Random House Books Australia’s Manga Releases of April 15, 2015
Many manga fans in Australia import their manga from the U.S., and some even import manga from Japan. Madman Entertainment releases dozens of manga volumes a month in Australia, but Random House Books Australia releases several volumes of manga a month as well. Here is the list of manga volumes that they have just released in Australia: Prophecy Part 3 by Tetsuya Tsutsui Ajin Volume 4: Demi-Human ...
Genshiken Second Generation Premium Edition Review
Genshiken Second Generation Premium Edition Studio: Production I.G. Publisher: NIS America Format: Blu-ray Release Date: February 3, 2015 Price: $51.99 – Available Here Overview Trying to revive a series a few years after it previously ended can be a difficult task and one that is often not well received by fans of the original. Genshiken first began as a manga series that ran from 2002 to 2...
Genshiken Second Generation now available in North America
It has been over a decade since the first season of Genshiken was released and now in 2015 fans of the otaku college students can now pick up Genshiken Second Generation from NIS America. This slice-of-life anime follows the students in the “Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture” club at Shiiou University. Held together by their unique lifestyles and shared interests, the club...
Genshiken Second Generation to be released on February 3rd
About a year and a half ago NIS America announced the acquisition of the poorly named Genshiken Second Season and now the company has a release date for the title which has also been given a more fitting title of Genshiken Second Generation. Genshiken Second Generation will be released in North America on February 3, 2015 and will be given a premium edition that includes a sixty four page hardcove...
Genshiken Second Season licensed by NIS America
In a rather interesting license announcement, today NIS America revealed at Anime Expo 2013 that the company has acquired the rights to release Genshiken Second Season in North America. The reason that this is interesting is two-fold. First, the anime hasn’t started airing in Japan yet and is set to debut on July 6th and second, the 24 episodes of the original series were licensed by Media B...
Genshiken 2nd Generation Anime Opening Theme Confirmed
The opening theme song for the recently announced Genshiken 2nd Generation anime series has been confirmed. The official website of multi-talented singer/voice actress Sumire Uesaka announced that she will sing the series opening theme song. “Genshi, Joshi wa, Taiyō Datta” is the name of the song and it will as a single on July 10th, 2013 as both the full-length version of the song and...
Genshiken: 2nd Generation Anime Announced
Production I.G. have confirmed that an anime adaptation of the Genshiken: 2nd Generation manga is in the works with a projected premiere of Summer 2013. Tsutomu Mizushima, having previously directed the original Genshiken anime, has been tapped to direct this new project. Character Design and Animation Direction will be handled by Taniguchi Junichiro. Yokote Michiko will take on the role of Sound ...
Haruko Momoi announced as first guest for SMASH! 2013
The first guest for the Sydney Manga and Anime Show convention has been confirmed to be voice actress and singer Haruko Momoi. Haruko Momoi has played countless roles in anime, she is most well known for her performance as Feyris Nyanyan in popular science fiction anime series Steins;Gate. She has also known for her work in video-games with her role as Anise Tatlin in Tales of the Abyss being a cl...