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Ever since 2004, Anime UK News has been reporting daily on all the latest and greatest anime news stories relevant to UK anime fans. This archive is a tribute to that hard work and offers you an unprecedented chance to look back into the history of the UK anime community and revel in every insignifant story, rumor and dream.

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May 2008
Sun, 11 May 2008
Geneon to return with new distribution method - Summer 2008?
Manga Ent. get Hellsing Ultimate, Origin Spirits of the Past
File-sharers arrested for uploading huge amounts of anime
Terratag creates new Afro Samurai t-shirts
Tokyopop recon event at Walthamstow Library
Sat, 3 May 2008
Aria punts into Rightstuf's harbour
Preview Death Note with free clips before buying UK release?
Massive emphasis on global manga at the Bristol Comics Expo
Anime and manga seminar in London during May
April 2008
Fri, 25 Apr 2008
New trailers for Sky Crawlers, Blade of the Immortal
New Dragonball anime on the way
Fans invited to Death Note celebration in Manchester
Sat, 19 Apr 2008
News from the New York Comic Convention and Kawaii-Kon
Thu, 17 Apr 2008
Live action Ghost in the Shell from Dreamworks on the way
Shinkai presents London screening of 5cm p/sec; new trailer
New Batman: Gotham Knight trailer is online
Climax of Code Geass episode leaked online before premiere
New Yoko Kanno interview discussing Darker Than Black
Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Mike McFarland will be guest at London Expo in May
Eureka! Break through the heavens! With Naruto!
Stream trailer for Studio 4C's Genius Party Beyond
Mon, 7 Apr 2008
VIZ, Manga Ent. partnership to bring Buso Renkin, MAR to UK
Fri, 4 Apr 2008
MVM get boys love comedy Gravitation; Death Note UK details
Subtitled Gonzo anime online hours after airing in Japan
Booking opens for London's annual anime all nighter
Satoshi Kon new film; Ani-Kuri stream; Red Line; Casshern
Studio Ghibli's Joe Hisaishi special concert in Tokyo
March 2008
Sun, 30 Mar 2008
UK DVD release schedule for first half of summer 2008
Fri, 28 Mar 2008
Makoto Shinkai living in London, reveals UK influences
Animation in Korea on the up? Mad Monkey on rampage
Thu, 27 Mar 2008
Seirei no Moribito finds new home at Media Blasters
Ultraviolet gets anime TV series spin-off from Madhouse
Viz Media confirm release plans for first Bleach movie
Still no word from ADV on Gurren Lagann; also license Kiba
Rocket Girls blast into US, fuelled by Bandai Ent. US
Highlander director cut, inc. Japanese dub, out in Japan '08
Full steam ahead for Blade of the Immortal anime
New Casshern TV anime is in production
Fri, 21 Mar 2008
Gonzo pave the way for new era of anime distribution
Wed, 19 Mar 2008
Live action Death Note movie coming to UK cinemas?
Tokyopop moving ahead with Lament of the Lamb live action
World record achieved in UK: largest games cosplay meet
Thu, 13 Mar 2008
Infamous anime streaming hub Crunchyroll gets big investment
Business as usual as Lace tie up deal with ADV UK
Britney Spears next music video is anime-style
Sat, 8 Mar 2008
Shana coming to the UK, amongst other new UK release dates
3D-CG Appleseed TV anime coming soon
Book on Big-eye art to be released in March
Guinness World Records to attempt largest meet of cosplayers
Tue, 4 Mar 2008
New release dates for ADV's UK DVDs
Several new anime series and popular sequels in-production
Voltron and X-Bomber set for UK releases in 2008
Anime UK News looking for dedicated manga reviewer
February 2008
Mon, 25 Feb 2008
Beez bringing The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to the UK
Thu, 21 Feb 2008
Hollywood announces new live action Akira films
Rare Studio Ghibli film Ocean Waves set for UK release
Tue, 19 Feb 2008
New article: The UK DVD Market - Sorry, how much?!
Fri, 15 Feb 2008
10 minute preview of Batman: Gotham Knight anime online
Just as planned, Manga Ent. confirm Death Note anime for UK
Introducing Dimensional Manga
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
Death Note on Play.com, as well as Ex Machina, Lupin the 3rd
Black Lagoon delayed 'till 10th March; Love Hina Again clips
Mon, 11 Feb 2008
Momentum nab Vexille for UK release; free anime from Manga
SelfMadeHero's next Manga Shakespeare GN published this week
Fri, 8 Feb 2008
ADV seals their future in UK with Lace Digital Media Sales
Wed, 6 Feb 2008
MVM cut their single disc RRP from £20 to £16
Porco Rosso flies onto Film4, airing 11/2 and 16/2
Bandai license two series & launch controversial rel. sched.
ADV Films go Blu-ray as future of DVD releases still unclear
Action-packed stills of Blood: The Last Vampire live action
Sweatdrop Studios turn 6 years old
How manga took over the world or, more specifically, the UK
January 2008
Tue, 22 Jan 2008
ADV Films UK halt sales, distribution of select titles
Giant ADV UK DVD sale; anime going for small change
Fri, 18 Jan 2008
UK manga artist collects international plaudits
Wed, 16 Jan 2008
Latest issue of ImagineFX UK magazine is manga special
Beez to release Gunbuster 2 in the UK as soon as March '08
Mon, 14 Jan 2008
BBC Four to air Oscar-winning anime movie Spirited Away
Fri, 11 Jan 2008
Jonathan Clements talks about anime porn at seminar
ADV to replace Newtype USA with new magazine called "PiQ"
Thu, 10 Jan 2008
ADV to cease publishing anime magazine Newtype USA
Wed, 9 Jan 2008
Round up of news concerning anime and UK TV
New Masaaki Yuasa anime series "Kaiba" due in April 2008
Genshiken manga-ka on perception of otaku in Japan
Anime spin-off for Terminator franchise, think Animatrix
Nargis looks back on her year with Naruto
First images from Dragonball film appear online
Fri, 4 Jan 2008
New anime shows starting this weekend
Thu, 3 Jan 2008
MVM to release FLCL on UK DVD, and possibly Haruhi too?

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Great Artwork, Clear Storytelling, An Involving Cast of Characters… Del Rey Manga Round-Up Spring 2008 I really love the.. Read more (1 comments)
Review of Fairy Tail #1
Spanking new from Del Rey comes ‘Fairy Tale’, the eagerly anticipated new manga by Hiro Mashima ( www.delreymanga.com ) . Mashima is already known in the west as the.. Read more
Review of Ergo Proxy #5
The story of Ergo Proxy had always split its attention between the events within the domed city of Romdo, a cold, mechanical dystopia closed off from the world, and the bleak.. Read more (0 comments)
A Very Brief Examination of Japanese Science Fiction.
Kenji Kamiyama said in an interview talking about 'Ghost in the Shell' that the greatest science fiction is that which touches on important issues within today's society. What.. Read more (3 comments)

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