“The Works of Mamoru Hosoda” Exhibition Comes to London This October

In celebration of Mamoru Hosoda’s latest feature-length-film Mirai receiving a cinematic release in the UK later this year Anime Limited, otherwise known as All The Anime, have announced that The Works of Mamoru Hosoda Exhibition will be available in London for a limited time.

Edinburgh Line-Up for Scotland Loves Anime 2018 Announced

Late last month the line-up of films taking place in Glasglow as part of the Scotland Loves Anime 2018 event were announced and during this week the line-up for the films being shown at Edinburgh as part of the event have been announced.

Manga UK Delays Hosoda Collection Movies Due to Packaging Concerns

Those looking forward to Manga Entertainment UK’s Collector’s Edition Hosoda Collection movies, such as Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Wolf Children, will be disappointed to learn that the films have been delayed due to packaging concerns.

Manga Entertainment’s Q4 2017 Line-Up Reveals a Few Interesting Surprises; Including Soul Eater & JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure!

It seems like Manga Entertainment, and in turn Animatsu Entertainment, have been quietly working behind the scenes with online retailers to get new products listed for pre-order as during the course of the weekend their entire fourth quarter release line-up has appeared online for pre-order; with it unveiling a few surprises and previously unannouncement titles.

SyFy UK To Broadcast A Selection of MangaUK Films Throughout January and February 2017

Manga Entertainment UK continues to provide anime to the masses as following on from their cinematic showings of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, along with their Sky Cinema showings of both Dragon Ball Z movies, the UK based anime distributor have now teamed up the UK SyFy Channel to broadcast a selection of their films on UK TV throughout January.

Scotland Loves Animation To Go on Tour Around Scotland This Summer

Anime fans in Scotland will be interested to hear that the Anime Festival Scotland Loves Animation will be going on tour, with it bringing a variety of Anime films to various venues across Scotland.

If you do not live in Scotland, or can’t get up there, then obviously this news will be a bit of a disappointment – but its nice to see Anime films being taken seriously and used in mysterious new ways. Anyway the tour has ‘technically’ already started, as it began on the 18th April 2014, but the first film being shown isn’t until 11th May 2014 so there is still some time to book seats and arrange travel.

Manga UK To Host Third Community Event This Wednesday with Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children

Manga Entertainment UK will be hosting their third “online community” event this week, with Mamoru Hosoda’s animated feature, Wolf Children, being the film that everyone will be watching.

The Community event allows fans of anime to interact with each other while watching a particular film, in this case the highly rated film Wolf Children. Inorder to take part viewers must have a copy of the film and access to twitter, then at 7:30pm everyone will press play and the fun will begin. During the film fans can ‘tweet-a-long’ with Manga UK and get involved with the conversation by using the #WolfChildren hashtag.

Blu-ray Review: Wolf Children

Mamoru Hosoda’s third feature length film, Wolf Children, is finally here within the UK but what exactly do we think of this UK Blu-ray Release by Manga Entertainment? Find out in our Blu-ray Review of Wolf Children.

Synopsis:

19-year-old Hana is studying at university when she falls in love with a mysterious classmate with a highly unusual secret – he is the last descendant of Japan’s now-extinct grey wolves, and possesses the ability to transform into a wolf. Not daunted by this, Hana and her wolf man lover start a family, with energetic daughter Yuki (‘Snow’) soon followed by her more timid little brother Ame (‘Rain’).

But when tragedy strikes and her wolf man suddenly dies, Hana is left to cope with the two young children on her own – and both Yuki and Ame have inherited their dad’s power to shift between human and wolf form. Moving to the countryside and the seclusion of an abandoned old house in the mountains, Hana hopes to raise her family away from prying eyes …but life’s not that simple.

Wolf Children (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) – REGION LOCKED

Wolf Children (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)

BD Region: A (Not Playable in the UK)
– Boxart states Region A Only

DVD Region: 1 (Not Playable in the UK)
– Boxart states Region 1 Only

Price: $28.68 / £18.07 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1x Feature Length Movie (1 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)

Plot: Hana was a student before she was a mother. She was bright and pretty, and her future held endless possibilities. Then she met a man, who turned out to be a wolf, and together they built a family. Hana loved her mate fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two unusual kids she didn’t know how to raise. Frightened of being discovered, Hana and her wolf children fled to the countryside to build a new life.

Raising her little wild things was an adventure. It left Hana bruised, scratched, exhausted, and joyously overwhelmed as her pups grew stronger and wandered further every day. This is a mother’s journey. Teach your children to chase their dreams – and smile through the tears as they disappear into the world in search of who they will become. Hana wasn’t always a mother, but it was always what she was meant to be.

— NOTE —

Wolf Children will be released into the UK on both DVD and Blu-ray from the 23rd December 2013 by Manga Entertainment UK and it retains all of its extra features.