East to West Producer: Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS) Distributor: Madman Entertainment Release Date: April 3rd, 2013 Price: $39.95 – Available Here Overview: Covering from 10,000 B.C. to the nineteen hundreds, East to West attempts to map the history of the Middle East. It’s...

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 Studio: Sunrise Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: Blu-ray Release Date: April 17, 2013 Price: $59.95 – Available Here Overview What if one person had the ability to change the power balance of the world? Since its debut in late 2006, Code Geass is a...

  Blood-C Studio: Production I.G Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD, Blu-Ray (reviewed) Release Date: 17th April 2013 Price: $59.95 – Available Here Overview We all know that person, the upbeat optimistic type who loves life and slays monsters…OK maybe not. From the Blood franchise,...

SBS has delivered us our monthly bounty once again. This month (May, for those of you playing along at home) Madman Entertainment presents 3 new SBS series for you to get stuck into. For all the foodies The Gourmet Farmer – Season 3 follows Matthew, a chef looking to achieve self-sufficiency by...

As many of you probably know, several cities in Australia are hosting the Evangelion Art Expo in succession for the first time outside Japan. An assortment of production stills and sketches are being displayed and a bunch of cool, limited merchandise from Evangelion 3.0′s Japanese theatre screenings...

On the 11th of May, 2013, we had a chance to attend the ‘Evangelion Art Exhibition‘ at the Japan Foundation Gallery in Sydney’s Chifley Plaza. We were able to photograph the gallery in order to give you a look at what was on show at the gallery for Evangelion fans. The ‘Evangelion...

Dirty Business: How Mining Made Australia Studio: Renegade Films & SBS Australia Distributor: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD Release Date: 3 April 2013 Price: $29.95 – Available Here Overview As series director Jacob Hickey so declaratively says ‘The story of mining is the story of...

The Guther von Hagens Collection Producer: Firefly Film and Television Production & SBS Distributor: MADMAN Entertainment Platforms: DVD Release Date: January 9th, 2013 Price: $69.95 – Available Here Overview Every now and again you’ll encounter a show that you feel everyone needs to know...

We have 3 copies of Ace Attorney on DVD courtesy of Madman to giveaway. To win simply leave a comment below answering the following question and we’ll pick 3 lucky winners: What’s the word that Phoenix yells out while in the court room? We’ll pick 3 lucky winners on the 20th of May....

Ace Attorney Studio: NTV Publisher: Madman Format: DVD (Reviewed) Release Date: April 17th 2013 Price: $29.95 – Available Here Overview “Objection!” is just one of those words that fills you with excitement and joy IF you’re a Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney fan and why wouldn’t...

This month Madman Entertainment have some truly big releases coming. In particular Madman are reissuing several of TOHO’s greatest films, including the granddaddy of them all, the one and only Godzilla. In terms of Godzilla, fans can expect the long-awaited Godzilla: Millenium Collection which...

When it comes to the Australian Anime Industry, Madman Entertainment is undoubtedly the top-dog down under. With a multitude of events coming up, such as the recently announced REEL Anime 2013 festival, the Madman Cosplay Championship and of course the Evangelion Exhibition, we took the chance to speak with...

How much does being outside suck? Now you don’t need to know as SBS and Madman Entertainment are providing you with hundreds of hours of material to help burn the hours. Demonstrating their usual fare, SBS is providing a mix of top notch documentaries, dramas and infotainment styled programming for...

Sydney will be hosting the 2013 Evangelion Art Exhibition from Friday 10 to Saturday 18 May at the Japan Foundation Gallery, with thanks to Madman Entertainment. Along with the art and artifacts of the franchise, Yuko Miyamura, the voice of Asuka Langley, will be attending for a one-day event on Saturday 11...

Hellsing Ultimate Collection 2 Blu-Ray Studio: MadHouse Publisher: Madman Entertainment Release Date: Out now Price: $59.95 Available here Overview As many fans would probably know by now, Hellsing Ultimate, the well known and much loved successor to the original Hellsing anime series, recently made the...

Children Who Chase Lost Voices Studio: Comix Wave Films Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD, Blu-Ray (Reviewed) Release Date: March 20, 2013 Price: $39.95 – Available Here Overview: It is only on a rare occasion that a true masterpiece of a film comes along. Makoto Shinkai’s anime epic...

Announced during their panel at Supanova Pop Culture Expo Gold Coast, Madman revealed several new acquisitions. The series acquired are: My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU: “Hachiman Jikigaya is a antisocial high school student with no friends or girlfriend and as a result has a distorted view on life....

Madman announced their acquisition of 009 Re:Cyborg yesterday and scheduled it for this year’s REEL Anime cinema screenings. The announcement was made at the Gold Coast Supanova Pop Culture Expo and fed to their Facebook page. The film is a remake of of the classic Cyborg 009, and is set during a...

Rurouni Kenshin Studio: Studio Swan Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD, Blu-Ray (Reviewed) Release Date: March 20, 2013 Price: $34.95 – Available Here Overview: Some of you may know that this isn’t the first time I’ve been tasked with reviewing Rurouni Kenshin, a live-action...

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Collection 1 Studio: Kyoto Animation Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD Release Date: March 20, 2013 Price: $59.95 – Available Here Overview: Nichijou – My Ordinary Life is one of those special anime gems that come along once in a blue moon. It claims to be...

A rather spectacular promo video has been streamed ahead of Evangelion 3.0′s BD/DVD release on April 24, featuring the familiar Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The third film in the four-part rebuild project runs for 95 min with a bonus short included, the 10 min “Giant God Warrior Appears in...

Studio Chizu’s award winning animated film Wolf Children is screening throughout Australia this month. Thanks to Madman Entertainment and the Japan Foundation I was able to sit down with the director of Wolf Children himself Mamoru Hosoda to discuss the film itself, his thoughts on film-making, Studio...

Madman Entertainment will be bringing back their theatre screenings across Australia and New Zealand in late 2013, with the latest Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo leading the charge. Madman previously announced the movie during Supernova Pop Culture Expo in Melbourne. Four of some of the latest animated...

Infinite Stratos Studio: 8-Bit Publisher: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD (Reviewed), Blu Ray Release Date: March 20, 2013 Price: $59.95 – Available Here Overview Infinite Stratos began as a light novel series written by Izuru Yumizuru, with illustrations provided by Okiura, though the mantle of...

Dead Sushi Studio: Office Walker Inc. Publisher: Madan Entertainment Release Date: 4th November 2012 Price: $24.95 Available Here Overview Surely this section is redundant when the film is called “Dead Sushi.” It’s about zombie sushi, okay? Don’t ask too many questions. What you do...

Madman Entertainment have just announced Fate/Zero and Samurai Pizza Cats at the Supanova Pop Culture Festival in Melbourne. Fate/Zero is confirmed to be released with both English and Japanese voice tracks. Release dates for both titles are as yet unknown The Fate/Zero English dub is planned for North...