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Welcome to our News archive for January 2006 - to see this month's news
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Book now for Edinburgh Mini-Con 2006 Tickets for the annual Anime & Animation
Society (AASOC) mini-convention at Edinburgh University are now
available for £5 each through their
website. The event
takes place on Saturday 18th February and starts at 11am and
finishes at 11.30pm, events include anime showings, console gaming,
Dance Dance Revolution machine, competitions and film showings in
the University's theatre. Source:
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Director of Cromartie High School to attend seminar in London! As part of the Comic Proportions mentioned
in the below news item, the director of the live-action version of
Cromartie High School Yudai Yamaguchi will be amongst a panel
of speakers at a seminar at the ICA
(Institute Of Contemporary Arts) in The Mall, London. The
panel will be discussing the influence of manga on Japanese cinema
and how popular the live-action versions have proved with critics
and audiences. Source:
Paul Gravett
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Cromartie High School to screen in Bristol! This has to be the best news of the year! As
part of the Comic Proportions season of live-action manga adaptations the
Watershed cinema in the centre of Bristol will be screening the live-action version of the brilliant hit manga
Cromartie High School! This film was only released in its
native Japan a few months ago and features all the madness of
gorilla, bullies, robots and Freddie Mercury lookalikes that made
the manga so funny! Source:
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Anime on your iPod! ADV Films have announced that you can download podcasts of the latest ADV trailers and previews of shows currently showing on Anime Network (a US cable channel). Although this is only currently available through the American arm of ADV, it is surely only a matter of time before it comes to the UK. Source:
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Final 2nd GIG Clips Released! Manga Entertainment have released their two final clips from volume 1 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG, this time focusing on episodes 3 and 4 respectively. Please click on the links below to view the clips (all clips in Macromedia Flash format): Clip 3 High Quality --- Medium Quality --- Low Quality Clip 4 High Quality --- Medium Quality --- Low Quality To read our review of 2nd GIG vol 1 click here. The DVD is out on Monday 23rd January. Source: Manga Entertainment |
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New Dragonball Game for the Nintendo DS The amount of console games based on anime will increase once again on 3rd February, when Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 hits the shelves for the Nintendo DS. To read our game preview please click here! Source: Atari/Bandai |
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Anime at McDonalds If you want to add some cheap merchandise to your collection, McDonalds are currently giving away Sonic X & Hello Kitty toys with their Happy Meals. The Sonic X toys are racing launchers which come in four various styles - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles & Shadow. The Hello Kitty toys are not strictly toys but are a pink bag, pencil set and a purse. The toys can be purchased separately if do not want to order food. Source:
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Latest ADV News ADV Films haves provided us with their latest press release which contains full details on new release Elfen Lied and on the next volumes of Neon Genesis Evangelion (Platinum Edition) and DN Angel. Most interestingly of all though is that the release also contains details of the film Boogiepop and Others, the live-action counterpart to the hit series Boogiepop Phantom. All titles are released on 20th February, to view the press release in full click here. Source:
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Manga Release Second Preview Clip of Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG The second clip of the eagerly awaited sequel series to the superb Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex has been released by Manga, with the focus this time shifting to the second episode on volume 1. To view the clip please click on the links below (all clips in Macromedia Flash format): High Quality --- Medium Quality --- Low Quality To read our review of 2nd GIG vol 1 click here. Source: Manga Entertainment |
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Sneak Peek at Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG! Those good people at Manga Entertainment have offered a Ghost of the Shell fix to those eagerly awaiting the January 23rd release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG vol 1! Over the next few days a series of preview clips of the forthcoming series will be released and you can watch all of them here without paying a penny! Clip 1 was released today and shows the agents of Section 9 in full-on ass-kicking mode, click on the links below to view (all clips in Macromedia Flash format): High Quality --- Medium Quality --- Low Quality To read our review of 2nd GIG vol 1 click here. Source: Manga Entertainment |
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New Manga DVD Release Info! Manga Entertainment have released information regarding their latest batch of titles (due in march, refer to our Release Schedule for dates).
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New BBC4 Mini-Series To Cover Anime Jonathan Ross continues to be an anime fan's best friend in his new BBC4 mini-series, Jonathan Ross' Asian Invasion. The popular presenter and film critic will focus each of the series' three episodes on the cinematic output of a different Asian country, with the episode focusing on Japan including an interview with seminal anime director Mamoru Oshii and clips of Ghost in the Shell. Jonathan Ross has always been a vocal supporter of anime and Asian cinema so make sure you show your appreciation by tuning into BBC4 on January 10th at 10pm. Source: BBC Press Office |
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Petition to Bring Mysterious Cities of Gold to DVD! Retro cartoon website www.80scartoons.co.uk have launched an online petition in an attempt to secure a DVD release the classic French Japanese co-production Mysterious Cities of Gold. The classic 39 episode series was one of the best of the 1980's, combining a rich ongoing plot with great animation (from Japan, naturally), memorable music and a surprising degree of historical accuracy. The series has been given impressive boxset releases in both France and Germany, sadly without any English language audio or subtitle options, but the UK rights are in limbo. To sign the petition click here. Source: 80's Cartoons.co.uk |
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Free Manga In Waterstones! If you are thinking about picking up the latest volume of your favourite manga then pop down to Waterstones, as they have been giving away a free Tokyopop Sneaks book with every manga purchase. Tokyopop Sneaks 2005 vol 2 is a compilation of chapters from various recently released Tokyopop manga titles, and reading it is great way to get a feel for a new series before deciding which to buy. Many genres are covered so no matter your taste there is likely to be something to appeal to you. Ask at your local store to check if they are participating in this promotion, and if so make sure you take advantage! Source: Waterstones |
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Article Of The Year & The Next - The Big Companies Interviewed Happy New Year! The good people at Anime UK News have informed us of an extenstive article on their site which features companies ADV, Manga Entertainment, MVM, Beez & Neo Magazine. The article compiles the plans and expectations of each company for 2006 and a look back at what they achieved in 2005. You can view the article by clicking here and is well worth a look. Source:
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