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Some new Anime Legends pre-orders just popped up on Amazon.co.uk from Beez:

PlanetES Gurren Lagann Code Geass…

The Japan Times has reported that Kodansha International Ltd. is finally set to close by the end of April. The decision to wind up operations is part of a plan from parent company Kodansha Ltd. …

New Anime Releases for Monday:

Naruto Shippuden: Complete Series 1 Box Set (RRP: £59.99)

(Re-Release) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (RRP: £5.99)

(Re-Release) Gravitation Complete Collection…

Anime Imports UK is collaborating with Anime UK News in a competition that will allow a member of the Anime UK News community to win a set of Tanpopo comics by the artist Camilla d’Errico. 

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First there were the videogames, then the manga, the figures and anime, now Variety reports that the videogame series “Devil May Cry” has been picked up by Screen Gems in an effort to create a live-action…

New Anime Releases for Monday:

Vampire Knight Volume 4 (RRP: £12.99)

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DVD/Blu-Ray Schedule Update: Akira at last on Blu-Ray!

Here is a round up of all the latest DVD/Blu-Ray Anime titles to appear on Play.com. Special thanks to Mangaman74 for spotting the Blu-Ray…

MVM are preparing to release the live-action adaptation of Mase Motoro’s Death Notice: Ikigami manga. Amazon have listed its release for the 7th of March priced at £11.99.

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The film …

MVM: Tower Of Druaga, both Series for an RRP £39.99?

Tower Of Druaga has recently been added to Play.com upcoming Anime list. With the set containing 6 Discs and an RRP of £39.99, It looks very likely…

The 2007 science fiction anime television series Dennō Coil is available from Apple’s UK iTunes Store. Owners of Apple products such as iPod, iPhone Touch and iPad, can now download a 15.5MB app…

The Japanese Animax television channel has launched a website for Marvel’s new X-Men anime adaption by MADHOUSE, with the first promo. The anime will be starting on the Animax channel …

New Anime Releases for Monday:

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Part 3 (RRP: £24.99)

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British film distributor Artificial Eye has pencilled in the 6th of May for the theatrical release date of Takashi Miike’s ’13 Assassins’. The film has been warmly received on the festival circuit…

A 1-minute trailer for Hirotsugu Kawasaki’s animated feature Onigamiden has been released.

Based on a two-volume novel by Takafumi Takada, the story focuses on a modern-day boy named Jun Tendo…

Following on from the range of printed Naruto t-shirts, Uniqlo are now offering a new set based on Shirow Masamune’s Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

The t-shirts are available online…

A teaser trailer for a new CG animated feature film based on Masami Kurumada’s Saint Seiya has been released by Toei.  

Saint Seiya follows five mystical warriors called the “Saints” (or “Knights”)…