Anime

Another month is on the horizon, and with it, the release of new anime and manga titles from our two main companies, Madman Entertainment and Siren Visual. As with last month, I will be posting the title and description...

Title: When they Cry - Part 1: Episodes 1 to 13 Alternative Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, When Cincadas Cry, ひぐらしのなく頃に Published by: Siren Visual (Australia), Geneon (US) Based on: The Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Visual Novel series by Ryukishi07. Audio:...

Title: Welcome to Irabu's Office - Complete Series (Episodes 1 - 11) Alternative Titles: 空中ブランコ / Kūchū Buranko Produced by: Toei Animation Published by: Siren Visual (Australia / New Zealand - WORLD FIRST!) Based on: Psychiatrist Irabu Series Audio: Japanese dub Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Full-Frame Runtime:...

I know Hyperdimension Neptunia isn't out yet (The banner will be replaced on the 18th, or I will make one for Ar Tonelico III), however I thought I would change the banner to represent something that has been long...

Title: CLANNAD - Part 2 – Episodes 13 to 24 Alternative Title: ク ラ ナ ド Published By: Siren Visual (Australia) Based On: Clannad by Key / Visual Arts Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1 Runtime: 300 minutes Cost: $AUD 49.95...

Title: Red vs Blue Revelation - Season 8 Created by: Rooster Teeth Published by: Siren Visual (Australia) Based On: The Halo Series by Bungie for the XBox, XBox360 and PC Audio: English Subtitles: No subtitles from what I could tell Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9?) Runtime: 90 minutes...

As you may have noticed, most of the titles I have reviewed over the last few weeks have been well.... modern or have some sort of happiness / warm fuzzy feeling. Taking a different type of anime this time left me with Casshern Sins, which was released last week by Siren Visual in Australia. This series has very little of the happiness element within it, instead uses more of a depressive and "end of the world" storyline to try and tug at the emotion of the viewers, and attempt to deliver a storyline that tries to captivate them through the people Casshern meets, as well as his own issues. Almost every story in the first part does not have a happy ending and you are left questioning more and more as the episodes go on. Personally, this was a big change for me since I have never really watched animes in this genre before, so was it any good? Read on for my review of Casshern Sins!

Here is just a quick notice stating some of the newly announced anime series that will be hitting Australian stores soon! Hopefully within a few months at least. Madman Thanks to the AnimeNewsNetwork for reporting this, but at the Wai-Con 2011,...

Title: DuRaRaRa!! - Part 1 Episodes 1-9 Alternative Titles: デュラララ!! Published By: Siren Visual (Australia), Aniplex (US) Based On: The Durarara!! light novel series by Ryohgo Narita Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Full Frame, Original Ratio Runtime: 220 Minutes over 2 Dual-layered...

Title: Girls Bravo Collection Alternative Title: GIRLSブラボー Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia), Funimation (US) Based on: Girls Bravo manga series by Mario Kaneda Audio: English and Japanese dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: Full Frame Original Ratio Runtime: 600 minutes over four DVD's Cost: $AUD 69.95 from Madman...