Review: Empire of Corpses [Blu-ray]

      Release Date: 26th September 2016Format: Blu-ray CE / DVDStudio: WITPublisher: All The AnimeCertificate: 15Language: Japanese. EnglishSubtitles: EnglishDiscs: 1BD/1DVD (CE), 1 (DVD)Run Time: 120 Minutes I first saw Empire of Corpses at MCM Loves Anime last year, and couldn’t decide how I felt about it, so this review gave me a chance to …
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Review: Hakkenden – Eight Dogs Of The East: Seasons 1 and 2 [DVD]

    Release Date: 15th August 2016Format: Blu-ray / DVDStudio: DeenPublisher: MVM EntertainmentCertificate: 15Audio: Japanese , EnglishSubtitles: EnglishEpisodes: 1-13Discs: 2 (BD), 3 (DVD)Run Time: 325 Minutes       Release Date: 12th September 2016Format: Blu-ray / DVDStudio: DeenPublisher: MVM EntertainmentCertificate: 15Audio: Japanese , EnglishSubtitles: EnglishEpisodes: 1-13Discs: 2 (BD), 3 (DVD)Run Time: 325 Minutes   Hakkenden: …
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Review: Naruto: Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals Collection 1 (Episodes 1-26) [DVD]

      Release Date: 12th September 2016Format: DVDStudio: PierrotPublisher: Manga EntertainmentCertificate: 12Audio: Japanese 2.0, English 2.0Subtitles: EnglishEpisodes: 1-26Discs: 4Run Time: 650 Minutes   Naruto Spin Off! Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals originally aired in Japan from 2012 to 2013, totalling 51 episodes. This DVD-only release is brought to the UK by Manga Entertainment, …
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Crunchyroll and Funimation Enter into Partnership

In what comes as a shock to most anime fans, Crunchyroll and Funimation, former adversaries, have today announced a new partnership between the two. This partnership isn’t just limited to one facet of their operations, but everything they do. Funimation and Crunchyroll, going forward, will be sharing in the acquisition, production, and release of content, …
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Review: Log Horizon: Season 2 – Part 1 [DVD]

      Release Date: 5th September 2016Format: DVD, Blu-rayStudio: DeenPublisher: MVM EntertainmentCertificate: 12Audio: Japanese 2.0, English 2.0Subtitles: EnglishEpisodes: 1-13Discs: 3Run Time: 325Minutes   My first review for Japan Curiosity was Log Horizon Season 1 Part 1 some 15 months ago, so I was looking forward to returning to the series with MVM’s release of …
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Review: Yu Gi Oh 5Ds: Season 1 (Episodes 1-64) [DVD]

      Release Date: 5th September 2016Format: DVDStudio: GallopPublisher: Manga EntertainmentCertificate: PGAudio: English 2.0Subtitles: N/AEpisodes: 1-64Discs: 8Run Time: 22 hours, 55 minutes, 14 seconds   Card Games on Motorcycles! And now that that’s out of the way, here’s our review of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds season 1. If you follow us on Twitter, you’ve probably seen …
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Manga UK To Bring Akira Back To The Big Screen

This time last year, we were eagerly awaiting Manga UK’s theatrical release of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F; now, we’re looking forward to Akira on the big screen, over 70 of them, once again courtesy of Manga UK in order to celebrate their 25th birthday. Manga UK are pulling off another impressive theatrical anime …
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Review: Tokyo Ghoul √ A [Blu-ray]

  Release Date: 13th June 2016 / 25th July 2016 (Standard Blu-ray)Format: Blu-ray CE / DVD / Blu-rayStudio: PierrotPublisher: All The AnimeCertificate: 15Audio: Japanese 2.0, English 5.1Subtitles: EnglishEpisodes: 1-12Discs: 2 (BD), 2 (DVD)Run Time: 288 Minutes Tokyo Ghoul Root A is available in the UK on blu-ray and DVD from All The Anime Limited; once …
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Manga Entertainment Brings Pokémon To The UK on Blu-ray

It was just last week that Manga Entertainment announced that they would be bringing the first of the Digimon Adventure tri movies to the UK on blu-ray, and they have now announced they are to be releasing Pokémon movie 18, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and the first three movies to blu-ray in Q4. …
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