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Japanese Cinema at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

Date: 2024 October 09 18:54 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime > Film

The good folks from the BFI have just sent us details of the upcoming Japanese films that'll be show cased at the BFI London Film Festival 2024.

The festival takes place from Wednesday 9th to Sunday 20th October 2024 at the BFI Southbank and other venues across London and the UK. They have a wide variety of award-winning, gritty and empowering East Asian films premiering at the festival this year. So check out the BFI London Film Festival 2024 Website for more details.

Bandai Namco UK MCM Comic Con London and EGX October 2024 Exhibition Details

Date: 2024 October 06 13:51 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Events

The good folks from Bandai Namco UK have sent us details for their exhibition at MCM x EGX. The geeky pop culture and combined gaming event is set to run at the Excel Centre in London from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th October 2024.

This will be Bandai Namco UK's biggest exhibition to date! There will be six available titles to play, including Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO!, Unknown 9: Awakening, Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream and Little Nightmares III.

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2024 Details

Date: 2024 September 29 14:24 | Posted By: Eeeper

Category > Anime

Returning for its 14th year, Welsh anime festival Kotatsu has a two-part convention packed with feature films, shorts, music performances, and more running from October 5th to 6th and again on October 25th to the 27th 2024.

Manga Jiman 2024 Competition Details

Date: 2024 September 27 17:09 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Events

The good folks from the Embassy of Japan in the UK have just revealed the details for the Manga Jiman & Yonkoma Competition 2024. Running for the 18th time this highly anticipated annual competition is a chance for UK based artists to demonstrate their manga making skills. Not only that, but there's a great selection of prizes to be won from the competitions sponsors.

Here's a tip. If you do really want to win. Consider entering in the Yonkoma category (Yonoma Youth - 11 to 13 or Yonkoma 14+). There are normally very few entrants for the often overlooked four panel manga section. Even the judges in the past were strongly suggesting more people enter in yonkoma.

Not only do you have a chance to flex your manga making skills, show an active community of UK based artists your talents, but there are also a great selection of prizes to be won by the competitions generous sponsors.

So visit mangajiman.co.uk to find out more details.

Bocchi The Rock Recap Part 1&2 Recap Film UK Cinema Release Details

Date: 2024 September 16 19:55 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime > Film

The good folks from streaming giants Crunchyroll have sent us details about the up coming cinema outing for everyone's favourite socially anxious rock guitar playing girl. Bocchi The Rock Recap Part 1&2 Recap Film will hit cinemas around the UK on Monday 7th October 2024.

Originally announced as two separate films the recap film condenses the whole of season one into a double feature. A new lyric video, "Tsukinami ni Kagayake" ("Shine as usual"), was created for the opening sequence of the compilation film, as well as a new ending theme song, "Ima, Boku, Underground Kara" ("Now, I'm Going From Underground") by Kessoku Band.

It's always good to watch more Bocchi and it's great we can catch her guitar journey on the big screen. We're hoping the movie hasn't edited out everyone's favourite drunk rocker Kikuri.

Read More... | Souce: Crunchyroll

Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival 2024 Details

Date: 2024 September 16 17:28 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime > Film

The good folks from Scotland Loves Animation have sent us details for the 2024 run of their festival. The long running and much loved festival will also be popping down to London too!

Highlights include Naoko Yamada's highly anticipated coming-of-age film The Colors Within along with Look Back based on the critically acclaimed manga by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto. We're also looking forward to something classic in the form of The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe.

The festival is set to run in Glasgow from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd November 2024, in Edinburgh from Monday 4th to Sunday 10th November 2024 and in London from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th November 2024.

Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram Movie UK and Ireland Cinema Release Details

Date: 2024 September 14 15:41 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime > Film

The good folks from Trinity CineAsia have sent us details of an up coming cinema release. Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram is due to hit cinemas around the UK and Ireland from Friday 27th September 2024.

This marks Detective Conan (aka Case Closed) first UK and Ireland national cinema release. The hugely popular detective series follows the adventures of a genius teenage detective who now has the body of child. He still solves mysteries despite this and gets into all sorts of adventures. This time around we'll finally find the truth behind Conan's rival Kid the Phantom Thief.

The franchise is hugely popular with this movie becoming 2024's highest grossing film in Japan, with 6 consecutive weeks at number 1 and over 10.8 million tickets sold. The manga is one of the most popular series of all time with over 270 million copies sold over it's 30 year run.

Dan Da Dan: First Encounter Review

Date: 2024 September 12 19:31 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Features

Dan Da Dan hits streaming services this October 2024. Ever since the anime adaption has been announced fans have been eagerly looking forward to it, not just because the manga is popular, but also because of the studio behind it - Science SARU who have released such amazing titles as Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Tatami Galaxy and Tatami Time Machine Blues. Science SARU are one those studios with cult appeal to anime fans, so the hype engine for this title was racing. Bunched together as a special preview the first 3 episodes will hit cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday 13th September 2024 under the title Dan Da Dan: First Encounter. We were lucky enough to get avoid getting abducted by strange beings and gained access to a special review screener. So let's find out is it actually any good?

Nukozuke! by Yugi Iro Manga Release Details

Date: 2024 September 07 10:40 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Manga

The good folks from One Peace Books have just sent us details for an up coming manga Nukozuke! by Yugi Iro. It's pitched as slow-life comedy manga with a twist. Set in a world where nuko exist, they are pocket sized cat humans. Part-timer Yuya adopts two of them and it turns out that Yuya is more cat like than the nukos and they have to also look after Yuya.

It's marketed a sweet pick me up set to appeal to cat and manga lovers everywhere.

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Volume 1

Date: 2024 September 06 14:41 | Posted By: Joe

In a world where everyone receives a Class and Skills at the age of ten, and where such revelations have a huge impact on one's life, Arel, the son of Sword Princess Farah and Archmage Leon, learns that he has... no class at all!

With no class, and no skills, all that's left for Arel is hard work. And so, he takes to training, utilizing wits and cunning to emerge as an all-new type of hero!

Spy x Family Code: White Movie Crunchyroll Streaming Details

Date: 2024 September 05 13:44 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime

The good folks from streaming giant Crunchyroll sent us a coded message. Using the S cipher we able to decode it. It was a secret message just for our eyes, it told us that Spy x Family Code: White will be hitting the streaming service from Friday 6th September 2024.

The movie had a cinema release in April earlier this year. We'd describe the movie as exactly what'd you expect for a Spy x Family cinema outing, it felt very much like a movie length version of the TV episode with high stakes, high action and lots of laughs. You can read our review here, but to be honest now it's on Crunchyroll, you should just watch it.

Read More... | Souce: Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll x Bershka: Frieren and Chainsaw Man Clothing Details

Date: 2024 September 02 10:06 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Retail

The good folks from anime streaming giants Crunchyroll have sent us some details about their collaboration with clothing brand Bershka to bring us some Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Chainsaw Man clothing and accessories.

We've got Frieren t-shirts, hoodies and crop tops, a bag, a mobile phone case, plus socks! You too can finally own some Fern socks. Chainsaw Man wise we've got t-shirts, a baseball cap, jeans and a bag, all with a mix of either Chainsaw Man or Pochita. Sadly no Chainsaw Man socks.

In the past Crunchyroll have teamed up with Bershka to sell other anime inspired merchanidse, our favourite recent tie in was the Junji Ito Clothing Collection.

Read More... | Souce: Crunchyroll

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Manga Release Details

Date: 2024 August 21 18:58 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Manga

The good folks from One Peace Books have just sent us details for an up coming manga Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!. Manga by Akio Nanae, with the original story by Shicio Kuzu & Yumehito Ueda. This fantasy story tells the tale of a world where everyone gets a class at the age of 10, our hero Arel doesn't get one, so he has to become a new type of hero.

The manga is due out on Sept. 17th 2024.

Crunchyroll Bring Their Anime Playlists to Spotify

Date: 2024 August 21 16:54 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime

The good folks from anime streaming giants Crunchyroll have just sent us details about their anime playlists on Spotify. They've got a dedicated shelf of animated related music for your listening pleasure.

Personally at the Otaku News HQ, we listen to some Bump of Chicken, Hitsujibungaku, Yaosobi, Yoko Kanno, Radwimps and many more.

You can always visit Spotify's global Anime Hub to find some more tunes too!

Read More... | Souce: Crunchyroll

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles Release Details

Date: 2024 August 09 19:43 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime

The good folks from Bandai Namco Europe have sent us details of the new action RPG That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles was released on Thursday 8th August 2024 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC. It allows you to relive iconic moments of the original story as well as an entirely new one, featuring new characters created under the supervision of the original author, Fuse.

Dan Da Dan: First Encounter UK and Ireland Cinema Release Details

Date: 2024 August 07 19:36 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime > Film

The good folks from boutique anime firm Anime Limited have revealed that Dan Da Dan will have a cinema outing across the UK and Ireland in a special preview event for one night only. The first 3 episode preview hits big screens on Friday 13th September 2024. It's been titled as Dan Da Dan: First Encounter.

The anime version is adapted by Science SARU, who also recently made Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and Tatami Time Machine Blues. We think the quirky nature of the manga makes it an excellent fit for the type of show Science SARU normally create, it feels like a natural pairing.

The show will stream on both Netflix and Crunchyroll from October 2024.

My Hero Academia - World Best Hero - Global Character Popularity Poll

Date: 2024 August 06 19:57 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Events

The good folks from Japanese publishing giants Shueisha Inc have sent us details about My Hero Academia - World Best Hero - Global Character Popularity Poll. It's been set up to celebrate author Kohei Horikoshi's internationally acclaimed manga series, My Hero Academia reaching its grand finale after 10 years.

To also celebrate they'll be running a fan art contest on Twitter (the site currently called X). Shueisha Inc have also placed an advert in the New York Times to highlight the end of My Hero Academia and the poll with a message from Kohei Horikoshi.

Crunchyroll Store US Launches Summer of Anime Sales Event

Date: 2024 August 03 11:24 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Retail

The good folks from streaming giants Crunchyroll have sent us a reminder about their Summer of Anime sales events for US anime fans. The Crunchyroll Store to will have 50% off some of the store's most popular items from July 31 to August 28 2024.

Highlights for us are the Code Geass - Collector's Edition - Blu-ray, a Crunchyroll Exclusive where someone has clearly had a lot of fun with the packaging design.

Fans based in Europe should note that the Crunchyroll store has opened in the EU and UK too.

Crunchyroll Announce Free Streaming of Olympic Sport Anime

Date: 2024 July 23 18:20 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Anime

In preparation of the sporting summer, the good folks from streaming giant Crunchyroll have just announced free streaming of Olympic sport anime. The sporting anime in question will stream for free with adverts, until 15th August 2024. Highlights include football anime Blue Lock and Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club. We highly recommend the gloriously ridiculous golf anime Birdie Wing (read our review) along with table tennis anime Ping Pong the animation.

Read More... | Souce: Crunchyroll

Hyper Japan 2024 Event Details

Date: 2024 July 14 13:24 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Events

The good folks from Hyper Japan have just sent us the latest details for their 2024 London festival. Set to run from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st July 2024 at Olympia Events. Hyper Japan will bring you all the fun and games you'd expect including, food and drink, performers, workshops, various exhibitors and of course lots of good stalls selling stuff for fans of Japan.

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