Before heading off the Australia Day long weekend, anime publisher Hanabee Entertainment announced and subsequently opened pre-orders for their entire April 2015 anime release slate. Featuring a selection of four series over seven individual releases (3x Blu-ray, 3x DVD and 1x DVD+Blu-ray Combo), all will begin making their way to anime fans from April 1st 2015.
As part of their Australia Day sale, all of these titles have had their prices slashed by 20% until midnight on Australia Day. More information on these titles can be found below:
Little Busters! Season One Complete Edition
DVD/Blu-ray | Hybrid Dub | $79.99 | 624 Minutes over 26 Episodes | Slice of Life
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
The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons (Season 2)
DVD/Blu-ray | Japanese Dub | $59.99 | 288 Minutes over 12 Episodes | Fantasy
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?
Tsuritama
DVD+Blu-ray Combo | Hybrid Dub | $49.99 | 288 Minutes over 12 Episodes | Drama
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.
Aired in the acclaimed Noitamina timeslot known for its innovative anime and directed by Kenji Nakamura (C for Control), tsuritama is sure to reel in and charm every viewer hook, line and sinker.
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (Season One)
DVD/Blu-ray | Hybrid Dub | $59.99 | 312 Minutes over 13 Episodes | Action
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?
