As is the case every month, as the clock ticks over Madman Entertainment open up their pre-orders for two months ahead – in this case the pre-orders for May 2013. For those who are regular readers of The Otaku’s Study many of the titles on the release slate will already be familiar to you, while others such as the OVA Collection for Baka and Test may come as a surprise. All titles are set for release on the 22nd of the month.
Baka and Test OVA Collection
DVD/Blu-ray | $29.95 for Either | Hybrid Dub | 60 Minutes
Class F is back in the Baka and Test – Summon the Beasts: OVA Collection! Fumizuki Academy’s popular Refreshing Festival is quickly approaching, and the student body is busy prepping class projects. For Yoshii and the gang, there’s a lot more at stake than showing off for campus visitors. If Class F doesn’t profit from its festival project and buy some new gear for its dumpy room, Mizuki’s parents are going to send her to another school! Of course, even if the slack pack makes some money, they’ll have to win one of the toughest Summoner Test Wars of their lives before they’re allowed to spend it. It’s not going to be easy, that’s for sure. But once the underachievers of Class F get motivated, they don’t give up – and they can’t even spell surrender!
Extra Goodies
- Promotional videos
- Original commercials
- Textless opening song “Renai Koujou committee”
- Textless closing song “Getsuyou wa kirai”
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Buso Renkin Series Collection
DVD | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 650 Minutes
High school student Kazuki Muto thinks he’s saving a girl from a monster, but it turns out that he’s the one who needs saving! Kazuki is killed while fighting a homunculus, a malevolent creature that feeds on humans. The girl, Tokiko Tsumura, revives him by replacing his heart with an alchemical device called a kakugane. With this device Kazuki can create his own Buso Renkin, an alchemical weapon in the form of a huge lance capable of destroying homunculi.
With his new weapon in hand, Kazuki decides to join forces with Tokiko to eliminate the homunculi and destroy their master, the strange and eccentric Papillon Masked Creator!
Extra Goodies
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Series guide booklet
- Interviews with English voice cast and director
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Heaven’s Lost Property – The Angeloid of Clockwork
DVD/Blu-ray | $29.95 for Either | Hybrid Dub | 95 Minutes
Hiyori’s a sweet, shy girl who’s used to living in the background. Now, the wallflower is ready to bloom and reveal a big secret: she’s totally infatuated with Tomoki! To get closer to the dirty-minded object of her affection, she joins the New World Discovery Club. With Tomoki’s lazy love of peace and quiet, he’s not interested in accommodating any new Club members and tries to scare Hiyori away with his usual perverted antics. Nonetheless, she remains committed to her crush and starts bonding with Ikaros, Nymph, and the gang – until a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. It seems Hiyori has a deeper – and more dangerous – link to the Angeloids than anyone suspected! How is she connected to the Synapse? Why is she trying to kill Tomoki, even after confessing her feelings? Find out in the hilarious, super-sexy Heaven’s Lost Property movie, The Angeloid of Clockwork!
Extra Goodies
- U.S. Commentary
- Original Commercials
- Promotional Video
- Japanese Trailers & Previews
- Original Teasers
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Inuyasha: The Final Act Collection 2 (Episodes 14-26)
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
Kagome finds her worlds colliding as she struggles to both fight alongside Inuyasha in the past and pass the exam to get into her high school of choice in the present. But with her spiritual powers sealed away, how will she purify the Shikon Jewel before Naraku can absorb it forever?
As the battle enters its final stages, Inuyasha and his friends find their strength, loyalties, and will to live pushed to impossible limits. And in the end, the final key to Naraku’s and the Jewel’s destruction may lie in nothing more – and nothing less – than the trust between a half demon and a girl from the future.
Extra Goodies
- Trailers
Kiki’s Delivery Service (Blu-ray)
Blu-ray | $39.95 | Hybrid Dub | 103 Minutes
Discover Kiki’s Delivery Service, a fantastic coming-of-age tale full of magic, adventure, and self-discovery from the sensational imagination of Academy Award–winning director Hayao Miyazaki (2002, Best Animated Feature, Spirited Away). Kiki is an enterprising young girl who must follow tradition to become a full-fledged witch. Venturing out with only her chatty black cat, Jiji, Kiki flies off for the adventure of a lifetime. Landing in a far-off city, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.
Extra Goodies
- World of Ghibli – An Extraordinary Interactive Experience
- Enter the Lands – Meet the characters and hear the story of the movie
- Behind the Studio – Discover the film’s inspiration through documentaries, including all-new interviews with Hayao Miyazaki
- Storyboard presentation of the movie
- Introduction by John Lasseter
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Loups=Garous: The Motion Picture
DVD | $29.95 | Hybrid Dub | 98 Minutes
After a virus claims millions, most live in the safety of a closed-off world, relegating themselves to an on-line existence. But when a young girl decides to brave life outside the virtual world, she finds a group of friends – and a killer. Someone is hunting and violently murdering children. Who? Why? And is she the next target?
Extra Goodies
- Interviews with staff and cast
- SCANDAL Meets Loups=Garous
- KOSHI-TANTAN promotional video
- Movie digest
- Pilot movie
- Picture drama
- Japanese promotional video
- Japanese trailer
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Collection (Purple Edition)
DVD/Blu-ray | $59.95 for Either | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
The Anarchy Sisters Panty and Stocking are two nasty angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their days blowing up ghosts in the lecherous abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can’t mention. Together, they’re keeping the streets free of bodily fluids. Ghosts don’t have a prayer against their panty pistols and stocking swords, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. They’ve got a slim chance in hell, but rolling commando is the best way to get lucky – especially with Panty and Stocking!
Extra Goodies
- Panty & Stocking in Sanitary Box OVAs 1-8
- Ghost Explosion Collection
- Promotional video
- Outtakes
- U.S. trailer
- Textless songs
This release differs from the original by its more discreet packaging.
Persona 4: The Animation Volume 2 (Episodes 10-17)
Blu-ray | $39.95 | Hybrid Dub | 225 Minutes
Yu finds himself joining with a group of eight other teenagers in a desperate bid to solve the mystery. A mystery that is somehow connected to both the local weather patterns and a strange video game world which Yu, his friends and the enigmatic killer can all enter.
However when a new murder victim is discovered in Inaba without appearing on TV, Yu and the others are back to square one. Naoto Shirogane, boy detective, is brought in to help with the case. Can they solve these mysterious murders and tie it back into the mysterious world of the Midnight Channel?
Extra Goodies
- None listed
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Toriko Collection 1
DVD | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
Welcome to the Gourmet Age, a time when the world is full of deliciously deadly ingredients that the wealthiest appetites in existence can’t wait to devour. But only a mighty masticating mercenary like Toriko can track down the rarest animals on the planet and put them on a plate! This gluttonous gourmet hunter is one of the four Legendary Kings, superhuman warriors born to battle the likes of Troll Kongs, Gararagators, and Devil Pythons! Accompanied by his loyal Battle Wolf and the promising young chef Komatsu, Toriko will circle the globe in search of the mouth-wateringly lethal ingredients that will one day make up his Full Course Menu of Life! The more ferocious the beast – the bigger the feast, but never forget the code of a true gourmet hunter: You gotta eat what you defeat!
Extra Goodies
- Episode 1 commentary
- Episode 9 commentary
- Textless songs
- U.S. trailer
