New Anime Releases 26/07/2013
New anime releases this week:
Bakemonogatari: Part 1 (Blu-Ray) (MVM Films)
Ian Wolf
Ian works as an anime and manga critic for Anime UK News, and was also the manga critic for MyM Magazine. His debut book, CLAMPdown, about the manga collective CLAMP, is available now. Outside of anime, he is data specialist for the British Comedy Guide, is QI's most pedantic viewer, has written questions for both The Wall and Richard Osman's House of Games, and has been a contestant on Mastermind.
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