Animejin News - 24th May 2002 This is the 201st irregular bulletin comprising the latest news section from Animejin - an independent, non-profit UK anime (Japanese animation) website. Please visit us at http://www.animejin.org.uk. All feedback welcome. =========================================================================== Beyblade on Cartoon Network =========================== Animation Magazine Online is reporting that Cartoon Network in the UK will be showing the anime series Beyblade starting this summer. Beyblade is a spin-off from a series of toys produced by Hasbro that have proved popular in Japan over the last couple of years. For further reading, click here, here and here: http://www.animationmagazine.net/television/5_16.html http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020110/lath025_1.html http://www.hasbro.com/default.asp?x=beyblade --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sci-Fi Channel Anime Rescheduled Again ====================================== The Sci-Fi Channel's new anime series have been rescheduled again. They are now promising a July start. Here's a quote from their latest press release: > SAIKO-EXCITING *UK TELEVISION PREMIERE* > Begins Saturday 6 July at 10am > Brighten-up your weekend with an awesome two-hour blend of computer > games, cutting-edge animation, radical Japanese music videos and > competitions all airing in Sci·Fi's new strand SAIKO-EXCITING. Fronted > by the human face of anime, Sci·Fi's Seera, she's joined by Jonathan > Clements, who offers the latest anime news updates, and gamer-guru Emily > Newton-Dunn who gets to grips with Sci·Fi's brand new gaming show SFG. > For the first time ever in the UK, catch two of the most acclaimed anime > series NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO, much- > requested and eagerly awaited and at last, airing on TV! SAIKO-EXCITING > also taps into the stylish world of Japanese music videos as Sci·Fi > debuts some of the best examples of J-Pop never see before on UK > television. Finally, competitions, interactivity and audience > participation complete the two-hour line-up. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Manga Video website ======================= Manga Video have revamped their website, introducing a new design and lots of new features, including details of their next few releases. See it for yourself at http://www.manga.co.uk. =========================================================================== Current UK anime release schedule ================================= All of the following dates are subject to change. 10th June: Sailor Moon vol. 1 (VD), Blue Gender vol. 1 (FB), Generator Gawl vol. 1 (AT), Gasaraki vol. 1 (AT) 24th June: Macross Plus Box Set (MD) 22nd July: Metropolis (CB), Appleseed (MD) 19th August: Shadow Skill (MD) Forthcoming: Fist of the North Star (MD), End of Evangelion (MD), Patlabor 1+2 (MD), Samurai X: The Movie (AD), Slayers (AD), Ninja Resurrection (AD), Samurai X (AD), Gunsmith Cats (AD), Burn up W (AD), Sin: The Movie (AD), Generator Gawl (AD), Gasaraki (AD), Dirty Pair Flash (AD), Fruits Basket (FB), Oh My Goddess Movie (VB), Yu Yu Hakusho (FB), Lupin III: Secret of The Twilight Gemini (FB) (A)=ADV Films, (M)=Manga Entertainment, (V)=MVM, (F)=Funimation, (C)=Columbia Tristar, (T)=VHS tape, (D)=DVD, (B)=Both =========================================================================== This document is Copyright Jonathan Weeks. It may be freely distributed for non-profit purposes, providing it is not altered. Animejin news is always posted to the newsgroup uk.media.animation.anime. Alternatively, to receive Animejin News by e-mail, send a BLANK e-mail to subscribe@animejin.org.uk. To unsubscribe, send a BLANK e-mail to remove@animejin.org.uk. ===========================================================================