Monthly Archives: August 2014

Yen Press to publish Log Horizon, The Devil Is A Part-Timer, and No Game, No Life light novels

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One of our favourite manga and light novel publishers, Yen Press, has today announced that they will be publishing the original light novels for Log Horizon, The Devil Is a Part-Timer and No Game, No Life in 2015.

All three series have become big names in and outside of Japan. All have received anime adaptations with Log Horizon being given a second season in October.

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Anime Limited move Gurren Lagann release

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Good and bad news came from Anime Limited in regards to their Gurren Lagann release. The bad news, which isn’t so bad, is that the release has been moved from the 1st of September to the 29th of September. However, the move has been made due to some rather good news and to allow Anime Limited to polish the release a little bit more.

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The Seven Deadly Sins Volume 1 – Manga Review

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I approached the first volume of The Seven Deadly Sins with a curiosity. I’d been interested in the series since Crunchyroll added it to their manga service when it first launched, but due to the huge collection of other titles on offer I ended up setting series aside. However, now I’ve picked up the first volume of the series in print and have gone through it to review!

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Manga UK Confirm their Q4 2014 release schedule

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Manga Entertainment have today announced a number of release dates to see us through to the end of the year with a number of great anime titles. The release dates and anime being released are as follows with their release formats included where confirmed:

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Kazé Delay Bleach series 14 part 1

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Manga Entertainment have announced via their Twitter account this morning that Kazé have announced yet another delay for one of their titles.

This time a delay has hit Bleach series 14 part 1. The set was due to be released on the 8th of September and has now been pushed back to the 22nd of September in a not unexpected move from the company.

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Crunchyroll Announce new manga titles

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At their first Otakon panel Crunchyroll announced the addition of the complete Cardcaptor Sakura for the US and Canada. On Crunchyroll’s second day at Otakon they announced new additions to their manga service. The following titles have been added:

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Crunchyroll Streams complete Cardcaptor Sakura anime

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Crunchyroll have made their first major announcement at their Otakon panel in the form of announcing they’ll be streaming the Cardcaptor Sakura anime series. The series will only be available to stream in the US and Canada.

The site will be streaming both the subbed and dubbed versions of the show and all seventy episodes of the series will go up on Crunchyroll on the 12th of August. The series was recently rereleased by NIS America on Blu-ray and DVD.

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MVM Delay Sunkarea’s DVD release again

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MVM Entertainment have announced through their Twitter account that the DVD release for Sunkarea has been delayed once again. The release is now slated for the 5th of January 2015, hopefully it actually comes out on time then.

Sankarea: Undying Love is a romantic comedy based on a long running manga series which is still on-going, although it is due to finish in November. The manga has been licensed by Kodansha Comics USA outside of Japan.

Viewstar adds Fate/Zero and two other titles to line-up!

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Last week we happily reported that Viewster had added a number of Aniplex shows to their streaming line-up. Today we have more good news as the service has made yet more announcement about their anime line-up!

The service have now added Fate/Zero, Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari to their site. All three shows can currently be bought in the UK thanks to MVM Entertainment. Fate/Zero can also be streamed on Crunchyroll while Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari can be streamed via Daisuki in the UK.

Viewster also confirmed that they’ll be adding Oreshura to their catalogue next week, so keep an eye out for that! You can find all of the series mentioned above and many more right here.

Studio Ghibli: Why shutting up shop might not be so bad – Anime feature

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We’ve all heard the news in the last 24 hours: Studio Ghibli is taking a brief break from producing anime in order to do a reshuffle of the company. This news has got many people speculating just what would happen if Studio Ghibli really did shut up shop.

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Studio Ghibli was the introduction to anime for a lot of people. Admittedly, it wasn’t for me as I was introduced to anime through Pokémon, Digimon, and CardCaptors. Even though I didn’t get into anime because of Studio Ghibli I still remember the first time I saw one of their films. The first of their work I ever saw was Spirited Away, which I fell in love with very quickly. After seeing Spirited Away I made the effort to seek out every other Studio Ghibli film and found firm favourites in the likes of Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbour Totoro and The Wind Rises, which I reviewed for the site not long after getting to see it. I love Ghibli movies, what else can I say, but despite this I’m not personally too upset by the idea of them closing.

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