Manga UK Confirms Madoka Magica for Blu-ray Release

Manga Entertainment UK has today confirmed, via Twitter, that popular Magical Girl TV Series Madoka Magica, will be getting the Blu-ray treatment in the UK.

I'm happy to confirm we will release Madoka Magica on 3 disc DVD and Blu-ray on 22-Oct. DVD is £29.99 RRP and BD is £39.99

Maga Entertainment UK's Blu-ray release of Madoka Magica will feature the complete 12 episode tv series over three Blu-ray Discs in one Blu-ray case, which is great for UK fans considering that the American and Australian releases of Madoka Magica have been sold in individual volumes at a very expensive price.

MangaUK also pointed out that the 'Store Retail Price' of Madoka Magica is £39.99, so online prices will most likely be cheaper than the in-store price, such as is the case with previous Blu-ray releases such as the recent Bleach and Naruto Movies.

Pre-orders for Madoka Magica will start to appear online within the next few weeks, however the Blu-ray (and DVD) Boxset is not released until 22nd October 2012.

Ouran High School Host Club: Complete Collection (Anime Classic) - REGION FREE

Ouran High School Host Club: Complete Collection (Anime Classic)
Region: A and B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

-- Boxart states Region B Compatible

Price: $28.85 / £18.59 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 26 ( 3 Disc Set)

Plot: Ouran Academy: An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury.

Haruhi began the year as an out of place scholarship student, but she's found new popularity as a member of the Host Club.

Playing the part of a sensitive suitor and wooing the ladies of the school has become a full-time job. Of course, now that Tamaki and the other boys can no longer deny the charms of her girly side, life feels more like a storybook daydream.

New Anime Blu-ray UK Releases (28/05/12)

After a short period without any new Anime Blu-ray Releases in the UK, the past month (and upcoming months) are going to be rather busy - since last week Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society Blu-ray was released and upcoming next month is Angel Beats and Broken Blade on Blu-ray.

Return to the present and we find that Manga Entertainment UK, in partnership with Kaze UK, has today released the first three Bleach Movies on Single Blu-ray discs across Britain.

I've seen the first two films on Blu-ray, from Kaze-Fr, so i expect the quality and menus to be exactly the same (since the versions by Kaze-Fr had English Dub Track and English Subtitles). Both films had superb picture quality and 5.1 Surround Tracks. Either way today all three films are available to purchase from UK Stores and online retailers.

Bleach: The Movie - Memories Of Nobody -> £15 (Amazon UK / HMV UK) £17.99 (Play UK)
Bleach: The Movie - Diamond Dust Rebellion -> £15 (Amazon UK / HMV UK) £17.99 (Play UK)
Bleach: The Movie - Fade To Black -> £15 (Amazon UK) £17.99 (Play UK) £20 (HMV UK)

Black Lagoon UK Blu-ray Release Date Confirmed

According to this weekends MCM Expo the Black Lagoon Blu-ray Boxset is expected to be released on the 9th July in the UK, however pre-orders have yet to appear online.

Well today one curious Anime fan, Simonm094 tweeted to Manga Entertainment asking if the release date was correctly printed in the Magazine and Manga UK replied stating that the date printed in the MCM Expo Magazine was indeed correct. Thus confirming that Black Lagoon Collection will be released on Blu-ray in the UK on 9th July 2012.

So UK Fans, not only are we getting the Bleach Movie Trilogy on Blu-ray this coming monday which fills out the rest of May, but we will also be getting Roujin Z and Angel Beats in June and now confirmed is Black Lagoon Blu-ray Boxset. Looks like the UK Anime Blu-ray Market is starting to pick up.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - OVA Collection (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) Unboxed

FUNimation will shortly be releasing the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection into America and since i have recieved mine earlier i have decided to take some pictures of the set unboxed.

The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection will be available, in stores, in America from 22nd May 2012, however if you order it online you may have recieved it early, like i did.

This particular Blu-ray  / DVD Combo pack consists of 1 Blu-ray Disc and 1 DVD Disc, each containing the same material with 4 15 Minute long OVA's and 16 2-3 Minute long digital comic therater episodes making up the entire OVA Collection.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - OVA Collection (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - REGION LOCKED

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - OVA Collection (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)

BD Region: A (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

DVD Region: 1 (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

--Confirmed via Disc tests on UK PS3 and UK Blu-ray Player (Boxart states Region A/1 Only)

Price: $12.96 / £8.05 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 4 + 16 Digital Comics (2 Disc Set)

Plot: Amazing secrets and startling facts are exposed for the first time in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection, a new assortment of stories set in never-before-seen corners of the FMA universe.

Join Ed and Al as they chase rumors of successful human transmutation into a web of shocking family drama and lies. Sneak a glance at hidden sides of Winry and Hawkeye's personalities. Survive the frigid north with a young Izumi Curtis as she fights to gain a deeper understanding of alchemy. Explore the legendary friendship shared by Mustang and Hughes and watch them grow from military school rivals into hardened brothers transformed by the horrors of the Ishvalan War.

You thought you knew the whole story. You thought all the tales were told. The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection offers proof: You were wrong.



***NOTES***

Manga Entertainment UK has recently confirmed that they will be releasing this Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection into the UK on Blu-ray on 22nd October 2012. A Price for the UK Set has yet to be revealed.

Squid Girl: Complete Season 1 Collection - REGION FREE

Squid Girl: Complete Season 1 Collection

Region: A and B (Confirmed playable within the UK)
--Boxart states Region A Only (however EeepersChoice has confirmed it Region B Compatible)

Price: $43.64 / £26.42 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 12 + OVA (2 Disc Set)

Plot: Foolish land-born air breathers: behold the terror from the depths, the tentacled conqueror of humanity - Squid Girl! With your pollution and stuff you really deserve it, so prepare for menacing, inky doom!

Squid Girl has come from the depths of the sea to conquer humanity for its pollution of the ocean. Within moments of arriving on the surface world, our easily distracted little invertebrate is promptly bullied into working for the Aizawa sisters as a waitress, supplying their restaurant with squid ink. If poor Squid Girl can't handle two pushy Japanese girls, how will she ever subjugate the human race?

Tsubasa: OVA Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition) - REGION FREE

Tsubasa - OVA Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition)

Region: A and B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)
-- Boxart states Region B Compatible

Price: $15.93 / £9.92 (Exclude Postage)

Episodes: Tokyo Revelations 1 - 3
                 Spring Thunder 1 - 2
                 (1 Disc Set)

Plot: Tokyo Revelations: After visiting countless realities, Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, and Kurogane finally learn the truth behind their shared fate. The shadowy villain responsible for scattering Sakura's memories is exposed, and the four friends endure twists and turmoil unlike any they've ever encountered. Impossible sacrifices, both emotional and physical, must be made.

Spring Thunder: When Fai is dealt an incredible wound, Kurogane takes shocking steps to save the wizard from death. The warrior's efforts will connect them forever. In a savage urban wasteland, Sakura's survival is far from guaranteed as she boldly takes action like never before. Indeed, nobody is safe - and the quest's noble hero is in the greatest danger of all. Syaoran must face his fiercest foe yet: himself. One Syaoran is a clone. The other is real. When a brutal battle erupts between the two, it is Sakura who suffers most. Prepare for the unexpected. Nothing is as it seems. Everything you know about Tsubasa changes now.

Guin Saga: Complete Collection - REGION LOCKED

Guin Saga: Complete Collection

Region: A (Not Playable within the UK)
-- Boxart states Region A Only

Price: $50.95/£31.68 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 26 (4 Disc Set)

Plot: On the run from an army that destroyed their kingdom, the twin heirs to the Parros throne must avoid a magical land filled with incredible dangers.

They are surrounded on all sides-by warring armies, an apelike tribe of desert creatures called the Sem, and the ruthless Langon clan. Giant sandworms, glowing, malevolent creatures, and powerful wizards mastering in the dark arts threaten them at every turn. If they were alone, they would surely perish.

But in a dark forest, they are discovered by a mysterious stranger, a powerful warrior wearing a cursed leopard mask he cannot remove. His name... is Guin. He becomes their protector and companion, though he remembers nothing of his life before meeting these young runaways.

Together, they begin a treacherous quest to find safety for the royal twins-and the answers to Guin's secret origins. Based on the bestselling novels, this magical, animated epic is now available in one complete, sweeping set!

Infinite Stratos: Complete Collection - REGION LOCKED

Infinite Stratos: Complete Collection

Region: A (Not playable within the UK)
-- Boxart states Region A Only

Price: $39.96 / £24.85 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 12 + OVA + Music CD (3 Disc Set)

Plot: Ten years ago, the development of the revolutionary Infinite Stratos powered exoskeleton changed the world's balance of power overnight.

Unfortunately, while the distribution of IS systems to every nation on Earth HAS ushered in a new era of peace, the fact that only women have thus far been able to pilot the Stratos systems has sent the relationship between the XX and XY-chromosomed halves of the human race into a spiraling tailspin!

So when fifteen-year-old Ichika Orimura is suddenly discovered to be the first male with the ability to control an IS, whatever plans he might have had for his own future are tossed out the window even as he's thrown to the wolves and enrolled at the otherwise entirely female Infinite Stratos Academy by order of the Japanese government! It's One Boy Vs. All the Girls as Ichika get taken for a ride on some serious heavy metal in INFINITE STRATOS - The Complete Collection!

Manga UK Confirms Blu-ray Release of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection

Manga Entertainment UK has today confirmed that the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection, which consists of four different OVA Episodes and a Digital Comic Collection, will be released into the UK later this year.

The News comes direct from MangaUK's official Twitter account, stating that not only will the OVA Collection be released in the UK, but it will also be released as part of a Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack.

At the same time as the Twitter announcement MangaUK Shared more details about the OVA Collection's content on its official Facebook page:

We are happy to announce that we will be releasing Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OVA and Digital Comic in the UK as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack in October. Aiming for 22-Oct street date. Will be online to pre-order by end of May we hopefully. This is the same release as the Funimation version in the US. Includes 2-discs, 4 x OVAs and the entire digital comic series.

The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection consists of four different and unique episodes that fill in gaps left over from the TV Series, such as an episode that explains how Izumi (aka Ed and Al's Teacher) survived on the cold harsh mountains for a month during her training.

The OVA Collection will contain the following Episodes:

- OVA 1: The Blind Alchemist
- OVA 2: Simple People
- OVA 3: Tales Of The Master
- OVA 4: Yet Another Man's Battlefield

In Addition to these 4 Episodes a Digital Comic Collection, which can be viewed on the disc, will also be included.

The Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVA Collection will be released on DVD as well as a Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack on 22nd October 2012

Okami-san and Her Seven Companions: Complete Collection - Limited Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - REGION FREE

Okami-san and Her Seven Companions: Complete Collection - Limited Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A and B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

DVD Region: 1, 2 and 4 (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

-- Boxart states Region B and 2 Compatible

Price: $34.99 / £21.67 (Excludes Postage

Episodes: 1 - 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)

Plot: Ookami Ryouko is a spunky and, by some accounts, rather manly high school girl. She is tall, speaks in a traditionally masculine way and is very proficient in fighting. Ookami-san's best friend is the small and high-pitched voiced Akai Ringo.

Ookami and Ringo are members of the Otogi Bank, a club in Otogi High School that assists students with their problems in return for their assistance on a different problem at a later date. The Otogi Bank is able to solve any problem and will go to any lengths to do so, often leading the members to danger or mayhem.

Since most of the members of the club are female, another male is needed for the more dangerous assignments. Thus, the scopophobic (the fear of being looked at) Morino Ryoushi is inducted as a member, right after he confesses his love for Ookami...

The Legend Of Legendary Heroes - Part 2 (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - REGION FREE

The Legend Of Legendary Heroes - Part 2 (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)

BD Region: A and B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

DVD Region: 1, 2 and 4 (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

-- Boxart States Region B and 2 Compatible

Price: $35.99 / £22.24 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 14 - 25 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)

Plot: The dynamic partners Ryner—a remarkable magician feared as an unstable monster—and gorgeous swordswoman Ferris return home after abandoning their original mission to save a child bearing the Alpha Stigma curse.

While the citizens of Roland faithfully follow King Sion, a darkness begins to consume him. Unexplained abductions, murders and whispers of human experiments haunt the kingdom while the mystery of Ryner’s enigmatic power unfolds. An inevitable conflict between two friends erupts as an evil force commands one to destroy the other.

All the while, a distant country with crucial knowledge of the ancient legends prepares to attack. Will Ryner be able to save his best friend—or himself—from the black

The Legend Of Legendary Heroes - Part 1- Limited Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - REGION FREE

The Legend Of Legendary Heroes - Part 1- Limited Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)

BD Region: A and B (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

DVD Region: 1, 2 and 4 (Confirmed Playable in the UK)

-- Boxart States Region B and 2 Compatible

Price: $34.99 / £21.62 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 13 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)

Plot: Ryner is not your typical soldier. Cursed with a mysterious, deadly power - the Alpha Stigma - he has been called a monster his entire life. His beautiful partner, Ferris, is a lethal warrior with wits as sharp as her blade.

Together they search for the Hero Relics - mystical artifacts that give their owners devastating supernatural abilities - to help their king give hope to a country plagued by political corruption. When they cross arms with a pair of dangerous hunters who wield several of the ancient armaments, Ferris faces Ryner in his most volatile state.

As enemies wait in the shadows and blood is spilled amidst a constant threat of mutiny, for these heroes, one more could spark a war.

Black Butler: Complete 2nd Season - Limited Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - REGION FREE

Black Butler: Complete 2nd Season - Limited Edition (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)

BD Region: A and B (Playable in the UK)

DVD Region: 1 (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

-- Boxart States Region B Compatible

Price: $41.99 / £25.90 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 12 (2 Blu-ray & 2 DVD)

Plot: When last we saw dear Sebastian, he was poised to feast on the ripened soul of his young master. Unfortunately for the debonair demon, there’s a new butler in town…
Enter Claude Faustus, a malevolent manservant uninspired by the drab flavor of his own contracted master, Alois Trancy. This pedestrian lad holds no allure for Claude, so the bespectacled butler sets his sights on a finer delicacy from the menu of the damned. None other than Ciel Phantomhive. And so begins a devilish dance of death starring crow and spider.

The demonic duel rages beyond the limits of good taste, culminating in a debaucherous maze of madness pitting butler against butler. Sebastian and Claude: two ravenous rakehells filled with the power of darkness and locked in a macabre battle for the soiled soul of the young master they so long to savor/devour.

Black Butler: Complete 1st Season (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - REGION FREE

Black Butler: Complete 1st Season (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)
BD Region: A and B (Playable in the UK)

DVD Region: 1 (Confirmed NOT Playable in the UK)

-- Boxart States Region B Compatible

Price: $41.99 / £25.90 (Excludes Postage)

Episodes: 1 - 24 + 2 Bonus Episodes
                (2 Blu-ray & 3 DVD)

Plot: Ciel Phantomhive is the most powerful boy in all of England, but he bears the scars of unspeakable suffering.

Forced to watch as his beloved parents were brutally murdered, Ciel was subsequently abducted and violently tortured. Desperate to end his suffering, the boy traded his own soul for a chance at vengeance, casting his lot with the one person on whom he could depend: Sebastian, a demon Butler summoned from the very pits of hell.

Together, they’ll prowl the darkest alleys of London on a mission to snuff out those who would do evil. They’re a rare sight, these two: the Butler who dismembers with dazzling cutlery – and the Young Master who carries the devil’s marking. Rest assured that wherever they may be headed, it’ll be one hell of a ride.