With the month of April now upon us, Madman Entertainment have released yet another months worth of anime pre-orders, this time around for the June 2013 release slate set to be on store shelves from the 19th.
The titles are as follows:
Battle Girls: Time Paradox Series Collection
DVD | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
Yoshino Hide (nickname Hideyoshi) is your average, everyday teenager, interested only in fashion, snacks, and her afterschool free time. She’s destined to fail her next history test without some sort of miraculous intervention, so she stops by the local shrine to offer up a prayer or two to any deity that might be listening.
Her prayers are interrupted by a mysterious blue light that engulfs her and leaves Hideyoshi stranded in a strange new world that appears to be feudal Japan. All the inhabitants of this world, however, including feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga, are women! Now Hideyoshi finds herself on a quest to gather the pieces of the Crimson Armor and help Nobunaga conquer the land!
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Collection
Blu-ray | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 625 Minutes
The year is now 2018. With Zero dead and the remnants of the Black Knights being swept up by the Britannian forces, a forced state of peace settles over Area 11. The rights of the Elevens remain limited but with no one to lead them and the defeat during the Black Rebellion hanging over them, the Japanese people remain under the boot of Britannian Empire with no hope to overcome this oppression.
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G.I. Joe: Renegades Complete Collection
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 650 Minutes
When a spy mission against Cobra Industries goes awry, a group of young G.I. JOEs is forced to hit the road as fugitives. Now the team members (Duke, Scarlett, Roadblock, Tunnel Rat, Ripcord and Snake Eyes) must use their wits and elite training to prove their innocence to the world before being caught by the authorities, Cobra or another elite military team called the Falcons.
With exciting, action-packed storytelling, spectacular animation and incredible voice talent (including appearances by Clancy Brown (Carnivàle), Michael Emerson (Lost), Phil LaMarr (MADtv), Peter MacNicol (Ghostbusters II) and Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) G.I. JOE Renegades is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Kamisama Dolls Series Collection
DVD | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
When Kyohei Kuga moves to Tokyo to escape the strictures of life in a small town, he thinks he’s left his old life behind. But when he discovers a bloody corpse, he also discovers that the past isn’t so easily left behind – especially when the past is as unusual as Kyohei’s. You see, back in his home town, Kyohei was a “seki”: an individual able to control “kakashi,” ancient wooden gods capable of incredible feats, with his mind. Now it seems that there’s a kakashi loose in Tokyo, and it just may be up to Kyohei to stop it and its seki.
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Vol. 06
DVD | $24.95 | Hybrid Dub | 60 Minutes
Having escaped the pursuit of the Earth Federation fleet thanks to Full Frontal’s intervention, the Nahel Argaama is now forced to form a joint front with the Sleeves. Frontal, hoping to learn the next coordinates for Laplace’s Box, reveals his secret plan against the Federation. Banagher and Mineva are horrified by the cruelty and callousness of the future he describes.
Meanwhile, a lone Federation patrol ship approaches the Nahel Argama. Will they destroy the patrol ship, or dissolve their joint front with the Sleeves? Caught between friend and foe, what choice will Banagher and his comrades
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Naruto Shippuden Collection 14 (Episodes 167 – 179)
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
The attack on the Leaf Village intensifies, and Naruto’s transformation into the Nine-Tailed Fox reaches a critical level. With eight tails already emerged, Naruto makes a surprising discovery that changes everything. His confidence buoyed, Naruto seeks a face-to-face meeting with Nagato, the Pain responsible for the massive destruction in the village. Can one boy’s will alter destiny?
One Piece (Uncut) Collection 20 (S4 Episodes 242 – 252)
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 320 Minutes
Things have never looked bleaker in the world of One Piece. The Going Merry is no longer seaworthy, Robin and Usopp have left the crew, and the rest of the gang stands accused of a cold-hearted assassination attempt! Luffy and his remaining mates have a plan to prove their innocence, but a mysterious gang of cutthroat killers are one step ahead of their every move. Dark secrets and tragic pasts are revealed while a monstrous storm threatens to sink the city!
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Patlabor – The Mobile Police OVA Series 1 the Early Days Collection
DVD / Blu-ray | $29.95 / $34.95 | Hybrid Dub | 210 Minutes
Meet the Patlabor police squad, a pack of loveable loose cannons with short fuses and really big guns. They fight crime. Watch as they come together for the very first time in the ground breaking series by Mamoru Oshii that introduced the beloved Patlabor universe and made animation history!
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Planzet
DVD / Blu-ray Limited Edition | $24.95 / $34.95 | Hybrid Dub | 50 Minutes
In 2047, an unknown, alien lifeform descends upon the Earth, destroying all the major cities in one fell swoop. The survivors unite and build a Diffusor to stop the Februus, the invaders the military would later codename the FOS, and a temporary peace is achieved.
Jump forward to 2053, the present. A last, desperate counterattack is being mounted against the enemy. Hiroshi Akishima, soldier in the Planetary Defense Forces Alliance, would like nothing better than a shot at the aliens responsible for his father’s death six years ago. However, the new offensive requires the Diffusor to be dropped, leaving the entire planet terribly vulnerable once more. Will humanity regain the stars or lose everything in the final, ultimate gamble?
Rurouni Kenshin – New Kyoto Arc
DVD / Blu-ray | $29.95 / $34.95 | Hybrid Dub | 90 Minutes
Although she’s only sixteen and looks even younger, Misao Makimachi is already a skilled and competent member of the Oniwabanshu ninja clan. That’s fortunate for Misao, because her onimitsu talents may be all that keeps her alive when a journey in search of the leader of the clan, Aoshi Shinomori, leads her instead into a face-to-face encounter with an even more dangerous man and a plot to overthrow the Meiji government!
Quickly enmeshed in the affairs of the legendary assassin Hitokiri Battosai, now known as Kenshin Himura, wielder of the reverse-blade sword, Misao finds herself pulled into the middle of a deadly intrigue against Makoto Shishio, who is orchestrating the conquest of all Japan – beginning with Kyoto!
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Toriko Collection 2
DVD | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
The next step in Toriko’s quest to create his Full Course Menu of Life involves a run-in with the ferocious Regal Mammoth! Beneath this behemoth’s brutish exterior lies the legendary Jewel Meat, a magically magnificent morsel that makes mouths water all across the galaxy! Toriko is determined to make the beast his next carnivorous conquest, but he’ll have to take the fight inside the mammoth if he hopes to sink his teeth into a humongous hunk of Jewel Meat!
Then the Gourmet Hunter faces stiff competition in the form of a GT Robot. This seemingly indestructible mechanized menace is controlled by an unseen evil, and it wants the Jewel Meat all for itself! To save his friends and quench his heroic appetite, Toriko must level up his punching power and turn the bad guy into a bucket of bolts!
