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Today’s DVD releases

Today has finally seen the UK DVD debut of Beez’s Cowboy Bebop (Vols. 1 and 2); a seminal science-fiction anime series that has been sorely lacking from the UK for far too long now. Also released…

• 24th January 2005
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Review: Noir

Martin Butler has taken a look at the sombre girls-with-guns anime Noir. This is a full series review of the anime released by ADV UK last year.

The series does take a little while to properly pick…
• 24th January 2005
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Toei set up in Europe

Toei animation, who recently started to directly release their anime in the US, have announced the formation of a European division (based in France), intending it to be a “.. sales and …

• 24th January 2005
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Cowboy Bebop official cover-art

Beez have been kind enough to send us the official, high quality cover art for their first two volumes of the much anticipated Cowboy Bebop series (both volumes set to be released this Monday, fingers…

• 21st January 2005
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Ask Japan! coming soon

We have a new monthly article in the pipeline called ‘Ask Japan!’. Chris Stones is an English man living in Japan (originally from Hull!) and we are planning to run a feature where …

• 21st January 2005
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Advanced Review: Galerians Rion

We’ve taken an advanced look at Revolver Ent.’s 3D-CG anime Galerians: Rion, set for a UK DVD release this coming Monday.

Galerians: Rion is a culmination of influence; from the…
• 21st January 2005
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This week’s UK anime releases

Yesterday saw both ADV and Beez release yet more anime DVDs in the UK; including the first volume of new action series Get Backers and Vols. 4 & 5 of Beez’s much delayed Gundam Wing box …

• 18th January 2005
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Review: End of Evangelion

We kick off this week’s UK reviews with Martin Butler’s look at Hideaki Anno’s seminal (yet controversial) conclusion to Neon Genesis Evangelion; The End of Evangelion.…

• 18th January 2005
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Steamboy attracts Hollywood actors

The partial English dub cast of Steamboy has been announced and it contains three household Hollywood names; British actors Patrick Steward (Lord Steam) and Alfred Molina (Eddie Steam) have…

• 14th January 2005
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Anime and manga version of Shakespeare?

Skwigly magazine have posted a very interesting article about C.H.A.S.E (County Hall Animation Studio Enterprise)- a London based project which has been set up to encourage and develop anime…

• 14th January 2005
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Review: Akira

Having concentrated on bringing you reviews for the latest anime DVD releases, Anime UK News has yet to review much in the way of ‘classic’ anime DVDs. Helping to fill this void is …

• 14th January 2005
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Sky Blue set for UK release

According to various reports appearing on UK anime websites, Tartan (who are famous amongst UK Asian film fans for their ‘Asia Extreme’ label) have picked up the UK distribution…

• 13th January 2005