanese publisher Kodansha sets-up shop in the US
Tue, 1 Jul 2008
ADV Films in crisis?
Funimation get space opera/mecha anime Heroic Age
New books on Spirited Away, Satoshi Kon by Andrew Osmond
New 5-minute preview of Mamoru Oshii's The Sky Crawlers
Theatrical trailer for Origin: Spirits of the past
June 2008
Fri, 27 Jun 2008
First glimpes of footage from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Mon, 23 Jun 2008
An evening with anime director Makoto Shinkai
Sat, 21 Jun 2008
ADV UK cancel Kurau, Red Garden releases, PiQ closes down
Miyazaki's Lupin movie, Castle of Cagliostro, on Film4
Baseball anime Ookiku Furikabutte! licensed by FUNimation
Strike Witches is latest subtitled anime to air free online
Manga Shakespeare nominated for a criticized Harvey award
Lupin 3rd, Space Adventure Cobra screenings at Arndale zavvi
Hollywood talent signs on for Astro Boy flick
BFI follow their anime season with classic Japanese cinema
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
Tokyopop cut back on their UK manga releases by 20%
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Behold, the sword of power! Excaliborg!?
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is announced
Akihabara stabbing spree sees 7 killed, 17 more wounded
The Daily Mail preview wine-tasting manga Kami No Shizuku
Macross Frontier OST breaks top 3 in Japan's album chart
Wed, 4 Jun 2008
Anime Central on verge of closure?
Hollywood adaptation of Death Note confirmed, MW live action
Free clips of MVM's gay pop star anime Gravitation
Big restructuring at Tokyopop inc. drop in manga publishing
May 2008
Mon, 26 May 2008
Honey & Clover licensed and further news from London Expo
Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke on Film4 in June
Stream ADV's Welcome to the NHK for free over crunchyroll
Fri, 23 May 2008
On with the show! - Bandai Entertainment's Project unfolds
London MCM Expo is this weekend
Qur'an quoting anime incites Islamic religious anger
Funimation get Shonen Jump's D.Gray-man, Shigurui
Anime screenings in London at the BFI, Barbican
Wed, 14 May 2008
FUNimation get Gunslinger Girl 2, plus much more
Speed Racer flops at box-office; woe for live-ac anime films
Pick up a free copy of highly rated UK fanzine MAMEzine
Sun, 11 May 2008
Geneon to return with new distribution method - Summer 2008?
Manga Ent. get Hellsing Ultimate, Origin Spirits of the Past
File-sharers arrested for uploading huge amounts of anime
Terratag creates new Afro Samurai t-shirts
Tokyopop recon event at Walthamstow Library
Sat, 3 May 2008
Aria punts into Rightstuf's harbour
Preview Death Note with free clips before buying UK release?
Massive emphasis on global manga at the Bristol Comics Expo
Anime and manga seminar in London during May
April 2008
Fri, 25 Apr 2008
New trailers for Sky Crawlers, Blade of the Immortal
New Dragonball anime on the way
Fans invited to Death Note celebration in Manchester
Sat, 19 Apr 2008
News from the New York Comic Convention and Kawaii-Kon
Thu, 17 Apr 2008
Live action Ghost in the Shell from Dreamworks on the way
Shinkai presents London screening of 5cm p/sec; new trailer
New Batman: Gotham Knight trailer is online
Climax of Code Geass episode leaked online before premiere
New Yoko Kanno interview discussing Darker Than Black
Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Mike McFarland will be guest at London Expo in May
Eureka! Break through the heavens! With Naruto!
Stream trailer for Studio 4C's Genius Party Beyond
Mon, 7 Apr 2008
VIZ, Manga Ent. partnership to bring Buso Renkin, MAR to UK
Fri, 4 Apr 2008
MVM get boys love comedy Gravitation; Death Note UK details
Subtitled Gonzo anime online hours after airing in Japan
Booking opens for London's annual anime all nighter
Satoshi Kon new film; Ani-Kuri stream; Red Line; Casshern
Studio Ghibli's Joe Hisaishi special concert in Tokyo
March 2008
Sun, 30 Mar 2008
UK DVD release schedule for first half of summer 2008
Fri, 28 Mar 2008
Makoto Shinkai living in London, reveals UK influences
Animation in Korea on the up? Mad Monkey on rampage
Thu, 27 Mar 2008
Seirei no Moribito finds new home at Media Blasters
Ultraviolet gets anime TV series spin-off from Madhouse
Viz Media confirm release plans for first Bleach movie
Still no word from ADV on Gurren Lagann; also license Kiba
Rocket Girls blast into US, fuelled by Bandai Ent. US
Highlander director cut, inc. Japanese dub, out in Japan '08
Full steam ahead for Blade of the Immortal anime
New Casshern TV anime is in production
Fri, 21 Mar 2008
Gonzo pave the way for new era of anime distribution
Wed, 19 Mar 2008
Live action Death Note movie coming to UK cinemas?
Tokyopop moving ahead with Lament of the Lamb live action
World record achieved in UK: largest games cosplay meet
Thu, 13 Mar 2008
Infamous anime streaming hub Crunchyroll gets big investment
Business as usual as Lace tie up deal with ADV UK
Britney Spears next music video is anime-style
Sat, 8 Mar 2008
Shana coming to the UK, amongst other new UK release dates
3D-CG Appleseed TV anime coming soon
Book on Big-eye art to be released in March
Guinness World Records to attempt largest meet of cosplayers
Tue, 4 Mar 2008
New release dates for ADV's UK DVDs
Several new anime series and popular sequels in-production
Voltron and X-Bomber set for UK releases in 2008
Anime UK News looking for dedicated manga reviewer
February 2008
Mon, 25 Feb 2008
Beez bringing The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to the UK
Thu, 21 Feb 2008
Hollywood announces new live action Akira films
Rare Studio Ghibli film Ocean Waves set for UK release
Tue, 19 Feb 2008
New article: The UK DVD Market - Sorry, how much?!
Fri, 15 Feb 2008
10 minute preview of Batman: Gotham Knight anime online
Just as planned, Manga Ent. confirm Death Note anime for UK
Introducing Dimensional Manga
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
Death Note on Play.com, as well as Ex Machina, Lupin the 3rd
Black Lagoon delayed 'till 10th March; Love Hina Again clips
Mon, 11 Feb 2008
Momentum nab Vexille for UK release; free anime from Manga
SelfMadeHero's next Manga Shakespeare GN published this week
Fri, 8 Feb 2008
ADV seals their future in UK with Lace Digital Media Sales
Wed, 6 Feb 2008
MVM cut their single disc RRP from £20 to £16
Porco Rosso flies onto Film4, airing 11/2 and 16/2
Bandai license two series & launch controversial rel. sched.
ADV Films go Blu-ray as future of DVD releases still unclear
Action-packed stills of Blood: The Last Vampire live action
Sweatdrop Studios turn 6 years old
How manga took over the world or, more specifically, the UK
January 2008
Tue, 22 Jan 2008
ADV Films UK halt sales, distribution of select titles
Giant ADV UK DVD sale; anime going for small change
Fri, 18 Jan 2008
UK manga artist collects international plaudits
Wed, 16 Jan 2008
Latest issue of ImagineFX UK magazine is manga special
Beez to release Gunbuster 2 in the UK as soon as March '08
Mon, 14 Jan 2008
BBC Four to air Oscar-winning anime movie Spirited Away
Fri, 11 Jan 2008
Jonathan Clements talks about anime porn at seminar
ADV to replace Newtype USA with new magazine called "PiQ"
Thu, 10 Jan 2008
ADV to cease publishing anime magazine Newtype USA
Wed, 9 Jan 2008
Round up of news concerning anime and UK TV
New Masaaki Yuasa anime series "Kaiba" due in April 2008
Genshiken manga-ka on perception of otaku in Japan
Anime spin-off for Terminator franchise, think Animatrix
Nargis looks back on her year with Naruto
First images from Dragonball film appear online
Fri, 4 Jan 2008
New anime shows starting this weekend
Thu, 3 Jan 2008
MVM to release FLCL on UK DVD, and possibly Haruhi too?

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