Animejin News - 4th October 1998

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AD Vision Press Releases
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         You can never have to much firepower or too much cleavage!

                            DIRTY PAIR FLASH ACT 3

In this concluding episode Kei leaves the 3WA. Yuri gets a new partner and
she turns out to be more trouble than she's worth! Then Kei is reinstated
to help Yuri battle a madman and prevent him from gaining control of the
Galaxy.

                   RUNNING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 55 MINUTES
                               CERTIFICATE 12
                               ENGLISH DUBBED
                          CATALOGUE NO: VHSDF/003D
                            BARCODE 702727026638
                       DEALER PRICE £8.84  RRP £12.99

                       RELEASE DATE 9TH NOVEMBER 1998

     ADVERTISED IN COMICS INTERNATIONAL, SFX, GAMESMASTER AND TIMECODE
                       
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       AD Vision continues with another episode of our best-seller...

                     NEON GENESIS EVANGELION GENESIS:11

                   RUNNING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 50 MINUTES
                               CERTIFICATE PG
                               ENGLISH DUBBED
                          CATALOGUE NO: VHSEV/011D
                            BARCODE 702727023132
                       DEALER PRICE £8.84  RRP £12.99

                       RELEASE DATE 9TH NOVEMBER 1998

     ADVERTISED IN COMICS INTERNATIONAL, SFX, GAMESMASTER AND TIMECODE
                       
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Spriggan at the London Film Festival
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After 'Memories' last year, the London Film Festival is back with more
anime; this time, it's 'Spriggan', based on the manga by Hiroshi Takashige
and Ryoji Minagawa published in English as 'Striker'. The film is planned
and supervised by Katsuhiro Otomo, but directed by Hiroshi Takashige.
Described in the program as "a premier-league mixture of visionary sci-fi
and cyborg heroics framed as an Indiana Jones style adventure".

Showings are on Saturday 14th November at 11:00pm and Sunday 15th November
at 4:15pm at the Brixton Ritzy in deepest, darkest South London. Tickets
are available from 16th October, on 0171 928 3232, at £7 each.

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Manga's Christmas Gift
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This year's Christmas special from Manga video is a limited edition boxed
set of Fist of the North Star, Sword for Truth and Ninja Scroll for £39.99
out on 12th October.

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Current UK anime release schedule
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X is now penciled in for a theatrical release in February.

All of the following dates are subject to change.

5th  October  : Record of Lodoss War vol. 3 (P), Iria vol. 3 (P),
                Final Fantasy (P), Shuten Doji 4 (A).
12th October  : Fist of the North Star + Sword for Truth + Ninja Scroll
                (M - limited edition boxed set)
9th  November : Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 11 (A),
                Dirty Pair Flash vol. 3 (A), Tenchi Muyo - The Movie 2 (P),
                Record of Lodoss War vol. 4 (P)
23rd November : Blackjack (M)
January       : Perfect Blue (M - theatrical)
February      : X (M - theatrical)

(A)=ADV Films, (M)=Manga Entertainment, (P)=Pioneer Anime, (K)=Kiseki Films

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