Eager to start the year off with some new physical anime releases in your hand? Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment will this month, on 13 January 2021, be releasing a collection of 23 new home video collections across 19 different anime seasons.
All the titles, listed below, will be available to purchase directly from the Madman Entertainment Online Store or your favourite retailer of anime. If you reside in New Zealand, please visit your regional website, as some dates may differ slightly from Australia.
1Actors: Songs Connection
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray Only
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes across 12 Episodes
Brand new transfer student Saku Otonomiya arrives at an exclusive academy that might be hiding a mysterious secret within its walls. As Saku becomes friends with his fellow classmates, his secret talent for singing is revealed. With his abilities known, he learns to embrace his talent and comes together with his friends to prepare for the annual singing competition.
2Black Clover Season 3 Part 1
Type: Episodes 103-112
Format: DVD+Blu-ray Combo
Price: $49.95
Runtime: 250 Minutes across 10 Episodes
As the elves pursue the Clover Kingdom, hell-bent on destroying humankind, Asta discovers that his newest sword may just be the key to stopping them—and keeping human souls from being lost to the underworld forever!
3Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Type: Episodes 80-92
Format: DVD or Blu-ray
Price: $49.95 / $54.95
Runtime: 325 Minutes across 13 Episodes
Beaten, battered, and stinging from Mitsuki’s rejection, Boruto and friends seek help from an unlikely source–Ohnoki! However, this cranky old master is as stubborn as a stone! But Boruto has his ways, and soon finds out there’s more to Ohnoki than meets the eye as they delve into his past and find some surprising revelations about this legendary Kage!
4Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray or DVD+Blu-ray Limited Edition Combo
Price: $64.95 / $109.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes across 12 Episodes
Goddess Ristarte, the savior of the super hard-mode world Gairbrunde, summons a hero to her aid. The hero, Seiya Ryuuguuin, holds the cheat-rank status, but he is ridiculously cautious. For instance, he would buy three sets of armor: one to wear, a spare, and a spare for the spare. Beyond keeping an absurd amount of item stock, he remains in his room for muscle training till he reaches the max level and fights slimes at full power just to stay on the safe side.
5Clannad & Clannad After Story
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $119.95
Runtime: 1,225 Minutes across 49 Episodes
Sometimes all it takes to change your life forever is a chance encounter. Since the death of his mother, Tomoya has distanced himself from his abusive father and seems on a path of self-destruction. Nagisa’s poor health has left her a year behind in school, but she longs to restart the now disbanded Drama Club. In an impulsive moment, Tomoya agrees to help her and they soon find themselves joined by others in desperate need of support and emotional healing.
Join the Club and meet the ambitious Tomoyo, who dreams of becoming class president; Kotomi, a troubled genius with a secret past; and the mysterious Fuko, whose disassociation with the world is so severe that she seems to be fading away as the sentimental, the surreal and the supernatural merge together in the acclaimed anime classic Clannad!
6Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
Type: Film
Format: DVD or Blu-ray
Price: $29.95 / $34.95
Runtime: 94 Minutes
Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with partner Digimon. An unprecedented phenomenon occurs and the DigiDestined discovers that when you grow up, your relationship with your partner Digimon will come closer to an end. As a countdown timer activates on the Digivice, they realize that the more you fight with their Partner Digimon, the faster their bond breaks. Will you fight for others and lose your partner? The time to choose and decide is approaching fast. There is a short time before “chosen children” will become adults. This is the last adventure of Tai and Agumon.
7Dragon Ball Z: Season 1
Type: Limited Edition, Complete Season
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $79.95
The last survivors of a cruel, warrior race, these ruthless villains have carved a path of destruction across the galaxy, an now they have set their sights on Earth! They will stop at nothing until they have the wish-granting powers of the seven magic Dragon Balls for their very own.
With the fate of his family, friends, and the entire human race hanging in the balance, Goku, the Earths greatest hero, must rise to meet the approaching threat. As he prepares for the fight of his life, Goku embarks on n epic journey that will take him to other worlds, pit him against new and old enemies alike, and force him to confront the dark secrets of his own past. At the end of this path, the most powerful opponent he has ever faced awaits: the evil Saiyan Prince Vegeta!
8Dragon Ball Z: Season 2
Type: Limited Edition, Complete Season
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $79.95
Having suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Saiyans and with Goku still recovering from his injuries, the remaining Z-Fighters must embark on a perilous journey to Planet Namek in search of the Namekian Dragon Balls. Unbeknownst to them, however, a powerful new enemy has set his sights on the same prize – the ruthless tyrant Frieza!
9Dragon Ball Z: Season 3
Type: Limited Edition, Complete Season
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $79.95
All seven Namekian Dragon Balls have been assembled, and the dragon Porunga has been summoned! Goku and his loyal friends must stop Frieza from making his wish for immortality. To defeat this monstrous foe, a Super Saiyan must emerge.
10Ensemble Stars Part 2
Type: Episodes 13-24
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes across 12 Episodes
Yumenosaki Private Academy is the premiere school for male pop idols and where dreams come true. The boys of Trickstar have been training their hearts out despite being one of the newer groups on campus. They’ve earned their rank thanks to winning the DDD. Now that their revolution has succeeded, the next stage awaits along with Yumenosaki Private Academy’s rival school.
11Harukana Receive
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes Across 12 Episodes
Haruka is a high schooler, raring and ready, to start her summer break! But when she and her new roommate, Kanata, are challenged to a game of beach volleyball, it’s time to don their bathing suits and serve up some punishment—if only they knew how! Together, they’ll learn to play off each other’s strengths and find out what it means to be a team both on and off the court!
12Human Lost
Type: Film
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $34.95
Runtime: 110 Minutes
In 2036, a revolutionary medical treatment conquers death, but only for the rich. Yozo Oba makes a trip to see how they live but learns that life without death has awful side effects. Now he faces the monsters plaguing the world, including himself.
13Hunter X Hunter (Part 4)
Type: Episodes 89-118
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $79.95
Runtime: 750 Minutes across 30 Episodes
Man is no longer the dominant species. The Chimera Ants are evolving at blistering speed, making them more and more powerful! Infused with fantastic Nen abilities, the interspecies war escalates dragging in the strongest hunter of them all, legendary Chairman Netero! Gon, hopeful to find a way to restore Kite, and Killua have joined the fray and are facing ever increasing, arduous battles.
14ID: Invaded
Type: Complete Series
Format: DVD+Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD+Blu-ray Limited Edition
Price: $69.95 / $109.95
Runtime: 325 Minutes across 13 Episodes
Meet Sakaido, a brilliant detective who solves cases by entering the world of the killer’s unconscious mind: the id well. In the shadows of brutal and puzzling cases lurks John Walker, the Serial Killer Creator. Where will Sakaido’s pursuit lead?
15Kakuriyo – Bed & Breakfast for Spirits
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $79.95
Runtime: 650 Minutes
Aoi is swept away to the hidden realm when a handsome ogre lord comes to take her as his wife! He claims that she must pay back her grandfather’s debt, but Aoi’s not willing to give her hand over so easily and makes a deal to work at the Tenjin-ya.
16Kemono Michi
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes over 12 Episodes
When a princess summons a pro wrestler into her world to fight monsters, the unexpected happens – he opens a pet shop to save them instead! Join Genzo and the gang on this quirky adventure as he seeks to carve out a peaceful life with his new friends.
17Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life
Type: Complete Second Season
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 325 Minutes across 13 Episodes
From having only one member to now having seven, the koto club has grown a lot. But while the team has evolved, their loss at the music festival means they have a long road ahead – especially, if they want to make their dreams of making it to nationals a reality. These underdogs are ready to find their sound as they navigate school, koto practice, and their relationships with one another.
18Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-Sou
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 300 Minutes across 12 Episodes
At odds with his masculinity, Aki Shiina moves to Tokyo to attend a new school, but his new living situation has taken a rather interesting turn. Now he’s the only boy living with three older female classmates and has a voluptuous dorm caretaker.
19Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Price: $64.95
Runtime: 325 Minutes across 13 Episodes
The world is filled with elves, dwarves, vampires, homunculi, and humans. It’s a time of peace until Nine stirs up chaos. To stop them, the police have created Special 7, and Seiji is a new recruit with ties to Nine’s previous airport attack.
