Tuesday, 14 July 2009

$103,000 Opening Weekend for Blood: The Last Vampire

The live-action anime adaptation of Blood: The Last Vampire opened in 20 cinemas in the US this weekend, and despite the limited release the film was still able to make an estimated $103,000 in its opening weekend.

The film has already been successfully released in both Japan and the UK, and has grossed close to $5 million worldwide. These figures seem to suggest that Blood: The Last Vampire should have received a larger scale release in the US, and it’ll be interesting to see how the film does from here on in.

Blood: The Last Vampire stars South Korean actress Gianna Jun in the role of Saya.

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Monday, 30 March 2009

Trinity Blood Box Set Out Today in the UK


The Trinity Blood Box Set is out today in the UK, and can be bought from Play.com for a price of £35.99. The set features 6 discs, and if you’re a fan of Trinity Blood then this box set is most definitely well worth buying.

£35.99 may seem a little steep for a DVD, and it might be worth waiting a while for the price to drop a bit; the box set does feature 10 hours of entertainment though, and this therefore goes some way in explaining the box set’s high price tag.

If you’ve never seen Trinity Blood before then you can catch the first episode right now over at YouTube:

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Friday, 20 March 2009

Bleach Series 3 Part 1 - Out Monday

Bleach Series 3 Part 1 is to be officially released this coming Monday in the UK. It's quite a quiet week for anime, and next week will be a fairly slow one also; there are many DVDs to be released in April though, and in April we're to be treated with all kinds of fantastic anime releases including Ouran High School Host Club: Series 1 Part 1, Naruto Unleashed: Series 6 Part 1, and of course the almighty Afro Samurai: Resurrection.

It may be a quiet week, but Bleach Series 3 Part 1 is definitely one that is well worth owning, and if there's only one anime DVD that you buy this month then make sure it's this one.

Certificate 12, Bleach Series 3 Part 1 will be released through Manga Entertainment with an RRP of £24.99.

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