Australian publisher of anime Hanabee Entertainment have after a number of months launched their official website – which for more information on it you can visit my earlier article “Hanabee Open Up Their Official Website“.
Over the last two weekends, Brisbane and Adelaide have held hosts to the Supanova Pop Culture Expo which while not catering exclusively to anime did see Hanabee hold panels at both – each of which resulted in a number of acquisition announcements being made (and no doubt giving the staff a few moments respite from the endlessly building crowds at their booth due to Rooster Teeth stars being present). With the official website now launched, it means we finally have more specifics about potential release dates / pricing for upcoming titles. The purpose of this article is to tell you potentially how much and when you can pick up some of their recently announced titles:
Note: This information was sourced from the official website and may be changed at any point. For any up-to-date ammendments, check out the Hanabee website!
.hack//G.U. Trilogy
DVD | 6th February 2013 | Japanese Dub | $29.99
In his quest for revenge against Tri-Edge and to wake Shino from her coma Haseo searches accross The World as a killer of Player Killers. He comes accross a girl named Atolli who despite his callous and dismissive attitude towards her takes an interest in him and decides to help him. She brings up old wounds for him because of her characters’ design and class. He forms new aliances and attempts to discover the mystery behind the comas that are plauging members and the entities known as AIDA.
ef ~ a tale of memories Complete Series
DVD / Blu-ray | Either 9th January 2013 or 6th February 2013 | Hybrid Dub | $49.99
ef ~a tale of memories and ef ~ a tale of melodies is based off of the popular visual novel, ef ~ a tale of two cities. The first release includes all 12 episodes of the first season with an English dub and the original Japanese audio as well.
From the director of Baka and Test: Summon the Beast and the studio that did Madoka Magica.
ef ~ a tale of melodies: Time is Fleeting…
DVD / Blu-ray | 6th February 2013 | Hybrid Dub | $49.99
A continuation on ef ~ a tale of memories.
Alien 9
DVD | 6th February 2013 | Hybrid Dub | $29.99
Yuri Otani, a rather melancholic 12-year-old, has just arrived in sixth grade and has (begrudgingly) joined the “Alien Party”, a team whose primary objective is to capture any otherworldly aliens that may appear on campus. To make matters even worse for Yuri, the only way that capturing the aliens can be made possible is to adjoin with a “Borg”, a symbiotic life-form whose sole purpose is to protect their host, incapacitate, and ultimately capture other aliens, using anything available to their arsenal (which includes, but is not limited to: Borgs, inline roller blades, knee pads, and lacrosse sticks.)
Yuri is not alone in her tribulations, for she has two other Alien Party member friends – Kasumi and Kumi.
Bodacious Space Pirates Part I
DVD / Blu-ray | 9th January 2013 | Hybrid Dub | $59.99
Based off the popular on-going light novel by Yuichi Sasamoto, which has already spawned a manga as well as an anime, Bodacious Space Pirates is 26 episodes of high-octane swashbuckling fun! The series is a meld of the space opera genre with mecha as we see pirates of the future take off in space.
Arakawa Under The Bridge (Season 1)
DVD | 5th December 2012 | Japanese Dub | $44.99
Based off the on-going popular manga by Hikaru Nakamura, Arakawa Under the Bridge is a 13-episode anime that was released early 2010 in Japan. The first DVD release will include all 13 episodes of the first season and the original Japanese audio with English subtitles only.
Toradora! Part 2 (Episodes 14-25 + OVA)
DVD | 5th December 2012 | Japanese Dub | $59.99
Beware: Tiger ahead. Tread cautiously.
Tigers are fierce creatures and Taiga Aisaka is no exception. Coupled with a short temper, a height complex and a mean right hook, Taiga, nicknamed the Palmtop Tiger, is not someone to be messed with. Despite his less than stellar start, for one, Ryuji Takasu, handling such creatures will need to be his forte, when the one he has as a classmate is also his neighbour. But all isn’t that bad when it just might be that looks and first impressions can be deceptive and nothing is as it seems. Just like Ryuji, the school’s delinquent, may simply be a gentle guy at heart; Taiga might also sport a softer side under her harsh exterior.
…Suddenly tigers might not be all that fierce as Ryuji feared.Beware: Tiger ahead. Tread cautiously.
Tigers are fierce creatures and Taiga Aisaka is no exception. Coupled with a short temper, a height complex and a mean right hook, Taiga, nicknamed the Palmtop Tiger, is not someone to be messed with. Despite his less than stellar start, for one, Ryuji Takasu, handling such creatures will need to be his forte, when the one he has as a classmate is also his neighbour. But all isn’t that bad when it just might be that looks and first impressions can be deceptive and nothing is as it seems. Just like Ryuji, the school’s delinquent, may simply be a gentle guy at heart; Taiga might also sport a softer side under her harsh exterior.
…Suddenly tigers might not be all that fierce as Ryuji feared.
