UK Anime News, Reviews and Blu-ray Region Checks
24/04/2020 Leave a comment
Several years ago Anime Limited announced that they had secure the UK Home Video rights to Studio Khara’s two-part TV anime series The Dragon’s Dentist, of which received a UK TV broadcast on NHK World around the world; and today the anime distributor have now revealed it’s release plans for this animation series based upon a web-animation project. Read more of this post
04/03/2020 Leave a comment
New Game!!- Season 2 (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A & B
– Tested and Confirmed Region B Compatible
DVD Region: 1
Price: $34.99 / £26.95 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 13 – 24 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot:Aoba Suzukaze starts another year designing characters at Eagle Jump, and she can’t wait to meet the newbie recruits…if any are hired.
But before she can even unlock her senpai status, she finds herself in a lead designer position for the company’s newest game!
Following in her manager’s footsteps, Aoba’s gotta get good if she wants her skills to compete with Ko Yagami’s. Working hard alongside some interesting new coworkers, only time will tell if Aoba gets her best ending.
27/02/2020 Leave a comment
New Game!- Season 1 (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A & B
– Tested and Confirmed Region B Compatible
DVD Region: 1
Price: $38.99 / £30.02 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 1 – 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot: Fresh out of high school, 18-year-old Aoba Suzukaze is bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready for her first day of work at her dream job.
She’s joining the character design team at Eagle Jump, the company that makes her favorite video games! But the real world of office culture can be a challenge for a total noob.
From her awkward first day to her first game’s debut, she’s got a lot of skills to master. Luckily, her charming determination wins over even her quirkiest of coworkers, and before she knows it, Aoba has joined the party!
19/02/2020 Leave a comment
Hina Lgoic from Luck and Logic – The Complete Series ( (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A & B
– Tested and Confirmed Region B Compatible
DVD Region: 1
– Tested and Confirmed Region 1 only
Price: $41.41 / £31.89 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 1 – 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot: The Logicalists are back and cuter than ever! Class is in session for these girls as they learn what it means to defend Earth from evil Foreigners. Princess Liones Yelistratova is trading in her crown for a Logic Card.
Moving from her small country kingdom, she’s getting ready to attend ALCA’s Logicalist training school in the leading class—class 1-S! But, her Foreigner Card is currently blank, and she hasn’t made a contract.
Can she keep up with the top of the class, or will she rank last? With her new friends, including experienced Logicalist Nina Alexandrovna, she’s sure to flower into a student worthy of her new power.
11/02/2020 Leave a comment
ReLIFE – Season 1 ( (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A & B
– Tested and Confirmed Region B Compatible
DVD Region: 1 & 2
– Tested and Confirmed Region 2 Compatible
Price: $49.99 / £38.49 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 1 – 13 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot: Arata Kaizaki is a 27-year-old loser with nothing going for him. After quitting his first job in three months, he struggles to get his life started and is stuck relying on his parents for money—not ideal for someone claiming to be an adult. With zero success landing a new job and constantly putting on a façade with friends, he’s forced to accept his fate as a washout. But when he meets a member of the ReLife Research Institute, he’s offered a chance to change everything.
With the help of a mysterious pill, he’s given the opportunity to start over—sort of. Though he’s still technically 27, he has the body of a teenager and the chance to redo the last year of high school. If he’s successful, he’ll have a new job and a new life. But if he screws up, he’ll be another year older and still a complete loser! Is this a promise for change or a set up for more failure?
31/01/2020 Leave a comment
Endride – Part 2 ( (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A
– Tested and Confirmed Region A only
DVD Region: 1
– Tested and Confirmed Region 1 only
Price: $24.99 / £19.14 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 13 – 24 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot: After the confrontation in Babel goes awry, Shun, Prince Emilio, and the ragtag team of rebels must face an even bigger problem than before.
Without a king, the entire country is falling into chaos, and without a passage to the surface, Shun has no way home. It’s a treacherous journey back to the capital, where Pascal’s research uncovers the world’s dismal fate.
29/01/2020 Leave a comment
Endride – Part 1 ( (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A
– Tested and Confirmed Region A only
DVD Region: 1
– Tested and Confirmed Region 1 only
Price: $25.99 / £20.01 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 1 – 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot:When a crystal warps Shun Asanaga into a world deep beneath Earth’s surface, he confronts the moody Prince Emilio who is hellbent on killing the king.
Just when the two seem perfectly at odds, Shun discovers an incredible power and winds up on a dangerous journey with a ragtag team of rebels. Seeking a portal between worlds, will the prince finally get his revenge, and will Shun find a way home?
27/01/2020 Leave a comment
Joker Game – The Complete Series (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A
– Tested and Confirmed Region A only
DVD Region: 1
– Tested and Confirmed Region 1 only
Price: $22.99 / £18.93 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 1 – 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot: Surpassing rigorous physical and mental training, eight Japanese men live as spies in the years before World War II.
Whether they’re caught in clever mysteries or enduring torture, blowing their cover is not an option, and murder and suicide are out of the question. Inspired by real events in history, this is a recollection of their endeavors.
21/01/2020 Leave a comment
The Good Witch of the West – The Complete Collection (Blu-ray)
BD Region: A & B (Tested & Confirmed Playable in the UK)
Price: $29.97 / £23.05 (Excludes Postage)
Episodes: 1 – 13 (2 Blu-ray)
Plot:Firiel’s life has always been a little unusual… after all, how many girls are raised by caretakers because their father spends all his time studying in a tower with his apprentice?
But when Firiel goes to the Queen’s Ball wearing a necklace that belonged to her mother, she makes a shocking discovery: she’s a missing member of the royal family and a contender for the throne!
Trapped between opposing factions and manipulative parties, Firiel finds her life in danger, and her best hope is to learn the queenly skills her rivals already know.
Unfortunately, the place to do that is at the same school her bloodthirsty competition already attends! Things are looking Grimm indeed as the darker side of fairy tales is unleashed!
09/09/2019 Leave a comment
The Morose Mononokean – The Complete Series (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A & B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)
– Confirmed Region B Compatible by @DennyFisher12
DVD Region: 1
Price: $22.99 / £18.93 (Excluding postage)
Episodes: 1 – 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)
Plot: High school is complicated enough, but when yokai get added into the mix, say goodbye to normalcy! This is Ashiya Hanae’s unfortunate reality.
Right before his first day of class, Ashiya’s life is turned upside down when he stumbles upon a strange creature that begins to cling to him. And the longer it’s around, the worse Ashiya begins to feel until he’s missed the first week of school. But what’s more unusual—no one else can see this bizarre being! Desperate for help, he seeks aid from a questionable flyer searching for an assistant exorcist.
Enter Abeno Haruitsuki, a handsome young man known as the “Master of the Mononokean,” who is just the person Ashiya needs to exorcise the yokai that’s possessing him. But Abeno’s help comes at a price—one that has Ashiya working as his assistant to pay it off! Together, they’ll help send trapped yokai to the Underworld—that is, if they can stop bickering.
