Anime News, News - by Ian - October 10, 2010 - 13:47 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Scotland Loves Anime have recently announced two new exhibitions at their exhibit this year. Scotland often gets missed with anime festivals and Scotland Loves Anime is their attempt to try and increase anime output in Scotland. The two new exhibits are:
The Art of Haruhi
There will be 11 images with sketches and full sized shots of the full scenes of the show along with the final product. This is the first time that this has been shown in the UK and only the second time in all of Europe, so it’s well worth checking out if you’re in the local area. This exhibit is free and will be on display between the 8th October to the 17th October.
Anime Merchandise
The final mini art exhibition for 2010 will be held at the Glasgow Film Theatre across the festival dates and will be in two glass cabinets in the main foyer. Over the two weeks come along and see a number of items from the weird and wonderful world of anime merchandising.
Ever wondered how much merchandise for Evangelion 2.0 there was? Or perhaps One Piece Strong World? Or any of the other films in the line-up for Scotland Loves Anime this year for that matter! Then now is your chance to find out, pop along during the weekend and check the displays out.
Featuring merchandise from Trigun Badlands Rumble, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Evangelion 2.0 and One Piece Strong World!
For more information on this and all of the exhibits at Scotland Loves Anime, check out their official site here.
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
News - by Ian - October 3, 2010 - 17:17 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
We all love Film4, it’s a great little free movie channel that lets us all watch pretty good films and for those of you on Virgin Media you can see it in HD as well. For the rest of us, we’ll have to be content watching what a film made by arguably one of the most influential people in anime today, Hayao Miyazaki in standard definition.
Porco Rosso
Originally a World War I pilot in the Italian Air Force, Porco has become disillusioned with life and now makes a living as a bounty hunter guarding ships in the Adriatic sea. Aside from this being slightly unusual, Porco has also been the subject of a vicious curse that has left him with the face of a pig – although no one really knows why. The ugly bounty hunter then falls in love with a rather fetching lady, Gina. Gina runs the sea pilots’ club and this film tells of the would be romance and his relationships with other humans in their world.
Where: Film4 – Sky – 315, Freeview – 15, Freesat – 300, Virgin Media – 428 (429 HD), TalkTalk – 230, UPC Ireland – 323
Time: Thursday 7th October – 11.00 and Sunday 10th October – 15.15
This will be subtitled as well, as per Film4‘s website.
Thanks for Anime UK News for pointing this out.
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.
News - by Ian - July 11, 2010 - 19:46 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Anime and bartending aren’t two subjects that normally sit hand in hand. However, a team of anime fans with a passion for bartending and coding have come together to create the latest iPhone application – Nimble Strong: Bartender in Training.
“Nimble Strong takes fast-paced arcade-style game play, wraps it around a dark, neo-noir storyline, and then focuses everything toward the goal of teaching you how to authentically make over 70 of the most classic and influential cocktails ever devised,” said Adam Ghahramani, the game’s director, “This is a far better, more fun, and more hands-on method to learn foundational mixology than spending hundreds of dollars on crowded and often highly suspect classes.”
Available in the UK on all iPhones for £2.99GBP, this little game will teach the player how to mix drinks in a story based mode with anime characters to keep you going along the way. To make the title replayable there are multiple endings, dialogue branches and 15 unique characters. To purchase this title just search Nimble in the AppStore and hit download.
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
News - by Ian - July 11, 2010 - 14:37 Europe/London - 1 Comment
Bamboo Blade - Released by Manga Entertainment
Following yesterday’s speculation, it has now been formally confirmed by Manga Entertainment that their latest acquisition is indeed Bamboo Blade and it will be released as Play.com stated correctly, on the 22nd November 2010.
Manga Entertainment’s Jerome Mazandarani confirmed this today on their official Twitter page:
@NewsAnime T’is true. #BambooBlade Series 1 Part 1 (Eps 1-12) out on double disc DVD 22.11.2010. www.play.com
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
News - by Ian - July 10, 2010 - 16:12 Europe/London - 1 Comment
Copyright Beez Entertainment
Beez Entertainment, the European subsidiary company of Bandai Entertainment Group have recently announced that they are going to moving into the retail market.
Following on from Manga Entertainment, who opened up their online shop a while ago now, Beez Entertainment recently announced that they will start selling Beez Entertainment titles from their own online store. Currently the store only has one title available in the UK, which is: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Blu-Ray.
Over the coming weeks there will be plenty of development on the store and with many new additions to their current catalogue of available titles.
News - by Ian - July 10, 2010 - 16:03 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Crunchyroll is one of the largest, legal, anime streaming sites in the world. With licenses to many anime that cross over many different territories, they have a costly operation that requires extensive funds to keep us enjoying what we love best. In recent months Crunchyroll have had various cash injections from their new partners, most recently from TV Tokyo.
Akihiko Tamura, a managing executive officer at TV Tokyo and the general manager of the animation division announced during a meeting on Friday that Crunchyroll had finally broken even for the month of May. However, TV Tokyo did not announce what those figures were, or whether they have slipped back into the red.
This also mirrors the sentiments that Crunchyroll announced earlier on in the month when the CEO: Kun Gao and their Brand Manager: Keith Kawamura outlined the company’s financial status.
Source: Anime News Network
News - by Ian - July 5, 2010 - 18:22 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Anime continues to make it’s presence known in the UK and after last year’s entrance into the London Film and Comic Con, anime will be making a welcome return for the second year running to this prestigious event.
There’s going to be over 75 guests in attendance at this year’s LFCC including Wendee Lee who voiced Faye Valentine on Cowboy Bebop, Takeru “T.K.” Takaishi on Digimon Adventure, Haruhi Suzumiya on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi on Lucky ? Star and Dante Basco who voiced Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long for anime.
SECOND STAGE TIMETABLE (Cosplay and Anime Stage)
Saturday
10am – ((To Be Confirmed))
11am – Greg Rucka Q&A (Writer of Superman/DC Comics etc)
12pm – Speed Eating Contest (Cosplay Olympics)
12:30pm – Anime Pictionary (Cosplay Olympics)
1pm – Japanese Culture Talk with Akemi Solloway (www.akemisolloway.com)
2pm – Wendee Lee & Dante Basco Voice-Actors Panel
3pm – Cosplay Masquerade
4pm – The LFCC Talent Show
5pm – Iron Artist
Outside: (Cosplay Olympics) Dizzy Dinosaurs Assault Course at 1pm, 1:30pm Ryoka Castle Hide And Seek
Sunday
10am – ((To Be Confirmed))
11am – Bill Sienkiewicz Q&A (Comic Artist)
12pm – Build a Robot Mecha (Cosplay Olympics)
12:30pm – Anime Musical Chairs (Cosplay Olympics)
1pm – Cosplay The Musical Q&A
2pm – Wendee Lee & Dante Basco Voice-Actors Panel
3pm – Cosplay Masquerade
4pm – Cosplay Showdown
Outside: (Cosplay Olympics) 1pm – Giant Twister Tournament, 1:30pm – Hula Hooping, 2pm Three-Legged Race
COSPLAY ZONE & COSPLAY OLYMPICS
The Cosplay Zone is back bigger and better than ever! Not only do we have the masquerade with big prizes for the winners, but we also have the Cosplay Showdown (a comedy skit competition taken to an entirely new level)! And if that was not enough, Cosplay the Musical, bought to you by Fran Shergold, will be taking auditions for their live-performance at London Collectormania in November! If you are interested in signing up to be part of the musical please email showmasterscosplay@googlemail.com
And that’s not all! For hundreds of cosplay groups attend the UK’s largest anime cons. What if all these groups competed against one another in many awesome events with cash prizes at stake? The Cosplay Olympics shall be hitting LFCC this year! You can join a team, and compete for cash prizes over a number of fun events including speed-eating, origami contests, giant twister, musical chairs, a talent show, three-legged races and more!
Info and signup for the Masquerade go here -http://showmastersonline.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=49065
Info and signup for the Showdown go here -http://showmastersonline.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59709
Info and signup for the Cosplay Olympics go here -http://showmastersonline.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59708
Info and signup for the Talent Show go here -http://showmastersonline.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=60640
VIDEO GAMING
Grab your friends and come along to the Video Game Zone to challenge others across a variety of multi-player games!
Even more of the latest games and contests shall be bought to you by the Animeleague Crew of http://www.animeleague.net/. DS:London ofhttp://www.dslondon.net/ shall also be in attendance, so make sure to bring your DS along for their tournaments!
Modern Gaming with the latest systems and games.
Retro Gaming with all your favorite consoles.
Handheld Corner – make sure to bring your DS!
DDR/Stepmania with your favorite tunes.
Saturday Tournaments
12pm – Retro Sonic 2 Tournament (Megadrive)
1pm – BlueBlaz Tournament
2pm – Super Mario Smash Bros
4pm – Rock Band Tournament
Sunday Tournaments
12pm – Mario Kart Wii
1pm – Super Street Fighter IV
2pm – DDR Tournament
4pm – New Super Mario Bros Wii
The tournaments will have a cash prize of £10 to the winners of each!
ARTISTS ALLEY
The Artists Alley is for amateur comic & manga artists to chill out, draw and meet other artists. No experience required and absolute beginneers are more than welcome!
Make sure to check out the numerous guests and professional artists beside this area, including Bill Sienkiewicz, Lee Townsend and Greg Rucka!
At the very front of the Artist Alley resides the Art Wall that will be up throughout the day for you to pin your artwork to. The top three pieces of artwork as judged by our panel of professionals at the end of the day will win prizes!
Want to sell your work? Then bring it along to be part of the Artists Showcase where we put your work on display and manage the selling of it for you! No bookings are needed, just bring it along on the day, drop it into the Artists Alley; we will take care of the rest!
Finally, there shall be numerous events, talks, panels and workshops going on throughout the day. This shall include a Doll Meet, a panel on BJD, the Iron Artist (where the best artists compete against one another!), a portfolio building workshop, life drawing classes and much much more!
ANIME ZONE
Attendees should start saving up now for the many-many anime dealers who shall be selling your favourite DVDs, manga, merchandise and goodies in the Anime Zone!
Or if you get tired of all the frantic action, why not sit down and chillout watching some of your favorite anime bought to the very first time to London Film and Comic Con? We shall be showing various titles throughout the day from 10am in the morning right through to closing time!
TRADING CARD ZONE
Casual play and trading areas will also be provided with a wide range of single cards, boosters, booster boxes and deck protector supplies will be available. Officially sanctioned tournaments and casual play.
YuGiOh!
1. Prize tournaments of 8 players running throughout the day
2. ‘Gun Slinging’ beat top players to win prizes
3. Introductions to YuGioh
4. Deck building workshops for beginners
Magic The Gathering
1. Prize tournaments of 8 players running throughout the day
2. ‘Gun Slinging’ beat top players to win prizes
3. Introductions to Magic The Gathering
4. Free promotional Giveaways and introductory decks from Wizards Of The coast
5. Player registrations to DCI Player ranking system
DETAILS
For all the latest news and information why not join up on the forums athttp://www.showmastersonline.com/forums A great chance to get to know fellow attendees beforehand and to discuss the event!
Location – Earls Court 2, London, SW5 9TA
Admission – £5 after 11am, or £10 if before 11am. Entry is only £3 for under 12s. Bring along a DS for the record attempt and get £1 off!
17th JULY SATURDAY – 9AM TO 6PM
18TH JULY SUNDAY – 9AM TO 5PM
ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO THIS!
For more information, visit http://www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/
News - by Ian - June 29, 2010 - 20:55 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
News-Anime.com is a fast paced, growing website that now needs some additional hands to make things work. We are looking for the following positions to be filled by enthusiastic volunteer workers who have a love for anime and is prepared to give up a little bit of their time every day to write about what they love. We need:
- News Writers
- Article Writers (feature articles about anime/manga/UK scene)
- Bloggers
- Review Writers (review copies will be provided; however, you must either be over 18 or have the express written consent of your parents as we will be posting DVDs to you)
Everyone will need to be able to write in good, clear English, be able to take criticism well and be able to dedicate their time to keeping News-Anime.com up to date, whilst working under myself and Arctic Zora – our other staffer here.
Benefits? Well, we can’t pay you any cash for this role as we’re not making profits at the moment, but you will be able to keep the review copies we pass on to you and we will be able to get you into most Anime events in the country as a member of the press.
Do you want to work for us but have a different idea that we don’t currently have a position for? That’s fine – just e-mail us and we’ll take a look at your idea and see if we can place it into the growing News-Anime.com family.
