Is there any Love Hina DVD's released in the UK?

Just wanna add that the Manga Essentials and Robotech boxset are currently able to be won in competitions on CPC Movies!!!

Here's a complete list of what's coming out over the rest of this month on DVD in the UK:

• 16 APRIL 2007
• Coyote Ragtime Show #1 (ADV)
• Hellsing Box Set: Classic Collection (ADV)
• InuYasha: Series 1 (Fabulous Films)
• Jinki: Extend #2 (ADV)
• Samurai Gun #4 (ADV)
• Spiral #3 (Revelation Films)
• Yugo The Negotiator #4 (ADV)

• 23 APRIL 2007
• Full Metal Alchemist #12 (Revelation Films)
• Negima #2 (Revelation Films)
• Noein - To your other self #2 (Manga)
• Rumbling Hearts #2 (Revelation Films)
• Spiral #4 (Revelation Films)

• 30 APRIL 2007
• Fantastic Children #6 (Beez)

And looking ahead a bit, here are MVM's summer DVD releases and a new title from Revelation films:

• Elemental Gelade #2 (MVM)
  
• Gun X Sword #3 (MVM)
  
• Gungrave Box Set (MVM)
  
• Saiyuki Reload #4 (MVM)
  
• Trinity Blood #1 (MVM)
  
  06 August 2007
  
• Ah! My Goddess TV #4 (MVM)
  
• Basilisk #2 (MVM)
  
• Ergo Proxy #1 (MVM)
  
• Gantz Box Set (MVM)
  
• Speed Grapher #3 (MVM)
  
  17 September 2007
  
• Mushishi #1 (Revelation Films)

Start saving folks!

-- Edited by Man In Black at 09:27, 2007-04-12

Yes, there was just one TV series of Love Hina and a 3 OVA's, all based on the Manga. So we have in order:

Love Hina - TV series 25 episodes
Love Hina Xmas Special: Silent Eve (45 minute OVA)
Love Hina Spring Special: I Wish Your Dream (45 minute OVA)
Love Hina Again - OVA 3 episodes

The box set I mentioned before will be the 25 episode TV series. There is a Region 1 (US) box set available that features the three OVAs called the Love Hina Movie Collection but I don't think it has a UK release just yet.

Just been told the love Hina box set has now been delayed a week to the 14th May

I would guess that is because we have to wait for the Yanks to get the distribution licences, and they have to finish faffing about with their poxy dubbing and what have you, and then there is the NTSC to PAL conversions for the DVDs and finally the BBFC have to rate it...

If they skipped the dubbing side of it and just had it translated and subbed then sent it over I reckon the release dates would be much quicker. Seriously if fan subs of Death Note can be on the Net 24 hours after the show aired in Japan, then by extrapolation there isn't any real reason why there isn't a quicker turn around for the DVD releases.

Foreign language films which have been subbed can be released inside 6 months on DVD so why not Anime?

Hey, it's only 5 days later...

I've now watched the first couple episodes of Love Hina.

The DVD is really good because you have a choice if you want to watch it subbed or dubbed.

In the settings menu it has a choice for language English or Japanese

Then there is a choice for subtitles, All, Signs only or none.

It may be like this on all these DVD's but I think its a really good idea to give people the choice if they want subbed or dubbed.

Thats cool that they have that option now as it puts the power to decide in the watchers hands instead of the people making the DVD.

Going back to Love Hina, I can't believe the DVD's are only PG and 12 ratings. I have watched the first DVD in the set and part of the second and although it doesn't have nudity, some of the drawings are revealing. For example the girls wearing towels in the hot springs. But the thing that stuck me so much is how suggestive it is and that the ones I have watched were only rated PG.

NymVette wrote:

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Going back to Love Hina, I can't believe the DVD's are only PG and 12 ratings. I have watched the first DVD in the set and part of the second and although it doesn't have nudity, some of the drawings are revealing. For example the girls wearing towels in the hot springs. But the thing that stuck me so much is how suggestive it is and that the ones I have watched were only rated PG.

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That's Fan Service for you!

You get that a lot in Anime. I think the censors realise now that you can see saucier stuff in pop videos so they're letting it go. My HiME has a lot of that and that is only 12 rated title.

I watched the first volume of Gantz the other day and besdies the graphic gore and f-words, in the first episode not only do you see female nudity but they very strongly alluded to a dog licking a girl out and this got a 15 rating instead of 18!!

-- Edited by Man In Black at 10:53, 2007-05-19

And I think he does it again in episode 4 too.

Hey Nym,

What's Love Hina about? is it like highschool life drama? Action oriented?

Sorry for the newbie question...

alright MIB...thx again for your infinite knowledge....of anime stuff only of course...

hahaha...be my guess MIB...be my guess...:)

Why don'tcha join me in the chat?? Maybe you could ban me there too...hehe

Hey Eve, you can still start a proper discussion thread on Love Hina giving a brief rundown of the story and sharing your thoughts. I'm sure in time others will post once they've seen it themselves.

Current updated list of new releases for the remainder of 2007 (courtesy of Anime UK news):

June 2007

 

Mon, 4th Jun 2007

Coyote Ragtime Show #2

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armour #1

Kekko Kamen: Anime Classics Edition

Otogi Zoshi #5

 

Mon, 11th Jun 2007

.hack// SIGN boxset (1 of 2)

Eureka Seven #6

IGPX #5         

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny #6  

 

Mon, 18th Jun 2007

Ah! My Goddess TV #3          

Basilisk #1

Jinki: Extend #3           

Moon Phase #1           

Negima #3      

Shadow Skill #1          

Speed Grapher #2       

Spiral #5         

Tenjho Tenge #7         

Trigun Box Set            

 

Mon, 25th Jun 2007

.hack// Legend of the Twilight boxset   

Noein - To your other self #3   

Planetes boxset (1 of 2)           

Wolf's Rain boxset (1 of 2)      

 

July 2007

 

Mon, 2nd Jul 2007

Elemental Gelade #2    

Excel Saga Collection  

Gun X Sword #3         

Gungrave Box Set       

Pani Poni Dash! #1      

Saiyuki Reload #4       

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World #3         

Trinity Blood #1          

 

Mon, 9th Jul 2007

.hack// SIGN boxset (2 of 2)   

Highlander: Search for Vengeance        

 

Mon, 16th Jul 2007

Le Chevalier D'Eon #2            

Nurse Witch Komugi   

Otogi Zoshi #6            

Slayers Collection        

Tactics: Series 1 - Part 2          

 

Mon, 23rd Jul 2007

Peach Girl #1  

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles      

Rumbling Hearts #3     

Spiral #6         

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki Box Set        

 

Mon, 30th Jul 2007

Fantastic Children #6   

IGPX #6         

 

August 2007

 

Mon, 6th Aug 2007

A Tree of Palme          

Ah! My Goddess TV #4          

Basilisk #2       

Coyote Ragtime Show #3        

Elfin Lied Collection     

Ergo Proxy #1

Gantz Box Set

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society OVA  

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armour #2    

Noein - To your other self #4    .

Speed Grapher #3       

 

Mon, 13th Aug 2007

Wolf's Rain boxset (2 of 2)      

 

Mon, 20th Aug 2007

Last Exile Collection    

Moon Phase #2           

Negima #4      

Tenchi Muyo! GXP Box Set    

Utawarerumono #1      

 

Mon, 27th Aug 2007

Naruto Unleashed: Series 2 Part 2       

Tokko #3        

 

September 2007

 

Mon, 3rd Sep 2007

Berserk #1      

Brave Story     

Gun X Sword #2         

Jin-Roh           

Kurau: Phantom Memory #1    

Naruto Unleashed: Complete Series 1  

Otogi Zoshi Complete Box Set            

Pani Poni Dash! #2      

Paprika           

Saiyuki Reload #5       

Samurai Champloo: Box Set    

Tekkon Kinkreet         

The Shinkai Collection

Trinity Blood #2          

 

Fri, 7th Sep 2007

Beck #1          

Peach Girl #2  

 

Mon, 17th Sep 2007

Full Metal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa     

Le Chevalier D'Eon #3            

Tsubasa Chronicle #1  

 

Mon, 24th Sep 2007

Karas: The Revelation  

 

October 2007

 

Mon, 22nd Oct 2007

Beck #2          

Moon Phase #3           

Mushishi #1     

Negima #5      

Suzuka #1       

 

November 2007

 

Mon, 19th Nov 2007

Mushishi #2     

Peach Girl #3  

Tsubasa Chronicle #2  

 

December 2007

 

Sat, 1st Dec 2007

Planetes boxset (2 of 2)           

 

Mon, 17th Dec 2007

Beck #3          

Negima #6      

Suzuka #2       

So start saving those pennies folks!

Review is now up for Solid State Society HERE.

Heads up folks - the long awaited new film from Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress) will get its release on DVD on 24th September.

 

Based on the 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Paprika is the tale of Dr. Atsuki Chiba and her alter ego Paprika who helps other people analyse their dreams by entering into them and recording them via a new device called the DC Mini. When the prototypes are stolen it is up to Paprika to save Tokyo from a "dream terrorist" who uses the DC Minis to turn his fantasies into reality.

Fans of Kon's reality bending work will no doubt enjoy his latest work which is already being hailed as another masterpiece.

You can view the trailer HERE

++ NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW (Manga Entertainment). Available to buy on DVD from 26th November 2007.





The first big screen spin-off from the phenomenally successful Naruto anime series, comes to DVD with all the outrageous fun and ninja action fans expect from the series, but this time it's bigger and better than ever before.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are mystified as to why Kakashi would send them to the cinema to watch a movie in preparation for their next mission, but all becomes apparent when they are given the job of guarding a beautiful but diva-like actress during the making of her next movie. Unknown to those around her, the actress in question is actually the true princess of the Land of Snow, a territory taken over by a band of rogue ninjas responsible for the assassination of Yukie's father and who have now turned their attentions to his daughter. In no time at all, what should have been a simple bodyguarding assignment for Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi quickly degenerates into a series of deadly battles between good and evil, with life dangerously reflecting the art of the movies.

NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW (cert. 15) will be released on DVD (£17.99) by Manga Entertainment on 26th November 2007.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 17:21, 2007-10-08

-- Edited by Man In Black at 17:22, 2007-10-08

Top news from AnimeUKNews:

According to Animetion, Revelation Films have lined up the first season of Hell Girl (a.k.a Jigoku Shojo) for a UK DVD release starting in February 2008. The supernatural mystery is a 26 episode series that aired in Japan during 2006; the story follows a young "Hell Girl" who deals out murderous revenge requested via a mysterious website.


I have this series (and the sequel Jigoku Shojo Futakomori) and it looks pretty good. A sort of Death Note via the Internet. There is also a live action series although I only have 4 episodes of that.

Man In Black wrote:

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Discuss any new Anime releases on DVD or at the cinema in the UK in this thread.

I'll start with:

++ SPEED GRAPHER - VOLUME 1 (MVM). Available to buy on DVD from 16th April 2007.

Once addicted to the rush of working in the line of fire, burned out ex-war photographer Saiga has been reduced to selling his artistic soul as a tabloid photojournalist in the near-future dystopian city of Tokyo. It is a morally corrupt society in which the rich get rich while the poor get poorer, and where even the most taboo desires can be satisfied for a price.

In the midst of yet another seemingly dull paparazzi assignment, Saiga infiltrates an underground den of vice that specializes in pandering to the warped sexual desires of city's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. There, he witnesses a depraved ceremony in which the Goddess, a beautiful young girl named Kagura, is about to bestow a dangerous gift upon a more-than-willing victim. When his cover is blown, Saiga is only saved from certain death by a kiss from Kagura. It is a brief exchange that mysteriously gives Saiga a devastating new, supernatural ability. Forced to flee from his enemies with the young girl in tow, Saiga is plunged into a living nightmare in which he must confront his inner demons while trying to uncover the secret behind his remarkable transformation.

 

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 My DVD review for Volume 5 of this title should be up soon.

List of titles coming in 2008:

7th January 2008

Berserk vol 3 (MVM)
Elemental Gelade vol 5 (MVM)
Gun X Sword vol 6 (MVM)
Love Hina Again (MVM)
Trinity Blood vol 4 (MVM)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny vol 10 (Beez)

21st January 2008

School Rumble vol 1 (Revelation)
School Rumble Starter Set (Revelation)
Tales from Earthsea (Optimum)
Tsubasa vol 3 - Spectres of Legend (Revelation)

4th February 2008

Basilisk vol 5 (MVM)
Black Cat vol 3 (MVM)
Burst Angel Complete Box Set (MVM)
Ergo Proxy vol 4 (MVM)
Speed Grapher vol 6 (MVM)

18th February 2008

Hell Girl vol 1 (Revelation)
Hell Girl Starter Set (Revelation)
Mushishi vol 3 (Revelation)

3rd March 2008

Requiem from the Darkness Thin Pack Box Set (MVM)

2008 (Date TBC)

Ah! My Goddess TV Series 2 (ADV)
Black Lagoon (MVM)
Blade of the Phantom Master (ADV)
Devil May Cry (ADV)
Gurren Lagann (ADV)
Love Hina Again (MVM)
Mysterious Cities of Gold (Fabulous Films)
Naruto Season 3 (Manga)
Pumpkin Scissors (ADV)
Sgt. Frog (ADV)
Shakugan no Shana (MVM)
Straight Jacket (Manga)
The Wallflower (ADV)
Welcome to the NHK (ADV)
Witchblade (MVM)


Look out for reviews of some these titles here at CPC Movies soon!

Finally (courtesy of Anime UK News):


Earlier this morning we received confirmation from Manga Entertainment that they intend to release the 37-episode Death Note anime TV series in the UK. Contrary to the listings on online shops, there's still no confirmed release date. The short official statement reads as follows:

"After much speculation about Death Note, I can now confirm with you that Manga Entertainment will indeed be releasing the series in the UK. We can't currently confirm dates just yet and we are aware that there is a listing on Play and Amazon."

Another great new release confirmed by Anime UK news:


Beez Entertainment have today confirmed their acquisition of fan favourite sci-fi/comedy 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya', with monthly consecutive UK DVD releases slated to begin on the 24th of May (at the London Expo) and running through to 8th August (the final volume will be debuting at UK anime convention AmeCon 2008).

As a way of encouraging you to "buy from the UK release" rather than import, Beez will be using "the Madman Entertainment (based in Australia) masters, bringing you the highest video quality possible" and providing customers with "all the extra goodies you can imagine - just like you saw in the US". The press release goes on to say "each volume will have a regular release of £19.99, while the Volume 1 LE will cost an RRP of £39.99 and the other 3 LE's will have an RRP of £34.99."


The is a very popular series both in Japan and internationally so hopefully it will repeat that success over here too. The dance routine in the closing credits have became a cult thing in Japan where Otaku get to together and perform it in random public places!