Anime Review Roundup
My New Crunchyroll Treat Is... Occult Academy! The recent news that NISA has licensed Occult Academy for US Blu-ray release has nudged me into making it a Crunchyroll priority. It doesn’t always happen thus, but often when a Crunchyroll property...
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Anime Review Roundup
Can a teenaged delinquent and a shy girl who exists as his right hand have a happy ending to their relationship? That’s the question posed by Midori Days: Volume 3, with perhaps the most outlandish premise ever conceived for an anime romantic comedy....
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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
No news is good news. It’s the first week in 2012 that no anime company has closed its doors, downsized, or announced that it is suing someone. No releases have been cancelled, downgraded, or delayed. Nothing much of substance has happened; I can...
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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 Update
Anime on Demand... On Subscription I mentioned yesterday that Anime on Demand had been down for the weekend while it shifted to new servers and updated its front end interface. Last night it came back online, and with it a development that was...
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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
Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor - Blu-ray Cancelled Or should I say postponed? Season 2 of the fan favourite Darker Than Black was set to be Manga Entertainment's last big hitter of the year, coming out on DVD and Blu-ray just when eager...
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Anime Review Roundup
Once again I've been left chasing after the bandwagon long after it has left the village. This time it's for Hanasaku Iroha, the most talked about slice-of-life anime this summer just past. Its wonderful collection of characters, its gentle story,...
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Anime Review Roundup
Online Anime Bonanza Anime on Demand has finally been catching up on their autumn announcements the past couple of weeks, following the debut, and subsequent delay of Persona 4: The Animation. The first episodes of Mirai Nikki are up, a concept...
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MCM Expo News and Anime Review Roundup
The Expo News… Another expo has been and gone, and I was so bloated from Diwali sweets that I couldn't be asked to shift from my seat in front of the inaugural Indian Grand Prix to attend the Industry Panel… That's my excuse and I'm sticking to...
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Anime Review Roundup
Persona 4: The Animation Not So-Simulcast When will people learn to read calendars? Because of a mistake on the French side of things, Anime on Demand's streams of Persona 4 will henceforth be on a one-week delay. Before we start campaigning to...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Continues On Blu-ray Haruhi Suzumiya won't appear on Blu-ray until February 2012 at the earliest. That was the announcement from Manga Entertainment this week, after they discovered that the Blu-ray check discs...
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Anime Review Roundup
New Anime Coming to the UK Soon and Sooner Another week, another batch of reviews, and some more news to share. Manga Entertainment have been Twittering again. This time, to celebrate the acquisition of 9000 twats, or whatever the character...
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Anime Review Roundup
It's The New Anime Season Again Every thirteen weeks it's the same thing, the anime production houses announce the new shows that they will be airing, or the old shows that will be continuing, and for the last couple of years, that's when fans in...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga licence news. Brighter Than White… …Is the tag line for a detergent commercial. The reverse is one of the most striking anime series around from the inimitable Studio Bones. Last week Manga Entertainment confirmed via Twitter that Darker...
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Anime Review Roundup
MVM’s New Licence Is… MVM aren’t as prolific when it comes to releasing anime as they once were, but they certainly haven’t abandoned the UK market, and given some of the titles they have released in the past, I make certain to sit up and pay...
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Anime Review Roundup
Two reviews for you last week, beginning with what for me has been the surprise of the summer season, Birdy The Mighty: Decode 02. It's a show with a patently daft title, and the gender-bending premise of a hot alien secret agent fused with a high...
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Anime Review Roundup
Anime on Demand's New Shows Starts Streaming It's a rollover! Or rather a deficit of news (including an annoying false alarm about Dragonball Z), and not too many reviews, convinced me to skip a week of my usual Review Roundups. Anime On Demand...
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Anime Review Roundup
Xam'd Lost Memories Part 2 Blu-ray Cancelled By Manga The third time was definitely not the charm with this hi-def anime, indeed it looks as if it is another nail in the coffin of long running anime series on Blu-ray in the UK, at least for now....
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Anime Review Roundup
The BBFC Scythe Their Way Through Another Anime Sensationalist enough for you? The anime in question is MVM's forthcoming Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny, and to set the record straight, the BBFC don't object to any of the anime series itself. It's...
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Anime Review Roundup
Two reviews for you last week, and it was one disappointment followed by a pleasant surprise. The funny thing is that both disappointment and surprise stemmed from the staple anime ingredient of fan service. First up was Shikabane Hime Corpse...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga Entertainment Don't Give A Tweet About A New Licence Usually you can rely on Twitter for Manga Entertainment's news, but this week it was an eagle-eyed customer who spotted a new licence up for pre-order on an e-tailer's website. Samurai...
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Manga Entertainment Issue Exclusive Clips of 2001 Nights
Fumihiko Sori (Appleseed, Ping Pong, Ichi, Vexille) has boldly ventured into the 3D CG anime realm once more, and has created the TO OVA. Manga Entertainment look to release this show with the title of the manga it is adapted from, 2001 Nights, on...
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Anime Review Roundup
New Licences For The UK (Not Manga) Rarely a week goes by without mention of a new licence from Manga Entertainment, which does tend to drown out their competitors. But the past week has seen some Facebooking from MVM, and some Twittering from...
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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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Anime Review Roundup
Manga's Birthday Bash Hits The Stores It's Manga Entertainment's 20th Anniversary this year, in case you always skip past the logos on DVDs. In fact they had a big party for press types last week, a 'thank you for your support and get plastered on...
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Manga Entertainment's Haruhi Suzumiya S2 Release Inherits The Japanese Mono Audio Fault
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 was Bandai Entertainment's jewel in the crown for 2010 in the US, and when that release turned out to be flawed, the ripples it started in the fan forums over there washed up on UK fan sites as well, where...
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Anime Review Roundup
The Reappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya A few weeks ago, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya feature film, previously scheduled for the end of July, mysteriously, and appropriately vanished from the schedules. It's shown up again, courtesy of Manga...
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Anime Review Roundup
Anime on Demand Start Streaming Nichijou Anime on Demand last week started streaming what looks like the final piece of their Spring line-up, the slice of life gentle comedy, Nichijou. They aim to put a new episode up every week on Monday,...
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MCM Expo News And Anime Review Roundup
The New Licences Are… That's all that you're really looking for, aren't you? The state of the industry is interesting and all that, but what really matters most are those DVDs and Blu-rays that will be coming to shop shelves over the next few...
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Anime Review Roundup
It's Expo Season Again It's that time of year when anime fans, flush with money, don their best cosplay outfits and march off to their nearest convention centre, looking for free hugs. It's also the time of year when the big companies announce...
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Anime Review Roundup
Casshern Sins Blu-ray Falls To Ruin It took just 36 hours for Manga Entertainment to pass judgement on the release of Casshern Sins: Part 1 on Blu-ray. It had only been in the shops for 36 hours before Manga's Twitter feed exploded with dismaying...
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Anime Review Roundup
UK Streamed Anime Update I know I don't do as many of these as I used to, but there's so much anime in the world, and so little time. I have to pick and choose what it is that I watch. But for those keeping an eye on the grand experiment, Anime...
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Anime Review Roundup
You Can (Not) Advance For Another Three Weeks I forgot to mention this last week, but Manga Entertainment have delayed the release of the second Evangelion movie Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance until June 20th 2011. A three-week delay is a...
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Anime Review Roundup
Anime on Demand's Next Simulcast Is… C. That's a pretty unassuming title for an anime, especially given some of the extravagant and lengthy titles that some shows get, but C is a rarity for the UK streaming market. It's a noitaminA show, that late...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga Release Date and Licence Overload Last week Manga Entertainment went on a Twitter frenzy, announcing new licences and release dates like there was no tomorrow, add to that some eager eyed forumites searching out retail listings, and there is...
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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
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
Two reviews for you this week, beginning with the much anticipated Summer Wars. It's Mamoru Hosoda's follow up to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and if you are a fan of high quality animation coupled with good, solid, character based storytelling,...
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Anime News Update
Manga Entertainment Tweet Licences Manga Entertainment in the UK have become almost as prolific as Funimation in the US when it comes to announcing new licences. It seems barely a week goes by that some new anime isn't announced here, and last...
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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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Anime Review Roundup
Manga Entertainment Snippets It's been a couple of weeks since my last posting, mainly due to a lack of anime reviews. But that hasn't stopped news from occurring in the interim, and some details that you may want to catch up on include an...
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Anime Review Roundup
Manga News Bits Manga Entertainment have been busy this week, and once more, they have used Twitter to let loose one of their surprisingly frequent licence announcements. This time it is Sacred Blacksmith, the short series that will be seeing a UK...
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Anime Review Roundup
For the first of last week's reviews, I took a trip into anime yesteryear to review Escaflowne: The Complete Collection. This is one of those shows that served as gateway drugs for a whole generation of anime fans. Like similar shows, it transcends...
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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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