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Anime Review Roundup
Manga Keep On Twittering It's annoying, but someone has to keep an eye on Twitter to make sense of all the announcements, rumours and whispers that abound. Thankfully that someone isn't me, as by the time I hear these things, someone else has been...
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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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Midweek Anime News Roundup
Manga Twits Ahoy Making sense of tweets and twhoo's is beyond me at the best of times, but fortunately there are people around who can hack into the Pentagon, blindfold and with a smartphone, who understand all this modern nonsense, and have...
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Anime Review Roundup
Shane Black To Direct Death Note You know how it is. A US studio hears about a popular anime series, and options it before they even know if it can be translated to the big screen. And for years, anime fans get excited at the prospect of seeing...
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Anime Review Roundup
This Week I Have Mostly Been Watching Online Anime With a plethora of anime available legally to stream online from sites like Crunchyroll and Youtube, you'd think that I would be taking advantage of that to sample all those cool shows that just...
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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
Even after all this time, the idea of an arcade beat-'em-up adapted to the screen leaves me with a shiver of dread. After all, I paid money to see Mortal Kombat: Annihilation in the cinema. But you don't always need deep characterisation, you don't...
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MCM Expo News and Anime Review Roundup
Yet Another Anime Expo Has Been And Gone… And once again I have been parked in my chair, allowing others to do all the legwork and gather the information, allowing for a glorified cut and paste masquerading as a news report. You'll have to thank...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga's Man In The Know Speaks Manga Entertainment's public face, Jerome Mazandarani is gearing up for the forthcoming MCM Expo by talking to the Anime Chronicle Podcast. UK Anime.Net have the link to the podcast, as well as a transcript for you...
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Anime Review Roundup
The biggest star that I have never heard of. Everyone has a blind spot, and with me, it's recent videogames. When I first saw the release schedule for Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, I have to admit at scratching my head at the lavish...
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Anime Review Roundup
Hayate The Combat Butler, Now Free And Legal To The UK! Last year, Crunchyroll streamed Hayate The Combat Butler Season 2 to the world, and given I couldn't easily find Season 1 to watch legally, turned out to be remarkably enjoyable even with the...
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Anime Review Roundup
Another Live Action Gantz Trailer You remember Gantz don't you? It was that anime full of sex and violence, aliens and cyberpunk technology, which made a real effort in being boring. It was the one where characters would stand around and debate...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Anime All-Nighter Is Back At Oktoberfest… Times Two The 16th of October sees the return of Oktoberfest to Sci-fi London, that annual appreciation of all things sci-fi, horror and anime. This year there will be two Anime All-Nighters to choose...
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Anime Review Roundup
This is a bumper week of anime with two releases worthy of attention, the sort of shows that you take the time to savour and enjoy. Not too long ago, two releases would have been a quiet week, but in this age of half-season sets and value for money,...
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Anime Review Roundup
Twits and Pieces There wasn't a lot of major news around last week, or at least none that I read, but as usual Twitter announcements abound, and there may be something of interest here… to someone… somewhere… If you were getting warmed up for the...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Rin - Daughters Of Mnemosyne Competition Has Closed And we can announce the winners. Thanks to all those who entered, and the question seemed to catch more than a few of you out this time. Incidentally, we have rules in these competitions, and...
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Anime Review Roundup
Competition! Win Rin - Daughters of Mnemosyne on DVD It's been a while, but it's competition time again, and this time we have something quite special for fans of old school anime and fans of modern anime. Once upon a time, if it was animated and...
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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
Getting straight into the reviews this week, of which there are two. The biggie of course is the new Fullmetal Alchemist Series. I took a look at the first thirteen episodes in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Part 1. It's the tale of two brothers,...
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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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Anime Review Roundup
Beck The Movie Last week it was Gantz, this time it's the turn of Beck, another manga turned anime that is getting the big screen live action treatment. I loved the series when I saw it, a tale of an unlikely band following their bumpy destiny to...
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Anime Review Roundup
Gantz: The Movie Gantz was the full on sex and violence anime series that was released here a few years ago by MVM. You might remember it; a weird alien ball suddenly appears in a nondescript apartment, where it begins to resurrect the recently...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga Entertainment For Sale, One-ish Careful Owner Last month it was Navarre looking to offload Funimation, this week it's the turn of Starz looking for a buyer for its entertainment properties, among them Anchor Bay Entertainment, which happens...
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Anime Review Roundup
Anime Expo News: Funimation Not our Expo, the American Expo, which just took place this weekend. There's a lot more anime, plenty more companies, and a heap load more announcements than we usually get in the UK, and not all of it will be relevant...
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Anime Review Roundup
I told you that we had entered an anime drought. It's why there were no reviews last week, and why there is only one new title reviewed this week. Fortunately I had some back catalogue titles to look at to round the numbers up. First up is a show...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Winners of the Ponyo Competition Are… The competition closed this weekend, and already we have the results. Congratulations, and copies of Ponyo are due to… Heather Shaw, James Moore and Claire Grigg. Stay tuned for more competitions in the...
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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
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
Let's keep it short and sweet this week, and just dive into the reviews. First up was Fate/Stay Night: Volume 5, which is turning out to be the anime anticlimax of the year for me. It's a mystical combat adventure series, which sees mages, summoning...
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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
Just two reviews for you this week, and one of them is a live-action film at that. Since it was adapted from an anime and manga, it ought to count anyway. Besides, with all the CGI and green screen work, it’s half animation in itself. I’m talking of...
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Anime Review Roundup
Since you got a dose of news on Saturday, I think I’ll dive straight into the anime reviews this week, and fortunately there’s more than just a single review to point you to. First up was Fate/Stay Night: Volume 2, in which the fantasy battle genre...
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D. Gray-Man Competition and Manga News!
First The Competition It’s been a while since we’ve had a competition, but we can belatedly kick off 2010 in some style, as we have three copies of Manga Entertainment’s latest shonen acquisition to give away. D. Gray-Man is the story of an orphan...
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Anime Review Roundup
Let’s round up last week’s reviews. Naruto. That’s it, you can go home now. It’s not my fault, honest! Late Naruto filler is enough to put anyone off anime for life. I’m just glad that it dimmed my enthusiasm for only a week. Actually, Naruto...
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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
I’m still digesting turkey, which means I can barely summon the energy to type, let alone come up with anything substantial for the first anime review roundup of the year. So just the reviews then, beginning with Solty Rei: Volume 6. It’s the...
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Anime Review Roundup
The final Anime Review Roundup of the year, and I’m too afflicted with turkey bloat to put any effort into this. Don’t blame me, blame Bernard Matthews. This week I’ll just do a quick recap of the reviews, although news wise I can tell you this....
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Bexley Anime and Manga Festival and Anime Review Roundup
Ghibli Adapt Another Story From The Mystical West It seems to happen a lot nowadays, with studio Ghibli opting to adapt stories from around here, to be made into anime from over there. I guess it helps with the globalisation of anime, and doesn’t...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga and Beez have been Twittering again I still think it’s a horrible way to release news. If I did it that way, this report would already be ove… But both Manga and Beez have been delivering news and non-news this week, and you can read more...
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