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Win a copy of Blood: The Last Vampire on DVD

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

To celebrate the release of Blood: The Last Vampire on DVD and Blu-ray, we have three copies to give away… (more…)

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Congratulations to the winners of our Chanbara Beauty DVD competition!

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Congratulations to the three winners of the Chanbara Beauty DVD competition we ran last month – hope you enjoy the film! To those who didn’t win anything, stay tuned, as we’ll be launching a new competition this Friday…

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Dororo

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Osamu Tezuka’s (Astro Boy) Dororo gets the live-action makeover, from director Akihiko Shiota, starring Memories Of Matsuko’s Kou Shibasaki, but spoiled a little by wishy-washy CGI and under-par action from legendary Ching Siu-Tung… (more…)

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Win Chanbara Beauty on DVD - released today!

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Babes, bikinis, blades, guns and zombies – what more could you want? And you can win a copy on DVD…! (more…)

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Released today: Dororo – win the DVD!

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Out today, Akihiko Shiota’s entertaining live-action update of the Dororo manga, by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka – and there’s still a chance to win a copy on DVD…! (more…)

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Win copies of Dororo on DVD!

Monday, August 17th, 2009

We have three copies of the live-action version of Osamu Tezuka’s (Astro Boy) Dororo to give away on DVD… (more…)

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Congratulations to our Blood: The Last Vampire prize winners!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

comp_bloodlastvampWell done to everyone who entered our Blood: The Last Vampire competition. Five lucky entrants will be winning a t-shirt and DVD of the original Anime, with five other entrants geting just the t-shirt. You’ll be receiving your prizes in the post soon…

For those that missed out, don’t fear, we’ll have another competition soon – so stay tuned!

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Congratulations to the winners of The Good, The Bad, The Weird on Blu-ray!

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Some very lucky readers will get their copy of Kim Jee-woon’s fantastic The Good, The Bad, The Weird on Blu-ray in the next few days. And don’t forget, there’s still time to enter our competition and you can win an exclusive Blood: The Last Vampire t-shirt and this original Anime version on DVD!

» Click here to enter!

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Blood: The Last Vampire – opening clip

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

We were just talking about that subway scene from the original Anime, weren’t we? And here is the new version – the opening clip from Chris Nahon’s live-action remake starring Gianna Jun. As you can’t have missed, Blood: The Last Vampire opens in UK cinemas tomorrow… Check it out, pretty close, but with a new twist. Enjoy!

(I promise – next week I won’t mention Blood. Not once…honest!)

But don’t forget the DVD and t-shirt Competition!

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Exclusive interview: Gianna Jun

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

We chat to Gianna Jun, who plays the lead Saya in the new version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released this Friday… (more…)

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Exclusive interview: Chris Nahon

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

We talk exclusively to Chris Nahon, director of Kiss Of The Dragon and the new live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released Friday… (more…)

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Win a Blood: The Last Vampire DVD and T-shirt!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

To celebrate the upcoming release of the live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire we have five DVDs of the original Anime and t-shirts to giveaway AND five t-shirts! (more…)

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Schoolgirl Milky Crisis competition closes!

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Our competition to win one of three copies of Jonathan Clements Amine and Manga memoirs Schoolgirl Milky Crisis closes today – so if you haven’t entered click here for more information on how you can win a copy!

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Derek Yee’s Protégé released on DVD today

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Derek Yee’s follow up to One Night in Mongkok, Protégé, is released on DVD today by Liberation Entertainment. You can read out review here »

And there’s still a chance to enter our giveaway competition to win one of three copies – but hurry, there’s just a few more days to go! Enter here »

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Protégé DVD giveaway!

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Protégé, the latest film by One Night In Mongkok and 2 Young director Derek Yee, is released on DVD by Liberation Entertainment on 8 September. To celebrate its release we have THREE copies to giveaway…! (more…)

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Congratulations to the winners of The Forbidden Kingdom giveaway!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The competition is now over and the winners will be receiving their package in the post soon. Thanks to everyone else that entered, we’ll be hosting other competitions in the future so you might be luckier next time!

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