Paul

Washed up on the good shores of Anime UK News after many a year at sea, Paul has been writing about anime for a long time here at AUKN and at his anime blog.

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ADV UK April 2006 DVD releases

ADV UK have sent us through their April press releases, confirming four new anime DVDs will hit UK stores on the 17th of April. Amongst which is the first volume of “crazy high-school comedy”…

• 28th February 2006
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Birmingham’s upcoming Memorabilia Show

Birmingham’s upcoming Memorabilia Show, which takes place on the 25th and 26th of March at the NEC Birmingham, have let us know that they will be holding a cosplay competition and three …

• 28th February 2006
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February 2006 top anime keywords

When it comes to the UK anime community, every month is different and so to provide you with a brief run down of what is currently popular amongst our visitors, below is brief run down of February’s…

• 28th February 2006
Anime Review

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

There is no denying the impact Mamoru Oshii’s cyber punk thriller Ghost in the Shell had on the world, and especially the science fiction genre, in 1995. Just like Akira, it dragged contemporary…

• 28th February 2006
Anime Review

Laputa – Castle In The Sky

Created in the mid-1980s hot on the heels of his lifework Nausicaa and The Valley of Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky is another breath taking fantasy adventure simmering…

• 26th February 2006
Anime Review

Paranoia Agent Volume 3

Featuring three stand alone episodes with the only recognisable face being that of the distorted Shounen Bat, Paranoia Agent #3 is none the less a successful ride through the realms of the weird…

• 26th February 2006
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Anime parody Kappa Mikey coming to the UK

Kid’s TV channel Nickelodeon US have recently started airing episodes of Kappa Mikey; an American produced series that parodies Japanese animation- the star of the show is a failed American…

• 24th February 2006
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ADV UK announce anime screenings in London

ADV UK have let us know about some anime screenings they have arranged in London for next Monday (27th February).

“ADV Films would like to invite all those anime fans who are in London, or…
• 22nd February 2006
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Anime screen-cap image gallery open

With every review we post on Anime UK News, we also attach three screenshots (usually captured straight from the DVD in question). More often than not, once these reviews grow old, not so many people…

• 21st February 2006
Anime Review

Elfen Lied Volume 1

Along with GANTZ, Elfen Lied is touted as one of the most infamous anime series Japan has produced for a good few years. Harking back to the dark days when anime delighted in plentiful bloodshed,…

• 19th February 2006
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Anime documentary on ITV1 tomorrow night

This is a reminder that tomorrow night (Sunday) at 11:05pm, ITV1 will be broadcasting an anime documentary in the form of The South Bank Show. For more information (including who is being interviewed),…

• 18th February 2006