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Welcome to our News archive for August 2006 - to see this month's news
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Anime on TV A good start this month for TV showings! As previously reported, Jonathon Ross' Japanorama returns to BBC3 on Thursday 7th September at 11pm and repeated the following day at 11.35pm. Film 4 also continue their showings of Studio Ghibli films with The Cat Returns (read our review here) showing today (in dubbed English) at 3pm and again (in Japanese with subtitles) on Thursday 7th September at 3pm. Film 4 will also be showing Princess Mononoke again (dubbed in English) on Friday 8th September at 6.25pm. Source: BBC, Film4 |
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More Anime Games on the Way Online retailer Play.com have listed three anime inspired PlayStation 2 games which are due for release by the end of the year. First up is Saint Seiya: The Hades on 29th September, the second Saint Seiya game to be released here despite neither the corresponding anime or manga receiving a UK release. Next, on 27th October, comes the sequel to the popular Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi, imaginatively titled Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2. However, the best news is definitely the 3rd November release of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, better known in gaming circles by its Japanese title of Naruto: Narutimate Hero. The game is a little dated now (it was originally released in 2003), but its release paves the way for the more recent sequels to hopefully follow soon. Source: Play.Com |
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Tokyopop Launch Web Exclusive Manga Following an extensive redesign of their US website, Tokyopop have announced that several manga titles will be available exclusively through it. The updated website is designed to be more of a 'community' site which focuses on bringing manga fans together, and Tokyopop feel that selling manga directly to this audience could be the way forward for a number of unconventional titles. Despite offering some titles for reading online, Tokyopop's new strategy is focused more at selling physical manga books that will be unavailable in the shops. As well as new series, older titles including Arm of Kannon, One, Neck and Neck, Soul to Seoul, Heaven Above Heaven, Sorcerer Hunters Authentic Relaunch, Dragon Head and Dragon Voice are no longer going to be available through standard retail chains like Borders and will instead have to be bought through the Tokyopop website. Reading between the lines it looks like Tokyopop are trying to find a new way to sell some of their more unsuccessful titles, with a hope that word of mouth and recommendations will push these titles to new audiences. The idea hasn't gone down well in some quarters in the US, with Ed Sherman of Californian retailer Rising Sun Creations labelling it 'an act of sheer desperation'. Whether it is or not remains to be seen, but giving unsuccessful titles a second chance is preferable in our eyes to dumping them altogether, as other companies have done in the past. It also remains to be seen what effect this will have on the UK market, but we would imagine that there will be some kind of link between the UK and US Tokyopop site to enable UK readers to get these new series. We'll keep you posted... Source: ICv2 |
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Return of the Max Older anime and manga fans may have a bit of a shock if they pick up the current issue of sci-fi mag Dreamwatch, as it comes with a free anime and manga supplement with the name Manga Max! Manga Max was the 1990's equivalent of Neo Magazine, offering the latest anime and manga news and reviews, and containing contributions from the likes of Jonathan Clements and Hayao Miyazaki biographer Helen McCarthy. The magazine was run by Titan Books and was very well respected before it finally closed down towards the end of the decade. Now it seems it is back, albeit in very truncated form, and it may be that Titan are testing the waters for a possible relaunch. The focus of the mini-mag is very much towards experienced fans, it covers import DVD reviews and seems to aim at a more hardcore audience than Neo does. It will be interesting to see how it continues, as it would be a great sign of the strength of the UK market if it does return. Source: WHSmiths |
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Classic Anime clips! With the release of the Manga Essentials Boxset exactly one month away on 25th September, Manga Entertainment have released clips from the classic films that it contains! The films in the boxset - Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll - are all must haves for any self-respecting anime fan, if you don't believe us check out these clips! Akira Clip 1 -
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DDR:UK theft Although this news is not anime-related, we know
that it would be of great interest to the anime community. Source: DDR:UK;
eyeonanime |
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Latest ADV Newsletter We have received the latest press release from
ADV which reminds you all that there is still time to check out
The Place Promised In Our Early Days and Area 88 at
the NFT (National Film Theatre), both are running until 24th
August. Click
here
for details on how to reach the NFT and click
here to check out our review of The Place Promised In Our
Early Days. Source: ADV
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Third Naruto clip! Just four days to go until Naruto Unleashed Series 1 vol 1 hit the shelves (roll on Monday!) and Manga have tantalised us further with a third clip of the uncut series! Check out our review and the following clip, and make sure you enter our competition while you're at it!! Naruto Unleashed Clip 3 - High / Medium / Low Source: Manga
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Voice artists announced as guests at next London Expo Excellent news! Three voice artists have been
confirmed to appear at the next MCM London Expo this October:
Yuri Lowenthal (voice of Sasuke in Naruto), Tara Platt (voice
of Temari in Naruto) and Aaron Dismuke (Alphonse in Full
Metal Alchemist). Source: MCM
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Win a Terratag t-shirt! Popular UK artist Terratag is currently
running a competition to win a super-rare Tetsujin 28 Vs Terratag
T-shirt (read our review
here). To enter you must download the Tetsujin 28 model
kit from the Terratag website (click
here),
build your model and then customise it with your artwork. You
must then upload your effort to Terratag's Myspace profile and also
e-mail an image to Terratag. Visit Terratag's Myspace
profile by clicking
here, for further information. Source: Terratag |
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Amecon Beez & ADV Films Panel News More Amecon news, courtesy of AnimeonDVD forum poster Danj! Beez didn't announce anything new but did give some info on their forthcoming titles. Panda Z is to be released in two volumes, the first coming with a stuffed toy. They also have boxset releases planned for Witch Hunter Robin and the Gundam movies, and a double pack of Planetes vol 1 & 2 before the year is out. The Beez English-language website is apparently going to go live later this month (it has been 'under construction' for several years), and Beez did confirm they were interested in Scrapped Princess and could 'neither confirm or deny' interest in the superb Gunbuster. Unfortunately they also confirmed that the bizarre romantic comedy Midori Days remains in limbo, and won't come out any time soon. ADV Films were really the only company that had a lot of news, and the most exciting of all was that the forthcoming Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum boxset (out in November) will be crammed with extras, including some things that weren't in the US release. Only about 2000 will be produced. ADV also confirmed a load of new licenses: Area 88 OVA Source: AnimeonDVD |
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Grave of the Fireflies on FilmFour Cheers to ShayMarx, who has spotted that Isao Takahata's animated masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies is on FilmFour tonight! The screening will be in Japanese with English subtitles, but you better keep the coffee handy - it's showing at 2.05am! A second screening is taking place on Monday, at the slightly (we stress the slightly) more hospitable time of 12.45am. Grave of the Fireflies is probably the best anime film of all time, and although it is on late we highly recommend that you watch it. If you can't stay up make sure you set the video! Source: FilmFour |
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Subtitled Anime on Telly!! We were surprised to find today that FilmFour's screening of My Neighbour Totoro is in Japanese with English subtitles! It may be that all of the Ghibli screenings on the channel this week will be in Japanese, so if you want to catch them in their original language now's the perfect opportunity! Source: FilmFour |
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Amecon Panel News Unfortunately we couldn't attend Amecon (we're skint at the mo after paying for our holiday to Japan), so we tip our hats to AnimeonDVD forum poster Danj who is posting in-depth report on all of the industry panels! License news from the Manga and MVM panels is very thin on the ground but they have promised to makes some announcements at the next MCM London Expo in October. Manga have hinted that they would like to release the She, The Ultimate Weapon OVA and also that they would like to get Bleach, but there are no plans to pick it up at the moment. Much of the release news was about already announced series, with the second volume of Karas slipping back to 2007, and the original Astro Boy being released in a series of budget 7 episode volumes. MVM were even less forthcoming, being unable to announce anything more than they have eight titles in the pipeline. The only real announcements were that a Haibane Renmei boxset is due for 2007, as is La Portrait de Petite Cossette and Saiyuki Reload (the sequel series to Saiyuki, which isn't available here!). A double pack of the two Ranma 1/2 movies Big Trouble in Nekonron China and Nihao My Concubine is on the cards too. More news to come once the Beez and ADV panels have taken place, click here to see Danj's full report! Source: AnimeonDVD |
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Second Naruto clip! Manga Entertainment have released the second of their series of Naruto clips as the August 21st release of Naruto Unleashed Series 1 vol 1 fast approaches. Check out our review and the following clip, and make sure you enter our competition while you're at it!! Naruto Unleashed Clip 2 - High / Medium / Low Source: Manga
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ADV and Amecon News The biggest dedicated anime convention on the UK calendar - Amecon - takes place this weekend in Leicester, and ADV Films are supporting it in a big way. A number of anime titles being screened by ADV at the convention have yet to be announced for UK release, and they are promising several new anime licenses. Obviously we will add info as soon as it's available, but This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, E's Otherwise, Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Nanaka 6/17, Papuwa, Princess Tutu, Sister Princess, Sorcerer Hunters OAV, The Super Milk-Chan Show, Hakugei, Godanner, Those Who Hunt Elves and Shadow Skill are all due to be screened. ADV have said that there may be some surprises in store too so watch this space for updates! Source: ADV
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ADV Classics Range Launches ADV have announced that their forthcoming Burn Up Excess Complete Collection, which is released on 18th September, is to be the first of a new 'Classics Collection' range. Don't be fooled into thinking that this just means repackaging though, the Classics Collection is a budget range and the four disc Burn Up Excess Complete Collection costs just £19.99! The Classics Collection seems to be modelled on the US Essential Anime range, which means that we could potentially see budget re-releases for the likes of Dragon Half, Martian Successor Nadesico and Bubblegum Crisis 2040. Watch this space! Source: ADV
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Animetion MySpace Site Launches!! Yep, we've followed current trends and have signed up to MySpace! Our new sister site - www.myspace.com/animetion - is going to be run in tandem with this one, and will be updated with links to our latest reviews and news as well as a continuing weblog. Eventually we aim to expand it to include trailers and clips as well as videos we took ourselves in Japan and at various anime events. We will not be neglecting this main site however, and will continue to upload reviews, news and features as often as we can! Source: Us! |
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Full FilmFour Anime Season Details The Studio Ghibli fansite Nausicaä Net has obtained the full provisional listing for the FilmFour Studio Ghibli Season. It looks like only films directed by Hayao Miyazaki will be shown. It's a shame that Isao Takahata's films are omitted, especially the amazing Grave of the Fireflies, but the lineup is still awesome: Friday 4th August, 4.55pm - Castle of
Cagliostro Source: Nausicaä.net |
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FilmFour Anime Season Details FilmFour's season of anime films kicks off tomorrow at 4.55pm with Hayao Miyazaki's action-packed Castle of Cagliostro, and TV listings have shown a schedule of Hayao Miyazaki for the first week. The details, according to the listing magazine TV Quick is as follows: Friday 4th August, 4.55pm - Castle of
Cagliostro Source: TV
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First Naruto clip! Manga Entertainment have released the first of a series of clips in the run up to the release of Naruto Unleashed Series 1 vol 1 on 21st August. The series is a firm fan favourite all over the world, and Manga are bringing it to us in its full uncut glory! Check out our review and the following clip, and make sure you enter our competition while you're at it!! Naruto Unleashed Clip 1 - High / Medium / Low Source: Manga
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