MCM London Comic Con May 2023: Anime Activities & Guest Highlights

With the MCM London Comic Con taking place this weekend, between 26th and 28th May 2023 at the ExCeL Centre in London, it seems like now would be the perfect time to highlight some of the anime related activities and guests that will be taking place throughout the weekend.

Anime Limited Announcement Round-Up from MCM London Comic Con October 2018

Anime Limited once again entertained fans, albeit not exactly to script, by hosting a selection of panels throughout the MCM London Comic Con October 2018 weekend; some of which were to highlight recent title announcements while others were to celebrate Hibiki Yoshizaki’s work in the form of panel and signing sessions. Regardless; today we are here to talk about the new titles that were announced during the course of the weekend.

Veronica Taylor, 4KIDS English Dub Voice of Ash Ketchum from Pokemon, To Attend Various MCM Comic Con Events This Year

The MCM Comic Con Group have announced that Veronica Taylor, a voice actor most notably known for her work in the 4KIDS English Dub of Ash Ketchum from Pokemon, will be a guest at vrious MCM Comic Con events throughout the year; starting with the MCM London Comic Con on the 26th May 2017.

Psycho-Pass Director Naoyoshi Shiotani To Attend MCM London Comic Con This October

The organisers for this years october MCM London Comic Con have announced that Naoyoshi Shiotani, the director of the TV Anime series Psycho-Pass, will be attending the event later this month as the “Anime Guest of Honour”.

Reo Kurosu to be ‘Anime Guest of Honour’ at MCM Scotland Comic Com 2016

The event organisers for the MCM Scotland Comic Con, otherwise known as the MCM Glasgow Comic Con, have today revealed that Reo Kurosu will be the anime guest of honour at the upcoming event that takes place on the 24th and 25th September 2016 at the SECC in Glasgow.

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.

MVM Entertainment Anime Announcement Round-up

While MVM Entertainment did attend the MCM London Comic Con this october with a booth they, once again, opted to announce their new acquistions through social media and considering the number of titles they announced it was probably a good idea.