London’s own manga publisher mayamada is back on Kickstarter and with a new project. Hot Lunch is a manga graphic novel for all ages and is about a tiger in a suit (a nice suit) on a heist. The company is asking for £5,000 in all or nothing campaign which you can follow online. [Back […]
Competition: Win Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla is both old and new at the same time. It’s a new movie, first in cinemas a few years ago and the most recent disc releases out just for last Christmas, but it is filmed in the old style. What does that mean? Don’t expect a fancy computer graphics Godzilla. Expect a monster […]
Starz, owner of Manga, bought by Lionsgate for $4.4bn
Analysts have destroyed both Starz and Lionsgate as being involved in geek. Starz has American Gods coming, Ash vs Dead and Outlander while Lionsgate brought us Hunger Games. Now Lionsgate has gobbled up Starz for a cool $4.4bn in cash, stock and debt. That’s a price 20% higher than Starz share price at closing but […]
Naruto Manga to finish in just five weeks
This year’s 50th issue of Shonen Jump on November 10th will contain the last ever Naruto. The series follows a boy who contains the spirit of the dangerous nine-tailed fox as he becomes a ninja, goes to war and tries to win his friends back. The end of the long-running and popular story was foreshadowed […]
Competition: The Monster Book of Manga Girls
Are you an artist? Perhaps you’ve some innate skill that you could unlock with a helpful mentor of book? The Monster Book of Manga is a respected series of tutorial books that help you master the art of drawing. The most popular book in the series covers one of the hardest character types to draw […]
Manga promise news for Scotland Comic Con
Back in November 2012 MCM announced Scotland Comic Con. We’ve had little in the way of updates since then although I can confirm that Geek Native will be ticket holders. In this video Jerome Mazandarani, Head of Marketing and Acquisitions at Manga UK, announces Sword Art Online will be imported to the UK on DVD […]
Anime Limited reveal the anime charts for the UK
Anime Limited, the latest anime buyer and disbutor in the UK, has published the top ten best selling anime titles in the UK in January. In an earlier post they shared the top 10 for 2012 and gave very rough estimates of the number of units shipped. The post suggests demand for Anime DVDs and […]
Ninja Scroll Steelbook (limited edition) trailer
Ninja Scroll is coming to Blu-ray. Hoo-ray! It’s a digitally transfered edition and looks far more crisp than I’ve ever seen it before. The Steelbook is a combination Blu-ray/DVD set, with a 20 page booklet and exclusive commentary by Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. What works for this trailer is that they take the time to show […]
Scotland Loves Anime confirm 2012 Winter schedule
The art festival Scotland Loves Animation is back for both an Edinburgh and Glasgow run in October. The standalone festival is backed by Creative Scotland, The Japan Fundation, has a media partner in The Skinny and sponsored by Manga Entertainment and Kaze / Viz Europe. Glasgow: 12th to 14th October At the GFT Blood-C The […]
Manga apologise over Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt DVD flaws, will re-author
Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt is a popular anime produced by Gainax. It follows two angels, Panty and Stocking, kicked out of Heaven for bad behavior. They are cast out into Daten City where, under the instruction of Reverend Gatherbelt, they have to battle Ghosts and collect Heaven Coins in order to get back into […]