Witchblade - The Complete Series - REGION LOCKED

Witchblade - The Complete Series

Region: A (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

Price: $35.99 / £21.61 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 24 (3 Disc Set)

Plot: The destiny of the Witchblade continues – in stunning high definition!

Sought by the greed of Men since the dawn of Humankind, but only bestowed upon the woman whose fate it forever scars – The Witchblade. Is it the Righteous Sword of God, of the Hand of the Devil Himself? Now a new bearer has been chosen and she must discover the answers for herself. As she stands on the brink of destiny, she is forced to seek the balance between ecstasy and ruin…

Masane Amaha is a woman on the fringe of society, bouncing rootless from town to town with her daughter, Rihoko. She struggles to build a life for her family, with no memory of the past and no clue as to what the future holds. But upon their arrival back in Tokyo forces conspire to separate parent from child, unleashing the fury of the Witchblade. The young mother will find herself conscripted into the service of the Doji Group and hunted down by the emissaries of the NSWF, all while seeking to balance the weight of this forced duality.

K-ON! - Volume 1 - REGION LOCKED

K-ON! - Volume 1

Region: A (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

Price: £14.78 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 4

Plot: When Yui Hirasawa enters high school, she wants to join a club but can't decide which one is right for her. Fortunately, the Light Music Club is desperate to find another member or they'll be disbanded!

So, with the enticement of delicious snacks and assurance that no musical experience is necessary, Yui joins the Light Music Club. She becomes the guitarist in this all-girl high school rock band with Mio Akiyama on bass, Tsumugi Kotobuki on keyboard and Ritsu Tainaka on drums.

Together, they're going to rock the school and someday make it to the Budokan! Now, if only they can put down the snacks just long enough to practice.

Needless - Collection Two - REGION LOCKED

Needless - Collection Two

Region: A (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

Price: £28.22 (Excluding Postage)

Episodes: 13 - 24 (2 Disc Set)

Plot: They're called Needless-mutants who wield amazing powers such as super speed, the ability to change form, and some, like Blade, the power to "learn" other opponent's powers.

It's Blade's greatest ability. But is it powerful enough to overcome his weakness for cute young girls in revealing little skirts? Find out in the craziest action comedy anime of the year!

UK Anime Movie's Bank Holiday TV Listings

I Would not usually do this however after noticing several anime movies in such a short space of time i decided to dedicate a whole blog post listing what film it is, when its on and what channel - and for once all of these films (except one) can be watched via your standard "digital" tv.

All listings (below) are correct as of today, however they may be removed / changed without notice (Disney XD do it alot with the Pokemon Movies) and all listings are for UK viewers only.

Saturday 23rd April 2011:

CITV (Freeview Channel 72, Sky Channel 621)at 9:25am
Pokemon Movie 11: Giratina & The Sky Warrior

Film4 (Freeview Channel 15, Sky Channel 315) at 11:00am
My Neighbour Totoro

BBC2 (Analogue & Freeview Channel 2, Sky Channel 102) at 12:00pm
Spirited Away

Monday 25th April 2011:

ITV1 (Analogue & Freeview Channel 3, Sky Channel 103) at 2:00am
ITV1 HD (Freeview Channel 53, Sky Channel 178) at 2:00am
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie

Film4 (Freeview Channel 15, Sky Channel 315) at 18:20pm
Princess Monokoke

Wednesday 27th April 2011:

Disney XD (Sky Channel 607 & 630) at 10:30am
Pokemon: Movie 10 - The Rise Of Darkrai

Saturday 30th April 2011:

CITV (Freeview Channel 72 & Sky Channel 621) at 9:25am
Pokemon: Movie 12 - Arceus & The Jewel Of Life

New Anime Blu-ray UK Releases (18/4/11)

This week see's the UK release of the "Eureka Seven - The Movie" (aka Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers) brought to us on DVD & Blu-Ray by Manga Entertainment UK.

Unlike most anime films, you do not need to watch the TV Series to understand the film, as this film is a stand-alone unit - which means even if you havent watched the Anime "Eureka Seven" (which in my opinion seems abit slow at times) you can still enjoy the feature length film without feeling lost or confused.

If you watched the TV Series and then the film (like i did) then you will notice alot of differences which makes the whole story confusing (untill at the very end when it all comes together) - so i say its best to watch both the film & TV Series at different times to really enjoy the story of each as they are both really good, but i prefer the film more as not only does it contain fast paced action - but it also contains the drama & story which heavily featured in the TV Series.

Yet again Eureka Seven - The Movie is best enjoyed in High Definition as the crisp video quality & superb surround sound makes it an enjoyable experience.

Eureka Seven: The Movie - £14.93 (Amazon UK), £14.99 (Play / HMV UK)

Plot: Renton, son of scientists, and Eureka, a girl who can't live under the sun, are raised together when very young and become very attached to each other. One day, Eureka is taken away. Powerless at the time, Renton vows to rescue her. He enters the military and is soon assigned to the Independent Youths Unit 303 of the First Mobile Forces thanks to his exceptional performance alongside his Nirvash, a bio-mechanical armor/control system. Unknown to Renton, lies a plot to extinguish the alien invasion that is currently happening. It involves not only him, but Eureka too.

Ga Rei Zero - Complete Series - REGION FREE

Ga Rei Zero

Region: A & B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

Price: £27.89 (Excluding Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 12 (2 Disc Set)

Plot: The creative team behind the Full Metal Panic! trilogy is back with a nightmare-inducing series about teenage exorcists forced to draw swords against bloodthirsty creatures of unholy origins.

Kagura and Yomi may look like ordinary school girls as they walk the streets of Tokyo clad in short skirts and knee-high socks, but they're the heroes you scream for when monsters creep out of the darkness. These sword-totting sisters are part of an elite counterattack unit that specializes in suppressing outbreaks of supernatural activity. They train together, live together, eat together, and spend their nights disemboweling demons with sacred blades.

Tragedy strikes when Yomi is possessed by a dark spirit, and Kagura must choose between raising her weapon against the eerily familiar face of ultimate evil - or watching her mentor slaughter innocent citizens. In a life or death battle that pits sister against sister, survival may be the greatest agony of all.

Sword Of The Stranger - REGION FREE

Sword Of The Stranger

Region: A & B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

Price: £15.39 (Excluding Postage)

Episodes: 1 Feature-Length-Film

Plot: What qualifies a man as good or evil? Is it the amount of political power one attains, the quality of his swordsmanship or how well he serves his lord? With the fall of the second shogunate Japan has sunk into a state of disarray historians now call the Sengoku period, or the era of Warring States.

Civil wars rage on throughout the many feudal holdings, where a man may raise his station in life simply by killing his superior.

Whilst wandering this war torn country side a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotaro, his dog and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act as his bodyguard but can he truly keep Kotaro from the clutches of the Ming and their bloodthirsty blonde mercenary, Luo-Lang?

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The Official UK Version of Sword Of The Stranger is also available to buy in the UK from around £17.99 (including Postage) from various online websites such as Play, Amazon UK and HMV.