While Australian anime fans can log into the AnimeLab video-on-demand streaming service to get their daily anime fix, to some like myself, there is still nothing quite like having ownership of an anime on DVD or Blu-ray. Madman Entertainment are still publishing series to home video platforms in Australia and New Zealand, and while not available to pre-order just yet, have confirmed a tentative line-up of releases for June 2021.
Following its Australian and New Zealand premiere last month, June 2021 will be headlined by the home video release of Studio Ghibli’s animated feature film Earwig and the Witch. This will be joined by the complete series of Asteroid in Love, the latter half of Persona 5 the Animation and the former Siren Visual classic Princess Resurrection.
Interested in reading more about each of these releases and perhaps planning out your purchase plans for the month? Keep scrolling down!
1Asteroid in Love
Type: Complete Series (12 Episodes)
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $64.95 RRP
Mira made a childhood vow that she would find an asteroid and name it after her stargazing friend, Ao. Now reunited in high school, they’ll bring their passion for astronomy to the Earth Sciences Club and help fulfill Mira’s promise!
2Black Clover
Type: Season 3 Part 3 (Episodes 121-129)
Format: DVD+Blu-ray Combo
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $49.95
One devil may be defeated, but the danger isn’t over yet. There are more out there, and the Black Bulls must find them. The Clover Kingdom fears an attack by the Spade Kingdom, and the Magic Knights reach out for help-and answers.
3Earwig and the Witch
Type: Complete Film
Format: DVD or Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $34.95 / $39.95
Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.
4Fate Series: Lord El-Melloi Ii’s Case Files [Rail Zeppelin] Grace Note
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $64.95
Waver Velvet from Fate/Zero returns as Lord El-Melloi II to a world of magical mystery and intrigue. Years after the Fourth Holy Grail War of Fate/Zero, Waver Velvet-the boy who fought alongside Iskandar, the King of Conquerors-has assumed the title Lord El Melloi II. In this position, he takes on myriad magical and mystical mysteries for the Clock Tower, the mecca of the magecraft world.
5Fruits Basket Season 2
Type: Part 2 (Episodes 39-50)
Format: DVD or Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $59.95 / $64.95
As Tohru grows closer to the Somas, she realizes that there’s more to the family than just a curse. Yet with her grandfather ill, will she be able to remain optimistic despite the overwhelming odds?
6Goblin Slayer Movie -Goblin’s Crown-
Type: Complete Film
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $34.95
At the request of the Sword Maiden, Goblin Slayer and his party head to the mountains in search of a noble’s daughter. After rescuing the girl from certain death, the adventurers devise a plan to infiltrate the dwarf fortress and destroy the goblin horde from within. However, when the goblin paladin arrives, a brutal battle begins.
7Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind
Type: Part 2 (Episodes 21-39)
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $69.95
With the Boss’ Stand and intentions revealed, Giorno Giovanna and Team Bucciarati set off to overthrow him in earnest. While their goal is just, defeating a power as horrific as Emperor Crimson’s requires they learn more about the man behind the Stand. The cost of information proves high when loyal allies perish, and dangerous new enemies appear. But new challenges create new opportunities, and a meeting with a stranger in Rome may prove to be the advantage Giorno and Team Bucciarati needs. It’s a race against time and fate to the Colosseum, with the winner gaining ultimate control of Passione.
8Kandagawa Jet Girls
Type: Complete Series
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $64.95
Rin Namiki’s greatest ambition is to follow in her late mother’s footsteps and compete in Kandagawa Jet Racing, where teams of girls on jet skis race while firing high-powered water guns to slow their competitors’ jets (and blow off their clothing!). But since there’s no jet racing in Rin’s remote fishing village, that means moving, all by herself, to a girls’ school in faraway Tokyo!
9Persona 5 the Animation
Type: Part 2 (Episodes 16-27) Limited Edition
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $109.95
Ren Amamiya is about to enter his second year of high school after transferring to Shujin Academy in Tokyo. A strange incident triggers the awakening of his Persona, and alongside his friends, he forms the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to change the hearts of corrupt adults by stealing the source of their distorted desires. Meanwhile, cases of psychotic breakdowns have been popping up one after another… Living their ordinary high school lives in Tokyo during the day, the group stalks the bustling metropolis of Tokyo as the Phantom Thieves by night. It’s time for the curtains to rise on this grand, picaresque story!
10Princess Resurrection
Type: Complete Series
Format: DVD
Audio: English and Japanese
Price: $69.95
No good deed goes unpunished, so when Hiro Hiyorimi tries to save a beautiful young woman from certain death, he ends up a bit dead himself! Pulled back from the grave to join Hime’s monstrous retinue of servants and sycophants, Hiro must now follow in the wake of carnage and destruction that trails his chainsaw wielding mistress as she battles the various rogue werewolves, vampires, zombies that make her life a living hell! She’s the ghoul your mother warned you about and she wants your body!