Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment have recently opened pre-orders for their entire collection of April 2013 anime releases – all of which you should be able to pick up on the 17th of the month. In this latest release set from the company – there is a nice assortment of part collections, series collections, a license rescue and even the return of an old anime classic.
All of these titles will be available through both the Madman Entertainment online store and selected anime retailers (Eg. JB Hi-fi, anime specialty stores). The titles are as follows:
Astro Boy (1960) Collection 1 (Fatpack)
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 1200 Minutes
The original boy-robot with 100,000 horsepower strength and courage! Endowed with super strength, rocket-powered flight, a selfless heart and a kind demeanor, Astro Boy fights a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil. Witness Japan’s first ever animated series, Osamu Tezuka’s original 1960’s ASTROBOY, regarded as the series that launched the anime phenomenon! This collector’s set includes 52 episodes of the original black and white 1960s series, restored to pristine detail, and also features never-before-seen footage and brand new exciting extras.
Astro Boy (1960) Collection 2 (Fatpack)
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 1200 Minutes
The original robot-boy with 100,000 horsepower strength and courage! Osamu Tezuka’s ASTROBOY is regarded as the first animation on Japanese television. Experience the original 1960s series for the first time on DVD. This collector’s set includes the remaining 52 episodes of the original 1960s series, restored to pristine detail, and also features never-before-seen footage and brand new exciting extras.
Azumanga Daioh Series Collection
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 650 Minutes
In Miss Yukari’s English class, every day is an adventure. First off, there’s the teacher herself. A bit of an air-head, she may have graduated from high school, but she sure hasn’t left. And with the arrival of not one, but two transfer students – one ten-year-old prodigy and one space cadet – it’s going to be an interesting year!
Bleach Collection 17 (Episodes 230-242)
DVD | $49.95 | Hybrid Dub | 325 Minutes
A mysterious man who calls himself “Muramasa” appears in the Seireitei to declare war against the Soul Reapers. Using his powers, Muramasa gives physical form to the Zanpakuto and liberates them from the captains and lieutenants of the 13 Court Guard Squads. Meanwhile, having sustained severe injuries in battle, Rukia escapes to the World of the Living and is saved by Ichigo.
Blood-C: Series Collection
DVD / Blu-ray | $59.95 for Either | Hybrid Dub | 300 Minutes
Horrifying beasts with a hunger for human flesh prey on the citizens of a quiet town. In moonlit twilight, Saya slays the monsters and returns home drenched in blood. As the attacks increase in frequency and intensity, her enemies relay cryptic messages about a broken contract. Limbs are torn from flesh and skulls are crushed and devoured while the huntress struggles with paralyzing visions and gaping holes in her memory. When the humans Saya promised to protect reveal the sickening truth about her role in the violence, she learns her mission isn’t as clear cut as she thought – and her most sadistic foe of all is so close she can taste it.
Chrome Shelled Regios Complete Collection
DVD | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 600 Minutes
The world of tomorrow is an arid wasteland; a forsaken place where nomadic communities take shelter within mobile, domed cities. Massive, mutant Contaminoid monsters swarm the planet’s desolate surface, and the lack of resources fuels constant conflict between cities. In this bleak future, mysterious young Layfon struggles to escape his violent past. Unfortunately, his former life might be impossible to hide after he’s forced to enroll at the military academy – his special powers are clearly stronger than those of his comrades. As he joins his fellow student soldiers in the desperate battle against the Contaminoid scourge, Layfon must fight to keep the origins of his enhanced abilities a secret, because the truth could tear his team apart.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 Collection
Blu-ray | $59.95 | Hybrid Dub | 625 Minutes
On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia’s deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan’s rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resistance appear throughout Area 11, working towards independence for Japan. Lelouch, an exiled Imperial Prince of Britannia posing as a student, finds himself in the heart of the ongoing conflict for the island nation. Through a chance meeting with a mysterious girl named C.C., Lelouch gains his Geass, the power of the king. Now endowed with absolute dominance over any person, Lelouch may finally realize his goal of bringing down Britannia from within!
Digimon: Digital Monsters 02 (2000) Season 2 Collection 2 (Episodes 26-50)
DVD | $49.95 | English Dub | 625 Minutes
The Digidestined are called back into action once again to put a stop to the Digimon Emperor’s iron-fisted domination over the Digital World. New allies and Digimon join them in this new battle. But they soon learn that the Digimon Emperor is only a pawn of a new and mysterious evil threatening the Digital World. All of which will culminate in a battle that will involve the entire Earth….
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone Slipcase Edition
DVD / Blu-ray | $29.95 / $34.95 | Hybrid Dub | 110 Minutes
The year is 2015, and half of the Earth’s population is dead, victims of the disaster called Second Impact! Answering a summons from his enigmatic father, 14-year-old Shinji Ikari arrives in the rebuilt city of New Tokyo-3 just as a gigantic creature identified as an “Angel” attacks! Forced into the cockpit of a giant bio-mechanical construct known as an Evangelion, Shinji must face his fears and defend the city from the rampaging Angel or die trying! Rebuilt from the ground up by creator Hideaki Anno, this is the definitive Evangelion for a new generation!
Mardock Scramble – The Second Combustion Complete Edition
DVD | $29.95 | Hybrid Dub | 60 Minutes
Rescued by Doctor Easter from a deadly assault on their headquarters by Dimsdale Boiled, Rune Balot finds temporary shelter in “Paradise,” a high-tech laboratory where the Scramble 09 protocol originated. While the severely injured Oeufcoque regenerates in a healing vat, Rune struggles to find the answers within herself that will let her equally injured psyche find some measure of peace. But as the search for clues to the location of Shell’s hidden memories continues, Boiled finds them again, and Rune and the Doctor decide it’s time to carry the war to the enemy. Contains both the television version and director’s cut of Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion.
Nichijou – My Ordinary Life Collection 2 (Episode 14-26) (Subtitled Edition)
DVD | $59.95 | Japanese Dub |325 Minutes
Life in a small city needn’t be boring. Not when your city is home to a host of deeply odd people. Granted some residents, like high-school buddies Mio and Yuki, are fairly normal. Yuki is an world-class space-case and Mio has an unusual mastery of wrestling and boxing, but… okay, so they’re odd too. Together with fellow residents such as Nano, the frequently modified robot of five-year-old genius the Professor, talking cat Sakamoto (that’s Sakamoto-san to you!), and their own friend, the poker-faced lunatic Mai, they lead provincial lives that are perfectly mundane and thoroughly bizarre.
Xam’d: Lost Memories Series Collection
DVD / Blu-ray | $69.95 for Either | Hybrid Dub | 650 Minutes
Set on a peaceful island during a violent terrorist attack, a young boy is suddenly transformed into a metal-cased mercenary. But with this great power comes even greater danger. Aiyuki must discover how to master this remarkable new power – or risk having this mysterious fusion of rock, metal and magic destroy him!
