News - by Ian - November 12, 2009 - 20:59 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
In various parts of the country, film festivals are carried out and enjoyed by thousands of people with discerning tastes. This year’s Leeds International Film Festival will be airing some amazing films but also some amazing anime films.
These films are as follows:
Ponyo
“The greatest living film animator and storyteller, Hayao Miyazaki transforms The Little Mermaid fairytale into Ponyo, a magical and universal cinema experience that shines so bright all else seems grey. Ponyo is a little goldfish with a girl’s face who escapes the underwater home of her sorcerer father to explore the surface. She is discovered by Sosuke, a 5-year-old boy living on the top of a cliff by the sea. As Ponyo grows closer to Sosuke, her desire to become fully human strengthens. Screening in the original Japanese language version with English subtitles.”
Screening:
22nd November – 1100
22nd November – 1600
Angel’s Egg
“Unseen in Europe for over 20 years, Angel’s Egg is a hauntingly beautiful animation with a heartbreaking story, a forgotten masterpiece from Japanese anime legend Mamoru Oshii. Mystical, minimal, and musically mesmerising, Angel’s Egg is like nothing else in animation, with the stunning video game ICO its closest relation. In the shadows of a vast abandoned city a mysterious girl protects a giant precious egg. She meets a lone soldier and they share occult secrets. Final Fantasy and Vampire Hunter D artist Yoshitaka Amano designed the characters.”
Screening:
19th November – 1800
20th November – 1400
Summer Wars
“Astounding anime… dazzlingly imaginative… the future king of Japanese animation may be with us’ – The Japan Times. Summer Wars is the captivating and spectacular new animated feature from Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl who Leapt through Time. Millions are addicted to the vast online world of Oz. Maths genius Kenji tears himself away from Oz to escort his crush Natsuki to her formidable Great Grandma’s 90th. The family gathering is not what Kenji expected and soon he is the brains of a kindred force out to defeat the Oz-invading, Earth-ending Love Machine virus.”
Screening:
18th November – 2030
20th November – 1600
22nd November – 1330
Angel’s Egg is an incredibly rare film that’s not been seen in the UK for more than two decades, which is more than the lifetime of the average Naurto fan.
The Leeds International Film Festival is a well known event and it can be found at:
Leeds Film
Town Hall
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AD
UK
You can purchase tickets from the above or online here.
News - by Ian - November 9, 2009 - 18:57 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Today, like many Monday’s there are a number of new DVDs are being released onto the UK anime market. There are a number of follow-on DVDs today and one big boxset that needs to be bought. The new releases are as follows:
- Samurai Deeper KYO Volume 3
- Slayers: Try Volume 3
- Solty Rei Volume 5
- Witchblade Complete Box Set
- X Volume 2
All of these MVM Entertainment DVDs are available from all good retailers immediately.
News - by Ian - November 8, 2009 - 14:53 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
In an interview with UKA, Manga Entertainment have confirmed that their up and coming release of Evangelion 1.11 – You Are (Not) Alone, will be available in both Blu-Ray and DVD upon release. In the same interview Manga have also confirmed that they the rights to the theatrical release of the film, Evangelion 1.01, although there is currently no confirmation as to whether this will reach a DVD release.
Evangellon 1.11 is the first in a planned quartet of films retelling the original Neon Geneis Evangelion series. Currently there are three versions of this film, 1.0, 1.01 and 1.11, all of which are exactly the same but with each version fix errors or enhance the visual quality of the film. The exception to this rule is 1.11, which contains a further three minutes of footage.
Source: UKA
News - by Ian - November 5, 2009 - 09:00 Europe/London - 1 Comment
Once a month the lovely Yen Press decide to gift the UK market with some new manga and this month is no different at all. Available from today, the below titles are available to purchase immediately and of course, there are some mammoth titles available. Soul Eater, Haruhi and Yotsuba& just to name a few! The full list is as follows:
- 13th Boy: Vol 2
- Goong: Vol 6
- Hero Tales: Vol 1
- Legend: Vol 6
- Nabari No Ou: Vol 2
- Nightschool: Vol 2
- Soul Eater: Vol 1
- Spiral: Vol 9
- Sumomomo, Momomo: Vol 2
- Tale of the Waning Moon: Vol 1
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol.4 (Manga)
- Yotsuba&!: Vol 5
- Yotsuba&!: Vol 6
So you’d better start ordering those Mangas now!
News - by Ian - November 3, 2009 - 18:05 Europe/London - 1 Comment
So, the first Monday of November has finally turned up and Christmas is moving ever closer, and anime companies know this as well! This week we find something distinctly Christmas related and lots of other great anime to buy. Those titles are:
- Sword of the Stranger
- Blood The Last Vampire Live Action (Blu-Ray)
- Blood The Last Vampire Live Action (Standard Definition)
- Blood The Last Vampire (Blu-Ray)
- Always My Santa
- Code Geass Volume 2
- Darker Than Black Volume 3 and 4
This week’s releases are full of brilliant, purchase worthy anime. Which you are able to buy through all good retailers immediately.
