Anime News, News - by Ian - February 22, 2011 - 14:00 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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MVM Entertainment are now known for releasing box sets of their older and new material and they have recently confirmed that they are going to be releasing the following shows in a box set:
- Tower of Druaga – which was previously going to be a two disc collection of the first season – it’s now going to be a complete box set release.
- Chobits – it seems a return the UK in a complete box set
- Desert Punk – released last year will see a re-release as a box set
- Shana – again released last year will see a box set collection
- Gungrave – again a recent release but will now be released again.
This is great news for bargain hunters as a box set is always more cost effective than purchasing the single releases. Not forgetting that they are a good collection of decent anime, Desert Punk especially is one worth picking up if you’ve not already got it.
Anime News, News - by Ian - July 10, 2010 - 16:38 Europe/London - 1 Comment
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It is being reported by various sources that the parent company of Manga Entertainment, Overture Films, is likely to be sold in the coming weeks. Manga Entertainment has various parent companies; however, the parent company of Overture Entertainment, Starz Media, who in turn are owned by Starz LLC, whom are in turned attributed to the Liberty Capital Group and Liberty Media Corporation own various other companies. Such as Manga Entertainment globally, Anchor Bay Entertainment in the US and Film Roman in the US to play with, it’s likely that different buyers will be interested in each of these specialist companies.
This is still to be confirmed by Starz LLC formally; however, there have been some high level resignations at other subsidiary companies in the Starz LLC family. Executives at Overture Films recently resigned with almost immediate affect, citing: “due to differences over the strategic direction of the company”.
Manga Entertainment UK’s Jerome Mazandarani announced on the official Manga Entertainment Twitter feed:
“Our parent company Overture may or may not be up for sale! It’s not unusual. Nothing to worry about”.
Source: Anime News Network, Twitter, Starz LLC
News - by Ian - May 25, 2010 - 18:37 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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We’ve also just received this press release for MVM, again, it’s perfect as it is so here you go:
MVM Entertainment is very excited to be participating in the May 2010 London MCM Expo, which is being held at the Excel centre on the 29th and 30th May. Be sure to keep your eyes and ears open as there will be plenty of news and excitement for fans about upcoming new releases!
Come visit the MVM stand where all of the box sets and DVDs will be discounted so you’ll be sure to pick up a decent bargain. If cash is short then fear not for the bargains are very affordable for even the smallest of pockets!
Here’s a sneak peak at some of the news you can look forward to at the weekend…
- An early chance to purchase the new collections for Disgaea and Gunparade March which will be officially out on the 7th June so you can be the envy of your fellow anime friends by having them before anyone else!
- Add to that list the new series of Mahoromatic Something More Beautiful – Volume 1 which will also be available to purchase nice and early.
- MVM have been coming up trumps recently with their popular Asian Cinema releases and if you haven’t got onboard yet there is still a chance with Samurai Zombie, due out on the 19th July. It has enough gore, samurai’s and… zombies to keep you entertained!
- Don’t worry we haven’t forgotten the all-important anime! Rozen Maiden Traumend is due out on the 5th July and Pet Shop Of Horrors will be out on the 2nd August.
- Finally… you must want to hear about all the new licences that have been picked up? Well the following can be confirmed: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Balde of the Immortal, Slayers Revolution and Slayers Evolution-R. Don’t forget that there will be plenty more announced at the Expo!
Make sure you don’t miss out this Bank Holiday!
News - by Ian - May 25, 2010 - 18:34 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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We recently received the below press release from Manga Entertainment, as it’s so perfectly written, here it is in full:
Manga Entertainment are very excited to be participating in the May 2010 London MCM Expo, which is being held at the Excel centre on the 29th and 30th May. As always Manga will be making sure that your Bank Holiday weekend gets off to the best start with plenty of news and excitement for fans about upcoming new releases!
Also come visit the Manga stand with 50% off most DVDs, DVD box sets and Blu-ray releases as well the bargain-licious £1 Manga Shop! You will also be able to satisfy your manga books and comics cravings as VIZ Media will be joining the stand.
Here’s a sneak peak at some of the news you can look forward to at the weekend…
- An early chance to purchase the beautiful and mesmerising Sky Crawlers on DVD and Blu-ray which will be officially out on the following Monday, 31st May. Check out the latest Oshii classic that has been driving the critics crazy!
- You will also be able to catch the DVD launch of new anime series Soul Eater Part One (due out on DVD on 28th June) and also the “grown-up” Naruto Shippuden Box Set 1 (out 14th June.)
- Manga are also proud to announce that anime classic Full Metal Alchemist is making a come back! Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Part One is due out on DVD and… Blu-ray! Put 23rd August in your diaries for this one…
- That’s not all. Keep your ears open for more Funimation titles to be announced!
- Finally… like the Professor Layton games? Make sure you hot-foot it over in time to see a sneak peak of Professor Layton And The Eternal Diva which promises to be one of the biggest hits this year just like the games. We’ve told you too much already!
News - by Ian - May 17, 2010 - 09:00 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Ah My Goddess Volume 2 Copyright Manga Entertainment
It’s Monday, it’s 9 o’clock and that’s time for the latest anime DVD releases to hit the UK shops. This week there’s a very meagre amount for us to choose from and this is something that hits us every now and again, this time around the single volume to choose from is:
Next week doesn’t look much better either…
News - by Ian - May 10, 2010 - 10:00 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Ouran High School Host Club Members
Yeah, it’s Monday. The prospect of the end to the hung parliament may be in sight and frankly it’s just not as important as this week’s anime release…. well, that’s a slight exaggeration but something’s got to take our minds off of it. This week there is only one new series being released and that series is:
Now of course, this series has already been released in two box-sets, but if you’ve not already got the two single releases this anime is well worth the buy. We reviewed the two single releases and you can see the reviews here and here.
News - by Ian - May 9, 2010 - 10:55 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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It has recently been confirmed by E1 Entertainment, that the CGI version of Astro Boy, which was on general release in the UK earlier on in the year, will have a DVD release date of the 31st May 2010. Astro Boy will have a standard definition and a Blu-Ray version release of the same day and it’s perfect timing for the half-term holidays in the UK.
Astro Boy features the voices of Nicholas Cage, Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell and Charlize Theron and the story centres around a young boy who’s father is one of the best scientific minds of the day. Unfortunately, his son is in love with science as well and sneaks into one of his experiments that goes horribly wrong and leaves his father grief stricken. In an attempt to pacify his greif he brings his son back to life as a robot only to discover that it’s not the same person and turns his back on him. Astro Boy is then left feeling dejected and turns his back on the world he knows to only find out that he really loves it in the end.
Astro Boy is a great film and is a perfect for all of the family.
News - by Ian - May 4, 2010 - 12:12 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
WHAAM available at ASOS.com designed by Terratag.com
Terratag, the place for brilliant and unique clothes is continuing the happy May spirit by offering all customers a huge discount if they order by the 10th May 2010.
TO keep that bank holiday spirit going, if your order comes to over £60GBP then you’ll get 25% off of your total order price and you’ll get an awesome tote bag to go along with your purchase.
To put this into perspective, if you buy a hoodie and a t-shirt, you’ll get money off. So strike whilst the iron is hot and buy some clothes from Terratag before their sale runs out!
You can find Terratag’s website here.
News - by Ian - April 3, 2010 - 16:28 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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In Japan there are hundreds, if not thousands of designs that feature random bits of English on clothes. When an English person sees this it’s often something to make fun of as Engrish. In the UK the direct opposite has been happening a lot recently, with oriental characters appearing on clothes more and more frequently.
So for the most part, online designer and retailer Terratag have bucked the trend and taken everything a step further and are designing clothes with an Eastern theme and with anime themes.
As Terratag are so lovely and they want to show everyone some love in these chocolatey times they’re doing a little promotion. Free shipping on all items purchased before the 12th April 2010.
Terratag are in dozens of retailers across the country and their designs and quality are top-notch – I can personally vouch for this as I have a good few items of clothing from Terratag which wash well, don’t fade and deliver very quickly.
You can check on Terratag’s designs here.
News - by Ian - April 3, 2010 - 15:21 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Not a real Chinese Pirate...
It’s been published today in The Times newspaper that the Japanese animation industry estimated it lost $2.4 billion (227 billion yen or £1.6 billion) owing to piracy in China.
It has long be said that piracy in China is costing the anime industry across the world a significant amount of money; however, Japan have now managed to put an actual figure against everyone’s guesses. To put this into perspective, this is more than twice the amount that Japan made in profit from foreign exports of anime.
A spokesperson for Production IG (makers of Ghost in the Shell and many other huge hits) stated:
..that short of closing down the internet altogether, there was little the company could do to stop piracy.
Source: The Times
News - by Ian - March 29, 2010 - 09:00 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
Eureka Seven Screenshot
It’s the beginning of the working week, this week is short thanks to Good Friday – so no work or school on Friday! As with almost every Monday there are some new releases for us to sink our teeth into and this week’s releases are all fairly lengthy and will help us all kill this holiday weekend. The two releases are:
The RRP of both is £24.99 so that’s a tenner off but title, which both happen to be 5 disc boxsets. We’ve linked through to the cheapest place we could find above, so that you can get the best deal.
News - by Ian - January 11, 2010 - 11:48 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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The Barbican Centre in London is well known for it’s love of anime. The Barbican has ran a season called Japanimation since 2006, which has been spearheaded by the co-author of the Anime Encyclopaedia – Helen McCarthy. Recently there have been some new developments at The Barbican Centre which has led to many rumours floating around the internet – such as the end of Japanimaion.
These rumours are so strong that they have even managed to penetrate the national, mainstream media such as The Guardian. There is an understandable concern that with these changes at The Barbican that unique cinema experience will be impacted and different cultures’ entertainment will be ignored and fall back away into obscurity.
Fortunately this is not the case and Helen McCarthy has gone on record on her blog saying:
Japanimation, like everything else on the Barbican Cinema schedule, will adapt to changing circumstances. We may have to fit around the builders, but we don’t intend to disappear.
This is great news to the anime community at large as it means we will continue to see Ponyo, Mai Mai Miracle, GitS and various other anime that Helen kindly organises for the viewing populace. The most vital part about the Barbican is that it’s not a seedy, back alley, underneath a huge store indie cinema, it’s a well known, respected and Government funded institute. This means people have confidence in it and what’s being shown.
Source: A Face Made for Radio: Helen McCarthy’s Blog
News - by Ian - January 7, 2010 - 20:13 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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The legendary videogame producer Capcom are due to release one of the most anticipated fighter games of the year exclusively to the Nintendo Wii. Tatsunoko v Capcom contains a plethora of different characters from anime and videogame pop-culture and some cross overs from Street Fighter, to keep everyone interested Capcom have today released a new trailer of this hotly anticipated game; which can be seen below.
News - by Ian - December 7, 2009 - 18:59 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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Whoops! Looks like someone mixed their dates up and forgot to announce to the world Yen Press’ Christmastime manga offerings. As a form of apology, the below are all available immediately from all good retailers and some Waterstone’s stores as well. With a metric ton of manga, some of which are truly brilliant (such as Higurashi) and need to be bought immediately. These mangas are:
- Black God: Vol 7
- Cat Paradise: Vol 2
- Comic: Vol 8
- Crimson Shell
- Croquis Pop: Vol 6
- GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class: Vol 2
- Goong: Vol 7
- Higurashi When They Cry: Curse Killing Arc: Vol 1
- Ichiroh!: Vol. 2
- Jack Frost: Vol 2
- Sarasah: Vol 2
- Sugarholic: Vol 2
- The Antique Gift Shop: Vol. 9
- Very! Very! Sweet: Vol 5
- You’re So Cool: Vol 5
- Zombie-Loan: Vol 7
These mangas have been available since the 3rd December.
News - by Ian - December 5, 2009 - 21:56 Europe/London - Be first to Comment!
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Recently the well known manga distributor, who distribute manga from Soul Eater to Yotsuba!?, have announced that they will be serialising the successful Gossip Girl TV show as a manga in the monthly Yen Press Anthology.
Gossip Girl: For Your Eees Only will be an original reimaginations of the grils’ senior year focusing on the lives of Vanessa and Blair, which will be written and illustrated by HyeKyung Baek.
Kurt Hassler, Publishing Director of Yen Press says: “There are few series in the publishing world that have been as impactful or successful as Cecily von Ziegesar’s GOSSIP GIRL. The novels have captured the imaginations of young women around the world, and we look forward to demonstrating with GOSSIP GIRL: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY that graphic novels as a medium can be just as welcoming to girls as it is to boys.”
The Yen Press Anthology is available in the UK monthly via Yen Press’ official website.
