Clearly up-to-date and in touch with the pulse of anime fandom, Let's Anime dissects the stitched-together sequel project Robotech II: The Sentinels! letsanime.blogspot.com/2025/06/robo...

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AnimEigo's interview with Manga Video's founder Andy Frain is here! Such a fascinating insight into how anime came to Britain & so many great stories too. The kid who won the Akira bike, the Daily Mail hate campaign, changing music & adding swears! This is a must watch for all 90's anime fans!

Every Manga Video VHS in UK release order starting at day one: 30th March 1992 up to 5th December 1994. 5 second clips, 57 Videos in 4 mins! I've been working on this for a while now and there's still seven years to go! (1/2) #anime #vhs

Starting the Museum day off right with the Daicon IV on a 32 inch CRT at the Museum. #Animazement

Hope folks here for @animazement.bsky.social are checking out the Museum. We have a rare 3D video system that was exclusive to Japan running throughout the weekend. We'll be rotating through the anime titles Dead Heat and Scoopers, so come check out this bit of old tech. #Animazement

I actually love this dub. Laughing Target deals with old world customs, so British English actually fits far better than American. The cousin Azusa is very creepy as well.

For all you Manga Maniacs out there, here's a collage of all their VHS releases from Oct 1991 to Sept 1994 Any of your childhood favourites in there? #anime #VHS

Do you know what connects all these anime? The answer... they were all animated by the studio Madhouse. They became very popular in the West thanks to titles like: Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, Cyber City Oedo & Lodoss War on VHS days plus Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Highlander on DVD #anime #VHS

Nobody's Boy Remi is out! The classic Osamu Dezaki directed drama about a boy who gets taken from his home & is sold to a traveling performer finally has a Blu-ray in the US! www.mediaocd.com/product-page... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNOH...

My lunchtime entertainment is taken care of for the rest of the year... looks like I won't be completing that Disney+ Macross marathon after all (my apologies Macross Frontiers, I was just not that in to you). Particularly looking forward to watching Nobody's Boy Remi from @animeigo.com

30 yrs ago the Manga Film Festival 1995 kicked off at the National Film Theatre, London (now the BFI Southbank) on 5th May. It then began touring UK from 12th May to late June. Line up included the premiere of Patlabor plus the rare opportunity to see Overfiend, Wicked City & Honneamise uncut!

How did they fit all those VHS tapes onto 1 DVD? Anybody remember these Kiseki DVD releases? They never appealed to me at the time... they seemed so half assed. The menus are really ugly! The extras are a really long text review by Richard Steele & a gallery of 3 stills! Released in 2001 for £7.99

🇬🇧 AD Police 3: I Want Medicine 🇯🇵 AD Police File-3 舌を噛む男 | 1990 📼 Manga Video | 1995 | Dubbed 📀 AnimEigo 🇺🇸 "More astounding unruly and unscrupulous action" The last part of the AD Police series, set just 2 years from now, 2027! Manga Books would publish the manga six months after this tape, Sept 95

Urotsukidoji as a kid's movie?? 🇬🇧 The Silver Twilight 🇰🇷 도깨비 방망이 | 1986 📼 VPD | 1990 | Dubbed Not really, it's a Korean cartoon called Goblin Bat that, for some mystifying reason, rips off the artwork from Overfiend! I'm sure I've seen the pose the bad guy is doing somewhere too #anime #VHS

🇦🇺 Future War 198X 🇯🇵 Future War 198X年 | 1982 📼 Video Classics | 199X | Dubbed (Kinda) Only released in English in Australia, this is a very odd localisation. Instead of a full dub there is only a narrator explaining the events of each scene & no dialog. It also adds music by Rush, Asia & others #VHS

🇬🇧 Manga Mania 21 📅 Apr 1995 | 💵 £1.95 | 📖 Manga Publishing April 1995; what's hip 'n' happening on the anime & manga scene? Ghost in the Shell enters production, 3x3 Eyes returns to anime (in Japan) and more VHS tapes are released to UK shops #anime

🇬🇧 Street Fighter II - Issue 08 📅 28th Mar 1995 | 💵 95p | 📖 Manga Publishing This is it! The big climax! Can our hero Ryu beat the evil Shadowlaw leader M.Bison? With the support of his little buddy Wong Mei & the teachings of his master, plus an adventurous hadoken/dragon punch combo... yes!

🇬🇧 Anime UK 2 📅 Apr 1995 | 💵 £2.70 | 📖 AUK Publishing 30 years old today! We get part 2 of the Anime A-to-Z plus articles on Guyver Manga, Lupin III, Macross Plus/7, Armitage III & cosplay from the 47th Comiket in Harumi #anime

🇬🇧 Bubblegum Crash Part 3 Melt Down 🇯🇵 バブルガムクラッシュ! 3 MELT DOWN | 1991 📼 Manga Video | 1996 | Dubbed | 💵 £9.99 📀 @animeigo.com 🇺🇸 The final episode in the 3 part Crash series. Interesting that, on the cover, Manga link this to their other release AD Police... quite a difference in tone between those 2

Just arrived today! This 2 disc Blu-ray set was released in Japan in January. It contains Do You Remember Love in HD & 4K HDR and has English subtitles! Can't wait to watch it again. The last time would've been on Kiseki's old VHS release. #anime

🇬🇧 Manga Heroes 3 - Appleseed Pt.2 📅 21st Mar 1995 | 💵 £1.95 | 📖 Manga Publishing The final part of Masamune Shirow's Prometheus Unbound hit shops today 30 years ago. There's no mention of what the next issue of Manga Heroes will be... perhaps The Guyver as previously promised...? #anime #manga

Live action anime! 🇬🇧 Tokyo The Last Megalopolis 🇯🇵 帝都物語 | 1988 📼 Manga Live | 1995 | Dubbed This movie is the 1st adaptation of the novel Teito Monogatari. It covers the 1st 4 chapters the same as the 1991 OVA, it's sequel Tokyo: The Last War adapts chapter 6 (of 10) #anime #OVA

🇬🇧 Urotsukidoji III Ep 1-4 🇯🇵 超神伝説うろつき童子 未来篇 | 1992-93 📼 Kiseki | 1993/95 | Dub/Sub | 💵 £9.99 VHS Series Week 4 Data 5: Newcomers Kiseki snagged the Overfiend sequel from Manga Video & sold it both dub & sub. Pretty bold for a company that had only been around for a couple of months #anime #VHS

🇬🇧 Project A-Ko 1-6 🇯🇵 プロジェクトA子 | 1986-90 📼 Manga Video | 1992/95-96 | Dubbed | 💵 £12.99/9.99 VHS Series Week 4 Data 4: Project A-ko was a very early purchase for me & a big favourite! There was a 3yr wait for the sequel OVAs. 2 was fun… I don’t remember rewatching 3&4 often though #anime #OVA

🇬🇧 Crying Freeman 1-6 🇯🇵 クライング フリーマン | 1988-94 📼 Manga Video | 1993-95 | Dubbed | 💵 £8.99 VHS Series Week 4 Data 3: All 6 eps on 5 tapes, each included a temporary tattoo to help you realise your Chinese Mafia dreams. Re-released as a boxset with book 1 of the Manga & as three 2 ep compilations

🇬🇧 City Hunter 🇯🇵 シティーハンター | 1989-97 📼 ADV Films | 2000/01 | Dubbed | 💵 £12.99 VHS Series Week 4 Data 2: As a teen I really wanted anything City Hunter; I had the Jackie Chan movie, a French Nicky Larson tape & a Chinese bootleg VCD. Finally ADV released a range but I could only afford the 1st one

🇬🇧 801 TTS Airbats 🇯🇵 青空少女隊 | 1994-96 📼 ADV Films | 1996/99-2000 | Sub/Dub | 💵 £12.99 VHS Series Week: 4 Data 1: Started out 1 ep per tape subbed in 1996, quit after 3 eps. 3 yrs later started again as 3 ep compilations, dubbed only. Made things a bit confusing to collect! #anime #ova

🇬🇧 Street Fighter II - Issue 07 📅 28th Feb 1995 | 💵 95p | 📖 Manga Publishing Ken beats Sagat! Somehow, Ryu returned! Together, Ryu & Ken confront Bison. Bison re-hypnotises Ken forcing him to fight his friend. Ken escapes his control & leaves Ryu to face Bison in the final battle! Who will win?

Released today 30 years ago, volume 2 of Ushio and Tora, Devil Hunter Yoko and Salamander, all thanks to Western Connection #anime #VHS

🇬🇧 Digital Devil 🇯🇵 デジタルデビル物語 女神転生 | 1987 📼 Kiseki Films | 1996 | Subtitled Kiseki were certain this OVA would get rated 18, they even sent out promo sleeves with that age rating on them. They were then shocked when the BBFC rated it just 15! There was also concerns that this would affect sales

🇬🇧 Manga Mania 19 📅 Feb 1995 | 💵 £1.95 | 📖 Manga Publishing Movie news - 2 manga-movies are in production; Crying Freeman & Fist of the North Star. Freeman is shooting in Vancouver with Mark DeCascos in the lead. Fist will be led by Gary Daniels with Chris Penn, Melvin Van Peebles & Malcolm McDowell

🇬🇧 Street Fighter II - Issue 06 📅 31st Jan 1995 | 💵 95p | 📖 Manga Publishing It's the finals! Chun Li learns the truth about her father & then faces Vega, his killer! Guile takes a beating from Sagat but Ken comes to his senses just in time to intervene. PLUS censorship of partial nudity! #manga

🇬🇧 Genocyber Stage 1 A New Lifeform 🇯🇵 ジェノサイバー虚界の魔獣 1 ジェノサイバー誕生 | 1994 📼 Manga Video | 1994 | Dubbed 📀 @discotekmedia.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Do you agree with those reviews? The final member of Manga Video's Cyberpunk Collection, alongside Cyber City Oedo 808 and AD Police. #anime #VHS #OVA

🇬🇧 Project A-Ko 2 🇯🇵 プロジェクトA子 2 大徳寺財閥の陰謀 | 1987 📼 Manga Video | 1995 | Dubbed 📀 @discotekmedia.bsky.social 🇺🇸 I felt disappointed that they changed the dub cast in this sequel, it felt wrong. Still an enjoyable adventure though #anime #VHS

Which is your favourite anime from Manga Video's 2nd year of releases? There's some classics and a few odd ones but no real duds, I'd say #anime #VHS

🇬🇧 Love City 🇯🇵 アイ シティ | 1986 📼 Western Connection | 1995 | Dubbed Based on a 1983 manga. I remember seeing this title in my local video shop and assuming it was one of those 'adult' ones. I wonder if Western Connection assumed the same when they licensed it. #anime #VHS

🇬🇧 Madox-01: Metal Skin Panic 🇯🇵 メタルスキンパニック MADOX-01 | 1987 📼 Manga Video | 1995 | Dubbed This was AnimEigo's first VHS release in the US in 1989 but took until 1995 to be released in the UK. Also, strange that AnimEigo's UK partner Anime Projects didn't distribute it. #anime #vhs

Ghost in the Shell rental, retail and UMD Watch it on your 14" TV or the 4.3" screen of your PSP on the bus, it's your choice! #anime #VHS

I'll be posting all the early Manga ads in order. Found in music magazines & 2000 AD, this is the very 1st print ad announcing the new video label and their first release, Fist of the North Star. What will their next Japanese animation release be? Find out in print ad no.2! #anime #VHS

🇬🇧 Gunbuster Episodes 1 & 2 🇯🇵 トップをねらえ! | 1988 📼 Kiseki Films | 1993 | Subtitled 📀 @alltheanime.bsky.social 🇬🇧 @discotekmedia.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Volume 1 of one of my all time favourite anime series. I got the VHS boxset and it blew me away! #anime #VHS

Of all the VHS tapes Manga Video released in their first year, which one was your favourite? Please let me know in the comments! It's a tough one, there are some classics in there... plus Odin. My personal top three would be Fist of the North Star, Venus Wars and Project A-Ko #anime #VHS

Anime based on video games! We didn't get as many as the USA but we still had a few (mostly from ADV). There's not enough room to include all the Street Fighter 2 tapes. Also missing are Final Fantasy (I forgot) & Panzer Dragoon (I don't have it). Any favourite anime video game adaptations? #anime

🇬🇧 Battle Angel Alita 🇯🇵 銃夢 Rusty Angel & Tears Sign | 1993 📼 Manga Video | 1994 | Dubbed Both OVA eps on 1 tape. In 1996 Alita was paired with Appleseed for a Manga 2-in-1 video Was on Channel 4 9th Nov 96 at 1.20am, thats how I saw it. Couldn't trust the VCR timer stayed up & pressed record myself

Celebrating Hayao Miyazaki's recent 84th birthday with the only 2 his works to be released on VHS in the UK* *Princess Mononoke & Castle in the Sky were available in the early 2000's, eps of Sherlock Hound & Ali Baba's Revenge were released in the 80s & Space Adventure Cobra was sold by Manga Video

🇬🇧 Cyber City Oedo 808 File 1 Virtual Death 🇯🇵 サイバーシティ OEDO 808 Data 1 古の記憶 | 1990 📼 Manga Video | 1994 | Dubbed 📀 @alltheanime.bsky.social 🇬🇧 @discotekmedia.bsky.social 🇺🇸 The 1st of the Cyberpunk Collection, followed by AD Police & Genocyber. Known as Memories from the Past in Japan & Time Bomb in US

🇬🇧 Sword for Truth 🇯🇵 修羅之介斬魔剣 死鎌紋の男 | 1990 📼 Manga Video | 1998 | Dubbed Based on the 1st of 5 novels by Takeshi Narumi. The series also spawned a live movie, Legend of the Devil, sold on DVD by CPM in 2004 Also found in the Warriors of the East boxset joining Fist of the North Star & Ninja Scroll

Godzilla toilet paper holder! The Big G is watching & judging you on how much paper you're using. It's still January yet I ticked a BIG one off of the DIY to do list. I bought this decades ago, probably late 90s & he has travelled with us from place to place, living in cupboards or the loft.

🇬🇧 Tokyo Babylon Part 2 🇯🇵 東京BABYLON 2 | 1994 📼 Manga Video | 1994 | Dubbed "Set in the perilous and savage streets of a decaying Tokyo" You wouldn't know from the strange cover art or the crazy blurb on the reverse that this is a Clamp work. It is the 2nd of 2 parts, animated by Madhouse. #anime

I first saw this on VHS screener back in the day when Anime UK featured its production. I hope it comes to UK cinemas - it would be great to see it on a big screen! @ghibliotheque.bsky.social how about it at the BFI?