Madman Entertainment made some announcements at the Manifest convention this weekend and managed to land some rather interesting material that will have people overseas perking up and paying attention to. The company hit up numerous new license announcements over the convention with Code Geass: Akito the Exiled and Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc being two shows that have not found North American release partners yet. The company has a lot of material on tap and continues to add things, though we’re curious to see if their release of Inuyasha: The Final Act will mirror the Viz Media one which is also getting a Blu-ray release. Madman is set to release the third Naruto Shippuden movie on Blu-ray however.

The company is also getting some of its shows broadcast as they indicated that Star Driver will be debuting on Channel 31 Melbourne starting on September 3rd in Japanese with English subtitles. They’ll also be getting Oreimo broadcast later on.

CODE GEASS: AKITO THE EXILED

The brand new OVA series will be coming to Australian shores soon! Taking place at around the same time as the original CODE GEASS storyline but set in the European Union. Akito is part of a special forces unit of the E.U and must fight off an invading Britannian army. Full release details are to be finalised.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: THE WILL OF FIRE

The third NARUTO SHIPPUDEN movie! This will be released in December on both DVD and Blu-Ray

INUYASHA THE FINAL ACT

After much delay, we are finally able to bring you the exciting conclusion to the INUYASHA series! This will be released across two half season sets in 2013.

EUREKA SEVEN AO

The brand new EUREKA SEVEN series! The story is set on Okinawa’s isolated island of Iwado, which has seen a growing movement advocating a return to an autonomous government. Ao Fukai, a 13-year-old boy with a missing father, lives on the island with an old doctor named Toshio and is about to enter middle school. Ao’s mother was taken away a decade ago by unknown individuals. Naru Arata, Ao’s 13-year-old childhood friend and the story’s heroine, lives with her father, older sister, and grandmother. She has a “Yuta” power awakened within her due to an incident when she was young. A mysterious entity called “Secret” suddenly appears and launches an attack on the Scub Coral lifeform on the island. Ao launches a certain military FP called “Nirvash” aboard a Japanese military transport in his fervent desire to protect the island.

RUROUNI KENSHIN: NEW KYOTO ARC

Told from the perspective of Misao Makimachi, this alternate retelling of the Kyoto arc chronicles the adventures of wandering swordsman Kenshin Himura and his quest in putting a stop to the evil Makoto Shishio and his plot to take over Japan.

HAGANAI

Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica’s Academy and he’s having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly mistake him for a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered loner of a classmate, Yozora, while she’s talking to her imaginary friend, Tomo. Since neither of them have any friends, they decide to form a club and start recruiting some. Little by little, lonely classmates join their club to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But, with so many misfits, will the club members really be able to get along?

MICHIKO & HATCHIN

Hatchin is a girl raised by strict foster parents who has long given up her dreams of freedom. Michiko is a sexy criminal who escapes from a supposedly inescapable prison. When she suddenly enters Hana’s life, these two very different women set off on a journey across a lawless land in search of a missing man from both their pasts.

HIGH SCHOOL D X D

Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he’s got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel. To top it all off, he’s later reincarnated as a devil by his gorgeous senpai who tells him that she is also a devil and now his master! One thing’s for sure, his peaceful days are over. In a battle between devils and angels, who will win?

ARIA THE SCARLET AMMO

Kinji is a junior at a high school for mercenaries. He just wants to be normal, but his secret condition—he turns into an ace killer when he’s turned on by the female form—triggers a fiery transfer student’s unrelenting desire to make him her partner.

Chris Beveridge http://www.fandompost.com Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since. He likes to write a lot, as you can see. See author's posts

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