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500 Essential Anime Movies by Helen McCarthy - out now
Date: Tuesday 5th August 2008 [18:01] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime
We've received details regarding anime expert Helen McCarthy's new book 500 Essential Anime Movies. It's out now in the UK and will be released in the US in a few weeks. You can buy it Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
We've always recommend Helen's books for several reasons - they're well written and they're well researched that and they're enjoyable to read. ^_^
Helen goes to a lot of effort to check the facts and details when writing books and it does show. We also recommend Helen McCarthy's publications when researching anime and manga, especially for academic purposes, you can never go wrong citing her work.
The Pirate Anime FAQ Returns
Date: Sunday 3rd August 2008 [16:31] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime
8 years ago, I wrote an FAQ about piracy in anime, and how to avoid buying pirate goods. It started off as a simple guide as part of a site called Anime Digital, but evolved and improved over the years. It's generally regarded as the most comprehensive guide to pirate goods in anime fandom. A mini version has been printed at many anime conventions and distributed among convention staff to quickly spot pirate goods. The anime industry also use it to make anime fans aware of bootleg goods.
For the last 8 years the Pirate Anime FAQ was hosted on the London Anime Club's web server. Unfortunately it's been unavailable since April because of server problems so we have decided to host the guide on Otaku News instead. We'd like to thank the London Anime Club for hosting the Pirate Anime FAQ for the last 8 years.
The Pirate Anime FAQ has been translated into French and German, thanks to the kind help of anime fans. I'll put the French and German translations up soon. However I've made a few small changes to the FAQ to make sure it will fit with the formatting of Otaku News. As a result the translations will need to be updated too.
The old content from Anime Digital is not lost and we're currently deciding if we should integrate the articles into Otaku News, or archive them as a separate site.
So please update your bookmarks, the new URL for the Pirate Anime FAQ is http://www.otakunews.com/piratefaq.php.
London Manga and Anime Art Exhibition
Date: Friday 1st August 2008 [16:22] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Culture
We've got some details from an Otaku News reader about Manga and Anime Art Exhibition in London, which will run from August to November 2008. The exhibition will be held at at Westminster Reference Library and St John's Wood Library. It's a great opportunity to exhibit work by new an established artists. Highlights include talks by Akemi Solloway on How Manga and Anime's costume is connected with Japanese traditional Culture, plus traditional Japanese dancing, music, and origami.
Naruto PS3 Game Demo Out
Date: Thursday 31st July 2008 [19:55] | Posted By: LittleWoodenBoy
Category: > Gaming > Consoles
A demo of the new Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm PS3 game is now available to download
Read More... | Source: PlayStation Network
British Theme for Fuji Rock Festival 2008
Date: Sunday 27th July 2008 [16:53] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Culture
BBC News have an interesting article about this years Fuji Rock Festival, which has a British theme, to celebrate 150 years of diplomatic relations between the UK and Japan.
With Union Flags flying everywhere, the article states that many are wearing British themed outfits.
"British acts including The Courteeners, Hard-Fi, Primal Scream and headliners Underworld shared the main stage with Japanese performers on Saturday."
The article also highlights that the Fuji Rock Festival was inspired by Glastonbury.
"We call it the Fuji experience. It is like Glastonbury, but has been perfected in that Japanese way," says the festival's international organiser, Johnnie Fingers (also known as the founding member of The Boomtown Rats).
AmeCon 2008 Competition
Date: Sunday 20th July 2008 [10:54] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
With Leicester based UK anime convention AmeCon less than a month a way, they've decided to launch a great competition where you can win two tickets to the convention, plus free accommodation for the length of the convention.
The press release also details the guest for this year will be voice actress Kari Walgren, who has done a large variety of voice work, including the American dubs for a few anime series - Haruko in FLCL, Scarlett in Steamboy, Robin in Witch Hunter Robin and Lavie in Last Exile.
London Barbican Osamu Tezuka Season
Date: Thursday 17th July 2008 [15:37] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
We've received some exciting news from the London Barbican about a special Osamu Tezuka Season they'll be running from Thursday 18th to Wednesday 24th of September 2008.
The season is curated by anime expert Helen McCarthy (who's written tons of good books and articles on anime and manga). The line is up a great showcase of Tezuka's work, with The Film Is Alive: Osamu Tezuka Filmography looking especially interesting, as it we're certain Helen will bring an informative take on the panel with the event.
Osamu Tezuka is the granddaddy of anime and manga, without doubt the most influential and inspiration artist, as always with these events we suggest you book early to avoid disappointment.
Manga Artists Design Soul Calibur 4 Characters
Date: Thursday 10th July 2008 [19:28] | Posted By: LittleWoodenBoy
Category: > Gaming > Consoles
The manga artists behind Tenjou Tenge, My-HiME, Keroro Gunsou and more have designed characters for the upcoming Soul Calibur 4 fighting game.
UK division of Bandai announces Blu-Ray titles
Date: Monday 7th July 2008 [20:02] | Posted By: Eeeper
Category: > Anime > DVD
European arm of Namco Bandai announces two titles for release in November 2008 on Blu-Ray format
Video Games Live: Volume One album details
Date: Monday 7th July 2008 [17:47] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Gaming
We've got some exciting news from Video Games Live, the popular Video Games themed concert with orchestras and choirs will be releasing an album soon. The digital release will be downloadable in the UK from July 7th, 2008 on iTunes, with the CD release staggered to coincide with Video Games Live events, beginning in San Diego, California on July 24th and Leipzig, Germany on August 20th.
The Track listing is as follows:
1 - Kingdom Hearts
2 - Warcraft Suite
3 - Myst Medley
4 - Medal of Honor (Live)
5 - Civilization IV Medley
6 - Tetris Piano Opus No. 1
7 - God of War Montage (LIVE)
8 - Advent Rising Suite
9 - Tron Montage
10 - Halo Suite
11 - Castlevania Rock (LIVE)
We're looking forward to this release as Video Games live is great fun. ^_^
Manga Matinee at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Date: Wednesday 2nd July 2008 [8:31] | Posted By: Voxie
Category: > Anime
The Institute is nicely located, just around the corner from Trafalgar Square, London. Throughout July 2008, there will be a run of the following manga-inspired shows, both animated and otherwise:
Origin: Spirits of the Past (12th-14th July)
Ping Pong (19th July)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storm (26th July)
Hellboy Animated: blood and Iron (27th July)
Vexille (20th July)
Tickets: £8 / £7 Concessions / £6 ICA Members.
BFI Spirited Away Book out now
Date: Thursday 26th June 2008 [16:53] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
Fans of Studio Ghibli will be interested to know that the BFI have just published a new book on Spirited Away, written by Andrew Osmond.
An interview with Makoto Shinkai
Date: Sunday 22nd June 2008 [18:17] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
Otaku News went to a BFI screening of Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second and was lucky enough to get an exclusive chance to have a private chat with Mr Shinkai, the writer and anime director.
London anime screenings add more seats for the weekend
Date: Friday 20th June 2008 [19:20] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
Following on from our article on the BFI Southbank London Anime Screenings for this weekend (20th to 22nd of July 2008), we're pleased to report that due to popular demand they've increased the capacity of some of the screenings by moving them to larger cinema screens in the venue. So in other words, if you tried to book for a screening or were unaware of the screenings, then try booking now if you fancy a seeing some great anime.
Manga Jiman '150'- Japanese Embassy in UK launch manga competition
Date: Monday 16th June 2008 [6:28] | Posted By: Azure
Category: > Culture
Time to get drawing! The Japanese embassy in the UK has launched another manga contest. This time on the theme of '150'. Entrants must be over fourteen and live in the U.K, the manga must be between six and eight pages. The closing date is the 26 September.
Prizes are as follows:
The amazing First Prize is two (2) return air tickets to Japan, courtesy of All Nippon Airways!
The Second Prize is a fabulous TOSHIBA laptop computer.
Third Prize is a superb RICOH digital camera.
Death Note live action movie UK DVD release details
Date: Friday 13th June 2008 [16:14] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > DVD
Fans of killer stationary supplied by death gods should take a note that we've received the UK DVD release details for the first Death Note Live Action Movie. The DVD will be released on 28th July 2008. 4Digital Media will also be releasing the other two Death Note features, with Death Note The Last Name showing in cinemas from 4th July 2008, and L Change The World coming soon.
Manchester Cosplay Competition
Date: Thursday 5th June 2008 [16:39] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
Cosplayers who can get to the Urbis in Manchester will want to visit on Saturday 28th of June for a cosplay competition with a unique prize, a manga portrait of the winner.
Heroes Graphic Artist Jason Badower London Signings
Date: Saturday 31st May 2008 [17:33] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
Fans of the graphic novel version of Heroes who can get to London next week will want to head to Orbital Manga, just in-between Leicester Square and Covent Garden, where they'll be having a signing with graphic artist Jason Badower.
New Non Photographic Law is a bit vague
Date: Thursday 29th May 2008 [18:12] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Current Affairs
Some anime and manga fans in the UK might have heard about the new proposals which would ban obscene images of children. The proposals mainly cover drawings and computer-generated images, however due to certain parts of the proposals being a bit vague, it's not exactly certain what images are classed as obscene. The mainstream press are keen to wrongly cite manga as one such example.
London Barbican Metropolis screening introduced by Helen McCarthy
Date: Wednesday 21st May 2008 [16:50] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
The Barbican in London have sent us details for a screening of Metropolis on Tuesday 24th June 2008 at 8:30pm. Anime expert Helen McCarthy will introduce the feature, making it even more worthwhile to see than a standard screening she adds interesting bits of information and insight. As always with these events we advise to book early to avoid disappointment.
Wired on the Japanese Web
Date: Wednesday 21st May 2008 [8:40] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Fandom
Wired have published an interesting set of articles about the internet in Japan, including one on Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2chan and his new video site. The Japanese ASCII Art article sets out to explain common Japanese ASCII art, while closer to home they've also got a feature on US Fans of the Japanese Web.
London Anime Screenings at the BFI Southbank
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2008 [8:47] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
We've got some great news for anime fans who can get to London on the weekend of the 20th to 22nd of June 2008. The BFI Southbank will be showing a great line up of anime features. Including a special screening of 5 Centimetres per Second with the director Makoto Shinkai!
The line up is as follows:
Friday 20th June:
Paprika
5 Centimetres per Second
Saturday 21st June:
Death Note (Live action)
Death Note 2 - The Last Name (Live action) - Special double tickets available for both Death Note Movies).
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Tekkonkinkreet
Sunday 22nd June:
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Vexille
This line up is fantastic, we recommend going to see at least one of these films if you can. As always this screenings are likely to sell out quickly, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Free copies of MAMEzine to gogogo
Date: Saturday 3rd May 2008 [14:28] | Posted By: Voxie
Category: > Fandom
In part of stock clearance, and in part of celebration of Free Comic Book Day (today), I'm giving away the rest of our copies of MAMEzine!
MAMEzine is or rather was, a non-profit fanzine I created alongside a wealth of brilliant contributors (some of whom are also resident on this forum). It was on sale via online and a few events over the last five years or so, mainly the London Anime Club.
It used to cost approx. £1.50 a copy, but here on out from today it's totally FREE!!!
King's College London Japan's Manga and Anime Industries seminar
Date: Thursday 1st May 2008 [17:14] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
Readers who can get into London on Friday 16th of May 2008 will want to get to King's College London, from 1pm to 6pm to attend a seminar on Japanese comic book and animation industries.
The line up of speakers looks good, but Yoko Ono is not THAT Yoko Ono. It'll be interesting if they mention the difference between manga and manga style artwork in the talks too.
To go to the talk you will need to register via e-mail.
Terratag at the Urban Art Show
Date: Tuesday 29th April 2008 [16:42] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
The artistic folks at Terratag have sent us details of their artwork which will be displayed at the Urban Art Show in The Old Cinema from the 2nd to 15th May 2008.
Terratag will be showing 4 large hand-painted canvases and 4 silk screen printed A2 art prints.
Other featured artists include:
Ben Allen
Cat James
Colin Brown
Dan McCarthey
Gabriel Moreno
Public
Inkfetish
Superoboturbo
The Old Cinema
160 Chiswick High Road
London W4 1PR
Nearest tube: Turnham Green
Street Fighter Tribute Hardcover Edition art book
Date: Tuesday 29th April 2008 [16:17] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Retail
We've been sent details from UDON Entertainment about the new Street Fighter Tribute Hardcover artbook, which is now available for pre-order and features art from J.Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes, and Penny Arcade's Gabe, lvin Lee, Arnold Tsang, Omar Dogan and others.
It Came From Japan - May 2008 music dates
Date: Tuesday 29th April 2008 [15:03] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
We've received details about the latest Japanese Music gigs for around the UK in London, Bournemouth, York and Liverpool.
Uniqlo launch new manga t-shirt range
Date: Monday 14th April 2008 [16:43] | Posted By: Azure
Category: > Retail
Japanese clothing firm Uniqlo have brought over several batches of their manga inspired t-shirt designs to the U.K. The women's range seems centred around Astro Boy whilst the men's is focused around celebrating fifty years of Shonen Mangazine and Shonen Sunday.
Shirts are £12.99 each or 2 for £20 for a limited time.
BFI Southbank London Anime Weekend in June 2008
Date: Sunday 13th April 2008 [12:02] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
We've received some details about about an up coming anime weekend planned for 20th-22nd June 2008 at the BFI Southbank in London.
The programme hasn't been published yet, and won't be on sale until the end of the month, but the line up looks so good, it's worth mentioning now so you can keep the weekend free. ^_^
They'll be screening:
- Paprika
- 5 Centimetres Per Second,
- The Girl who Leapt Through Time
- Vexille
- Appleseed Ex Machina,
- The Place Promised in our Early Days
- Tekkonkinkreet
- Death Note/Death Note 2 (live action versions)
Anime fans should also keep the 20th June free, as they'll be hosting a very special guest, Makoto Shinkai, who will be giving an interview to accompany the screening of 5 Centimetres Per Second.
As mentioned before booking isn't open yet, but this even is likely to sell out quickly, so as always we advise to book early to avoid disappointment.
ICFJ at The Great Escape festival in Brighton
Date: Sunday 13th April 2008 [11:29] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Events
Fans who can get to Brighton on 17th May 2008, will want to go to Brighton's Great Escape Festival, for a Japanese segment of the event which will be hosted by ICFJ or "It Came From Japan".
They'll have a selection of Japanese bands playing, along with free sushi and anime visual provided by the folks at Manga Entertainment.
Japanese Films and Anime at the Barbican
Date: Saturday 5th April 2008 [16:32] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > Film
London's Barbican have a great selection of films over the next couple of months, with Kihachiro Kawamoto, Akira Kurosawa and a little bit of anime, with Helen McCarthy continuing her popular anime talks, focusing on horror followed by a screening of Le Portrait de Petite Cossette.
As always with these events we recommend booking in as soon as possible to avoid disappoint, Helen's talks in particular tend to sell out quickly.
GONZO make progressive metal music video
Date: Monday 31st March 2008 [17:13] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Production > Gonzo
We've been sent some interesting details about anime studio GONZO, who have produced a music video for progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Demon Prince: Children of Gaia book signing at Orbital Manga London
Date: Monday 31st March 2008 [17:01] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Retail
We've been sent details from London based manga shop Orbital Manga about a book signing and art competition they're running.
The artists from the graphic novel Demon Prince: Children of Gaia will be at Orbital Manga on 26th April 2008, from 1pm to 3pm. Along with limited edition pre-release copies of the graphic novel you'll be able to pick up limited edition A1 size posters too.
Mysterious Cities of Gold DVD Box set arrives early in the UK
Date: Tuesday 25th March 2008 [17:26] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > DVD
Classic anime fans in the UK who can get to their local HMV are in for a treat. HMV have an exclusive deal on the Mysterious Cities of Gold DVD Box set. It's in stock in their stores, and on the HMV website too. Fans should note that the official release date for this DVD is 23rd June 2008, but the highstreet shop seem to have made some sort exclusive deal with the distributors. As far as we're aware, no other retailer has the DVD yet.
We are certain that this is not an error on their website, as we have visited our local HMV and seen copies on shelves to buy.
Many current anime fans will remember the French Japanese co-production with great nostalgia, and have been screaming for a DVD release for years, every so often a rumour would crop up, but never actually amount to anything, years of waiting many fans just assumed that the series would never get released in the UK, but finally it has. ^_^
Source: HMV
Easter UK Anime DVD Sale
Date: Friday 21st March 2008 [11:12] | Posted By: Joe
Category: > Anime > DVD
Amazon UK are currently running a sale on anime DVDs.
Play.com are also have an Anime DVD sale, with many titles cheaper than Amazon (as Play already factor in postage).
Titles include:
- Cowboy Bebop
- Millennium Actress
- Read or Die
- Steamboy
With many titles going for under £5, it's worth looking around for a bargain or three.
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