Anime News, Manga News, News, Video Games - by Ian - October 10, 2010 - 13:26 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
London Anime Con have recently announced their lineup and official dates for their con – we’re just a little late with updating on this one!
London Anime Con will be taking place on the 5 and 6 of February 2011 and will run for 12 hours each day, between 1200-0000 and for just £10 a day or £15 for both days if you order ahead of time.
So far the below has been confirmed:
Watch Anime, Play Video Games, Show off your Artwork/chill with artists in the Artist Alley, dress up and enter our Cosplay Events, buy Anime & Manga from our dealers room, enter events like our DDR Tournament and pub quiz, learn Japanese Culture, go to our cosplay workshops, check out our Trading Card Zone, listen to live-music and party away all night! Go check out http://www.londonanimecon.com/ now!
THE BASICS
Date: February 5th-6th 2011
Venue: The Rocket Complex, London Metropolitian University
Tube: Two minutes from Holloway Road Tube Station (To the North of the Picadilly Line)
It costs £15 for both days (so £7.50 a day) to get in if you prepay, and you need to be 18 years or older. Accommodation is available at just £17.50 a night! On the day entry is £10 (or just £5 if you arrive on the day after 8pm)
You can read all about ALCL on it’s official website at http://www.londonanimecon.com/
SPECIAL GUESTS
Live Bands, DJs, speakers and more guests all to be announced! We shall shortly start announcing them over the months of October and November, so stay tuned!
Martin Billany aka LittleKuriboh – Martin Billany, aka LittleKuriboh, is the creator of the very popular Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series, a parody of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and is also part of DBZ Abridged.
DarkSideIncorporated – DarkSideIncorporated are the makers of Yu-Gi-Oh GX Abridged. The team consist of xthedarkone and ShadyVox. ShadyVox is also the maker of Sonic X Abridged. You can view their material at http://www.youtube.com/DarkSideIncorporated Akemi Solloway – Akemi Solloway is a lecturer and expert in Japanese culture, the daughter of an old samurai family and learned in the traditional arts and culture of Japan. She will present some talks at London Anime Con (which ones shall be confirmed).
EVENTS A-Z – ALL THESE CONFIRMED AND FAR MORE TO COME!
(Read event descriptions at http://www.londonanimecon.com/events.php )
AMV Contest
Art Arena
Battle of the Werewolves Live RP
BJD Workshop & Doll Meet
Cosplay Auction
Cosplay Masquerade
Cosplay Stars
Cosplay Workshops
Cosplay Showdown
DDR Tournament
Dub That Anime
Glowstick Rave
J! Party
J-Culture Talks
The Karaoke Factor Contest
LittleKuriboh Q&A
Manga Masterclass Workshops
Open Mic Evening
Origami Workshop
Art Portfolio Sharing Session
Pub Quiz
Rock Band Tournament
Team Battle
More Parties, Video Gaming Tournaments, J-Culture Talks, Events, Cosplay/Art, Workshops and Talks to be confirmed!
If you want to book your tickets early, please register here.
For further information on the London Anime Con, please click here.
Anime News, News - by Ian - October 4, 2010 - 18:56 Europe/London - 1 Comment
It’s Monday! That means only one thing, Monday Anime Update! Now this week there’s really not a lot to choose from if you want some brand new anime, with the only offering coming from Manga Entertainment is:
- Naruto Shippuden – Box Set 3
That’s it! Next week has a couple of better offerings to non-Naruto fans…
Anime News, News - by Ian - October 3, 2010 - 18:16 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Summer Wars is one of 2010′s films of the year, it’s been picked up by Manga Entertainment for UK distribution already. It was originally going to be released in the UK in October, however, we recently heard news from Manga Entertainment that the DVD is going to be pushed back to next year.
This is because the US anime giant, Funimation has decided to organise the dubbing for the film and due to delay in Japan, the masters arrived to them late.
A few weeks ago, Funimation announced the voice-cast for this epic film. The full cast is as follows:
Character – Actor
Kenji Koiso – Michael Sinterniklaas
Natsuki Shinohara – Brina Palencia
Sakae Jinnouchi – Pam Dougherty
Kazuma Ikezawa – Maxey Whitehead
Wabisuke Jinnouchi – J. Michael Tatum
Sakuma – Todd Haberkorn
Mansuke – John Swasey
Mariko – Shelley Calene-Black
Naomi – Lydia Mackay
Shota – Mike McFarland
Yumi – Monica Rial
Mansaku – Barry Yandell
Riichi – Chuck Huber
Rika – Cynthia Cranz
Tasuke – John Burgmeier
Katsuhiko – Christopher R. Sabat
Yorihiko – Rob McCollum
Yuhei – Brittney Karbowski
Shingo – Alison Viktorin
Kunihiko – Patrick Seitz
Noriko – Colleen Clinkenbeard
Kiyomi – Jennifer Seman
Mao – Cherami Leigh
Nana – Caitlin Glass
Kazuo – Bill Jenkins
Yukiko – Anastasia Munoz
Ryohei – Jason Liebrecht
Kana – Tia Ballard
ADDITIONAL VOICES – Alexis Tipton, Phil Parsons, Trina Nishimura, Anthony Bowling, Mary Morgan, Chris Ayres, Chris Cason, Clarine Harp, Eric Vale, Grant James, Greg Silva, David Trosko, Jim Foronda, Joel McDonald, Liza Gonzales, Maeghan Albach, Scott Freeman, R Bruce Elliott, Kara Edwards, Sonny Strait, John Gremillion, Mark Stoddard, Chris Burnett, Stephanie Young
Source: Funimation
Anime News, News - by Ian - September 30, 2010 - 21:28 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Crunchyroll have today announced that they will be simulcasting another title from this season’s anime. Available to view from the 4th October to paid subscribers and a week later for those who are not on subscription, Otome Youkai Zakuro.
Otome Youkai Zakuro takes place during the Meiji Westernisation Movement in an alternative world where humans and spirits can exist together and half spirits join foces with the army to do battle against those who are in the wrong.
This is yet another title that is available for simulcast from Crunchyroll this season and there’s bound to be many more.
Anime News, News - by Ian - July 11, 2010 - 14:48 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Manga Entertainment today squashed the rumours floating around the internet regarding their acquisition of Kanon 2006. We reported in May that Manga Entertainment along with Bamboo Blade had Kanon 2006 on their wishlist, Bamboo Blade was confirmed today by Manga Entertainment.
To the dismay of the Kanon fans, Manga Entertainment have today confirmed via their Twitter page that they do not currently own the rights for Kanon in the UK:
Re #Kanon rumours. Manga does not currently have this series on its schedule. Sorry for the misinformation that may have got out.
This announcement does not rule out Manga’s interest in the series for the UK, it just reiterates that it does not have the rights to the series.
Source: Twitter
Anime News, News - by Ian - July 10, 2010 - 17:55 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
There are unconfirmed reports that the popular series: Bamboo Blade: Series 1 – Part 1 will be released in the UK on the 22nd November 2010, according to Play.com, Anime UK News have reported today. Anime UK News have further speculated that this release may actually be published by Manga Entertainment due to the titling of the show.
Manga Entertainment currently have not confirmed that they have acquired the license to Bamboo Blade; however, we reported in May that Bamboo Blade along with Kanon 2006 were on their hit-list. So it’s very possible that Bamboo Blade will be released under the Manga Entertainment name. This rumour is further firmed by the level of Funimation shows that Manga Entertainment distribute as part of their distribution agreement with the US Anime company.
Source: Anime UK News, Play.com
Anime News, News - by Ian - July 10, 2010 - 16:38 Europe/London - 1 Comment
Copyright Manga Entertainment
It is being reported by various sources that the parent company of Manga Entertainment, Overture Films, is likely to be sold in the coming weeks. Manga Entertainment has various parent companies; however, the parent company of Overture Entertainment, Starz Media, who in turn are owned by Starz LLC, whom are in turned attributed to the Liberty Capital Group and Liberty Media Corporation own various other companies. Such as Manga Entertainment globally, Anchor Bay Entertainment in the US and Film Roman in the US to play with, it’s likely that different buyers will be interested in each of these specialist companies.
This is still to be confirmed by Starz LLC formally; however, there have been some high level resignations at other subsidiary companies in the Starz LLC family. Executives at Overture Films recently resigned with almost immediate affect, citing: “due to differences over the strategic direction of the company”.
Manga Entertainment UK’s Jerome Mazandarani announced on the official Manga Entertainment Twitter feed:
“Our parent company Overture may or may not be up for sale! It’s not unusual. Nothing to worry about”.
Source: Anime News Network, Twitter, Starz LLC
Anime News, News - by Ian - October 11, 2008 - 13:14 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
MVM Films, the UK anime and manga distributor are currently circulating four streaming clips of the imminently released movie: The Adolescene of Utena, which is a romantic movie from 1999. This is an adaptation of the original Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series from around the same timeframe.
This movie is hitting UK shores on the 13th October.
The links are detailed below:
Source: MVM
