Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds Details Nagakura, Sanan, and Yamazaki
Earlier this month Idea Factory International announced that Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds would be available in the West in May and now the company has released a new batch of English screenshots and spent a little bit of time detailing some of the new bachelors that players will be able to romance in this remastered PS Vita version of the original game. This includes Shinpachi Nagakura, Keisuke Sanan, an...
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds Launching in Mid-May
Idea Factory International has announced that they are planning on releasing Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds both physically and digitally on the PS Vita on May 16th in North Ameriaca and May 19th in Europe. At launch the game will also be compatible with the PlayStation TV if you wish to go that route. For those unfamiliar with Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds, it is a remastered telling of the original visual novel th...
This Tuesday From Sentai Filmworks: Angels, Chunibyo and Demons
This coming Tuesday, the 13th of December, 2017, will see Sentai Filmworks releasing three anime titles in North America. The Angelic Layer Complete Collection will be available on Blu-ray. All 26 episodes are presented with dual audio and English subtitles. Commentaries with the actors and the director, production artwork and the textless opening and ending animations are included as on-disc extr...
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds Heads West in Spring 2017
Fans of the Hakuoki series will be happy to hear that the franchise still has some life in the West, though this case it happens to be in the form of a remaster. Idea Factory International has announced plans to localize and release Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds in North America and Europe sometime in Spring 2017 for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV. Featuring the original Japanese dub with English ...
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom – Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky Review
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom – Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky Studio: Studio Deen Publisher: Sentai Filmworks Format: DVD, Blu-ray (Reviewed) Release Date: Available Now Price: $39.98 USD – Available Here Overview Just a few months ago fans of the Hakuoki series were able to pick up the first in a pair of films that would cover and alter the events of the first two seasons of the anime. ...
What Sentai Filmworks Is Releasing in August 2016
Sentai Filmworks has seven titles coming out on DVD and Blu-ray in North America next month. The first of these releases will be available in just a few days. All of the following releases, except for the Hakuoki release, contain their respective textless opening and ending animation sequences as on-disc extras. August 2, 2016: Gourmet Girl Graffiti. Episodes 1-12 are featured with Japanese audio ...
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom – Wild Dance of Kyoto Review
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom – Wild Dance of Kyoto Studio: Studio Deen Publisher: Sentai Filmworks Format: DVD, Blu-ray (Reviewed) Release Date: June 28, 2016 Price: $39.98 USD – Available Here Overview The Hakuoki franchise has flourished in Japan since it first started as a series of games that were released back in 2008 and later ported to many other platforms. This otome series has b...
Sentai Filmworks Reveals Its October 2016 Release Schedule
Sentai Filmworks has just announced its October 2016 release schedule. There are eight titles to be released in that month. October 4, 2016: Re-Kan! Complete Collection – DVD and Blu-ray. This release contains all 13 episodes with Japanese audio and English subtitles. The suggested retail prices are $49.98 and $59.98 respectively. October 11, 2016: Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Sea...
What Sentai Filmworks Is Releasing in June 2016
Sentai Filmworks is releasing a variety of anime titles on home video in North America this month. This list details all of those releases. June 7, 2016: Medaka Box Complete Collection. This will be released on DVD and Blu-ray with dual audio options. On-disc extras include the Jump Festa promo, teasers, home video spots and the textless opening and ending animation. Wake Up, Girls! The Movie. Thi...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses ‘Flying Witch’ and the Second ‘Hakuoki’ Film
Sentai Filmworks announced two new licenses this week. The first acquisition is the new anime series Flying Witch. It has just begun broadcast in Japan on Nippon TV. It is based on Chihiro Ishizuka’s manga series, which is serialised in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. The series “follows the adventures of 15-year-old Makoto Kowata, a teen witch whose only talent (currently) is bei...
Sentai Filmworks’ June 2016 Release Schedule Has Been Revealed
Sentai Filmworks has added their June 2016 release schedule to their online release calendar. Eight releases are set to come out in North America in that month. The following titles are not yet available for pre-order from Sentai Filmworks’ online store. And Yet the Town Moves Complete Collection. This will be released on Blu-ray for the first time in North America with Japanese audio and En...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses ‘Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Floating Blossom: Wild Dance of Kyoto’
Sentai Filmworks has just announced their acquisition of the North American distribution rights to the film Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Floating Blossom: Wild Dance of Kyoto. The film is based on the popular game and anime series Hakuoki. Sentai Filmworks licensed other Hakuoki anime in 2012. They provided a synopsis of the film: “Chizuru Yukimura heads to Kyoto in search of her father, a doctor ...