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New Anime Releases 20/04/2014
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Dark Horse licenses Oreimo: Kuroneko and Satoshi Kon manga in 2015 and more
Yen Press have just held their panel at Sakura Con in the United States, where they dropped the bombshell that the A Certain Magical Index light novels will finally be published in English. Yen …
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Yen Press launches “Yen On” imprint with “A Certain Magical Index” novels
The light novel business may be thriving in Japan, but outside of their home country things have been less than positive. Numerous times, publishers have tried to tap into the market overseas …
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU returning for a second season
Brain Base’s anime adaptation of Wataru Watari’s slice of life series My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU was quite a surprise hit when it aired in Japan last Spring. So it’s no surprise…
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Interview – Matthieu Pinon & Laurent Lefebvre (Project 6060)
A few weeks ago two French manga critics, Matthieu Pinon and Laurent Lefebvre, launched a project on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The project is called 1952-2012: Stories of Modern…
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Lupin IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen’s Gravestone trailer released, story outlined
In 2011, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine became the first new television anime project based on Monkey Punch’s original manga in 27 years and recently, it was announced that the …
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No Matter How I Look At It, This License Announcement Is Popular
UPDATE: MVM have also confirmed that they will be releasing Kamisama Kiss in the United Kingdom on DVD.
Last Summer, TV Tokyo aired the Silver Link animated TV anime adaptation of Nico Tanigawa’s…
Anime Review
Eureka Seven AO (Astral Ocean) Volume 2
At the heart of Eureka Seven AO is the story of a half-alien boy, Ao Fukai, abandoned at the age of two, trying to find and save his mother. Ao, at thirteen, is now flying his mother’s mecha (or IFO) …
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“When Marnie Was There” Leads Announced
A while back, the critically acclaimed, Academy Award winning animation studio Studio Ghibli announced that they will be releasing an animated movie based on Joan G. Robinson’s novel…
Anime Review
BTOOOM!
“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” – A. Whitney Brown
Manga Entertainment recently released Sword Art Online, an…
Anime Review
Night Raid 1931
“Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action.” – Ian Fleming.
This is a TV series originating from Japan, set in 1931, which amongst other things…
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Anime Weekend at BFI to feature Patema Inverted and more!
Every two years, the British Film Institute hosts the Anime Weekend, where they show off some of the best Japanese animated movies over the course of a long weekend, so it comes as no surprise that…
Anime Review
Bleach: Fall of the Arrancar Part 1
“The only reason I have to fight is because I have to win!” Ichigo to Ulquiorra
Series 13 Episodes 266-278
Things don’t look too good for Orihime. Left a prisoner in Las Noches in the care of Ulquiorra…
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Anime Limited to Re-Author Durarara discs; delays DVD release
Last month, Anime Limited released the complete season of Brain Base’s 2010 anime adaptation of Ryohgo Narita’s Durarara!! supernatural light-novel series on blu-ray, making…
Anime Review
Appleseed XIII: DVD review
Appleseed is a manga that ran back in the 80s which spawned an OVA and some feature films. Both films came out in the UK but the franchise never got its own full length series. In comes Appleseed XIII,…
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Animax UK reveals Spring 2014 Line-Up
Last week, like any that bring a close to a season, was cruel on anime fans as we had to watch series’ that we had religiously followed for three months (and sometimes more) all conclude within…