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  • Enjoyed Hanabee Entertainment’s two part release of Bakemonogatari and anxious in checking out the companies next offering in SHAFT’s anime adaptation of the light novel series by Nisio Isin? Well unfortunately while it was due for release this week, Nisemonogatari Part 1 has now been delayed until late next week for release (Just how late is unspecified ). It is unknown yet if these delays will result in a delay of Part 2 being released in June 2013. Who says a fake can’t do the same job...

    Hanabee Entertainment’s Release of Nisemonogatari Part 1 Hits Slight Delay, Now Set for Release Next Week

    Posted on May 2, 2013 | No Comments
    Enjoyed Hanabee Entertainment’s two part release of Bakemonogatari and anxious in checking out the companies next offering in SHAFT’s anime adaptation of the light novel series by Nisio Isin? Well unfortunately while it was due for release this week, Nisemonogatari Part 1 has now been delayed until late next week for release (Just how late is unspecified ). It is unknown yet if these delays will result in a delay of Part 2 being released in June 2013. Who says a fake can’t do the same job...

  • March 2013 is going to be one of the biggest months for Siren Visual in a while, with six releases set for the month. Previously it has been unveiled that Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 will be available on DVD and Blu-ray and Heaven’s Memo Pad on DVD. Due to delays the company have also delayed their release of Tiger & Bunny on DVD and Blu-ray by a month. With that making five, the company have also unveiled that Part 1 of the Book of Bantorra will...

    Siren Visual Open Up Their Third March 2013 Pre-Order for “The Book of Bantorra”

    Posted on February 22, 2013 | No Comments
    March 2013 is going to be one of the biggest months for Siren Visual in a while, with six releases set for the month. Previously it has been unveiled that Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 will be available on DVD and Blu-ray and Heaven’s Memo Pad on DVD. Due to delays the company have also delayed their release of Tiger & Bunny on DVD and Blu-ray by a month. With that making five, the company have also unveiled that Part 1 of the Book of Bantorra will...

  • Following their (currently) Australian-exclusive English release of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Siren Visual felt content not to end their releases of supernatural mystery series with just that... opting to also licence and release Shiki in the region which was previously released by Funimation Entertainment in North America. To be honest I have been sitting on this series for a couple of months now since its August 2012 release after finding the first few episodes to be slow and rather dull. But as I don't generally write a review on a series without having watched every episode first after the release of the second Part I took to cramming it all in a day... and found it to be a surprisingly interesting watch.

    Shiki Part 1 & Part 2 – Review

    Posted on October 21, 2012 | No Comments
    Following their (currently) Australian-exclusive English release of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Siren Visual felt content not to end their releases of supernatural mystery series with just that... opting to also licence and release Shiki in the region which was previously released by Funimation Entertainment in North America. To be honest I have been sitting on this series for a couple of months now since its August 2012 release after finding the first few episodes to be slow and rather dull. But as I don't generally write a review on a series without having watched every episode first after the release of the second Part I took to cramming it all in a day... and found it to be a surprisingly interesting watch.

  • Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Encompasses: Second Season Published by: Siren Visual (Australia and New Zealand) Based on: The visual/sound novel series by Ryukishi07 Genre: Murder Mystery, Comedy, School-Life, Drama Audio: Japanese Dub Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.78:9 Full-frame Original ratio Runtime: 300 Minutes Classification: MA15+ for Strong Animated Violence Cost: $49.95 Special Thanks: Siren Visual for providing me with a copy of this title for review The endless cycle of hatred and death that befall the small village of Hinamizawa continues… On a hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi...

    Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Part 1 (Episodes 1-13) – Review

    Posted on June 14, 2012 | 2 Comments
    Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Encompasses: Second Season Published by: Siren Visual (Australia and New Zealand) Based on: The visual/sound novel series by Ryukishi07 Genre: Murder Mystery, Comedy, School-Life, Drama Audio: Japanese Dub Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.78:9 Full-frame Original ratio Runtime: 300 Minutes Classification: MA15+ for Strong Animated Violence Cost: $49.95 Special Thanks: Siren Visual for providing me with a copy of this title for review The endless cycle of hatred and death that befall the small village of Hinamizawa continues… On a hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi...

  • Space Channel 5: Part 1 – Review

    Posted on November 3, 2010 | No Comments
    As you may be aware, SEGA has recently announced that they will be re-releasing Part 2 of Space Channel 5 on the Playstation Network and Xbox Live services. Whilst there is no known cost or release date, it is definately something that I will be looking to get. However, for whatever reason they have decided to ditch the first one in the series for an unknown reason, therefore I have decided to write this quick review on the first game, one that is hard to...