Next Wednesday (7 September 2022) is the day that Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment will be releasing brand new Blu-ray anime releases onto store shelves. In total there are 10 new releases encompassing 10 series/seasons, headlined by the home video release of The World Ends with You the Animation, an adaptation of the popular 2007 action-RPG from Square Enix and Jupiter.
You can read more about each of the September 2022 releases from Madman Entertainment below, and can order them either directly from the publisher or your local retailer of physical anime releases.
1Back Arrow – Season 1
The Wall covers, protects, cultivates, and nurtures the land of Lingalind. One day in Edger, a man named Back Arrow appears with no memory.
Crash landing without clothes or memories, Back Arrow sets out to return to his home beyond the World Wall. However, his arrival puts the small village of Edger at the center of a war. Now, he must fight back using a mecha powered by personal convictions.
©Goro Taniguchi, Kazuki Nakashima, ANIPLEX/BACK ARROW COMMITTEE
2Haikyu!! Complete Season 1
Haikyu returns for the first time on Blu-Ray!
After seeing the little giant of Karasuno, Shoyo Hinata has only had volleyball on his mind. Unfortunately, his first match ends in defeat by the King of the Court, Tobio Kageyama. Now at Karasuno, Hinata is hoping to beat his majesty in a rematch. There’s just one problem: Kageyama is also attending the same high school! Can he beat the prodigy? Or will their rivalry take the team to new heights?
© H. Furudate / Shueisha, “HAIKYU!!” Project, MBS All Rights Reserved.
3Haikyu!! Complete Season 2
Passions burn, and tempers flare as the fuse is lit for HAIKYU!! 2nd SEASON!
The boys of Karasuno High’s volleyball team aren’t letting a heartbreaking defeat hold them back. Now setting their sights on the Spring High Tournament, the team heads to a training camp in Tokyo. While everyone is advancing their skills the duo of Hinata and Kageyama look to perfect their signature quick attack. Fueled by passion and playing with the will to win, the crows take flight once again!
© H. Furudate / Shueisha, “HAIKYU!!” Project, MBS All Rights Reserved.
4Hortensia Saga – The Complete Season
The Kingdom of Hortensia must contend with violent betrayal and monsters as war erupts in the once-peaceful country.
For years, Hortensia relied on its vassal states for protection. But when one of them revolts, it throws the land into chaos. Keeping order are the country’s knights, but a new storm of violence heralds war. Is it too late to avoid a future born of blood?
©Hortensia SAGA Project
5Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan – The Complete Season
Gather ‘round, it’s time for an existential crisis! On TV, Uramichi and his coworkers play cheery characters on a children’s program. But between the ABCs and 123s, they keep revealing the dark truths of adulthood. Remember, kids—life is exhausting!
©GAKU KUZE,ICHIJINSHA/“URAMICHI ONIISAN” Production Committee. Licensed by Funimation Global Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
6Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club – The Complete Season
Let’s Fly Past That Rainbow
Nijigasaki High School is known for their diverse subjects and the freedom they give to students. Second-year student Yu Takasaki has been turned on to the charms of school idols, so she knocks on the door of the School Idol Club with her friend, Ayumu Uehara. Sometimes friends, sometimes rivals, the members of this club each contribute their own thoughts and motivations to the group.
©2020 PROJECT Lovelive! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
7Moriarty the Patriot – Part 1
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world!
© Ryosuke Takeuchi, Hikaru Miyoshi / SHUEISHA, Moriarty Project 2020
8Taisho Otome Fairy Tale – The Complete Season
Shima Tamahiko has been exiled to the country because of his disability, but the sudden arrival of an arranged bride upends his lonely life.
Tamahiko is a self-proclaimed pessimist who’s been exiled to the countryside by his wealthy family because of his disability. When Yuzuki, his arranged bride, suddenly arrives on his doorstep, her cheerful demeanor slowly brightens Tamahiko’s lonely life.
©Sana Kirioka/Shueisha,Taisho Otome FairyTale Production Consortium. Licensed by Funimation Global Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
9The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 – Season 2
Five times the gain. Five times the pain.
Futaro already has his hands full with the quintuplets, but when his first love shows up out of nowhere, things get even more complicated. From costumes to competition, how each of the sisters tries to win him over may just seal their fate—and his!
10The World Ends with You the Animation – The Complete Season
Based on the hit game from Square Enix, Neku awakens in The Underground where he must compete to survive—or be erased from existence.
Welcome to the Reapers’ Game. You have seven days to survive. This becomes Neku’s reality after mysteriously dying. In a new plane of existence with no memory, he must compete in a contest to be brought back to life or lose and be erased from existence.
©SQUARE ENIX/The World Ends with You Project