Anime

Following their acquisition announcement of Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea, US-based video game and anime publisher Nippon Ichi Software America have announced that the Premium Edition release for the second season of YURUYURI is now available for preorder via their...

After many video game releases and announcements over the past months, US-based anime publisher Nippon Ichi Software America have announced their acquisition of the anime series Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (Nagi no Asukara // 凪のあすから), which has just about finished...

Yesterday Aussie anime publisher Madman Entertainment announced their 12 Announcements of Christmas (#12AnnouncementsOfXmas), where over the next 12 days they will be announcing 12 different anime acquisitions for release in 2014. Along with the announcement, they confirmed their acquisition...

Sasami: Magical Girls Club is Funimation Entertainment's attempt at breaking into the market of younger "magical girl" series fans, much like my generation was brought up on Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon.

Magical Meow Meow Taruto is a series that feels like it is being targeted towards fans of catgirls that don't mind a few innocent storylines being strewn in with an actual plot.

Be warned that while there is much cutesy fun to have, the episodes do feel more targeted and younger audiences and the bite-sized episodes mean both comedy and development have little chance to shine. This is not aided by the fact that the series is episodic in nature - although occasionally carry a theme across.

While this may differ between regions, it seems like Hello Kitty has found more prominence in the fashion and accessory industry as of late, rather than for its range of rather nice all-age friendly anime series and other educational...

Following the trend set by Siren Visual and Hanabee Entertainment, Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment have announced that until midnight tomorrow, using the coupon code XMAS2013 will net you 20% off all non-preorder purchases. Not sure what to get for...

Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment have announced that to celebrate the Christmas season, over the next 12 days they will be announcing one anime acquisition per day. So be sure to check The Otaku's Study daily to find out...

hile there are a few references in other aspects of the .hack media franchise, .hack//Liminality is one you could comfortably skip and not risk missing out on much. However if you do get your hands on a copy of the series, it serves as an interesting tie-in across platforms and does add an additional dynamic to the world during the events the games - with are usually only covered in brief in-game news prompts at most.