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Naruto UK DVD details and cover-art

Manga UK have sent through their press release (including the DVD cover-art) for the first volume of Naruto.

“The three-disc NARUTO UNLEASHED – SERIES 1: VOLUME 1 (cert. 12) will…
• 26th June 2006
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26th June UK anime releases

Just four DVDs are due to be released in the UK today, including a new series from Manga in the form of Otogi Zoshi.26 June 2006Full Metal Alchemist #7 (MVM)Otogi Zoshi #1 (Manga)Patlabor The Movie…

• 26th June 2006
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Death Note reaches number one in Japan

Earlier this week it was revealed that the high budget live action adaptation of the extremely popular Shonen Jump manga series Death Note managed to topple the Da Vinci Code in the Japanese box…

• 23rd June 2006
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FUNimation disappoint Girls on film

Unfortunately, FUNimation have been unable to secure the rights to use Duran Duran’s song “Girls on film” as the opening theme for their US DVD release of Speed Grapher.

Speed…

• 23rd June 2006
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Introducing FuyuCon 2007

FuyuCon has let us know about their Nottingham-based convention. Taking place between Friday 19th October and Sunday 21st October 2007, there are 500 spaces available for UK anime fans, and …

• 23rd June 2006
Anime Review

Burst Angel Volume 3

With my expectations for Burst Angel having been firmly toned down by the first eight episodes, I settled down to watch this third instalment with the determination not to take it too seriously.…

• 22nd June 2006
Anime Review

Heat Guy J Volume 2

Heat Guy J delivers another impressively varied array of missions in which Daisuke Aurora and his philosophical android partner J fight crime on the streets of Judoh. The unstable Clair Leonelli,…

• 22nd June 2006
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19th June UK anime releases

After a quiet month, the UK anime is finally back up to speed this week, with releases covering the latest instalment from a number of series from ADV and MVM, along with the final volume of Project…

• 19th June 2006
Anime Review

Otogi Zoshi Volume 1

The year is 972 AD, and Japan is in the midst of the Heian era. The emperor is ill, corruption is rife, samurai are powerful and the common people are suffering from famine, poverty and disease. Concerned…

• 18th June 2006
Anime Review

Samurai 7 Volume 3

Given that the first two volumes of Samurai 7 were average but mildly entertaining, I was expecting much the same from the third instalment in the series. Unfortunately, these four episodes proved…

• 18th June 2006
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12th June UK anime releases

The UK anime market continues at a slow pace, with just one more DVD set to hit shelves today in the form of the first volume of .hack//Legend of the Twilight.12 June 2006.hack//Legend of the Twilight…

• 12th June 2006