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SFX – the world’s number one sci-fi and fantasy magazine – provides the ultimate guide to anime with a new special edition magazine which hits the shelves on Friday.

SFX Special Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Anime reveals all readers need to know about the anime scene, including the hottest new shows, DVD reviews and interviews with stars of the anime world.

Featuring Dragon Ball Z on the cover, the special issue celebrates the exploits of the mighty Goku. Furthermore, SFX offers an in-depth look around Japan’s largest anime studio, Toei Animation and a comprehensive look back at Hayao Miyazaki’s first hit, Nausica.
In addition, the magazine comes packed with a host of free gifts including:

• A DVD with two complete episodes of Baka & Test
• Three art cards featuring Welcome to the Space Show artwork
• A double-sided Fullmetal Alchemist poster.

David Bradley, Editor-in-Chief of SFX, says: “Whether you’re a seasoned fan or completely new to the world of anime, this magazine is going to deliver fun and insight like you’ve never seen before. With reviews, interviews, cosplay features and language guides it really does tell you what to watch, what to wear and what to say! We’re so happy to be working with Manga and the free DVD they’ve given us means you can sit down straight away and watch two complete episodes of a new show.”

SFX Special Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Anime is priced at £7.99 and is available to buy from all good shops, Apple’s Newsstand and myfavouritemagazines.co.uk.

Sure, okay – the latest issue of Scream from our friends over at Screen Power Group may have a cover by someone familiar looking – but it also has an unmissable extended interview with Eihi Shiina star of Takashi Miike’s J-Horror classic Audition and splatterpunk gorefest Tokyo Gore Police.

On shelves soon in Forbidden Planet, The Cinema Store and other specialist magazine retailers…

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…And boy, what a lovely cover it has too.

(Now who could have been responsible for that, do you think?)

Our friends over at Screen Power Publishing have just released the latest issue of their official Jackie Chan magazine Screen Power. The lead feature is on Jackie’s 100th movie, 1911. Other features include: Shaolin, Cine-Asia DVD and Blu-ray examined; Armour of God 2: Operation Condor revisited; JC Character Study: Fearless Hyena; JC Evolution; Chan Files; JC Stuntman Allen Keng Remembers Highbinders; Reviews; Previews; Competitions; Readers Letters; Industry News and much more!

To get yourself a copy, head on over to Screen Power’s website for more info…