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I'm a long-time anime and Japanese film and culture fan who has lived in the country and is studying Japanese in an effort to become fluent. I write about films, anime, and work on various things.

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Manga Jiman Competition 2013 Details

Calling all UK manga artists! The Japanese embassy have published information on this year’s Manga Jiman Competition. This year’s theme is ‘voyages of discovery’, and it was chosen to celebrate…

• 6th June 2013
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Love Lab Anime CM

A 15-second CM for the anime adaptation of Ruri Miyahara’s four-panel manga Love Lab is online and details the cast.

The story takes place at Fujisaki Girls’ Middle School which houses a collection…

• 6th June 2013
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Ten-Minute Buddha 2 Trailer

The homepage for the second part of the anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha manga has released a ten-minute trailer with English subtitles which was shown at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.…

• 5th June 2013
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Final Gintama Film Trailer

The full trailer for the final Gintama movie is now online and it contains the announcement that this will be the last instalment of the anime.

The film is running under the title Gintama: The Movie:…

• 31st May 2013
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Knights of Sidonia Anime!!!

The July issue of Afternoon magazine announced that an anime adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei’s manga Knights of Sidonia has been green-lit. No further information has been revealed so here’s…

• 30th May 2013
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BlazBlue Anime

A new anime series based around the 2D fighter BlazBlue was revealed earlier this months at the Arc Fes/Arc Revo event. Here’s the announcement:

It is going under the name BlazBlue: Alter Memory…

• 29th May 2013
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New Guilty Gear Game

The forums on Anime UK News have a lot of Guilty Gear fans who love the mix of anime, heavy metal and ridiculous stories and so they will probably be excited over the news that there will be a new game.…

• 23rd May 2013
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Japan Day at Cardiff Library

Japanophiles living near Cardiff have a reason to be excited because on May 25th there will be a Japan Day event packed with all sorts of events, demonstrations and performances ranging from martial…

• 17th May 2013
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Cosplay Workshop at Asia House

Hey UK cosplayers, AUKN have gotten word of an awesome sounding event where you can meet two veterans of the cosplay world and take part in a workshop orchestrated by them. Here are the details: …

• 9th May 2013
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One Piece Release Information

Anime UK News has had a press release about the upcoming release of One Piece Collection 1 courtesy of Manga Entertainment. This release is uncut and features 650 minutes of action. It is released…

• 8th May 2013