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Funimation Entertainment Unveil their July 2012 Release Slate
Posted on April 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsFunimation Entertainment have today released their July 2012 anime release slate, featuring a number of brand new series, next parters and titles that will become part of their Classics and S.A.V.E Editions. These titles are as follows: Ai Yori Aoshi – Complete Series (Classic) $49.98 (DVD) | Hybrid | 24th July 2012 Kaoru is a college boy with everything going for him. He lives in a mansion with his beautiful fiance Aoi, all his roommates are babes, and they all have the hots for him.... -
Heaven’s Lost Property – Review
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsTitle: Heaven’s Lost Property Alternate Title: Sora no Otoshimono Encompasses: Season One Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand), Funimation (North America) Based on: The Manga Series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki Genre: Drama, Fanservice, Fantasy, Harem, Romantic Comedy Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1080p High Definition (16:9) SD Remaster Runtime: 350 Minutes Classification: MA15+ for Strong Sexual References Cost: $59.95 for either DVD or Blu-ray Special Thanks: Madman Entertainment for kindly providing me with a copy of this title for review Tomoki’s life was normal until a wish-granting angelic android named Ikaros fell... -
Madman Entertainment Partners Up with Funimation to Release Mass Effect and Dragon Age Films to Australia and New Zealand
Posted on April 16, 2012 | No CommentsWhile only one of these titles will be a surprise to those who regularily visit the Madman Entertainment website or The Otaku’s Study, but Madman Entertainment have just announced a partnership with Funimation Entertainment to distribute the upcoming animated feature films Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker and Mass Effect: Paragon Lost in Australia for release on DVD and Blu-ray during 2012. Both of these films as you might be aware are based on the acclaimed Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises developed by BioWare... -
Funimation Entertainment’s Also Announced New Acquisitions at Anime Boston
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsAlong with their announcements at Sakuracon, Funimation Entertainment also had a few announcements to make at the Anime Boston convention last weekend. For the most part these are the rights to simulcast three anime series: Jormungnad, Lupin III and Is this A Zombie? Of the Dead, but also the acquisition of additional home video rights for Future Diary. Jormungand A ruthless arms dealer on a quixotic quest for world peace. A child soldier born into chaotic conflict. Their lives will intertwine as they journey together... -
Funimation Entertainment Announces Three Acquisitions for Two Series at Sakuracon
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsYou didn’t just expect Funimation to announce a mobile application at Sakuracon right? The company also made three announcements in regards to the series Sankarea and Shangri-La. For both series the company has acquired the broadcast, home entertainment, mobile and streaming rights to them, however as a third bonus acquisition, the company has also acquired the rights to simulcast Sankarea which has only just begun airing in Japan. Simulcasting will begin on Niconico and Funimation.com this season. Sankarea Furuya’s not interested in the living, he’s... -
Fairy Tail Collections 1 & 2 – Review
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsTitle: Fairy Tail Encompasses: Collections 1 and 2 Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand), Funimation (North America) Based on: Manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy and Fantasy Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1080p High Definition (16:9) SD Remaster Runtime: 600 Minutes Classification: M (Collection 1) and PG (Collection 2) Cost: $59.95 per Volume Special Thanks: Madman Entertainment for kindly providing me with a copy of this title for review I was introduced to the Fairy Tail series in a bit of a different way than usual, well... -
Chaos;Head Collection – Review
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsTitle: Chaos;Head Collection Encompasses: Complete Series Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand), Funimation (North America) Based on: Visual novel series by 5pb and Nitroplus Genre: Psychological, Sci-fi, Supernatural, Thriller Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1080p High Definition (16:9) Runtime: 300 Minutes Classification: M for Animated Violence and Sexual References Cost: $59.95 Special Thanks: Madman Entertainment for kindly providing me with a copy of this title for review I have liked to keep the variety of anime I watch open, so on this site you will expect to see everything from anime all... -
Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint It, White! – Review
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsTitle: Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint It, White Encompasses: Movie Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand), Funimation (North America) Based on: The webcomic/manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya Genre: Comedy Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen (16:9) Runtime: 81 Minutes Cost: $24.95 Special Thanks: Madman Entertainment for kindly providing me with a copy of this title for review Right now where I live… everywhere is buzzing with pre-electoral campaigning about why the leader of each party should or should not be the Premier of Queensland… and personally I get annoyed every time I... -
Funimation Entertainment Detail June 2012 Release Slate
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsFunimation Entertainment, a North American distributor of anime titles to the North American market have recently unveiled their release slate for June 2012, once again consisting of newly released titles, next volumes in on-going series and as usual a handful of titles being converted into their S.A.V.E line of anime titles. Personally I think they have a nice set of titles, however it is noticable that their selection isn’t as diverse in previous months. Either way – there are a few titles of interest to me... -
Funimation Entertainment Announce Acquisition of Level E Anime Series
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsFunimation Entertainment, a North American distributor of anime titles to the North American market have recently announced at Katsucon held in Washington DC that they had acquired the licences to broadcast, do home entertainment releases and steam the complete series of Level E. The series was creasted by Toshihiro Togashi while the anime itself wa directed by Toshiyuki Kato, with Studio Peirrot and David Production co-producing. Currently, there are several hundred species of aliens on Earth, and humans are completely oblivious to their existence! One day... -
Some Anime Reviews Slated For This Week
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsIt is hard to deny that over the new couple of weeks, the gaming market is going to be busy with the Playstation Vita’s launch along with titles for both that console and others which will keep me busy as well… but at the same time I have no intentions on neglecting anime fans who read this site! Along with the many game titles, I will also be busy checking out the many February releases for Madman Entertainment and Siren Visual… but have over the... -
A Review of Love Hina – Anime’s From The Past Review Series #2
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsTitle: Love Hina Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia), Funimation (North America) Based on: The Love Hina Manga series by Ken Akamatsu Genre: Romantic Comedy Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Runtime: 625 Minutes Cost: Contact your nearest seller of anime Special Thanks: A copy of this series was purchased out of my own pocket It has been a little less than a month since the first installment of the “Anime from the Past Review Series”, however as we are getting further and further into the future, there is becoming a greater...