31 Jul, 2011

Ten years ago there was a secret war fought by master mages with their servants in order to obtain the Holy Grail and the result was devastating to everyone. Today, the Holy Grail War is beginning again with new masters. One such master, Shirou, must now come to grips with the reality of the secret world of war mages and their summoned servants when he...

31 Jul, 2011

After such a busy week on anime releases it’s hardly a surprise that this week we are down to just a single release. This week we have the second, and concluding, volume of Shikabane Hime – Corpse Princess from Manga Entertainment. This volume contains episodes 14-26 of the series (or the complete 2nd series depending on how you like to see it). Keep...

29 Jul, 2011

It’s not much of a stretch to say that videogame based movies don’t exactly have a high quality track record. At best they’ve been so-bad-it’s-good cheesefests (the early 90′s Street Fighter movie is a particular favourite), at worst they’ve been simply dire, last year’s live action Tekken being a particularly heinous...

27 Jul, 2011

Hyper Japan, the UK’s biggest J-culture event was held at Olympia Two in London from the Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th July. This wasn’t a expo I’d heard of before, but when my friend discovered it via a Groupon offer, we figured it might be worth checking out, so we attended for the Sunday. I’ve never actually reviewed a con before, so I figure...

26 Jul, 2011

  From the popular anime and light novel series My Little Sister Can’t Be this Cute! comes a figure of Ruri Gokou, better known as Kuroneko. Beautifully sculpted by Kotobukiya, this figure is based on an illustration of Kuroneko and friends attending the ‘NatsuComi’ convention. In an unusual move the normally heavy dressing Kuroneko has...

25 Jul, 2011

This weekend was the Tokyo Wonder Festival 2011 Summer event. Wonfes for short is a bi-annual event held in Tokyo and gives all the major anime figure manufacturers the opportunity to exhibit there up coming releases. The event is also a showcase for up and coming garage kit creators to show their works to the general public. Wonfes is often a first step for...

24 Jul, 2011

This week we have four new releases and for once the number of releases by beez outweighs that of Manga. The first release this week is the DVD and Blu-ray release of the first Yu-Gi-Oh! movie. If you’ve pre ordered the film or purchase it on the high street you will also get a strictly limited “Super Rare” collectable Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card exclusive...

23 Jul, 2011

The Global release of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn continues later this year with the release of volume 4 in the epic saga. The 4th volume is due out worldwide on DVD and Blu-ray on 2nd December 2011. Although, for an apparent worldwide release, the series has remained near impossible to get hold of officially in the UK although beez entertainment do claim to...

22 Jul, 2011

Wednesday 27th July sees the UK premiere of Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D. This completely CG film features an all new story line based between the events of the 5th and 6th games. With the producers of the CG Appleseed movies and Resident Evil: Degeneration on board and legendary anime writer Dai Sato penning the story this is going to be one of the most...

22 Jul, 2011

Anime Network GONG has announced that it will begin releasing it’s products for streaming in the UK via blinkbox. GONG own many classic anime licenses as well as many that have never previously been released in the UK and have teamed up with blinkbox to stream their content. This could potentially be a great new platform for fans of classic anime and fans...