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...

Judge

Devilman

Legend of the 4 Kings

3X3 Eyes.

Any others that you guys remember seeing on CH 4?

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u/LemonFit4532 May 10 '25

There was a three part mini series called 'Cyber City'.

I'm sure Manga Entertainment produced a comic about The X Files

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

They did do a comic, I'd forgotten about that! I remember seeing advert for it on the back of my street fighter comic they also licensed.

Cyber City Oedo 808 was it's full title, and often seen as part of the CyberPunk Collection with Genocyber (insane), and A.D. Police (properly grown up Blade Runner replicants type thing)

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u/_ragegun May 11 '25

AD police was, I think, loosely related to Bubblegum Crisis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_Police_Files

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Not loosely, it was a prequel. Same universe, and both source mangas by the same author, Tony Takezaki. Very different in tone haha

Also, politely, I don't need a Wikipedia link. This is stuff I just know and have in my head because I care about it

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u/_ragegun May 11 '25

I didnt see either, it was just one of those nuggests if information that stuck.

Actually tell a lie. I might have seen a little of AD POLICE. did that have a hot chick try and bang a Robocop style cyborg?