Nekopara and BOFURI Anime to Stream on FUNimation
FUNimation has announced that they have acquired the licenses to stream both the Nekopara anime as well as BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt so I’ll Max out My Defense when they begin airing in Japan with English subtitles with an eventual English dub being produced and streamed at a later date. The Nekopara anime will begin airing on January 9th and is an adaptation of the popular visu...
Snow White with the Red Hair Season 2 Review
Snow White with the Red Hair Season 2 Studio: Bones Publisher: Madman Entertainment / FUNimation Entertainment Platforms: DVD (reviewed) / Blu-ray Release Date: June 7, 2017 Price: DVD $59.95 – Available Here / Blu-ray $69.95 – Available Here Overview Shirayuki is invited by Prince Raj to spend one week at Castle Shenizard in Tanbarun to thank her for the advice she gave him during his...
Space Dandy Complete Series Review
Space Dandy Complete Series Studio: Bones Publisher: Madman Entertainment / FUNimation Entertainment Platforms: DVD (reviewed) / Blu-ray Release Date: April 5, 2017 Price: DVD $59.95 – Available Here / Blu-ray $69.95 – Available Here Overview Space Dandy is a dandy guy… in space. Along with his outdated robot partner QT, he spends his time hunting for unregistered aliens. If they...
Masako Nozawa to Appear at Supernova Melbourne
We don’t report on too many live events here at Capsule Computers but for a guest as big as this we make an exception. Masako Nozawa herself will be making the journey to Melbourne, Australia to attend the Supernova Pop Culture Expo on April 29 and 30. I may be wrong on this but I believe this is Nozawa’s first public appearance (at least in the last decade) and given her age it could ...
Snow White with the Red Hair Season 1 Review
Snow White with the Red Hair Season 1 Studio: Bones Publishers: Madman Entertainment / FUNimation Entertainment Platforms: DVD (reviewed) / Blu-ray Release Date: February 8, 2017 Price: DVD $59.95 AUD – Available Here / Blu-ray $69.95 AUD – Available Here Overview Shirayuki is a herbalist living in the kingdom of Tanbarun. One day, Tanbarun’s notoriously pathetic prince, Raj, dec...
Worth a Damn: My Hero Academia
In this video, I’m proud to announce a new series for Capsule Computers called Worth A Damn, where I quickly talk about an anime which is absolutely worth watching. It’s not quite a review, it’s more-so a strong recommendation for each series. In this episode of Worth A Damn, I talk to you about My Hero Academia; an anime adaptation of a Shonen Jump manga with growing popularity ...
‘Gosick’ Part 1 Coming with English Audio in May from FUNimation
Earlier this week, FUNimation Entertainment teased an announcement relating to the anime adaptation of Gosick. It has now been revealed that FUNimation has acquired the home video distribution rights to the series and will be dubbing it into English. Episodes 1-12 will be released as Part 1 in a DVD and Blu-ray combo pack on May 30, 2017. The textless opening animation and textless ending animatio...
FUNimation Acquires the Live-Action ‘Black Butler’ Film
FUNimation Entertainment announced earlier today that it has acquired the home video distribution rights to the live-action Black Butler film adaptation. The film will be released in a DVD and Blu-ray combo pack on May 2, 2017. FUNimation is dubbing the film into English, so viewers who purchase this upcoming release will have the option of watching it with English audio selected or with Japanese ...
‘Free!’ Season One to Be Re-released in the U.S., Now With an English Dub
FUNimation Entertainment announced via social media a few hours ago that Free! Iwatobi Swim Club is being re-released in North America. They are producing an English dub for the first season and have partnered with Crunchyroll to release it on DVD and Blu-ray in July this year. FUNimation stated that they will be releasing more titles as a result of this partnership in the future. Crunchyroll anno...
FUNimation to Release ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ Anime on Home Video
FUNimation Entertainment announced just a few hours ago that they have acquired the rights to distribute the first season of The Seven Deadly Sins on home video in the U.S.A. and Canada. They will release it sometime this year. There are 24 volumes of the ongoing manga version, which is written by Nakaba Suzuki. The 25th volume of the manga is scheduled for release in Japan in just over a month. K...
Prison School Review
Prison School Studio: J.C. Staff Publisher: Madman Entertainment Platforms: DVD (reviewed) / Blu-ray Release Date: January 11, 2017 Price: DVD $59.95 – Available Here / Blu-ray $69.95 – Available Here Overview Kiyoshi, Gakuto, Joe, Shingo and Andre are the first and only boys admitted into the now co-educational Hachimitsu Academy. Not before long, the boys decide to peek into the girl...
1995 ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime Film to Play in U.S. Theaters Next Month
FUNimation has just announced that they are partnering with Lionsgate to return the 1995 anime film Ghost in the Shell to theaters for two days next month. It will be screened at 110 U.S. theaters on February 7 and 8, 2017. All screenings on February 7 will present the film with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles, while all screenings on February 8 will present the film with the Eng...