Siren Visual’s ‘Chihayafuru’ Box Set Has Disappeared From Their Website
Siren Visual announced in early March that they would be releasing a Chihayafuru box set. It was given a broad release window of April 2016. Siren Visual has just removed the page for this release from their website. The announcement on their home page is still there, but the link included in that announcement no longer goes to the product page. Online retailers had yet to list this release on the...
Siren Visual Teases Three New Anime Acquisitions
It’s been fairly quiet on Siren Visual’s front lately but the Aussie anime publisher has just let slip on three title acquisitions on its Facebook page; Chihayafuru 2, The Devil is a Part Timer and Queen’s Blade: Rebellion. Chihayafuru 2 sees Chihaya and her friends in their second year of high school as they welcome new underclassmen and compete against formidable rival schools ...
Anime Roundtable: The Evolution of Card Games Anime
Welcome to Anime Roundtable, where the CC Anime writers get together and discuss a certain topic around a table that may or may not be round or even exist. This time our topic of discussion is ‘the evolution of card games anime’. Luke: The card-games anime genre is one that we have seen come in many different shapes and forms. It all began with the series Yu-Gi-Oh which popularized the...
Chihayafuru Part 2 Review
Chihayafuru Part 2 Studio: Madhouse Publisher: Siren Visual Format: DVD Release Date: September 19th, 2013 Price: $49.95 – Available Here Overview What is poetry? Is poetry simply pretty words arranged in pretty ways or it something much deeper than that? Chihayafuru is an anime series that explores poetry at length, no not the kind with pretty words, it is all about the poetry of life. Ther...
WIN – Chihayafuru Part 2
Episode 22 of CC: Anime is now live. Each month, thanks to our good friends and sponsor Siren Visual, we will be giving away a prize in a monthly competition held through CC: Anime. To win, listen to the podcast for the question and once you have an answer email it in along with your name and address to anime@capsulecomputers.com. At the end of the month, a winner will be randomly selected from th...
Chihayafuru Part 1 Review
Chihayafuru Part 1 Studio: Madhouse Publisher: Siren Visual Format: DVD Release Date: July 18th, 2013 Price: $49.95 – Available Here Overview In the current anime landscape, sports anime are a dime a dozen. The genre is undoubtedly tried and true, but after a while many of them tend to blur together. In a landscape so cluttered with the same old sports anime, how does one stand out? Well it&...
WIN – Chihayafuru Part 1
Episode 20 of CC: Anime is now live. Each month, thanks to our good friends and sponsor Siren Visual, we will be giving away a prize in a monthly competition held through CC: Anime. To win, listen to the podcast for the question and once you have an answer email it in along with your name and address to anime@capsulecomputers.com. At the end of the month, a winner will be randomly selected from th...
CC Anime Episode 20 – Chihayafree!
Welcome to another episode of CC: Anime, Capsule Computers Anime Podcast! In our twentieth episode, the CC: Anime crew discuss the latest anime and manga news, our thoughts on the digital manga revolution, what we think of the Summer season, as well as answering your questions. We also have a prize giveaway of Chihayafuru Part 1 on DVD thanks to our sponsor Siren Visual, find out how to enter here...
Siren Visual licenses Chihayafuru
Siren Visual have quietly announced through their Facebook page that they will be releasing the popular Madhouse anime series Chihayafuru at some point this year. While no further details have been confirmed for the release of Chihayafuru it is surely exciting news for fans in Australia that Siren Visual have licensed the title. They have confirmed however that they will be giving away a volume of...
Luke’s Winter 2013 Anime Picks
With the Winter 2013 anime season well and truly upon us, myself and Travis Bruno have decided to share our picks for this season. Of the many series slated to air this Winter, I find myself not seeing any obvious standouts. Instead I see a few good shows with potential. These are the series that I will be watching this season of anime: Maoyu: An epic Tolkien styled fantasy anime? Count me in! One...
Chihayafuru Gets Second Season
The 17th volume of Chihayafuru has been released this past week in Japan and the volume’s wrap-around has revealed that Madhouse has green-lit a second season of the anime series. The first anime series lasted 25 episodes and was animated by Madhouse. The series follows a girl by the name of Chihaya who has a great passion for the Japanese card game Karuta. It had a run on Crunchyroll which ...