May 27, 2010

BLACK LAGOON - ROBERTA’S BLOOD TRAIL COMING JULY 17

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Japanese site renewal for Black Lagoon now focuses on the 3rd Season of the popular series, and it also includes the OVA release schedule of July 17, 2010 for Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail OVA. The third series was announced that it would be coming to Blu-ray during this year’s Tokyo Internation Anime Fair by GeneonUniversal. The limited edition Blu-ray comes with an original sleeve illustrated by Rei Hiroe, original soundtrack CD including the opening them Secret, and a booklet.

SOURCE: Saishin Anime Joho / activeAnime

May 24, 2010

APPLESEED

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  Main Feature Special Features
Video 1080p High Definition 16:9 480i Standard Definition
Audio DTS 5.1 English & Japanese
Dolby Digital 5.1: English & Japanse
Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitle English  
Rating TV 14 NR
Running Time 105 minutes  
Released By: Sentai Filmworks
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Review Date: May 24, 2010
Reviewed By: Rommel Salandanan
You have not seen “Appleseed” until you’ve seen it in High-Definition Rating: ★★★★☆ 

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May 11, 2010

HEROMAN BLU-RAY ANNOUNCED

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Walt Disney Studio Japan announced that Stan Lee’s original television anime, Heroman, is coming to Blu-ray in Japan on August 18, 2010. The first two episodes of the original anime will be included in the first volume, and promotional video, non-credit opening and closing animation, 2010 Tokyo Anime Fair Kick-off event video will be part of the special features. The limited edition comes with a special illustrated box that will hold all three volumes. The disc is coded in MPEG-4 AVC with Linear PCM for its audio.

SOURCE: AV WATCH IMPRESS 

YAMATO ANIME FEATURE FILM BD/DVD/UMD RELEASE DATE PUSHED BACK

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Announced sometime in March of this year, the theatrical anime Uchu Senken Yamato: Fukkatsu Hen (Space Battleship Yamato: Yamato Rebirth) release date has been pushed back from July 14 to July 23, 2010 due to various circumstances. In addition, the alternate ending in the Blu-ray/DVD version has been scrapped from the special features, thus making the total running time of 59 minute extra feature down to 49 minutes.

SOURCE: AV WATCH IMPRESS

May 3, 2010

TSUBASA SEASON ONE

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  Main Feature Special Features
Video 1080p High Definition 16:9 480i Standard Definition
Audio Dolby TrueHD 5.1: English
Dolby Digital 2.0: Japanese
Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitle English  
Rating PG NR
Running Time 640 minutes  
Released By: FUNimation Entertainment
Release Date: November 17, 2009
Review Date: May 5, 2010
Reviewed By: Scott Campbell
You have not seen “Tsubasa Season One” until you’ve seen it in High-Definition Rating: ★★★★★ 

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