Hello, and welcome to the UK anime news roundup for September 2018. It's another low news month, but I think we do have enough to make it worth going through with the announcement that My Hero Academia will be coming to the UK. Before I dive in, a quick note that I'll be attending Scotland Loves Anime in Edinburgh from October 19th - 21st, so feel free to let me know if you would like to say hi! Now, lets dive in!

Home Video & Streaming News

• Animax UK

  • We open this month with a goodbye to Animax UK, the streaming service owned by Sony. Animax had pretty much fallen out of the market over the last few years, having been pushed out of simulcasting and with a lacklustre back catalogue. Now, with Sony taking over Funimation, Animax UK is finally closing it's doors on October 15th. If you've ever had an account with them, make sure to check your email, as their last email announcing their closure contains a promo code for a free month of Funimation membership, so there's a good opportunity to give the service a try if you feel like it there!

• Anime Limited

  • Anime Limited will be hosting an exhibition titled "The Works of Mamoru Hosoda" at Noho Studios near Oxford Circus, London running Saturday 13th October - Sat 20th. The exhibition will feature storyboards and artworks from Hosodas films, and will be selling merchandise available for the first time in the UK. Entry is free, so be sure to go along and take a look.
  • AL are currently offering an early bird offer for the Collectors Edition set of March comes in like a Lion Season 1 Part 1 until October 11th. The set includes an artbook, as well as an A2 poster exclusive to the Anime Limited webshop. The offer price is £34.99, and you can pick it up here if you're interested.
  • Hibiki Yoshizaki, a Studio Khara staff member well known for directing the Animator Expo short ME!ME!ME!, as who has also worked on The Dragon Denitst and Evangelion 3.0 will be ALs guest of honor at MCM London Comic-con. He will be attending a panel at 2PM on Saturday 27th October, and there will also be signing sessions across the rest of the weekend. There will also be an exhibiton featuring the ME!ME!ME! short and various artwork associated with at at the con as well. The exhibition will be age restricted to over 18s, and ID is required, but it is free to attend.
  • Anime Limited will be releasing standard edition Blu-ray sets of Gundam: Reconguista in G, Junjo Romantica Season 1 and Season 2, Love Live! Sunshine Season 1 and Lucky Star.

• Manga UK

  • Manga UK will finally be relasing Makoto Shinkai's film 5 Centimeters per Second on Standard Edition Blu-ray on October 29th. The disc comes with the film both dubbed and subbed.

• Netflix

  • Netflix have added Forest of Piano, Lost Song, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 2 Part 2 and the Violet Evergarden OVA.

• Fall 2018 Simulcasts

  • If you would like to see where this Fall 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!
    

Theatrical News

• Manga UK will be releasing My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Trailer) in UK cinemas this December 4th (subtitled) and 5th (Dubbed). Cinemas haven't been announced yet, but you can sign up for an email alert when they go live through the films website here!

• The lineup for the Glasgow and Edinburgh weekends of Scotland Loves Anime have now been announced and are now available on the festivals website.

• Manga Entertainment will be releasing the Japanese/French co-production MFKZ (aka Mutafukaz)(Trailer) animated by Ankama Animation and Studio 4°C on Thursday 11th October. This film will be English dubbed.

• MIRAI will have it's UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival with screenings on October 13th and 14th. Full details in the linked article.

• Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (Trailer) screenings will be taking place on November 24th, with some addition screenings on December 1st. You can check cinema locations on the website here. THis is a pretty big release, about 300 cinemas, so you should have plenty of options!

• The release of MIRAI this November has been confirmed as having both a subbed and dubbed release. Sub screenings will take place on Friday November 2nd, with dubbed screening a few days later on Sunday November 4th. You can see locations and time on the films website here.

• The following films are upcoming to UK cinemas.

  • MFKZ - October 11th 2018 - Trailer
  • MIRAI (Mirai of the Future) - November 2nd and 4th 2018 - Trailer
  • Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us - November 24th & December 1st 2018 - Trailer
  • My Hero Academia: Two Heroes - December 3rd & 4th 2018 - Trailer
  • Penguin Highway - 2019 - 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 October Releases

Testament of Sister New Devil
Battle Girl High School
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
RWBY: Volume 4
RWBY: Volume 5
Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works: Part 2
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie Triple Pack
Dragon Ball Super: Part 5
Yuri!!! On Ice
Drifters
K: Missing Kings
Love Hina
Tokyo Godfathers
Dragon Ball Z KAI Final Chapters: Part 1
One Piece: Collection 19
Pokémon Movie Collection 17-19: XY
March comes in like a Lion: Season 1, Part 1
Amanchu
Junjo Romantica: Season 1
K: Return of Kings
Lucky Star
Testament of Sister New Devil Burst
The Asterisk War: Part 2
Digimon Frontier
5 Centimetres Per Second
Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 1-5 Complete Collection
Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 1-4
Dragon Ball Z Movie Complete Collection: Movies 1-13 TV Specials
In Another World With My Smartphone

That wraps us up for another month, thanks for reading!

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