Madman Entertainment Open Pre-Orders For August 2016 Anime Release Slate

June is now upon us! While this month is set to offer a range of new titles from Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment, the turn of the month also marks the start of pre-orders for their August 2016 anime release date. You can order these titles via your local anime retailer, or through the official Madman Entertainment online store.

So whats on offer from Madman Entertainment in August? Some of the options include the first half of Log Horizon 2, two sequel movies based on Love Live! and Psycho-Pass, and quite a few other series on DVD and/or Blu-ray. For a full list of what they have to offer, keep on reading below:

Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Complete Series

cute Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese w/ English Subtitles
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes

Binan is a city somewhere in Japan. The “Earth Defense Club” at Binan High School was a club that did absolutely nothing. When club members Atsushi Kinugawa and En Yufuin were chilling out while soaking in the hot tub at the bathhouse Kurotamayu, a pink beast (Wombat) suddenly appeared out of thin air. “I want to save this planet… can you please lend me your strength?” The two feel the mood has been ruined by Wombat, who talks to them in Japanese about how he wants to save Earth with the power of love. Just then, the son of the bathouse owner Yumoto Hakone shows up, and as soon as he sees Wombat, he chases it, screaming “Let me fluff you up!”

The next day, Kinugawa and Yufuin are caught by Wombat once again at school along with the other club members Io Naruko and Ryu Zaou. Bracelets clasp onto the wrists of these four, along with Yumoto Hakone, who bumped into them after chasing after Wombat, with a command that they must save the Earth. “It’s about love-making!” they hear as a bright light emanating from the bracelet envelops their entire bodies. The five transform into the “Battle Lovers,” the heirs to the throne of love…

© Kurari Umatani/KUROTAMAYU

Gonna Be The Twin-Tail!! Complete Series

Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $59.95/$69.95
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes

Soji Mitsuka of Gonna Be the Twin-Tail is an ordinary high schooler with an extraordinary obsession. Twin tails are his fire, his air, his will to live! But when a mysterious woman from another world enlists his help to fight hideous monsters with various moe fetishes, Soji must transform into a powerful pigtailed…girl?

With the help of his childhood friend, the class president, and his endless devotion to pigtails, Soji and his crew form a twin-tailed threesome to take on the monsters who feed on the “attribute power” of humans. But Soji’s new pigtailed powers come with a price; his surging popularity as the new heroin in town makes the twin-tailed trend explode, giving the monsters ample attribute powers to feed upon! Don’t miss the action in Gonna Be the Twin-Tail!

©Yume Mizusawa,Shogakukan/TTPC

Junjo Romantica Complete Season 1

cover-7 Format: DVD
Price: $49.95
Dubbing: Japanese w/ English Subtitles
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes

Three very different couples caught up in a storm of pure romance!

Romantica: Misaki is struggling to prepare for his college entrance exams, so his brother arranges for a private tutor. But Misaki’s nightmare is just beginning when his tutor, Usami, comes on to him! How will Misaki ever manage to pass his exam?

Egoist: Just when Kamijou’s life is at its lowest, he has a chance meeting with a man who never lets anything hold him back: Nowaki. His name means “typhoon,” and he’s about to take Kamijou on a whirlwind ride that will turn everything upside down.

Terrorist: Miyagi always seems to shrug off the cares of the world with a joke and a smile. But even he has problems, although he doesn’t let them show. Foremost is Shinobu, a relentless young man who’s adamant that they’re destined to be together.

Log Horizon 2 Part 1

cover-8 Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $59.95/$69.95
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: 13 Episodes
Runtime: 325 Minutes

It’s been six months since the event that trapped thousands of players in the online game world of Elder Tales and the situation is far from secure. The People of the Land are engaged in open warfare against the Goblin armies of Zantleaf. Minami spies are infiltrating the populace. And even with the support and guidance of the Round Table Alliance, the cost of sustaining the city of Akihabara is causing the entire infrastructure to teeter on the brink of collapse. With winter coming, Shiroe and his companions are forced to consider their options. Should they stay in Akihabara and attempt to weather the oncoming storm? Or should they gamble on missions to other portions of the world in search of new sources of valuable treasure? The launch of another series of raids will test old alliances while new ones are forged, as the adventure continues in the second season of LOG HORIZON!

© Mamare Touno, KADOKAWA / NHK, NEP

Love Live! The School Idol Movie

cover-4 Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $29.95/$44.95 (LE)
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: Film
Runtime: 102 Minutes

Although μ’s, the defending champions of the school idol tournament, plans to dissolve their group after the graduation of their senior members, they receive news that leads them to holding a concert event! The 9 girls continue to learn and grow in this new and unfamiliar world. What is the last thing that these girls can do as school idols? With the clock ticking, what kind of meaning will the μ’s members find in performing the most exciting live performance?

Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals Part 2

cover-9 Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: 25 Episodes
Runtime: 625 Minutes

Your favourite ninja from Hidden Leaf Village is back… and it’s not Naruto! Rock Lee may not know ninjutsu, but that won’t stop him from recovering stolen artifacts, filling in as the temporary Hokage, or… successfully throwing a picnic? Slide on your legwarmers and prepare your taijustsu – it’s another installment of Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals!

Psychic School Wars

Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $29.95/$34.95
Dubbing: English, Japanese
Episode Count: Film
Runtime: 106 Minutes

Spring marks the start of another new school year at a junior high school in Kamakura. A new transfer student, Ryoichi Kyogoku joins the 8th grade. Kyogoku has a very special proficiency in telepathy and has been ordered by his father to use this ability to scan other people’s minds and take over the school. He instantly gains popularity at school from his good looks and charisma and he sets about taking control of the school. As people begin to fall under Kyogoku’s spell, he covertly manipulates his followers and pushes aside anyone who gets in his way. With the school almost completely under the control of Kyogoku, only one boy seems unaffected—Seki. Does Seki have what it takes to save everyone from the clutches of mind control?

Psycho-Pass The Movie

Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $34.95/$39.95
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: Film
Runtime: 113 Minutes

Psycho-Pass The Movie is set in a futuristic Japan. The Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. Using extensive surveillance and biological monitoring to gauge the likelihood that individuals will commit a crime, the police are able to use weapons called Dominators to remove potential criminals from the population before they become a problem. Confident with the success of the System within their own borders, the Japanese government has begun to export the technology to other countries, planning to ultimately spread the System across the globe.

When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System’s security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger? Find out in the feature film of critically acclaimed series PSYCHO-PASS.

Shonen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 49- Complete Season 1

Format: DVD
Price: $59.95
Dubbing: Japanese
Episode Count: 13 Episodes
Runtime: 325 Minutes

Fifteen years ago, the legendary idol group Shonen Hollywood broke the hearts of thousands of adoring fans when they retired at the height of their popularity. Now, a new group of boys has arrived at the famous Hollywood Tokyo Theater hoping to become the next generation of the famed super group. They have the looks, but will they have the drive and courage to stay optimistic in the face of an industry laced with false fronts and broken dreams?

Take an introspective look at the world of idols, and follow rising stars Kakeru, Makki, Shun, Kira, and Daiki as they train day and night – sacrificing the best years of their lives – for the chance to live forever as famous idols.

Your Lie in April Part 2

Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $59.95/$69.95
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: 10 Episodes
Runtime: 250 Minutes

Summer passes and Kaori spends more time in the hospital than school. After much struggling, Kousei comes to realize that he’s onstage now because of the people who support him. Playing the notes that they all gave him, Kousei pours his entire soul into his performance so that it will reach Kaori.

Yurikuma Arashi Complete Series

Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Price: $59.95/$69.95
Dubbing: English/Japanese
Episode Count: 12 Episodes
Runtime: 300 Minutes

From Kunihiko Ikuhara, the director of Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena, comes a beautifully animated, allegorical tale of love, loss, and bear attacks – Yurikuma Arashi.

In a world divided between humans and hyper-intelligent, man-eating bears, Kureha attends an all-girls school and holds onto a simple wish—to spend the rest of her life with her classmate and soul mate, Sumika. But after a secret rendezvous ends in tragedy, Kureha vows to never back down on her love and put a bullet in any bear she meets.

As she plots her revenge, the bear-attack body count begins to rise and two strange girls transfer into Kureha’s class. She doesn’t know it yet, but the girls who call themselves Ginko and Lulu are actually criminal bears in disguise! As they try to win Kureha’s heart , an army of high school girls gears up to go to war with all of bear-kind and anyone else who stands up for love. At this rate, getting the yuri seal of approval from an interdimensional tribunal of cool, beautiful, sexy judges is going to be the least of their troubles.

Madman Entertainment Open Pre-Orders for August 2016 Anime Release Slate