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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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Studio Ghibli considering closing their production department

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Late last night a rumour went around that Studio Ghibli were closing their production department. Since then a source for the news has been found. Although it doesn’t strictly say the studio are stepping away from making films, it doesn’t really give us too much hope that they won’t either.

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Kids on the Slope – Anime review

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Kids on the slope posterBack in 2012 a new hit was aired during the Spring season and while I didn’t watch the show as it aired, I went back to it and fell in love with it very quickly. The series in question is Kids on the Slope, a simple story directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and based on a hit manga series. I’ve just rewatched the show for the first time with a close friend of mine and after seeing it again I figured I’d give this hit a review!

Kids on the Slope tells the story of Kaoru Nishimi, who transfers into a new high school during the summer of his first year. While there he encounters the school’s wildest student, Sentaro Kawabuchi. Due to a twist of fate the two quickly become friends and bond through playing music together, but with Kaoru having moved around a lot due to his dad’s job just how close is he prepared to let Sentaro?

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MVM Entertainment confirm release dates for Blast of Tempest among other titles

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MVM 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:

  • Devil Survivor 2: The Animation – October 20th, DVD
  • Bakemonogatari Complete Series Collection – October 27th
  • Samurai Champloo – November 3rd, Blu-Ray
  • Blast of Tempest Volume 1 – November 17th
  • Nekomonogatari White – November 24th, DVD and Blu-Ray
  • Kabukimonogatari – December 1st, DVD and Blu-Ray
  • Blast of Tempest Volume 2 – December 8th

The release formats for Blast of Tempest have yet to be confirmed at the time of writing. It’s certainly a nice line-up of titles to see us through to the new year!

Viewster Add a host of Aniplex shows!

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Streaming service Viewster have announced the addition of more Aniplex shows to their anime line-up! The service have today added the following shows:

  • Oreimo seasons 1 and 2
  • Servant X Service
  • Silver Spoon season 1
  • Blast of Tempest

Servant X Service, Blast of Tempest and Silver Spoon can all be found and streamed on Crunchyroll in the UK. However, this is the first time we’ve had access legally to the first season of Oreimo as Crunchyroll only have the rights to the second season of the show here.

All of the shows mentioned above and a good deal more can be found on Viewster right here

Summer 2014 Season: What we think so far! – Anime Feature

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With most anime in the summer season four or five episodes in, so I’ve decided to put my thoughts together quickly on the shows I’m watching currently and how they’re doing. This season overall is a more enjoyable season than the last and I’ve found myself watching the following shows:

  • Akame ga Kill!
  • Blue Spring Ride
  • Glasslip
  • Black Butler season 3
  • Sword Art Online II
  • Tokyo Ghoul
  • Terror In Resonance

I’m also watching Fairy Tail and Captain Earth, but neither of which really count in this section… especially considering I’ve quietly fallen behind with Captain Earth. 

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UQ Holder Volume 1 – Manga review

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UQ Holder! is a relatively new series from Ken Akamatsu. The series is set within the same universe and 70 years after as his previous work, Negima! Magister Negi Magi, but readers can jump into UQ Holder! right away with no trouble if they haven’t read the work that comes before. With that said we’ve jumped into the first volume of the manga to take a look at what it has to offer.

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Sword Art Online volume 1: Aincrad – Light novel review

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Sword Art Online has without a doubt become a huge series outside of Japan thanks to A-1 Pictures producing an anime last summer. Thanks to the massive interest in the series Yen Press have licensed the original light novels for release outside of Japan. I’ve picked up the first volume to review and see how much the source differs from the anime!

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Kodansha USA Licenses Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches & Let’s Dance a Waltz

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Kodansha USA has announced at their Comic-Con panel yesterday that they’ve licensed two new manga series. The titles in question are Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches and Let’s Dance a Wiltz. 

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