We've received some interesting details from an Otaku News reader about a Japanese organisation, the Japan Cat Network, who have been featured in the Japan Time...

BBC News are running a fascinating story about a robotic actor in a Japanese play. Hataraku Watashi (I, Worker), is set in the near future, the play had it's pr...

Wired have posted an article about a rather strange Japanese DVD, Miterudake (which translates as just looking), is aimed at introverted otaku who have trouble...

We've got some exciting news for cosplayers in who can get to London this weekend. I'm sure you already know about the Grand International Cosplay Ball on Sunda...

Anime fans who can get to London on Sunday 7th December 2008 should do so for the last meeting of the London Anime Club. The LAC has been running for 15 years n...

UK anime fans who can get to Leeds will want to keep the 13th to the 16th November 2008 free for the Thought Bubble Festival. The Festival will have a great sel...

We've been sent a press release for a new book that sounds perfect for otaku paying a trip to Tokyo. The Akiba: A Manga Guide to the Akihabara (published by Jap...

A Japanese man has launched an online petition to allow the legal marriage of fictional characters. Taichi Takashita has started the online petition to allow hi...

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 to start airing on SciFi Channel in November....

We've got a nice treat for our readers. So please take a look at the new lovely Otaku News Wallpaper with our mascot Miyuki. We hope it brightens up your deskto...

Boing Boing have posted an article about the discovery of a manga version of Batman from 1966. Apparently these comics have been lost for ages and have recently...

We've just been sent news from the good folks at Kitacon (the UK anime Convention in Northampton 17th-19th April 2009), informing us that they've got two more g...

Following on from our earlier article about the Gaming Cosplay World Record we can confirm that they did break the record on Saturday 25th October 2008, for the...

Following on from our Sword of the Stranger Review, the Barbican in London will be screening the feature on Tuesday 25th November 2008. This includes an introdu...

Sky News are running an article about the possibility that manga could inspire murder, and how it frustrates anime fans. It cites the current case of Meredith K...

The nice folks at Revelation Films have sent us details of their 2009 Q1 line up. For the first three months of 2009 promises to see the UK release of: Fullm...

Wired Magazine have a little feature about Cosplayers at the Tokyo Game Show. They've got an interesting selection of characters, including the Prince from Kata...

Fans of design, cars, science or just cool Japanese stuff in general will want to pay a visit to the Japan Car exhibition at the Science Museum in London, from...

The comic book legal defence fund has agreed to take on the case of Christopher Handley. Handley has a collection of over 1,200 manga a handful of which the US...

A keen eyed Otaku News reader has sent us details of a world record attempt, for the largest gathering of people dressed up as video game characters, which will...

Set during the Senkoku period in Japan, Sword of the Stranger follows a young boy Kotarou as he is cruelly separated from his father and goes on the run from th...

No, unfortunately not a cruel April Fools joke, David 'Dragon' Cotterill has announced that there will be no further regular meetings of the London Anime Club....

BBC News have an interesting story about some monkey waiters in a Japanese restaurant. The macaque monkeys Yatchan and Fukuchan are family pets who serve hot to...

We've got some exciting news about the Grand International Cosplay Ball, which is set for Sunday 30th November at the Clapham Grand, London, England. This is...

UK anime fans looking for convention fun in April 2009 will be pleased to hear that Kitacon will be holding a Fan Choice Awards, where fans get to vote for thei...