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Being an anime and manga fan in the UK can be tough. We face a considerable delay in getting our anime from Japan due to it going via the USA first, we don’t have any major merchandise distributors so very rarely will anything outside of Dragonball Z appear in the shops and music, well, that just doesn’t happen. So if you’re looking to buy your best friend or yourself a present you’re going to struggle to find anything of real consequence. However, not all is lost! Below are a number of sites broken down by categories for you to browse.
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Anime and Cosplay Clubs
Back in the day anime clubs were rife, people would gather together just to watch the latest fansub of Tenchi Muyo. Today most anime clubs have evolved into Cosplay clubs, and some of them are listed below.
- Anime League One of our partners, the Anime League is a large organisation that groups together lots of smaller clubs and conventions and tries to promote anime and manga in the country.
- Animedia East Our partner, Animedia East is a Norfolk based club that organises anime meetings and cosplay activies in the Norfolk area.
- Manga UK Blog The official blog of Manga Entertainment.
News and Reviews
There are a growing number of websites on the internet that give you, the reader, news, reviews and opinions on the anime world. Our list is predominantly British/UK based anime and manga sites; however, it's not an exclusively UK list.
- Anime News Network Well, it has to appear on any anime site list. The largest anime and manga site around and although the UK news is very sparse it’s a great resource.
- Anime UK News A partner site, and another older anime news and reviews site, a great source for UK reviews and news with a very active forum.
- Animetion A UK based anime news and reviews site, not the most quickly updated but a great resource.
- Eye On Anime Not that frequently updated, but a great resource with a semi-active forum.
- UK Anime Network One of the oldest and best trusted UK based anime sites. Check them out for daily updates and frequent reviews.
- World Jumper A partner site that’s a bit like Facebook, only with multiple languages and a pan-European userbase.
Retail Outlets
Shops! They're great and especially when they are full of anime, manga and Japanese goodness. Below are just a few of the many anime shops out there on the internet based in the UK.
- Anime On Line Owned by MVM Entertainment, Anime On Line is where they started it all and it’s still a very large and expansive site.
- AnimeZ A real shop and online store, based in Newcastle with a specialism in gashapon, trading figures and trading cards.
- D7AM.com D7AM is a new anime store with a promising future, offering everything from anime through to DVDs.
- Eye On Asia Eye on Asia has a ton of great goods, lots of anime and manga products.
- Genki Gear A online retailer of clothing goods, most of them aren’t “anime” but are eastern influenced and very good.
- Keep It Secret Keep It Secret is a website that sells food! There’s a few Ghibli branded foods and the famous Moomin biscuits as well.
- Neon Martian A new website that’s been moving into the anime market for a while now, very tidy and has a decent range of stock.
- Otaku.co.uk A specialist DVD R1 import store.
- Sheffield Space Centre A long established website with over ten years experience, a ton of anime, manga, Japanese and sci-fi products.
- Tokyo Toys With a store based in London and a large online site, Tokyo Toys has got a ton of products from DVDs to clothes and merchandise to offer to everyone.
- Toymation Our partner site offers a ton of anime products, not so much from the DVD market but a lot more specialist items and very rare products as well.
- United Publications A huge DVD site that specialists in R1 imports from the UK.
