Today in Sentai Filmworks title acquistion; The Book of Bantorra. Following a long list of recent license acquisitions from Sentai Filmworks comes yet another announcement of The Book of Bantorra being picked up for digital and bilingual DVD release later this year. Sentai have made a name for themselves...

NIS America has been very aggressive ever since the start of 2012 when it comes to licensing anime. This includes picking up multiple series that just began airing in Japan as well as acquiring a few older anime as well. Today NIS America has revealed that they have picked up the rights to the 2010 anime...

Fans of the female fighting anime Ikkitousen series and those who like the Bakuman. series will be sad to hear that the company that was meant to localize these titles and bring them to North America has now put these releases on indefinite hold. The company who owns the rights to these titles is Media...

The full introduction video of the upcoming fighting game based on the Persona universe has been released by Atlus. Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena is a fighting game being developed by BlazBlue and Guilty Gear developer, Arc System Works. It will be a 2D fighting game in much similar vein to other...

Funimation Entertainment have announced that they have acquired the license for magical girl series Pretear. The 13 episode series was previously dubbed and released throughout North America by the now defunct ADV Films. It was recently released in Australia by Madman Entertainment, which Capsule...

Kuroko no Basuke (otherwise known as Kuroko’s Basketball) is a manga series by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, that focuses on a high school basketball team looking to making it to Nationals. It was announced last year that the manga would be receiving an anime adaptation in the Spring 2012 season. We now have a...

Because the Playstation Portable is still going strong in Japan, the recent anime series Phi Brain: Puzzle of God will be getting a video game adaptation for the handheld console. Phi Brain is an anime about a group of genius teens who solve puzzles and battle against ‘givers’ of the POG...

Sentai Filmworks have today confirmed that they have acquired the license for Getbackers, the 49 episode action anime series focusing on professional ‘get backers’ who recover stolen possessions. The series was previously handled by the now defunct ADV Films who had released the series on DVD in...

Unfortunate news was revealed today for Bleach fans everywhere. In this year’s 10th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine it was announced that Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga would be entering its final story arc and would be completed once it has finished. This would bring a close to...

Pretear Complete Collection Studio: Gonzo Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD Release Date: Out Now Price: $49.95 – Available Here Overview Pretear is an anime series published by Madman Entertainment over here in Australia. The DVD set collects the complete collection of 13 episodes that fill the...

It was revealed in the recent issue of Jump Square Magazine that the stage play adaptation of the recent popular manga/anime franchise, Ao no Exorcist, will be happening in 2012. Also, with regards to the upcoming movie of Ao no Exorcist, it was revealed that the assistant director of Spirited Away (Studio...

It was reported by online retailer, Right Stuff, that anime publisher, Funimation, has delayed the release of two upcoming anime DVDs. First off is Fairy Tail Part 4, which was originally scheduled for a release on February 28 2012, but will now be released on March 20 2012. The other delay is for the...

There are two ways to play a fighting game, and most hardcore fans of the genre will know that the best way to play some of these titles is with a fancy joystick that would provide the extra arcade feel that they love. Now while joystick are great on their own, themed ones are even better. 7sixty has...

Konami have released the first ever gameplay trailer for Fairy Tail: Zeref Awakens on the Playstation Portable. The new trailer which can be seen below shows off various characters playable in the game as well as multiple features such as Guild creation, costume creation and team creation. There is an...

In a rather surprise acquisition, Sentai Filmworks has announced today that they have picked up the license for Zettai Karen Children, an anime which aired back in 2009. They plan on releasing the original 51 episodes as well as the OVA on DVD with subtitles only later this year. While some may be...

Night Warriors: Darkstalker’s Revenge Studio: Madhouse Publisher: Madman Format: DVD Release Date: January 11, 2012 Price: $29.95 – Available Here Overview: Video-game adaptations are an often hit and miss affair. When it comes to adapting such an interactive experience into something that...

.hack//Quantum Studio: Kinema Citrus Publisher: FUNimation Format: Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Release Date: February 14, 2012 Price: $29.98 – Available Here Overview: The .hack series has been around for nearly a decade and over that time we have seen multiple video game series produced as well as a...

Earlier today at the Perth WAI-CON convention, Madman Entertainment announced several license acquisitions. The follow titles were announced by Madman at WAI-CON: Digimon Adventure 02 Towa no Quon Okami-san and her Seven Companions FREEZING Guilty Crown It is definitely great news to see new titles being...

The recent issue of Famitsu magazine show of some new screens for the upcoming and highly anticipated PlayStation Vita RPG, Persona 4: The Golden. The game is an enhanced port of the original PlayStation 2 release and is set to feature several new features and enhancements. These latest batch of screens...

Japanese gamers may be expecting Arc System Works’ Persona 4 based fighting game, Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena to be released to consoles sometime in the summer, however they won’t have to wait that long because Andriasang is reporting that the game will be available in Japanese...

That’s right, the dream team of Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno have joined forces once again. This time they are teaming up on an adaptation of the popular Monthly Flowers Magazine manga called Sakamichi no Apollo. Many know Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno for their work on the infamous Cowboy...

Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions also known as, Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi, is set to be released on April 3rd by FUNimation but we still don’t know what characters will be voiced by what English voice actors. Or at least we didn’t until today because FUNimation has revealed the...

Sengoku Bakara: Samurai Kings Season One Studio: Production I.G. Publisher: FUNimation Format: Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Release Date: February 7, 2012 Price: $49.98 – Available Here Overview: Now while most western movies that are created by using a video game as a source they usually end up turning...

It was previously announced that Heaven’s Lost Property would be getting a third season. A trailer for said third season has now decided to flap it’s wings and plant it’s feet on the virtual ground known as the internet. The new trailer for the third season can be seen below....

NamcoBandai recently unveiled a short teaser trailer called Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past, a video game based on the highly popular anime franchise of the same name. Players will take control of Conan himself, a young teenage Detective trapped inside the body of his own child form. The game will...

Ninja Nonsense Complete Series Studio: Ufotable Publisher: Siren Visual Format: DVD Release Date: January 19, 2012 Price: $39.95 – Available Here Overview: The ninja genre is ripe for the picking when it comes to jokes about the more ridiculous side of the genre. Ninja Nonsense is a series that sets...