Animejin News - 10th April 2000

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Onedotzero Dates
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As previously reported, the Onedotzero festival at the ICA in London will
be including the anime movie 'X' in its programme this year. They will also
be showing the entire of the anime TV series 'Serial Experiments Lain' over
a four day period. The dates and times are:

1st May - 5.00pm: X
          9.00pm: Serial Experiments Lain episodes 1 - 4 
2nd May - 9.00pm: Serial Experiments Lain episodes 5 - 7
3rd May - 9.00pm: Serial Experiments Lain episodes 8 - 10
4th May - 5.00pm: X
          8:30pm: Serial Experiments Lain episodes 11 - 13

Further details can be found on the ICA web site at
http://www.ica.org.uk/season/onedotzero, or call the ICA's booking and
information line on 020 7930 3647.

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ADV Films Press Releases
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                            STREET FIGHTER II V
                                  Volume 4

                           RUNNING TIME 70 MINUTES
                               CERTIFICATE 12
                               ENGLISH DUBBED
                          CATALOGUE NO: VHSSF/004D
                           BARCODE: 702727024832
                       DEALER PRICE £8.84  RRP £12.99

                        RELEASE DATE 3RD APRIL 2000

         ADVERTISED IN COMICS INTERNATIONAL, MANGA MAX AND TIMECODE.

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                   Psychic Wars in Stream PoweredRobots!
                                SAKURA WARS 2
                        contains acts three and four

                           RUNNING TIME 60 MINUTES
                               CERTIFICATE PG
                               ENGLISH DUBBED
                          CATALOGUE NO: VHSSW/002D
                            BARCODE: 702727027437
                       DEALER PRICE £8.84  RRP £12.99

                        RELEASE DATE 3RD APRIL 2000

         ADVERTISED IN COMICS INTERNATIONAL, MANGA MAX AND TIMECODE.

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                             ORIGINAL DIRTY PAIR
                                   Volume 2

                           RUNNING TIME 50 MINUTES
                               CERTIFICATE 12
                               ENGLISH DUBBED
                          CATALOGUE NO: VHSOD/002D 
                            BARCODE: 702727035432
                       DEALER PRICE £8.84  RRP £12.99

                         RELEASE DATE 1ST MAY 2000

         ADVERTISED IN COMICS INTERNATIONAL, MANGA MAX AND TIMECODE.

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[ This is the exact text, as printed on the release: ]

                              BUBBLEGUM CRISIS
                                 TOKYO 2040
                                  Volume 1

They are the stuff of legend. Anyone whos into anime knows Bubblegum
Crisis. Now as the year 2000 arrives ADV proudly presents you Bubblegum
Crisis 2040 AD! This is one series you cannot afford to miss. The
Knightsabers are BACK!

                           RUNNING TIME 70 MINUTES
                               CERTIFICATE 12
                               ENGLISH DUBBED
                          CATALOGUE NO: VHSBG/001D 
                            BARCODE: 702727036330
                       DEALER PRICE £8.84  RRP £12.99

                         RELEASE DATE 1ST MAY 2000

         ADVERTISED IN COMICS INTERNATIONAL, MANGA MAX AND TIMECODE.

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DVD News
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Tekken and Sonic the Hedgehog DVDs from ADV Films have been spotted on sale
in the UK. It turns out that these are copies of the American release with
BBFC stickers added. The discs are marked as 'Region 1', and therefore may
not play on standard UK DVD players that can only play 'Region 2' disks.

Copies of the promised Black Magic M-66/Plastic Little double feature DVD
from Kiseki have also been spotted on sale.

The release of the Perfect Blue DVD from Manga Entertainment has been moved
to June. It will include all the extras from the Japanese release.

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Current UK anime release schedule
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All of the following dates are subject to change.

Out now       : Street Fighter II V Vol. 4 (AT), Sakura Wars Vol. 2 (AT)
                Tekken (AD), Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (AD),
                Black Magic M-66/Plastic Little (KD)
1st May       : Bubblegum Crisis 2040 Vol. 1 (AT),
                Original Dirty Pair Vol. 2 (AT)
8th May       : Kimagure Orange Road vol. 1 (VT)
5th June      : Dirty Pair Flash Mission 3 Vol. 2 (AT), Takegami 3 (AT)
12th June     : X (MB), Perfect Blue (MD)
10th July     : Street Fighter Alpha (MT), Ninja Scroll (MD)
11th September: Evangelion Movie (MB)

(A)=ADV Films, (M)=Manga Entertainment, (K)=Kiseki Films, (V)=MVM
(T)=VHS tape, (D)=DVD, (B)=Both

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