Animejin News - 2nd November 2001

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Blue Sub 6 and Blood to hit UK TV screens
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The movie version of the video series Blue Sub 6 is to make its UK debut
on Cartoon Network later this month. It will be shown on 16th November at
5pm and 10pm. (http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk)

Also lined up for a TV showing is the recently released Blood: The Last
Vampire which will be shown as part of Channel 4's 'Hot Reels' animation
season that starts next Tuesday. (http://www.channel4.com/plus/hot_reels)

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Brighton to host manga exhibition and conference
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Starting later this month, the University of Brighton Gallery is hosting
the Japan 2001 touring exhibition entitled "Manga - short comics from
Japan". This exhibition has been seen at a variety of venues around the
country, but the Brighton appearance is to be enhanced by a program of
related events (http://www.brighton.ac.uk/gallery-theatre):

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Mad About Manga - Sat 1st Dec, 11am - 4pm
Celebrate all things graphical - a day of djs, drawing and doodling in the
gallery. Come and have a scribble, learn how to draw manga, watch the
experts or just be animated by it all. Suitable for cartoon fans of all
ages. Free drop in. 

Manga conference - Sat 24th Nov, 11am - 5.30pm (tickets £12)
A day of talks bringing together leading specialists on manga to share
their expertise and knowledge with the audience. 

Tea time talks (in the gallery - free):

Win Wiacek - Fri 23rd Nov, 4pm
Formerly at the Forbidden Planet, Win is a freelance comic creator and
chairman of the Comic Creators Guild. Win will talk about the relationship
between manga as short comics from Japan and the contemporary, highly
stylised manga more readily recognised in this country 

Tony Luc - Fri 30th Nov, 4pm
Tony is the first British comic creator to sell an original manga strip to
Japan. Based in Brighton, he is now developing his comics into animated
works. Tony will talk informally about the process he is going through
and give his own definition of manga 

Kiriko Kubo - Fri 7th Dec, 4pm
Kiriko will provide a glimpse into the world of manga. She will talk about
her own work as a manga artist, and 'Cynical Hysteria Hour' which was
first published in comic form, then made into a series of short animated
films (which will be on show) 

Roger Sabin - Fri 14th Dec, 4pm
Roger is author of the well known 'Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels' and
lecturer at Central St Martins. He will discuss British reactions to manga
and anime (animated cartoons) and look at how Japanese use of different
conventions mean that often we don't know what is going on 

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

Out now:       Street Fighter II Movie (MD)
5th November:  Sailor Moon vol. 1 (VT), Sailor Moon vol. 2 (VT),
               Hurricane Live 2033 (VT), Urusei Yatsura Movie 1 (VD),
               Bubblegum Crisis vol. 3 (VD)
27th December: Sailor Moon vol. 3 (VT)
Febuary 2002:  X (MD)
April:         Akira (MD)

Forthcoming:   Evangelion Movie (MB), Virus (MB), Dirty Pair Flash (AD),
               Ninja Resurection (AD), Slayers (AD), Gunsmith Cats (AD),
               Samurai X vol. 1 (AD), Burn up W (AD), Sin: The Movie (AD),
               Samurai X: The Movie (AD), Generator Gawl vol. 1 (AD),
               Cardcaptors: The Movie (B), Oh My Goddess Movie (VB)

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

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