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Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but I've come across rumours of a new channel called East Asia TV that is supposedly launching in the UK in 2014. This channel would feature Japanese, Chinese and Korean content. Does anyone know if there is any truth in these rumours?
 
Interesting fact, I found this (I have filtered the titles that are relevant to us):

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
(updated September 25, 2013)
These animated movies are expected to qualify in the 2013 Academy Awards Best Animated Feature category:

A Letter to Momo (GKIDS) Fall 2013
The Wind Rises (Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures) 11/8/13
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
(updated September 12, 2013)
These shorts are causing buzz on the festival circuit, either by being eagerly anticipated or winning awards. They are expected to qualify in the 2013 Academy Award category for Best Animated Short. The deadline for animated shorts to meet eligibility requirements in this category is September 30, 2013.

Kick-Heart by Masaaki Yuasa/Production IG (Japan)—Premiering at Annecy in June
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Australia will be releasing a complete set for Tiger & Bunny on Blu-ray and DVD later this year on December 4th and Gosick (Subtitled Edition) on DVD in January 2014.

Person:
when will you guys get or bring, Naruto shippuden movie 4 lost tower to uk?

Manga Entertainment:
Wait for an announcement @MCMExpo #London at the end of the month. > Jerome
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Even though we have access to Kill la Kill finally, I also found this:
Kill la Kill will now also be available in the following territories: EU except UK, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Algeria, Monaco, Tunisia, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, and Liechtenstein. Availability for these expanded regions will start in 2 months.
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Funimation have picked up the following for Simulcast:
BlazBlue: Alter Memory
Freezing Vibration ~ Season 2 of Freezing, also licensed from Funimation and available as Region B/2 compatible.
Tokyo Ravens
Unbreakable Machine Doll

oh, and looks like this will be used for the english releases in terms of logo title for Attack on Titan:
AOT_01_mobile.jpg
 
Rosencrantz said:
NormanicGrav said:
Since when was Beez involved with that title? Last time I heard, Nichijou and Gosick were licensed by Bandai and then went into limbo as Bandai (as you say "went down the toilet").
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Wasn't Beez just their European distribution company though? Though your right that I don't think they were ever hinted at having it for a Eu release
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Beez was a sister company of Bandai US, both part of the Namco Bandai group. They didn't distribute for Bandai US; IIRC I've read somewhere that they had to license everything from Japan themselves.
 
teonzo said:
GolGotha said:
@MVM_UK Hey, any chance of you guys bringing Haibane Renmei back to the UK ?

MVMEntertainment
It's something we'd like to get back. Watch this space.
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Blu-ray please blu-ray please blu-ray please blu-ray please blu-ray please blu-ray please!



Teo
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Since Funimation has Haibane Renmei and released it DVD only, I doubt a Blu-ray version will be released under MVM. On the positive side, a BD version does exist in Japan.
 
Bandai Visual announced on Tuesday that the late Satoshi Kon's 2001 film Millennium Actress is getting its first Blu-ray Disc release in Japan on February 21, 2014. The 6,090-yen (about US$61) release will be based off a telecine with a new print, HD mastering, and Panasonic's MGVC (Master Grade Video Coding).

The 87-minute film will have four minutes of bonus extras: teaser and full trailers (both off new prints) and television commercials. The Blu-ray will also have the audio commentaries by Kon, sound director Masafumi Mima, and Chiyoko Fujiwara's voice actresses Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, and Fumiko Orikasa (from the limited first-edition DVD Collection Box). The sound will be in Dolby TrueHD (5.1 ch) and Linear PCM (Dolby Surround). The first copies of the release will bundle a four-fold liner note with text by critic Ryusuke Hikawa.
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You know what to do Anime Limited, nuff said.
 
Meanwhile in America said:
via Walmart.com
Appleseed XIII: The Movie - 168 minutes - $29.98 - 2/25/14
Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo - 106 minutes - $29.98 - 2/18/14
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Looks like the UK may get 3.33 by June.

huh:
1.11 - PG-13
2.22 - TV-14
3.33 - TV-MA
 
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! ANOHANA IS BACK ON STOCK!

anohana - The Flower We Saw That Day: Complete Series Standard Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) due out on 10/29/13.
Quote:
Contains episodes 1-11 plus a story guide leaflet.

Special Features: Episode 1 Clean Ending, Teasers & Commercials, Online Episode Previews.
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It's Region A but it's noted that if you have a PS3 then you'll be able to play this.
 
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail has been rated by the BBFC for 15:
'Contains strong language, bloody violence and sexual violence'

Aniplex USA will be releasing the first season of Magi and Valvrave the Liberator on Blu-ray in 2014.

Sentai Filmworks have been doing some licensing recently and the following have been licensed with a home release in 2014:
Beyond the Boundary
Diabolik Lovers
Golden Time
Infinite Stratos 2 (Season 2)

Viz have also been licensing:
Battle Royale: Angels' Border
Black Rose Alice
My Love Story!! (Ore Monogatari!!)
Terra Formars
Time Killers: Kazue Katō Short Story Collection
The Art of The Wind Rises (an art collection for Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises film)

Kodansha Comics have also been licensing:
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall (Manga)
Attack on Titan: No Regrets

Kodansha USA have also been licensing:
Attack on Titan: Junior High (Shingeki! Kyojin Chūgakkō)
Attack on Titan Guidebooks: INSIDE & OUTSIDE

Vertical have also been licensing:
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall (Light Novel)
In the clothes named fat (Shibō to Iu Nano Fuku o Kite)


One Piece is finally getting the Blu-ray treatment in Japan, but so far only applying to the newer arcs.
While we’ve had another four hundred or so episodes from there, the majority of which have been released on home video in Japan, they’ve been only on DVD and primarily aimed at the rental market. That’s all starting to change now though as the upcoming volumes that cover the Punk Hazard Arc of the series, which began with episode 579, are getting Blu-ray single releases when they start landing on January 8th, 2014.

The first two volumes of the arc are coming out on the same day with four episodes on each set (579-582 and 583-586) where the Blu-ray releases will be priced at 5775yen each while the DVD releases are priced at 4725 yen each. No details on the specs for them, particularly in terms of audio, but the first press editions will contain some stickers while on disc extras will include undisclosed bonus video recordings.
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These titles are now available to pre-order on UP1/UP1USA:
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - Complete Series (Subtitled) Standard Edition Blu-ray/DVD - £36.80/£32.87
Antique Bakery - Complete Series (Subtitled) Litebox DVD - £21.87/£19.65
Blessing of the Campanella - Complete Series (Subtitled) DVD - £25.84/£22.99
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne - Set 2 (Season 2) Blu-ray - £34.20/£31.17
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne - Set 2 (Season 2) DVD - £28.35/£25.50
Monster Rancher - Complete Series (Dubbed) DVD - £31.62/£29.28
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital - Set 1 Blu-ray - £33.75/£31.17
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital - Set 1 DVD - £27.90/£25.50
Pokemon Movie 16: Genesect and the Legend Awakened - Film (Dubbed) DVD - £14.40/£12.08
 
NormanicGrav said:
One Piece is finally getting the Blu-ray treatment in Japan, but so far only applying to the newer arcs.
While we’ve had another four hundred or so episodes from there, the majority of which have been released on home video in Japan, they’ve been only on DVD and primarily aimed at the rental market. That’s all starting to change now though as the upcoming volumes that cover the Punk Hazard Arc of the series, which began with episode 579, are getting Blu-ray single releases when they start landing on January 8th, 2014.

The first two volumes of the arc are coming out on the same day with four episodes on each set (579-582 and 583-586) where the Blu-ray releases will be priced at 5775yen each while the DVD releases are priced at 4725 yen each. No details on the specs for them, particularly in terms of audio, but the first press editions will contain some stickers while on disc extras will include undisclosed bonus video recordings.
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I suppose 4 eps per blu ray is better than a normal series that tends to have 2 per blu ray but damn any one piece collector is going to end up with a lot of discs and boxes
 
Yen Press have licensed the following:
Alice in the Country of Diamonds: Wonderful Wonder World Official Visual Fan Book
Ani-Imo (Ani ga Imōto de Imōto ga Ani de.)
Demon From a Foreign Land (Iiki no ki)
He's My Only Vampire (Junketsu + Kareshi)
High School DxD (Manga Version)
Void's Enigmatic Mansion
 
Rosencrantz said:
Dannielle said:
& still no TWGOK ... >_<

Highschool DXD will please a certain someone I know.
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Both Yen and Viz have access to Manga that have popular Anime out in the US yet have not licenced them :(
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Isn't TWGOK a title which can only be licensed by Viz(?) for reasons similar to why Index can only be licensed by Yen Press?
 
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