As we bid farewell to June 2016, the 31 days of July lie ahead of us. While this means that a new assortment of anime will be headed our way from Madman Entertainment as of next week, the turn of the month also means that a new months worth of pre-orders are now available from the Australian anime publisher.
Interested in what you might be able to nab yourself from Madman Entertainment on September 7th 2016? Check out the full (current as of writing) list below. You can order these titles via your local anime retailer, or through the official Madman Entertainment online store.
On offer in September 2016 is the new dual-audio release of Studio Ghibli’s Only Yesterday, the first set of Sailor Moon Crystal, complete series collections for Guilty Crown & The Future Diary and more.
A Good Librarian like a Good Shepherd
Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes
A Good Librarian is Like a Good Shepherd, and at a prestigious academy known for its massive library, Kyotaro Kakei is the sole member of the school’s Library Club. A bit of an introvert, Kyotaro has always been better with books than girls – until a mysterious email from the Shepherd hints that his fate is destined to change.
After receiving the Shepherd’s message, Kyotaro is suddenly struck by a premonition that allows him to save a beautiful girl named Tsugumi. Shortly after their first meeting, Tsugumi announces her intentions to join the Library Club, and with Kyotaro’s help, make the school a happier, more interesting place for the students. It doesn’t take long for a host of pretty girls to follow Tsugumi’s lead and join the club in the hopes of spicing up their boring academy lives. Behind everything they do, the Shepherd is there, ready to pull the strings. But who is this Shepherd really? Just another urban legend, or something much more magical?
© 2014 AUGUST /Shirasaki Tsugumi and Stray Lambs
Attack on Titan Movie Collection
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $49.95/$59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Runtime: 187 Minutes
Japan, present day. The sudden arrival of the Titans — mysterious, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour human beings one after the other — brings mankind to the brink of extinction.
Fast-forward 100 years. What remains of the human population now survives in relative peace behind massive walls erected in defence against the Titans. Yet once again, that peace is shattered when a Colossal Titan, measuring over 50 meters tall, smashes through the wall and allows a horde of other Titans to enter.
Eren Yeager had resigned himself to a life confined behind these walls. But when he joins the ‘Outer Wall Restoration Team’ set up to fight against the Titans, he is reunited with Mikasa, a childhood friend. The new recruits embark on a mission to plug the gaping hole in the wall and stop the waves of titans once and for all.
If this mission fails, it will spell the end of humanity. Why did the Titans appear? Why do people continue to fight? The last counter-attack to save human civilisation is about to begin.
This collection features both the live-action films, ATTACK ON TITAN, and ATTACK ON TITAN: END OF THE WORLD.
Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon Part 1
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $59.95/$69.95
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes
Betrayed by her brother. Stripped of her birthright. Declared an abomination. For the girl once known as Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, the nightmare has just begun in Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons. Because not having the ability to use magic makes her less than human in the eyes of the law, and now she’s been exiled to certain death as a slave soldier in a war against draconic invaders!
But the people and land that cast her out have made a lethal error. The girl now known as Ange is no longer an innocent Princess being lead to slaughter. She’s learned the hidden truth about the world she thought she knew. She’s discovered that she’s willing to kill in order to survive. And they’ve given her a weapon.
The studio behind GUNDAM, ESCAFLOWNE, and COWBOY BEBOP unleashes a stunning new epic in animation as giant robots, a Princess, and dragons engage in the ultimate duel to the death in CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angels and Dragons!
©SUNRISE/PROJECT ANGE
Guilty Crown Complete Series
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $59.98/$69.98
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Episode Count: 22 Episodes
Runtime: 550 Minutes
In Guilty Crown, Shu’s entire world was shattered after a meteorite crashed into Japan, unleashing the lethal Apocalypse Virus. The chaos and anarchy born of the outbreak cost Shu his family and reduced him to a timid, fearful shell of the boy he’d once been. His life took another unexpected turn after a chance encounter with the stunning pop star, Inori. This mysterious beauty introduced Shu to the King’s Right Hand: a genetic mutation that allows him to reach into the hearts of mortals and turn them into weapons. The visceral action of this visual masterpiece escalates as Shu finds himself caught in the crossfire between those who desperately seek his newfound strength. On one site lurks a clandestine government agency – and on the other, Inori and the spirited band of rebels known as Funeral Parlor. The choice is Shu’s to make – and the world is his to change.
© GUILTY CROWN committee. Licensed by Funimation Productions, Ltd.
Naruto Shippuden Collection 26 (Episodes 323-335)
Format: DVD
Price: $49.95
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes
The Fourth Great Ninja War of Naruto intensifies as the Allied Forces face the might of the Reanimated Jinchuriki, who have been equipped with both the Rinnegan and Sharingan. Naruto tries to convince the Four Tails that he’ll free him and the other Tailed Beasts from Madara’s control. While listening to Naruto, the Nine Tails goes through a surprising change. Meanwhile, Sasuke has obtained new information found at one of Orochimaru’s old hideouts that may turn the tide of the entire war! Will the unity of the Allied Forces hold under combined fury of the Reanimated Jinchuriki and their mysterious commander?
© 2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO /2007 SHIPPUDEN © NMP 2007 © NMP 2008 © NMP 2009 © NMP 2010
Only Yesterday
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $34.95/$39.95
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Runtime: 119 Minutes
Taeko, a single woman working a desk job in Tokyo, has reached a point in her life where she needs to get away from her job, her family and most of all, big city life. A much needed vacation to the countryside stirs childhood memories, recalling her time as a schoolgirl in 1966. Amidst beautiful country scenery, Taeko reflects on her life and forming new friendships, begins to make some tough decisions about her future.
© 1991 Hotaru Okamoto – Yuko Tone – Studio Ghibli – NH
Project Itoh: The Empire of Corpses
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $34.95/$69.95
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Runtime: 120 Minutes
From the studio that produced Attack on Titan comes The Empire of Corpses, a captivating historical action thriller based on a Phillip K. Dick Award winning novel by Project Itoh. In an alternate version of 19th century London, the world has been revolutionized by “corpse reanimation technology” creating armies of undead who serve the living as laborers across the globe.
In an attempt to revive his dearly departed friend, young medical student John Watson becomes obsessed with replicating the work of Dr. Victor Frankenstein – the legendary corpse engineer whose research produced the only re-animated corpse to possess a soul. But when his illegal experiments put him at odds with the British government, Watson is drafted into a worldwide race to find the lost research notes of Victor Frankenstein before the secrets of the human soul fall into the wrong hands.
Rin-Ne Part 1 (Episodes 1-13)
Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 13 Episodes
Runtime: 325 Minutes
Sakura Mamiya has been seeing ghosts since she was a child. Now she’s a teenager and they’re really getting on her nerves. But when you’re usually the only person who sees the specters, who can you talk to without sounding crazy?
Well, there IS that guy who sits next to her in class sometimes. Rinne Rokudo. But he seems to be absent a lot. And even when he IS there, other people don’t always see him. Because what Sakura doesn’t know (yet) is that Rinne is part Shinigami and tasked with helping ghosts move from our plane to the next.
Unfortunately, Rinne’s not as powerful as a full Shinigami and could really use a little help. So… is this a supernatural hook-up made in Heaven or what? And if it isn’t, wouldn’t sending lost souls to the afterlife get deity-approval anyway?
Drop your schoolbooks and gear up for an after-school exorcise program like no other as famed creator Rumiko Takahashi unleashes a spooktacular new masterpiece with RIN-NE!
© 2015 Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan / NHK, NEP, ShoPro
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 325 Minutes
One day, an otaku high school student Tomoya Aki has a fateful encounter with a girl amidst the beautiful cherry blossom trees. This meeting inspires Tomoya to design his very own “gal-game” (dating-simulation video game) featuring a heroine modelled after the girl he saw. In order to make his desire a reality, Tomoya must persuade a few eccentric “creators” such as the ace member of the art club, Eriri Spencer Sawamura and the school’s top student, Utaha Kasumigaoka to join his development team. Meanwhile, Tomoya is shocked to learn that the girl he idolised as his muse for this whole project was none other than his boring classmate, Megumi Kato! But, this doesn’t dissuade Tomoya. He is determined to give Megumi a total make-over within his game and raise her to be the absolute girlfriend that every man desires…!
Sailor Moon Crystal Set 1 (Episodes 1-14)
Format: DVD/Blu-ray/Limited
Price: $59.95/$69.95/$99.95
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Episode Count: 14 Episodes
Runtime: 350 Minutes
Based on Naoko Takeuchi’s megahit graphic novel series, Sailor Moon Crystal retells the origins of Sailor Moon, the kindhearted crybaby destined to protect the world from dark forces. When the evil Queen Metalia and her Dark Kingdom threatens Earth, Sailor Moon and her fellow Sailor Guardians must find the only power capable of vanquishing this ancient evil – The Legendary Silver Crystal! But a mysterious man calling himself Tuxedo Mask is also after this sacred treasure. What is his connection to the Sailor Moon? And will the Sailor Guardians be able to find the Silver Crystal in time before the world falls into eternal darkness?
© Naoko Takeuchi / PNP / KODANSHA / TOEI ANIMATION
Shonen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 50-
Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 13 Episodes
Runtime: 325 Minutes
Fifteen years ago, the legendary idol group Shonen Hollywood stole the hearts of thousands adoring fans. Their performance at the famous Hollywood Tokyo Theater is the stuff of legend, and now a new group of boys is determined to become the next generation of this famed super group. Ikuma, Kakeru, Shun, Kira, and Daiki will train day and night as they chase their dreams on the road to superstardom!
© Noel Japan Agency Licensed by FUNimation® Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved Funimation
The Future Diary Complete Series
Format: $59.95
Price: DVD
Dubbing: English & Japanese
Episode Count: 26 Episodes
Runtime: 650 Minutes
Reality quickly unravels for antisocial Yukiteru when Deus Ex Machina calls him into a death match to determine the new god of space and time. Each mentally scarred player possesses a prophetic device tuned to his or her personality disorder, giving them control over their future… and the fate of their opponents. It’s their strongest weapon – and their greatest weakness.
Within hours of abusing his digital diary’s predictions, Yukiteru is cornered by a crazed classmate. Yuno – who is obsessively stalking him with her own psychic cell phone – is cute, sharp, and great with an ax. Still, her psychosis hides a vile secret. As a serial killer, a cult priestess, and a volatile escape artist take a stab at eliminating the teens, Yuki can cheat death under Yuno’s maniacal protection or – DEAD END.
© Sakae ESUNO•KADOKAWA SHOTEN CO., LTD./Twelve Future diary holders.
Yatterman Night Complete Series
Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes
Long ago, a pair of heroes called the Yatterman faced off against the Doronbow Gang, led by the sexy villainess Doronjo. Years later the Yatter Kingdom is protected by the new Yatterman. But the mysterious rulers have forced the Yatter people into labor, and unrest runs rampant in the kingdom. Now, a new Doronjo reforms the Doronbow Gang to rebel against the Yatterman.
Yowamushi Pedal Part 1 (Episodes 1-12)
Format: DVD
Price: $49.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes
Initially, when a fourth grade Sakamichi Onoda started biking to Akihabara every week, it was an effort to save money. After all, why ride the train when you can buy anime capsule toys? Continuing the trend all the way into high school, Sakamichi never thought anything of that 90 kilometer round trip. And he was too distraught over the disbanded anime club to notice that it was more than unusual that he could climb a 20% incline slope while riding a mommy bike.
But a junior pro cyclist Shunsuke Imaizumi noticed. Driven by a need to improve his own skills, Shunsuke challenges Sakamichi to a race, and while the outcome might seem obvious, there’s some surprises in store for both of them before they reach the finish line!
