Last year, Funimation acquired Manga Entertainment, a popular anime distributor in the UK and Ireland. Manga Entertainment has been a consistent partner of Funimation over the years.
Funimation adding this foreign distributor into its catalog allowed people living abroad to enjoy all the anime comforts of the US.
A slew of popular anime titles such as Akira, Wolf Children, and many more were made available to people living in the UK and Ireland. There have been consistent updates to the Manga Entertainment roster over time.
Manga Entertainment has revealed what they have new for Q2 2020 (April to June).
The list includes:
Black Clover – Season 1 Collection
Release Date: 8th June 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Black Clover – Season 2 Part 2
Release Date: 4th May 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Boruto: Naruto Next Generation – Part 3
Release Date: 11th May 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Fairy Tail – Collection 3 (Blu-ray)
Release Date: 4th May 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Fire Force – Season 1 Part 1
Release Date: 6th April 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Hetalia: World Party Collection – Seasons 5 & 6
Release Date: 13th April 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
RADIANT – Season 1 Part 2
Release Date: 18th May 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202
Release Date: 6th April 2020 (Part 1), 15th June 2020 (Part 2)
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Wise Man’s Grandchild
Release Date: 13th April 2020
Audio: English & Japanese with English subtitles
Retail Links: Amazon
Delayed titles such as Heroic Age and The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 1 Part 1 are also currently scheduled for June 2020 but have not been mentioned in the new schedule.
Moreover, for these listings, Amazon has them listed with pre-orders marked as “soon.”
About Manga Entertainment:
Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensee, and distributor of Japanese animation in the United Kingdom. It also co-produces several anime series, including Ghost in the Shell, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, and Eon Kid, usually through financial contributions toward production costs.
Despite the name, the company has done more work in anime than manga, which includes dubbing anime as well. It is also the designated home video distributor for the Pokémon franchise in the UK, including some of the movies apart from the ones distributed by Miramax.
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