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Last week AUKN reported about the success of Kenji Studio's Kickstarter campaign to create a fantasy anime film called <em>Coluboccoro</em> with the goal of hitting $38,200 by May 01st guaranteeing the creation and release of the film on Blu-ray and DVD with English subtitles. This week sees the...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adam Wingard, director of <em>You&rsquo;re Next</em> (2011) and <em>The Guest</em> (2014) has signed on to direct the Warner Brothers&rsquo; live-action Hollywood adaptation of <em>Death Note</em>. Adam Wingard has become something of a horror darling...

A trailer for <em>Attack on Titan</em> <em>Part II: Wings of Freedom</em> (<em>Shingeki no Kyojin Kouhen - Jiyuu no Tsubasa-</em>) was released over the weekend ahead of its June 27th release. This is the second compilation film that rounds up the 25 episodes of the television anime and...

The official website for the Lupin III TV anime has a promotional video that introduces the characters and the setting viewers will get to see when the anime airs in May during the Spring 2015 season. This is the first full-fledged production of a Lupin III television show where Lupin is...

The website for the anime films <em>Genocidal Organ</em>, <em>Harmony</em>, and <em>The Empire of Corpses</em> has revealed the release dates for the films. The three will be released at the end of 2015 with <em>Genocidal Organ</em> the first to get a theatrical run in October. It will be...

Re: Details on Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends in UK Cinema It was done by Toho. The anime movie was distributed by Warner Bros. As far as them bringing more films over... It's very tricky because they have invested in a lot of live-action and anime productions (both adaptations and...

Re: Details on Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends in UK Cinema I have watched Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends and it was excellent. It's the final day tomorrow in many cinemas including my own and I am tempted to see it again. I'll be getting the DVD to complete the trilogy as well. I hope...

Australian anime distributor Madman Entertainment have uploaded an English-subbed trailer for the film <em>The Boy and the Beast</em>, the latest title from Mamoru Hosoda (<em>The Wolf Children</em>, <em>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time</em>). &nbsp; <strong>Synopsis</strong> <em>A...

Kenji Studio's Kickstarter campaign to create a fantasy anime film called <em>Coluboccoro </em>has succeeded. The original campaign aimed to raise a total of $38,200 by May 01st and it has done that with just 9 days to go. At the time of writing, there are 349 backers pledging $38,648. Here's...

Third Window Films are going to release the Japanese film Be My Baby on May 25th on DVD. If you love a drama with substance and want an insight into the lives behind the gyaru make-up and the youth culture mask that a section of young and working class Japanese experience, this is or you...

The award-winning Japanese drama film <em>Au Revoir l&rsquo;ete</em> will be screened twice in London courtesy of the film company day for night. &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>Synopsis</strong> <em>Before 18 year old Sakuko starts university, she visits her aunt Mikie in a seemingly...

The Cannes Film Festival announced some of the films that will be screened at the festival on Thursday, April 16th, and two Japanese films made the cut. The first is from festival favourite Hirokazu Koreeda and it is his live-action adaptation of the manga <em>Umimachi Diary</em>. This film...

Re: Details on Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends in UK Cinema Well from Ace Attorney to this year's crop of great titles (which outshines quite a few festivals I've seen so far), whoever is programming the festival has great taste and I'll try and report about the festival from now on! Only...

Re: Details on Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends in UK Cinema Thanks for the information. I'll update the original news story. Just checked the website!!! OHMYGOSH WHAT A GREAT PROGRAMME!!! FUKU-CHAN, FORMA, and KWAIDAN ARE PLAYING THERE!!! I've seen some of these or heard the hype about...

It&rsquo;s around this time of year that Anime UK News begins reporting on the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival in Cardiff/Aberystwyth and the Terracotta Far East Film Festival in London, giving more information on the dates and some of the films which will be seen. However this year sees one...

<strong>Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends</strong> opens in UK Cinemas this <strong>Friday</strong> courtesy of Warner Bros. UK. The following cinemas have been confirmed as locations where the film will be screened (times should be available at each individual cinema): &nbsp...

Earlier this year, Anime UK News reported that the annual Hyper Japan Festival, the super popular Japanese pop-culture festival, takes place between <strong>July 10-12th 2015</strong> at London's the <strong>O2 Arena</strong>. Thanks to the website Japan Underground, we can confirm some of the...

Third Window Films&nbsp;are all set to release the Korean film&nbsp;Han Gong-Ju&nbsp;on April 13th&nbsp;on DVD and Blu-Ray and a review over at Twitch Film makes this sound excellent. I have seen it and can confirm that despite it being the debut of its writer/director Lee Sujin, it is a...

Kenji Studio and Awesome Japan have unveiled details of a Kickstarter campaign to create a fantasy anime film called <em>Coluboccoro</em>. It is the latest project from Kenji Itoso, an animator who has worked with Satoshi Kon and Hayao Miyazaki. The campaign aims to raise a total of...

The latest entry in the Fatal Frame franchise is getting a western release. The news was announced during yesterday&rsquo;s Nintendo Direct session. The game follows Yuri Kozukata, a girl who has the ability to see and bring back people who have been &ldquo;spirited away&rdquo; to another...