Not even leaving me enough time to write up my monthly “Out This Month From Hanabee” post, the Australian anime publisher Hanabee Entertainment have today released the first of two anime collections planned for April 2015. This set of DVD and Blu-ray titles consists of two brand new series (Hakkenden Season 1 and Familiar of Zero Season 2), one complete series re-release (Little Busters!) and one dual-format re-release (Tsuritama). Information on all these titles can be found at the bottom of this post.
Hanabee’s April 1st set of releases will be complemented by four boxsets, which will be available on April 29th 2015. No home video release plans have been confirmed outside of this month, with upcoming releases likely to be made public during Hanabee Live! sessions at both Supanova Melbourne and Supanova Gold Coast.
Hakkenden Season 1
Out Now | DVD/Blu-ray | $59.99 | Hybrid Dub | 312 Minutes over 13 Episodes
From a tragic incident that desolated an entire village, emerged only three survivors – two boys and a girl. After the tragedy Shino Inuzuka, Sosuke Inukawa and Hamaji now all live a quiet life in a church miles away from their hometown.
But greater forces are after them and it seems to tie not only with their past but to a crow by the name of Murasame that Shino owns. Can the trio return to their peaceful life or will they forever be cursed to relive their past?
Tsuritama DVD / Blu-ray Combo
Out Now | DVD+Blu-ray | $49.99 | Hybrid Dub | 288 Minutes over 12 Episodes
Saving the world one fish at a time.
When the fate of the world lies in Yuki’s non-existent fishing skills there’s only one thing to do learn to fish of course! But socially awkward Yuki has more pressing matters drawing his attention like his debilitating inability to communicate with others (and the fact that he’s the new kid on the block doesn’t help)
Haru, a peculiar boy with his own secrets, is making it his mission to help Yuki learn to fish and make friends in the process. Although when your group of potential friends consists of a cold Fishing Prince and an aloof Indian hiding his own agenda in the form of DUCK things are bound to get messy.
Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons (Season 2)
Out Now | DVD/Blu-ray | $59.99 | Japanese Dub | 288 Minutes over 12 Episodes
After all their ups and downs Hiraga and Louise are finally settling in to their relationship as familiar and witch at last. From typical teenager to hero Hiraga Saito has made a name for himself in this world of magic while Louise is coming to understand her own special powers.
But there’s little time for peace when Hiraga meets Louise’s family and the newly crowned Queen Henrietta is kidnapped by a familiar foe. Can Hiraga and Louise rescue their friend or will their newly established relationship crumble under the pressure?
Little Busters!
Out Now | DVD/Blu-ray | $79.99 | Hybrid Dub | 624 Minutes over 26 Episodes
To honour the final year of Kyousuke, the leader of a childhood group of friends dubbed ‘Little Busters’, they aim to fulfill his one last whim – form a baseball team! Except they’re five members short and it is up to Riki Naoe and Kyousuke’s little sister, Rin, to recruit the remaining members.
But recruiting members for their baseball team is not the only mission they’ve been tasked with. Receiving a series of messages delivered through cats, Riki and Rin are on a quest to complete a set of tasks from an unknown source that will apparently uncover a secret to their world. Sounds simple enough, right? Not really, when Riki suffers from narcolepsy and Rin is so crippling shy that talking to anyone outside of the Little Busters group is a tall order.
But the members of Little Busters are nothing but resilient and they will do anything in order to fulfill their dreams so prepare to batter up
