Animejin News - 17th April 2002

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Fox Kids News
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News has arrived of two new anime series coming to Fox Kids:

'Shin-chan', (also known as 'Crayon Shin-chan') will debut on Fox Kids on
22nd April (next Monday), showing at 4:00pm each day. Here is a
description I found:

 "Cartoon adventures with Shin Chan, possibly the naughtiest child on the
  planet. Living with his tough mother, his meek father and Shiro, his
  very stupid dog, Shin Chan's main purpose in life is to cause mayhem."

Also, here are some edited quotes from a recent press release:

 "Fox Kids Europe, today announced an agreement with Shogakukan
  Production and TMS Entertainment to acquire 52 episodes of the
  animated series Hamtaro."

 "Hamtaro features the adventures of an insatiably curious golden
  hamster, his young owner, Laura and his bunch of quirky hamster pals,
  known as the 'Ham-Hams'. The gang gather daily in their underground
  clubhouse and have countless adventures trying to help out their
  owners and navigating their way through the human world."

 "Hamtaro was produced by Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, and
  the animation was created by TMS Entertainment. The series is based on
  the successful 'Tottoko Hamutaro' from Shogakukan's series of
  illustrated children's books by Ritsuko Kawai."

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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:       Robotech II: The Sentinals (VD),
               Battle of the Planets vol. 1 (B)
29th April:    Cardcaptors vol. 1 (T)
May:           Macross Plus (MD), Fist of the North Star (MD)
June:          Patlabor 1+2 (MD), Sailor Moon vol. 1 (VD)
July:          Metropolis (B)
September:     End of Evangelion (MD)

Forthcoming:   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), Oh My Goddess Movie (VB), Blue Gender (VB),
               Yu Yu Hakusho (VB), Fruits Basket (VB),
               Lupin III: Secret of The Twilight Gemini (VB)

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

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