It’s a new month, meaning that Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment have once again looked forward two months, confirming and making available for pre-order the shows they will have available on DVD and/or Blu-ray during April 2017.
April 2017 will see Madman Entertainment offer a little bit of everything – some new releases, some complete collection re-releases, a couple of new volumes in multi-part releases and even a series that’s previous seasons were handled by another publisher.
Get out those pens, and begin checking off what you might wish to purchase from Madman Entertainment in April 2017. Orders can be made either via the company’s official website, or through your local anime retailer where available.
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1. Assassination Classroom
Release Type: Season 2 Part 1
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $59.95 / $69.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes
It’s time for second term, and the assassination classroom is ready for a semester filled with intense training, studying, and new ways to kill their teacher. But even their most creative plans are falling flatter than a two-ton pudding. That is, until a powerful student decides to come back to class! Koro Sensei’s days may finally be numbered. As their skills grow, so does their confidence. But will this lead to a successful assassination or reckless missteps that land them in trouble They’ll have to keep their attitudes in check because a dangerous lesson with the Reaper awaits them. Not to mention clashing against A Class in another harsh round of midterms! Through it all, they’ll have to face a question more challenging than any final exam-do they save the world or save the world’s greatest teacher…
2. Attack on Titan
Release Type: Season 1 Collection
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $89.95 for Either Format
Runtime: 625 Minutes
Many years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls, but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
3. Charlotte
Release Type: Volume 1 (Episodes 1-7)
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $29.95 / $34.95
Runtime: 175 Minutes
In a very small number of young boys and girls, the onset of puberty brings with it special abilities beyond mortal ken. Yū Otosaka has one such ability and he uses his power to live a fairly normal, average school life. Suddenly in front of Yū a girl named Nao Tomori appeared and due to this chance meeting the fate of special power-users will be exposed.
4. Death Note
Above trailer reflects North American Blu-ray release of Death Note.
Release Type: Complete Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $99.95
Runtime: 975 Minutes
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects – and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal… or his life?
5. Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
Release Type: Complete Season
Format: DVD
Audio: Japanese
Price: $59.95
Runtime: 250 Minutes
Illyasviel von Einzbern’s life has become ridiculously complicated since the Kaleidostick Ruby convinced her to become a magical girl and join the quest for collecting the seven Class Cards. Since then, almost every day has brought a new surprise, from gaining new friends and partners like Miyu Edelfelt, to encountering her own magical twin!
One would think Illya deserves a little time off, right? No such luck: a trip to the beach quickly turns into a magical quest, and Illya finds herself caught in a string of magical feuds, encounters with love potions, an excursion into the world of “boys love” comics (plus the women who read them), and half a dozen other delirious diversions.
However, that’s only the warm-up for what might be her final mission: recovering the long-lost Eighth Card!
6. Phantasy Star Online 2 the Animation
Release Type: Complete Season
Format: DVD
Audio: Japanese
Price: $49.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes
Itsuki Tachibana is just one of the many students at the illustrious Seiga Academy. However, his life changes completely when the lovely Rina Izumi, Seiga Academy’s flawless student council president, hand-picks him to be her vice president! There’s just one catch: in order to completely fulfill his role, Itsuki must master the online game PSO2, or Phantasy Star Online 2! As Itsuki takes his first tentative steps into the game, little does he know the secrets that lie in wait for him…
7. Sailor Moon Crystal
Release Type: Set 2 (Episodes 15-26)
Format: DVD/Blu-ray/Limited
Audio: English/Japanese
Price: $59.95/$69.95/$99.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes
Sailor Moon and the other Guardians face a dangerous new foe… The Black Moon Clan! The Black Moon Clan hail from the mysterious Planet Nemesis, and seek revenge on the Crystal Kingdom. Can Sailor Moon stop them? And just who is this mysterious pink haired girl that also seeks the Legendary Silver Crystal?
8. Samurai Flamenco
Release Type: Complete Series
Format: DVD
Audio: Japanese
Price: $59.95
Runtime: 600 Minutes
Male model Masayoshi Hazama decides to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero, despite having no superpowers or the technology to create a high-powered suit. He becomes the hero Samurai Flamenco and begins to fight crime in the name of justice. No crime is too small for him!
Police officer Hidenori Goto finds out about Samurai Flamenco and his real identity by a twist of fate, which leads to him getting sucked into the crazy world of vigilante justice. These two young men will come face to face with the hardships of being crime-fighters while discovering what it truly means to be a hero of justice.
9. Shomin Sample
Release Type: Complete Series
Format: DVD
Audio: Japanese
Price: $49.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes
When average student Kimito Kagurazaka is suddenly kidnapped by a hoard of burly men, the last place he expects to end up is the elite Seikein Girls’ School! Now, surrounded by beautiful but totally sheltered girls, Kimito must deal with being their ‘Shomin Sample’-an example commoner for the girls to observe and learn from. But what’s the catch He has to trade in his thigh fetish for a faux love of muscled men if he wants to stay in this paradise… and keep his family jewels!
10. Space Dandy
Release Type: Complete Series
Format: DVD
Audio: English/Japanese
Price: $59.95
Runtime: 650 Minutes
Space Dandy is a dandy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come – first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!
