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MCM London Expo Roundup!

News - by Ian - on the 27 October, 2008 at 4.19 pm - 1 Comment - Tweet

The MCM London Expo is one of the biggest industry events in the world of anime and manga, and it concluded this weekend. There’s been a plethora of news that’s come from most of the major anime distributors this year as always, and the information is as follows:

Manga Entertainment

• All remaining Naruto episodes have now been licensed.
• Naruto – 15/12 for series 5
• Naruto Shippuden next Summer
• Blue Dragon – 2009
• Honey & Clover – 2009
• Ichigo 100% – 2009
• Ghost in the Shell: Innocence Blu Ray (Q1)
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 with Blu Ray and theatricle release
• xxxHolic
• Claymore (in single discs)
• Darker than Black
• Afro Samurai
• Girl who leapt through time (8/12)
• Astro Boy
• Manga Store on iTunes
• Afro Samurai Resurection

MVM

• All 4 Slayers series will be released, starting in 2009. First three series’ will be across 4 discs
• The Cutey Honey live action film
• Blade of the Immortal
• Romeo X Juliet
• Desert Punk
• Solty Rei
• 1 box set every month
• Samurai Deeper Kyo

Beez

• Gurren Lagann EU exclusive, in smaller parts and EU extras
• Gundam 00
• Sword of the Stranger
• Progressive worldwide Blu-Ray releases

ADV

• Repacking prior series into box sets
• Getbackers Box sets on the way (two sets)
• Area 88 box in Jan
• Angelic Layer and DNAngel boxes in February

Along with this wave of releases, we’ve received confirmation that an “up-market” boxset of Gundam Wing is being planned from Beez, wit a new HD mastery straight from Japan along with a double volume release of Gurren Lagann.

Various anime will be appearing of XBL and iTunes shortly from Manga Entertainment. Whilst Claymore will begin to sell as single volumes, rather than a box set from January 09, and that currently Blood+ is too expensive for a UK release. Finally from Manga Entertainment, they’ve stated that the recent Funimation titles they’ve acquired are not part of an on-going agreement.

Revelation Films have also noted that they are going to finish all of their releases that they placed on hiatus with no warning earlier this year.

Unfortunately I was unable to attend this year, so if any of you have news that I’ve missed, please e-mail into webmaster(at)news-anime(dot)NOSPAMcom and I’ll add the news up as soon as possible.

Source: UKA, Eye on Anime