Anime Limited Announcement Round-Up from MCM London Comic Con May 2016

At this month’s MCM London Comic Con event Anime Limited opted to break-tradition and announce their new anime licenses via a board at their booth; an idea which seemed fun but caused confusion and disappointment to those attending the panels, such as ourselves.

The biggest announcement of the weekend was the unveiling of the Fullmetal Alchemist Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set; a set which will contain the entire series (51 episodes) remastered in High Definition with English and Japanese audio along with some artcards, a book and special packaging – a packaging design which sees the Gate of Truth holding the collection.

MVM Entertainment Announcement Round-Up from MCM London Comic Con May 2016

Once again MVM Entertainment opted to skip the panel and just announce their licenses through social media and as a result it saw the UK Anime Distributor announce a slew of new, and older titles, being released into the UK on both DVD and Blu-ray.

As always details are still yet to be confirmed, such as format and release window, but the following titles will be making their way to the UK in the near future.

Animatsu and MangaUK Industry Panel Announcements from MCM London Comic Con May 2016

It seems Animatsu and Manga Entertainment UK were ‘slumming it’ in the Bronze Theatre at the MCM London Comic Con this month as not only was a table not provided for them but the audio equipment didn’t seem to work either; which resulted in not many ‘cheers’ from the crowd despite some interesting announcements being made; including the confirmation that Digimon will be making it’s return to the UK on DVD.

Ignoring the sound quality issues Fraser, Andrew and Jerome provided a solid presentation with a line-up of new announcements accompanied with trailers (all of which you shall see in our video of the panel). Unfortunately however not all licenses were announced and nor were all of the details revealed; so expect more information and announcements from MangaUK and Animatsu Entertainment in the coming weeks! For the time being at least you can check out the panel below in our video.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Panel from MCM London Comic Con May 2016

One of the highlights of the MCM London Comic Con May 2016 was that SUNRISE, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Oirigin, Producer Osamu Taniguchi and Mechanical Designer for SUNRISE Mika Akitaka would be the anime guest of honour and be hosting their own panel at the event.

This panel, which saw the European Premiere of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Oirigin – Episode III take place along, also featured an hour-long-segment which saw both Osamu Taniguchi and Mika Akitaka provide insight into the world of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, the process of creating the animation itself and what the future has in-store for the Origin series. For Gundam fans, such as myself, it was an insightful look into the world of one of the oldest anime franchises to date and if you somehow managed to miss this panel you can see it all (excluding the film of course) in our video below.

Anime Limited Confirms London MCM Comic Con May 2016 Schedule

The May 2016 London MCM Comic Con hasn’t even begun yet and already we are getting a taste of whats in store; as following on from yesterdays schedule line-up from MangaUK, Animatsu and Bandai Namco Entertainment we now have Anime Limited unveiling their schedule and it may possibly be the best one ever!

Throughout the weekend Anime Limited will be hosting four panels, in comparison to their usual two, a shop to purchase a selection of pre-release anime shows, an anaime screening room and plenty of announcements throughout the entire weekend. In short; Anime Limited will be ‘extremely’ busy this weekend and i get the feeling that so will we!

Manga UK & Animatsu Entertainment Confirm London MCM Comic Con May 2016 Schedule

With just over a week to go until the London MCM Comic Con the UK Anime Distribution giants Manga Entertainment UK and Animatsu Entertainment have today revealed their plans of what attendees can expect from their presence at the event; and the results are quite exciting.

To start with MangaUK/Animatsu will have two panels throughout the entire weekend. The first panel will be a Q&A Session on Friday 27th May 2016, with the location and time To Be Announced shortly, while the announcement panel will take place at 3pm Saturday 28th May 2016 on the Bronze Stage. As always the announcement panel will see the distributor(s) reveal their new license announcements as well as provide updates to titles which have yet to be released by them.

Bandai Namco Entertainment Reveal London MCM Comic Con May 2016 Plans

Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment have recently confirmed that they will be attending the upcoming London MCM Comic Con event, which takes place between the 27th May 2016 and 29th May 2016 at the ExCeL Centre in London, and they will be bringing a lot of games for attendees to try out; including One Piece: Burning Blood and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven.