Hello, and welcome back to the UK Anime News Roundup!. A relatively quiet month this time, so let's get right to it.

Home Video & Streaming News

• Spring 2018 Simulcasts

  • If you would like to see where this Spring seasons anime will be airing in the UK, head on over to NormanicGravs' guide on AUKN, or check out because.moe if you have a specific show in mind!
    

• Anime Limited

  • Anime Limited have acquired home video rights to Lupin the Third Part V and Tokyo Ghoul:re. These will both be released on Blu-ray later this year, and will also simulcast via Crunchyroll during the Spring season.
  • AL will be releasing Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I-IV on the 28th of May. This is a Blu-ray collection which come with an artbox and a set of 4 art card in addition to the films on BD. The films will be sub only, and the set willhave an RRP of £49.99. More details here.

• Manga UK

  • Manga are releasing a new Deluxe Edition version of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The set include both SAC and SAC S2, as well as the three movies. The set also includes a 140 page artbook and comes in an artbox. The set has an RRP of £149.99, but is available for preorder via Zavvi for £99.99.
  • Haven't You Heard, I'm Sakamoto and Hello! Kinmoza have been delayed to 2nd July 2018. Yo-kai Watch has been cancelled.

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

  • Sony has released Part 1 of My Hero Academia Season 2 this April 2nd, on standard DVD and Blu-ray.

• Netflix

  • AICO, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Thanks to /u/Darkblaze99 for pointing this one out.), Fate/Apocrypha, One Punch Man, Pokémon Sun & Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh! Seasons 3-5 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V Seasons 1-2 have been added to Netflix.
  • Steins;Gate has returned to Netflix in the UK. The english dub has been added for Sword Art Online II
  • Netflix will also be adding Aggretsuko in April.

• Crunchyroll/Funimation

  • Crunchyroll/Funimation have licenced Caligula, Dances with the Dragons (w/Simuldub), Fist of the North Star -REGENESIS-, Food Wars! The Third Plate Part 2, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Golden Kamuy (w/Simuldub), Gundam Build Divers, High School DxD HERO (w/Simuldub), Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World, Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- (w/Simuldub), Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (w/Simuldub), Love To-LIE-Angle, Lupin the Third Part V, Magical Girl Ore, Megalo Box, My Hero Academia Season 3 (w/Simulcast), Persona 5 the Animation, Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan Season 3, Space Battleship Tiramisù (w/Simuldub), Steins;Gate 0 (w/Simuldub), Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Tokyo Ghoul:re, and Umamusume: Pretty Derby
  • The following catalogue titles have been added to Crunchyroll: Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts (OVA Collection), Dance in the Vampire Bund, Hetalia, In Search Of The Lost Future, Jyu-Oh-Sei, The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya & Nyoron! Churuya-san, NO-RIN, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, Prison School, Rainy Cocoa, Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace, The Sacred Blacksmith, SHIMONETA, and Show by Rock.
  • Crunchyroll have added 4 Re:Life OVA episodes.

• HIDIVE

  • HIDIVE have revised their pricing structure to a single tier model. Subscriptions will now cost a flat rate of $4.99/month, with 1080p and extra screens included as standard, inststead of as add-ons, which was the case previously. People who started their subscription before April 8th will recieve a discount for the next two year, and will pay $3.99/month. HIDIVE have also announced plans to launch their own dubcasts, to compete with Funimations simuldub programme. This will follow a similar schedule, with dubbed episodes only a week or two behind subs.
  • HIDIVE have licenced Alice or Alice, Cutie Honey Universe, Devils Line (w/Dubcast), DOREIKU The Animation (w/Dubcast), Hozuki's Coolheadedness Season 2, Real Girl and Tada Never Falls in Love.

• GundamInfo

  • Gundam Build Divers will be simulcasting via the GundamInfo Youtube channel starting April 3rd.

Theatrical News

• Mari Okada will be visiting the UK and Ireland to attend screenings of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on Saturday 14th April and the Prince Charles Cinema in London on April 16th. There will be a Q&A session after both screenings.

• While Mary and the Witches Flower is scheduled for release on May 18th, distributor Altitude Films have announced a set of special fan preview screenings will be held across the country on 10th April, sub only. Check the films website for locations.

• Manga have confirmed they will be releasing the Chinese animated film Big Fish & Begonia theatrically on April 18th 2018. List of locations here. These will mostly be dub screenings.

• The BFI Southbank in London will be hosting a large set of screenings in May as follows as part of a more general animation season and as part of an anime weekend.

  • Sunday 6th May - Momotaros Divine Sea Warriors, My Neighbour Totoro
  • Tuesday 8th May - Belladonna of Sadness
  • Wednesday 9th May - Akira
  • Saturday 12th May - Princess Mononoke
  • Tuesday 15th May - Akira (IMAX), Your Name (IMAX)
  • Friday 18th May - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 1 - Initiation, Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1
  • Saturday 19th May - Spirited Away, Your Name, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
  • Sunday 20th May - Lu Over the Wall, In This Corner of the World, Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, Paprika
  • Saturday 26th May - Spirited Away

• The Genesis Cinema in London will also be hosting a series of anime screenings in April/May as follows. Thanks to /u/purposedevoid for the info!

  • Tuesday 10th April - Mary & the Witches Flower
  • Thursday 12th April - My Neighbour Totoro
  • Saturday 14th April - Night is Short, Walk on Girl
  • Sunday 15th April - Perfect Blue, Ninja Scroll
  • Sunday 22nd April - Redline
  • Tuesday 24th April - Ghost in the Shell, Big Fish & Begonia
  • Tuesday 1st May - Your Name
  • Thursday 3rd May - Fireworks

• The following films are upcoming to UK cinemas.

  • Big Fish and Begonia - April 18th 2018 Trailer
  • Mary and the Witches Flower - 18th May 2018 (Special Previews 10th April) Trailer
  • Maquia: When the Promised Flowers Bloom - June 27th 2018 Trailer
  • MIRAI (Mirai of the Future) - Q4 2018 Trailer

• I need your help!! I can't keep track of every cinema that may screen anime by myself. If you know of any other screenings that will be taking place, or if you have a local cinema you can check upcoming listings for, please let me know via PM or the comments. There may well be screenings organised by local independent cinemas that I miss by myself.

Upcoming April Releases

The Testament of Sister New Devil
Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls
My Hero Academia: Season 2 Part 1
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Complete Season 1 Collection
Occultic;Nine: Volume 1
Prison School
Kiss Him Not Me
Persona 3: Movie #2 Midsummer Knight’s Dream
Assassination Classroom: Season 2, Part 2
Fate/Grand Order: First Order

Ushio and Tora
Dragon Ball Z The TV Specials Double Feature: The History Of Trunks/Bardock The Father Of Goku
GATE
Familiar of Zero: Seasons 1-4 Complete Collection
Naruto Shippuden: Complete Series 8
Erased: Part 2
Mind Game
Log Horizon: Season 2
Digimon Adventure Tri – The Movie: Part 4
Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You

And that's everything for this month! Thank you all for reading!

As usual, free to leave corrections and comments here or on my twitter.

Edit: Added new simulcasts.

Edit 2: Fixed Netflix additions, added Genesis screenings, restored links to film websites.