Madman Entertainment has announced that they’ve picked up the Australian rights for a new winter 2016 anime series with Pandora in the Crimson Shell Ghost Urn. Being that it’s still airing they don’t have any actual information on a release, format, or what’s actually involved at the moment since it’s possible that the feature film may or not be included as well. The series will have a dub with it however as Funimation is currently producing a Broadcast Dub version for streaming, which Madman is also likely to stream.

The Japanese cast includes Sanae Fuku as Nene Nanakorobi, Manami Numakura as Clarion, Atsuko Tanaka as Uzal Delilah, Junpei Morita as Buer, Satsumi Matsuda as Buri, Rie Murakawa as Bunny, Marie Miyake as Takumi Korobase, Tetsu Inada as Robert Altman, Junichi Suwabe as Ian Crutz and Maria Naganawa as Eimi Giliam.

The English language adaptation was directed by Jerry Jewell based on scripts from lead writer Samuel Wooley. James Baker, Brian Leonard, and Jose Sandoval served as the ADR engineers for the series. The main cast includes Megan Shipman as Nene, Lara Woodhull as Clarion, Monica Rial as Uzal, Sonny Strait as Buer and Leah Clark as Bunny.

The manga was recently licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. It comes from creators Masamune Shirow and Koshi Rikdo. With Shirow writing and Rikdo illustrating, it’s a strange and surreal piece just from the cover artwork alone that you can see on the right. The series began back in October 2012 in Kadokawa Niconico Ace with several volumes published so far.

Shirow is well known for his many creations over the years, from Appleseed to Ghost in the Shell, and Rikdo gained fame with Excel Saga, which ended in 2011 and had a very popular anime adaptation for North American fans.

Plot concept: In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and major world powers compete for technology and resources, the divide between rich and poor grows and the future for the poor looks bleak. In this transitional stage, everyone wanders around in a self-indulgent daze and the way out isn’t clear… This is the story of how two cybernetically enhanced girls meet.

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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