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Anime Review Roundup
Where’s Everyone Been? It’s been three weeks since my last anime review roundup. It’s not my fault that there has been a veritable drought of new anime being released in the UK. Just like the real drought though, there’s plenty of metaphorical wet...
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Anime Review Roundup
Another Week, Another Convention In this case more than one convention, as it was a big week for fan gatherings in the United States at Sakuracon and Anime Boston, and it was also a big week for announcements from the various companies in the US....
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MCM Expo News and Anime Review Roundup
The Latest News From Birmingham There’s been another gathering of the great and good this weekend, this time at the Midlands MCM Expo in Birmingham. The most notable representative of the UK anime scene present at the event was Manga Entertainment,...
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Anime Review Roundup
MVM Licence Deluge Okay, for someone like Sentai in the US, it may be a drip, but for a UK company, and for MVM in particular, announcing three licenses in one week is a deluge, especially as one of the titles will be their first venture into the...
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Anime Review Roundup
A Couple Of Crunchyroll Charms With a lull in anime review discs over the holidays, I’ve been catching up a little with my online streaming. Of course being this far behind means that I have the benefit of marathoning series, rather than waiting...
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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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Happy New Year, My Arse!
Where Bandai Goes, Beez Follows It’s been a miserable New Year if you’re an anime fan, and at this point there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon. On the 2nd of January, the announcement came from across the pond, just in time for last...
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Anime Review Roundup (updated)
Bye Bye Bandai... update Following yesterday's bombshell regarding Bandai Entertainement's retreat from distribution, Anime News Network has posted an interview with Bandai Entertainment's Ken Iyadomi that states the reasons for, and the timeline...
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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
Welcome To The Space Show Coming To The UK And as usual it's courtesy of Manga Entertainment, who this week announced their acquisition of this title over the ubiquitous Twitter service. Welcome to the Space Show is a sci-fi family adventure film,...
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Anime Review Roundup
Anime Expo News It's the biggest week of the year for anime news, at least when it comes to the US. It was the weekend of the Anime Expo, when the great and the good gather to discuss all things animated, and announce all the new goodies they have...
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The Summer of Akira is Here! Blu-ray, DVD, Cinema, and TV!
AKIRA IS THE DEFINITIVE ANIME CLASSIC.” – EMPIRE: THE 500 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME. To coincide with the company’s 20th anniversary celebrations, in June 2011 Manga Entertainment will be releasing on Blu-ray, for the first time ever, the movie...
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Anime Review Roundup
It's one giant leap for UK Anime www.anime-on-demand.com Make a note of that url, as it is the web address of the UK's first, dedicated, streaming anime portal. Yes, finally we have one website where UK fans of anime can gather, and get anime...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Japanese Earthquake and the Anime Industry Japan is currently dealing with the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to hit the country in living memory. Friday's earthquake, the subsequent tsunami, and issues with the nation's nuclear...
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Acclaimed Director Satoshi Kon Dies
Uk Anime.Net broke the news in the West last night, following a flurry of Twitter rumours that the visionary director Satoshi Kon had died of pancreatic cancer yesterday morning. He was just 46. If anyone could be termed an auteur in the field of...
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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
Bleach Comes To Crunchyroll When I posted that Bleach review last Monday, I made note that Crunchyroll had started an Internet petition to get the Japanese licensors to allow Bleach to be streamed to the world, the same way that Crunchyroll...
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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
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
Gundam Free For All The big Gundam event has begun in preparation for the simultaneous worldwide release of Gundam Unicorn on Blu-ray. From now until the end of April, several classic Gundam series will be available for streaming from various...
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Anime Review Roundup and BAM Update
Slayers Revolution Has Been Dubbed For those of you who have been watching the Slayers releases from MVM, you will no doubt be aware that MVM also have the rights to the latest series, Slayers Revolution, and Slayers Evolution-R. You will also be...
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Anime Review Roundup
Begun, the Summer Wars Have There weren’t any anime reviews to round up last week, hence no review roundup, but this week it’s back to normal service, with three reviews of anime new and old for you to peruse. But I guess I missed out on...
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Anime Review Roundup
Susan Boyle Sings Anime No, pinch yourself, you are awake. Check the calendar, it’s not April. Susan Boyle, she of the angelic voice, and the less than 21st Century telegenic demeanour, who wowed the Britain’s Got Talent judges, and then wowed the...
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Anime Review Roundup
Gantz: The Movie(s) The summer drought of anime news seems to be over, and juicy titbits of gossip are beginning to ooze out of the industry again. We must be getting close to convention season. We begin with the announcement that Gantz is going...
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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 (Updated)
(Update) The Next Big Thing From Beez Is Beez Entertainment certainly bring the choicest of anime to these shores, last year it was Haruhi Suzumiya, this year it has been Gundam 00 and Gurren Lagann. But wandering past the BBFC this afternoon I...
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Anime Review Roundup
Funimation Online Anime Update After last week’s brouhaha, you’d expect Funimation to have sorted something out, and they did. While their deal with Toei regarding One Piece is still up in the air, they still have ongoing simulcasts of Fullmetal...
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Anime Review Roundup
There’s always one idiot… If you remember last week, I reported that Funimation had new episodes of One Piece due for online simulcast. Well forget it. It’s not going to happen, at least not until they beef up their security. The thing about...
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MCM Expo News and Anime Review Roundup
The Expo Announcements Another year and another Expo has passed by, and once again I trawl through the Interweb to glean what news snippets there are. All the big players were there, ADV, Manga, Beez, MVM and Revelation, but not everyone had...
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Anime Review Roundup
Bubblegum Crisis Live Action I’m sure you’re all riding the surf of success following the Dragonball Z movie, and are looking forward eagerly to the next live action anime adaptation to be announced. Well wait no more, as it turns out that the...
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