Animejin News - 4th January 2001

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Strange Dawn starts on Channel 5
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Channel 5 will be hosting the world premiere of the English language
version of the anime TV series Strange Dawn on 5th January at 9:00am
(tomorrow morning ^_^;) The series will continue each week at the same
time. Official details on the series are available on the "Milkshake FM"
section of the Channel 5 website (http://www.channel5.co.uk), which
includes this blurb:

 "What would you do if you found yourself in a world half your size?
  Nothing can be more surprising for Emi and Yuko, a couple of regular
  middle-school girls, when they discover a whole new lad at their feet.
  To make matters even more complicated the inhabitants of this world
  think Emi and Yuko are the legendary protectors of their country! It's
  a fantastic adventure as Emi and Yuko struggle to find a way back to
  normal-sized life!"

Strange Dawn has not yet been broadcast or released on video in any English
language territory (A US video release is scheduled to start later this
month). There is no official English website for Strange Dawn, but the
official Japanese website is at http://www.pldc.co.jp/plag/anime/st-dawn.

                                          Source: http://www.channel5.co.uk

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Interesting stuff from Diamond Previews
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The UK section of the latest (January) issue of Diamond previews has turned
up a couple of interesting items:

Three Dragonball Z soundtrack CDs are listed as forthcoming UK releases.

The release of Gundam Wing on DVDs is listed, but there are no details as
to whether they will contain the uncut or TV version of the series, or
which language formats will be included.

                                                   Source: Diamond Previews

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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:       Sailor Moon vol. 3 (VT)
11th February: X (MD), The Professional - Golgo 13 (MD)
               Castle of Cagliostro (MD),
February 2002: Urusei Yatsura Movie 3 (VD)
18th March:    Akira (MD) 

Forthcoming:   Evangelion Movie (MB), Virus (MB), Dirty Pair Flash (AD),
               Ninja Resurrection (AD), Slayers (AD), Gunsmith Cats (AD),
               Samurai X (AD), Burn up W (AD), Sin: The Movie (AD),
               Samurai X: The Movie (AD), Generator Gawl (AB),
               Gasaraki (AB), Cardcaptors: The Movie (B),
               Oh My Goddess Movie (VB), Blue Gender (VB)

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

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