Funimation recently acquired the popular anime series Fairy Tail for dubbing and distribution. The series follows the adventures of the Fairy Tail Guild in a world of Wizards (a broad term for magic-users). Funimation today announced the main cast for the series which includes some of their all-star voice...

For the past week and a bit, I’ve been travelling around Japan, visiting all the cool places to taking in some fantastic sights. One such sight is electronic stores. (yes I get very excited when I see those) So while shopping at Yodobashi Kamera in Kyoto (similar to Best Buy in US, or Harvey Norman in...

Madman has brought Manga to the MS Readathon. That’s right starting this year, Madman will be supporting the MS Readathon’s novel challenge, by providing Manga as a reading source. Kid’s will be able to add up all the Manga they read during the month with friends and family members...

If you were one of the elite 1000 people who liked Siren Visual’s facebook page back in May, you should be receiving your coveted noitaminA sampler DVD in your mailbox in the coming days, if you haven’t already. The DVD sampler features the first episode of Welcome to Irabu’s Office, The...

Japanese singer Gackt (yeah it’s not too nice to say) was recently announced to be guest starring as (yes you guessed it) a singer in the popular SKET Dance anime series. Gackt will play a singer named Dante who will be a part of the Kaimei Rock Festival story arc. He will perform a song under the...

Madman held their panel today at 11:30 am Sydney time. Fans not present at Supanova have been eagerly awaiting at their computers for any sign of the announcement to hit the web. Finally the announcement details have surfaced. Madman has announced today that they have acquired the following...

There has been a lot of Gundam related news lately and that trend looks to be continuing with Bandai announcing a new arcade game called Gundam TRY AGE. Not much is known about the arcade game at this point other than that it will tie-in with the collectable trading card game. With the cards being used to...

Saint Seiya is one of the most critically acclaimed anime franchise’s worldwide. Although it has a much smaller fan-base in the western countries it still maintains a rapid community of fans. Bandai Namco games, have announced a new Saint Sieya game to be released this autumn in Japan for the...

Blazblue Continuum Shift II Published by: Aksys Games Developed by: ARC System Works Platforms: PSP (Reviewed), Nintendo 3DS Release Date: May 31, 2011 Price: $29.99 US Overview: If you have been following Arc System Works then you should know that the creators of the Guilty Gear franchise have been...

There were some big announcements from Siren Visual at Supanova Sydney today. With new anime out on DVD and streaming this upcoming anime season, Siren was definitely on the ball with these announcements. Here’s what was announced: Dennou Coil – Will be streaming on ANN this July and it’s...

Strike Witches Season 1 Producer: Gonzo Localized by: FUNimation, Madman Entertainment Genre: Ecchi, Action, Sci-Fi and Military Price: $44.99 US ,$59.95 AUS Overview: Ah… Strike Witches. The cover art itself would usually be enough to put off some of the more casual anime viewer. Strike Witches is an...

Bleach the Movie 2: The Diamond Dust Rebellion Tag Line: Execute Toshiro Histugaya! Produced by: Viz Media Run time: 90 minutes, Feature length film Language: English, Japanese Genre: Action, Shounen, Supernatural Available for purchase at Madman Online Store ($29.95) Overview: I went into Bleach the...

Jagex in conjunction with Hasbro are releasing an MMORPG following the Transformers universe in Tranformers Universe, releasing in 2012. The duo of companies has recently let us in on some assets that are related to the game, such as art and a video, which were also showcased at Botcon earlier this week. I...

Bleach: Soul Resurrección may not be coming out for a few months still but that doesn’t mean that websites like Gamestop aren’t already placing up product pages for the titles to help lure in early pre-orders. Now these product pages actually are a bit more helpful than usual because this time...

The first official footage of the highly anticipated Gundam AGE anime series has hit the web. It gives us an in depth look at the new series and gives us an idea of what to expect. We get to see the new Mobile Suits in action and a glimpse at the back story of Furitto (the father protagonist, of the...

The highly anticipated Gundam AGE series was announced to have a video game based upon it over a week ago now, but today after a Bandai Namco announcement we now have official confirmation of the game, it’s genre and who is making it. The game will be produced as many deduced by Level 5 game studios...

Susumu Yamaguchi, most famous for his work as the director of most of the Sgt. Frog movies and his work as an animator for previous Gundam series, in particular Gundam Seed, has been attached to Gundam AGE as the projects director. It was also recently confirmed that president of Level 5 gaming studio,...

  Sad news has come this past week with the death of japanese anime seiyuu (voice actress), Tomoko Kawakami. This news is quite heart-breaking to both the anime world and her fans. Many know the veteran voice actress as many different characters she has played over the years, such as Soi Fon from...

One Piece Collection 9 Tag Line: Deadly Desert Showdown! Produced by: Toei Animation Run time: 325 minutes in 13 episodes Language: English, Japanese Genre: Action, Adventure, Shounen, Comedy Available for purchase at Madman Online Store ($49.95) Overview: One Piece is the name of the treasure that will...

Rumours have been flying across the anime universe at the suggestion of Hunter x Hunter coming out of hiatus which has to date been going for longer than a year. The rumours began circulating when several book retailers added volumes #28 and #29 to their upcoming schedule, although the series has yet to...

As previously reported, a new Gundam series is in the works and today it was formally announced along with details on the series. It was announced that the new series will be called Gundam AGE and will be produced by Level 5 a game developer whom has previously worked on anime series such as Inazuma Eleven...

Join a plethora of Capsule Computers Editors and Contributors in a video journey across the Microsoft E3 Press Conference 2011. Listen on as LinkageAX, Mick Irving, Dustin, Alexis, Kyle, Matt Vella, Michael Marr AKA Spike and Luke commentate on the epic event and give various insights and impressions on...

Quite often you see people who claim anime is merely for children and does not hold any artistic merit. This is a misconception widely spread in Australia as amongst the most well known anime series in Australia are the likes of Pokemon and Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, which are aimed at children. Anime has an...

UPDATED!! Nintendo, in what was easily the greatest press conference in all of E3, revealed their latest console! This console is creatively titled the ‘Wii U’ and appears to be such an amazing device. Imagine this: You’re playing Super Smash Bros. on your TV and suddenly some douche...

Chobits Collection Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia), Funimation (United States) Platform: Blu Ray (Reviewed) Genre: Romantic Comedy, Science Fiction Audio: English and Japanese dubs Subtitles: English Classification: M15+ for sexual references and low level violence. Runtime: 675 minutes 24...

Madman has announced that they will be holding a Manga Stocktake sale, with copious amounts of manga marked down to below the $5 mark. With some even being as cheap as $1! With titles such as Black Cat, Dragon Ball, Absolute Boyfriend and One Piece on sale, this is certainly something you don’t want...