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Review: Evangelion Movies Box Set

Jason Bates (my brother) has taken a look at the Neon Genesis Evangelion Movies Box Set that was released in the UK a few weeks ago by Manga Ent; a repackaged re-release of Death and Rebirth and End…

• 30th March 2005
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Today’s problems with Anime UK News

Our apologies to those of you who have been having problems visiting Anime UK News today. Last night, our forums were exploited and all of the news topics, community threads and posts were deleted.…

• 30th March 2005
Anime Review

Gungrave Volume 1

Being a low-key spin-off from a cult action video game, Gungrave was largely expected (like the majority of video game adaptations) to be all gun-toting style over substance. But of course, assumptions…

• 28th March 2005
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Review: Slayers OVAs

Ross Taylor has hit us with a double bill of Slayers reviews. By looking at both ADV’s Slayers Gorgeous and Slayers Excellent, he appears to have been (almost) enchanted by these magical…

• 26th March 2005
Anime Review

Slayers Excellent

Slayers Excellent is the 6th of ADV’s Slayer OVA releases, and consists of three half-hour episodes dealing with the time when Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent first met.  In the first…

• 26th March 2005
Anime Review

Slayers Gorgeous

Slayers is firmly set in a world of swords and sorcery replete with castles, dragons and magic.

In Slayers our two heroines are the sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, and Slayers Gorgeous…

• 26th March 2005
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Mini-con; a Scottish anime convention

The Edinburgh University Anime & Animation Society are planning a rare Scottish anime convention (called Mini-con). The press release has been quoted below.

“Edinburgh University…
• 25th March 2005
News

Review: Yu Yu Hakusho #1

I’ve taken a look at the promising first volume of MVM’s duel-language re-release of Yu Yu Hakusho; containing the first four of what will end up being a 100+ episodes show- by anyone’s…

• 24th March 2005
Anime Review

Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 1

I’ll admit I take a guilty pleasure from watching long-running action anime series and Yu Yu Hakusho appears to fit the bill perfectly; sporting 112 episodes, I can already taste the bitter…

• 23rd March 2005
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21st March UK DVD releases

In yet another big day for UK anime DVD releases; today has seen no less than 11 anime-related DVDs flood onto UK shop shelves.21st March releasesChobits #1Chrono Crusade #1Digimon #2Final Fantasy…

• 21st March 2005