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No UK Adult Swim afterall

After all the hype surrounding the debut of Toonami UK’s new ‘Adult Swim’ block, it seems they have already canned the idea before even giving it a chance. Contrary to the US…

• 1st November 2004
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Third Full Metal Panic! series confirmed

A third Full Metal Panic! series has been confirmed and is set to be directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto.

Despite Takemoto having helmed the comedy dominated ‘Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu!’,…

• 31st October 2004
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Manga and Anime Festival in London

The International Manga and Anime Festival (held in London County Hall from 16th to 19th of December) are holding an ‘international manga and anime’ competition, with the winner…

• 28th October 2004
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DreamWorks acquire Casshern

DreamWorks Pictures have acquired the domestic distribution rights to the much vaunted Japanese live-action film Casshern. Based on a 1970’s anime series, the futuristic Casshern …

• 28th October 2004
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Terratag revamping

Paul Nicholson of the excellent T-shirt label Terratag has sent us over some news with regards to his popular designs.

The new Terratag website will be going live next week; along with a fresh new…

• 28th October 2004
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Web Links update

Lately we’ve been working hard on developing our web links section and with it now sporting 50 links to various UK anime fan sites, communities, clubs and societies – we’ve…

• 28th October 2004
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NewType USA announce Top 5 anime

After collecting 11,700 votes for a survey that ran for over three-months, the latest issue of NewType USA reveals their top 25 anime of all time.

The controversial mecha epic Neon Genesis Evangelion…

• 27th October 2004
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Appleseed to get US theatrical release

Geneon are set to release their highly anticipated (CG-heavy) Appleseed movie to limited US cinemas on January 14 2005.

According to the Geneon CEO Yosuke Kobayashi “The animation style…

• 27th October 2004
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News posting changes

We’ve recently changed our news posting system and it is now powered by the same software as our forums. The most notable change is an improved comments feature, which is now directly linked…

• 27th October 2004
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Escaflowne Collection #1 delayed

Beez (Bandai Europe) have delayed the release of the first Escaflowne collection box (contains the first four DVD volumes) until 15th November. Also out from Beez on this date will be .hack//Sign…

• 27th October 2004
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Review: Mahoromatic #1

I’ve just posted my review of ADV’s Mahoromatic #1 (out now). If you like your fan service in large doses, you surely won’t fail to be pleased by the ‘assets’ on…

• 27th October 2004
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New ADV anime

At an American convention this past weekend, ADV (US) confirmed that they have licensed the following anime.

Five Star Stories Ghost Stories Godannar Onto the North (Kita e : Diamond Dust Drops)…
• 27th October 2004
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Manga UK revamp

Manga Ent. UK have revamped their website to reflect the look of it’s US namesake. It is a lot nicer than the previous layout and one can only hope that Manga UK make a good effort to keep this…

• 27th October 2004
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Many a website update

These have been a busy few days at Anime UK News, with us adding a few new features to the website. Firstly, we are now running a weekly opinion poll (you can find it a little way down the right menu).…

• 27th October 2004
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Play.com stocks manga

Play.com recently opened a “Books” section on their website and has started to sell some manga under the sub-heading of ‘Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Graphic Novels’, while…

• 27th October 2004