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Australian niche anime publisher Siren Visual have announced that pre-orders for their DVD release of 26-episode 2002 anime series RahXephon have now opened. At an incredibly reasonable price of $39.95 AUD, copies will begin shipping out on January 21st 2015....

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Australian anime publisher Siren Visual have today confirmed that Mawaru Penguindrum, one of their big-name releases of 2013 will be available as part of a DVD / Blu-ray complete series box set from the 23rd April 2014. Priced at $59.95...

School-life series surrounding a particular student club are not uncommon, and even those surrounding supernatural events aren't unheard of - meaning that if an anime wants to do something along those lines they need to do something impressive. Kokoro Connect turned out to be an interesting series that delved into the lives of five High School students who find themselves being tested through a series of trials by a mysterious entity known as "Heartseed".

4,000 years after abandoning the Earth, the fate of humanity now hangs on the actions of a tiny few. Under attack by a merciless enemy from another dimension, the crew of the spaceship Waglinde must fight not only to save their lives, but also to keep a mysterious monolith with unknown powers out of the claws of mankind's most fearsome enemy. The monolith is called the Zohar, and the evil Gnosis will stop at nothing to get it.

For those who have been reading The Otaku's Study since its early years, you may recall that I did a couple of very forgettable reviews of Princess Maker 4 and Princess Maker 5 - two games I genuinely enjoyed as a solid life simulator. Petite Princess Yucie is loosely based on the video game series, featuring the return of male butler Cube and many other elements that the games have become known for.

In the year 2167, Mankind survived a cataclysmic disaster as a massive wave of electromagnetic radiation from a nearby supernova washed over the Earth. Yet, Mankind was able to survive by pulling together to support each other in this time of crisis.

Magical Meow Meow Taruto is a series that feels like it is being targeted towards fans of catgirls that don't mind a few innocent storylines being strewn in with an actual plot.

hile there are a few references in other aspects of the .hack media franchise, .hack//Liminality is one you could comfortably skip and not risk missing out on much. However if you do get your hands on a copy of the series, it serves as an interesting tie-in across platforms and does add an additional dynamic to the world during the events the games - with are usually only covered in brief in-game news prompts at most.

You need to play the four-part video game series to full experience, especially considering as .hack//Sign provides more questions than answers. However by itself, the series still provides an interesting experience with a strong storyline and concept.

You will be forgiven for thinking that this anime series is based on the three-volume manga series of the same name by Tatsuya Hamazaki and Rei Izumi given the similar context to the plot and almost identical character cast. However both are considerably different, with the anime adaptation giving an initial impression of being a child's version of the .hack series despite the darker plot that comes along later.

With the manga series still ongoing in Japan, there is a lot of potential for there to be a successful sequel for this anime adaptation of Inu x Boku Secret Service. However in terms of what was presented in this series, while the conclusion was well thought out of there were a few clever and entertaining moments throughout, it lacked direction, and the featured blooming romance between the main characters was slow to progress and tedious to watch at times.