KOKKOKU & The Red Turtle Now Streaming on Amazon Prime UK

Amazon UK continues to expand the anime offerings available as the online-retailer-giant have now made Studio Ghibli’s The Red Turtle and Yoshimitsu Ohashi’s directed anime series KOKKOKU on Amazon Instant Video and available to stream at no additional cost for Amazon Prime members.

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Ronja: The Robber’s Daughter To Release on Blu-Ray and DVD Next Month

STUDIOCANAL have confirmed that Studio Ghibli’s CGI animated TV Series Ronja: The Robber’s Daughter will be available on Blu-Ray and DVD as a complete series collection from the 4th December 2017 within the UK.

The Boy and The Beast Available to Steam for Amazon Prime UK Members

Amazon Prime continues to expand the anime content on offer as recently the online retail giant have added the ‘English Subtitled’ version of Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast to Amazon Primes Amazon Instant Video service within the UK.

Blu-ray Review: The Boy and The Beast

After an unexpected long time Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and The Beast finally arrives within the UK on Blu-ray; but what can one expect from the film? and more imporantly was this UK Blu-ray release via STUDIO CANAL worth the wait? Well let’s find out in our latest review.

Film4 Confirms When Marnie Was There UK TV Broadcast Date

Earlier in the year Film4 announced that they would be broadcasting Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There on UK TV at some point during August. Well earlier this week Film4 confirmed that the film will broadcast on the 23rd August 2017 at 11am.

The Boy and The Beast and The Red Turtle To Be Released on Blu-ray This September

The wait will soon be over! As STUDIOCANAL have today announced that they will be releasing both Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and The Beast as well as Studio Ghibli’s The Red Turtle and Blu-ray and DVD this September.

Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There To Be Broadcast on Film4 This August

Film4 have announced on Twitter that they will be broadcasting Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There on UK TV at some point during August.

STUDIOCANAL Begins When Marine Was There Blu-ray Replacement Scheme

Ever since the launch of STUDIOCANAL’s UK Blu-ray release of When Marine was There we have heard reports that the disc was defective; with owners reporting that the Blu-ray disc either struggled to play on their player or froze during playback and in the event that it did play the Blu-ray player would buzz incredibly loud as if it was overheating from reading the disc.

The Boy and the Beast To Be Released on DVD and Blu-ray by Studiocanal

In a surprising turn of events Mamoru Hosoda’s charming tale ‘The Boy and the Beast’ may be receiving a UK release by STUDIOCANAL rather than other Anime Distributors such as MangaUK or Anime Limited; that is if the listing found on Amazon UK is anything to go by.

According to the product listing, which was posted-up on UK Anime Network yesterday, The Boy and the Beast will be released on the 5th September 2016 on both DVD and Blu-ray. If this listing, and release date, is correct then it means that The Boy and the Beast won’t be getting a cinematic release or, if it does, then it will be very limited to a handful of Picturehouse cinemas.

The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya To Be Released onto DVD, Blu-ray and Collectors Edition Combi Pack Next Month

After a few short months at the cinema Isao Takahata’s cinematic masterpiece The Tale of The Princess Kaguya will be coming to home video on the 13th July 2015; that is according to pre-order listings on various online retailers.

The film, which sees a bamboo cutter raising a young child like royalty, will be released in three different variations; a stand-a-lone DVD release, which will contain the film and some basic bonus materials, a Blu-ray and DVD Combi pack release, which will contain the film in high definition with some additional bonus materials, and a Collectors Edition Combi Pack, which combines both formats in a carded digipack design.