News

14th November UK anime releases

Today sees yet more releases for the UK anime DVD market as Manga close out the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex in style; as well as the regular edition of volume 7 and thinpack…

• 14th November 2005
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Editorial: A new era for the UK community?

With UK anime fans excited by the news that RaptureTV will launching on Sky Digital on Monday morning, I’ve just posted a new editorial article titled “A new era for the UK community?”…

• 13th November 2005
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Review: Devil Lady

We have just posted Michelle Howarth’s review of Devil Lady (courtesy of ADV (R1 Import)).

“Devil Lady is perhaps one of the best horror titles I have seen. With just the right amounts…
• 13th November 2005
Features

A new era for the UK community?

I started taking a strong interest in the UK anime community back during late 2003; the Sci-Fi channel’s brief flirtation with prime time anime had just ended in tears and CNX was in tatters,…

• 13th November 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Regardless of how long you’ve been an anime fan I daresay you will have come across Mobile Suit Gundam in ones of its many incarnations at one time or another. Widely regarded as Japan’s…

• 12th November 2005
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Review: Gungrave #4

We have just posted Paul Bates’s review of Gungrave #4 (courtesy of MVM).

“At the centre of Gungrave is the fractured friendship of Brandon and Harry and this is the volume where everything…
• 10th November 2005
Features

Brief spotlight on Satoshi Kon

Undoubtedly one of the most highly acclaimed directors in the modern anime world, Satoshi Kon has become well known for his trademark psychological realism. Often, at its best, Kon’s anime can…

• 10th November 2005
News

Impending launch of Rapture TV

This is a reminder that RaptureTV will launch on UK TV on the 14th of November in the entertainment section of Sky Digital’s EPG with a channel number of 288.

They will begin airing Fullmetal…

• 9th November 2005
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November issue of NEO magazine

On the 10th of November, the 13th issue of NEO magazine will be released in the UK. This month’s issue, which features Ed Elric from Full Metal Alchemist on the cover, contains articles ranging…

• 9th November 2005
Anime Review

Gungrave Volume 4

If there is a volume that encapsulates everything that makes Gungrave such a fine series, it is this one. This is Brandon Heat’s tragic closing night, the promised implosion of friendship…

• 9th November 2005
Anime Review

Millennium Actress

As part of a film studio’s seventieth anniversary, film maker Genya Tachibana travels to interview one of his idols: the retired actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has lived as a recluse since…

• 9th November 2005
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7th November UK anime releases

A number of anime DVDs were released in the UK today, including MVM’s Tenchi boxset, which includes the first 13 OVA episodes and the previously unreleased Mihoshi Special.7 November …

• 7th November 2005