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Anime Review Roundup
It Never Rains, But It Pours: Part 1 I had thought 2008 was anime’s Horrible Anus, the year when everything fell apart, when the bubble burst and companies dropped like flies. Well 2012 is turning out to be a Horribler Anus, as the New Year’s...
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Anime Review Roundup
MVM Have Two Licences Forthcoming Just a heads up, as MVM announced today on their Facebook page that they have acquired two new titles for UK release. They say that they have never been released in this country before, and all being well, they...
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Anime Review Roundup
Facebooking the Tweets Once upon a time, companies used to issue press releases, hard information that you could take the bank, could rely upon, until said information would be retracted or altered in a subsequent press release. Now it's all...
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Anime Review Roundup
Funimation Sold Last year I mentioned that Navarre was looking for a buyer for Funimation, currently the biggest anime fish in the US pond, for the corporate reason of creative differences. The new owners are an investment group who will retain...
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Anime Review Roundup
Release Dates, Rumours, and Delays With the New Year comes a host of new information courtesy of the nation's e-tailers, with dates appearing for previously confirmed licences, some unfortunate slippages, and some unexpected titles that will lead...
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The Anime DVD Highlights of 2010
So there you are, barely able to move off the couch, so stuffed with sprouts that they have to set up 'No Naked Flame' warnings around you just to satisfy European Health and Safety Regulations, and all your grandparents, uncles, aunts, parents, and...
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Anime Review Roundup
A Spring of Bumper Anime Sorted Release dates and announcements have been forthcoming this week, from both Manga and MVM, so take note, as they may just put a smile on your face come spring 2011. MVM have a release date for The Tower of Druaga....
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Anime Review Roundup
Summer Wars Trailer Is Here Manga Entertainment have been tweeting and twittering this week, with a whole lot of Blu-ray and movie confirmations. Following last week's Fullmetal Disappointment, it'll be good to know that Blu-rays are still...
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Anime Review Roundup (Updated)
Blu-ray Alchemist No More Last year when it was announced that Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood would be released simultaneously on Blu-ray as well as DVD, it appeared to be a watershed moment in UK anime, the first retail release of a mainstream...
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Anime Review Roundup
A triumvirate of anime reviews for you to enjoy this week, beginning with what looks to be a regular delivery of Kurau Phantom Memory opinion, this time with Kurau Phantom Memory: Volume 3. I can add little more to what I have said over the last two...
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Anime Review Roundup
How Can You Turn A 2D Artform Into 3D? I mean, everything is being made 3D now. It's the latest cash cow being milked that has turned into one more reason why I don't go to the cinema anymore. I don't mind the made for 3D option, but retrofitting...
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Anime Review Roundup
I had two anime reviews to impart last week, kicking off with a trip into the back catalogue with Kurau Phantom Memory: Volume 1. This is a show from that period when ADV were rapidly sinking, and in the UK, it only got as far as the fourth volume...
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Anime Review Roundup
Live Action Noir On The Way? Both the Hollywood Reporter and Anime News Network reported last week that Starz Entertainment had optioned a live action remake of Noir. Noir is the 26 episode anime series from studio Beetrain, released in the West...
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Anime Review Roundup
It's (Not) Grim Up North: Part 1 There was another anime gathering this weekend just past, Amecon at Keele University. It was another chance for the great and the good to get together and celebrate the best of this particular entertainment medium....
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Anime Review Roundup
Blu-ray Ghibli on the way! When Ponyo was released to the world earlier this year, it got the same treatment as any new movie on home video today, Blu-ray and DVD. But the Ghibli back catalogue is extensive, full of high quality films that have...
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Anime Review Roundup
Otakon News There was another anime convention in the US this weekend, and as usual, all eyes were on what new licence announcements there were. It's of interest to us in the UK, because what gets licensed in the US, may just eventually make its...
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MCM Expo News and Anime Review Roundup
The Expo News The Expo has hit, leaving a trail of news carnage for me to sift through. Everyone was there, although that doesn't mean as much as it used to, as it really just boils down to Beez, Manga, and MVM. ADV were there for one final time,...
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Anime Review Roundup
I've Got Some Good Twit For You, And I've Got Some Bad Twit… You can't keep Manga away from their Twitter account, which means that I have some one-line news items to share… 1) Manga will release Eden of the East. 2) Manga will release...
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Anime Review Roundup
The MCM Expo Is Back Again Let's begin today with a public service announcement. It's that time of year again, when the MCM Expo is imminent. It's the gathering for fans of cult TV, movies, and anime and manga of course, along with much, much more....
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Anime Review Roundup
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 Claims Its First Anime Scalp On April 6th 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 came into effect, bringing a whole heap of changes, amendments and alterations to the law. One of those changes was an amendment to...
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Anime Review Roundup
The biggie, the one that we've all been waiting for, and I got to see it before most everyone else courtesy of the wonder that is the review disc. Contain your jealousy for a minute while I link to my review of Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone - 2...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya No, it doesn't mean that you get a week off from my eternal fascination with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya news. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is the recent feature film adaptation of the fourth...
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Anime Review Roundup
The SOS Brigade invade Crunchyroll You no longer have an excuse. Crunchyroll have acquired the rights to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. You can't get away from her if you tried, but given that Haruhi is this decade's anime pop culture...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga's Three Twits of Easter Last week saw Twitter overload from Manga Entertainment, who dealt us a trinity of announcements to savour. First was more confirmation than announcement, but Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood will indeed be...
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Anime Review Roundup
What wonders have I purveyed this week? Let us begin with the final instalment of that anarchic high school comedy. Yes, my immersion in the world of surreal and zany came to an end for now, with Paniponi Dash: Volume 6. It's been a surprisingly...
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Anime Review Roundup
Blu-Metal Alchemist Last week it was Manga Entertainment who hogged the news spotlight, starting their streams of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, after Funimation had geo-locked us out of their playpen. Well, Manga aren't all that keen to...
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Anime Review Roundup
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood streaming at Manga.co.uk Because of circumstances completely within my control, I didn't bring you the anime round up last week. So lucky you, you get a bumper edition this week, with twice the goodies. Beginning...
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Anime Review Roundup
D.Gray-Man Competition Results Last week the D.Gray-Man competition closed, and the Reviewer hat-picker-outer went into overtime searching for deserving winners. Two doves, one startled rabbit, and a mouldy toupee later, I can proudly announce...
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Anime Review Roundup
ADV No More! In case you have missed the news, last week ADV ceased to exist as a commercial entity, as detailed in a complex emission of legalese from their website, beginning with, “A.D.VISION, INC. CONCLUDES SERIES OF ASSET TRANSACTIONS”. Not...
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Anime Review Roundup
It was another bumper week for anime reviews last week, and I kicked things off early with Slayers Try: Volume 1. Yup, another series of Slayers comes to the UK, hot on the heels of Slayers Next, and this time, the pint-sized sorceress and her...
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