Anime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqkrIN90_bw Following Nippon Ichi Software America's acquisition announcement for Love Live! The School Idol Movie in North America, Madman Entertainment have confirmed they will also be screening and distributing the film in Australia and New Zealand. Like most of their anime...

Following their work on both seasons of Love Live! School Idol Project so far, Nippon Ichi Software America have confirmed that they will be making this series their third English dub project. Although no release dates have been confirmed, this means that in the near future, both first and season seasons of Love Live! will be released with dual audio (English and Japanese dub tracks). Surprisingly, the English dubbed version of Love Live! season one will only be available as a standard edition, without any of the Premium Edition goodies that the Japanese dubbed set received last year. Specific plans for season two, in addition to a release date for both, will be announced at a later date. Those looking to nab themselves the Premium Edition goodies however will be able to purchase a limited reprint of the Japanese dub only set in July 2015.

Although limited in specifics, Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment confirmed they will be bringing Mamoru Hosoda's latest feature film, The Boy and the Beast, to cinemas in Australia at some time in the future. This follows their DVD and Blu-ray releases of earlier Mamoru Hosoda works including Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Ku789_xVo While they have surprisingly bypassed releasing a Standard Edition set for Season 3, Nippon Ichi Software America have today confirmed they will be publishing a Standard Edition (DVD+Blu-ray Combo) set for Natsume's Bok of Friend's Season 4 beginning May...

Continuing to look forward into the latter half of 2015, North American anime publisher Sentai Filmworks have shared details on their planned line-up for August 2015. More information on each title in this line-up can be found below: Sakura Trick...

After acquiring the rights to and subsequently publishing other instalments in the series, Sentai Filmworks have today confirmed they now hold the rights to Season One of Hayate the Combat Butler. This is a license rescue from several years...

During their Supanova Pop Culture Expo panel today on the Gold Coast, Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment announced nine brand new anime acquisitions. These are all series which will be either or both added to their AnimeLab streaming service...

As it has done pretty much every year since first being held at the Sydney Showground in 2002, Supanova: Pop Culture Expo has once again begun its annual tour of Australia. 2015 will see six weekend shows being held...

In a special announcement made a couple of hours ago, Madman Entertainment confirmed they will be bringing Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' to Australian cinemas in late Winter 2015. While they have yet to confirm how many cinemas will be covered by this screening event, it has been confirmed that two language options will be available - English dubbing and Japanese dubbing with English subtitles.

North American anime publisher Sentai Filmworks have today confirmed they now hold rights to the anime Vampire Hunter D. The first in a series of films adapted from the light novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi between 1983 and the present day, Vampire Hunter D depicts a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland where pain and suffering run rampant, where vampires and their prey roam the earth. Toyoo Ashida (Fist of the North Star) served as the series' director, with a screenplay by Yasushi Hirano, character designs by Yoshitaka Amano, music from Tetsuya Komura and animation production by Ashi Productions.