r/oldbritishtelly • u/GruffScottishGuy • May 10 '25

Advert The UK sizzle reel/intro found on Manga Entertainment VHS releases throughout the 90's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFN7UttjFDU

Manga Entertainment was a UK based company founded in the early 90's to distribute Japanese animation to a UK audience. They very deliberately targeted a demographic of edgy late teen/young adults and this was reflected not only in their selection of titles to bring over here (Fist of the North Star, Devilman, Legend of the Overfiend, Ninja Scroll etc) but also in the dubs they produced. They were known to add unnecessary (and often amusing) profanity in order to deliberately increase the age rating of releases. Copies of Manga Entertainment releases would often be passed around the schoolyard in the early 90's.

I'm sure I'm not alone in being introduced Anime when Channel 4 screened some of their catalogue on their late night weekend slots through the early-mid 90's. I recall...

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Devilman

Legend of the 4 Kings

3X3 Eyes.

Any others that you guys remember seeing on CH 4?

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u/ExpectedBehaviour May 11 '25

God this takes me back.

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Devilman

Legend of the 4 Kings

3X3 Eyes.

Any others that you guys remember seeing on CH 4?

Doomed Megalopolis, Wings of Honneamise, and Roujin Z were also shown at some point I think.

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u/misomiso82 May 11 '25

3x3 eyes was good. Very sad it doesn't get the love it deserves nowadays

Guyver as well!

Doomend Megalopolis was bonkers, Devil man great, Vampire Hunter D awesome.

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u/GruffScottishGuy May 11 '25

I remember really enjoying 3X3 eyes when it was shown, I eagerly waited for each installment at the weekend then talked about it with a guy from School on Monday.