FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BOXSET BLITZ!
MELBOURNE , Friday, 16 June, 2006 – Fan favourites BEAST WARS COLLECTION 2, RANMA ½; SEASON 2 COLLECTION, SLAYERS OVA, INITIAL D COLLECTION 2, NEW FIST OF THE NORTH STAR and TEXHNOLYZE COMPLETE COLLECTION will be released as complete collections on Wednesday 26 th July, 2006. Now’s your chance to pick up these favourites as complete sets!
BEAST WARS COLLECTION 2
Packed with world exclusive extras and original Transformer character appearances and references, BEAST WARS COLLECTION 2 is an essential part of any TRANSFORMERS collection.
The benevolent Maximals led by Optimus Primal and the evil Predacons led by Megatron continue to wage war against each other in this much darker and more vicious second season, now available for the first time on DVD!
BEAST WARS COLLECTION 2 is a 3 DVD set.
RELEASE INFORMATION
Release Date: Wednesday 26 July 2006
Catalogue URL: http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=5767&method=view
DVD ‘WORLD EXCLUSIVE’ EXTRAS
- Seven exclusive episode commentaries
- “Soul of Beast Wars” in-depth story editors interview – exclusive 1hr feature!
- Behind the scenes doco with voice actor interviews and recording session outtakes
- David Kaye (Megatron) convention panel
- 3D animation tests & preproduction models
- 8 page booklet, including episode guide and essay
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
" An awesome addition to the TRANSFORMERS franchise. A must-own for any fan of the robots in disguise." -Official PlayStation 2 Magazine
RANMA ½ TV SEASON 2 COLLECTION
In RANMA’S second season we see the on-going storylines of Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo, their families and the introduction of even more of the series' zany cast of characters.
Get to know the infamous Golden Pair of the high school combat figure skating world; Mikado "Emperor" Sanzenin; Azusa Shiratori, the girl who gives anything "cute" a bad name (before taking it home); Sasuke, loyal ninja manservant to high school swordsman Tatewaki "Blue Thunder" Kuno; Cologne, the hundreds-of-years-old-leader of the same Chinese Amazon tribe that introduced the sassy Shampoo; Mousse, the nearsighted master of hidden weapons and all things avian; Happosai, lecherous master of both Ranma and Akane's fathers; plus a host of others!
This 5 DVD set contains 22 hilarious episodes.
RELEASE INFORMATION
Release Date: Wednesday 26 July 2006
Catalogue URL:
http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=6227&method=view
DVD EXTRAS
- Line Art Gallery
- Textless Opening and Closing animations
- Cast profiles
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
“A true classic. Check this cool show out!” - Mania
SLAYERS OVA COLLECTION
The final collection every Slayers fan has been asking for! Contains 6 Episodes in this two part OVA series: Slayers: Book of Spells and Slayers: Excellent.
Slayers: Book of Spells - Join Lina and Naga as they thwart a plan to create the ultimate chimera, attempt to turn an effeminate son of a noble family into a Royal Guardsman, and take on a rogue magic user with a mirror that duplicates his enemies in reverse!
Slayers: Excellent - Learn how our two rivals first meet - stumbling into a vampire in the process, become bodyguards to a difficult client and finally, find themselves on separate sides in a fashion war.
The Slayers OVA Collection contains 6 Episodes over a 2 disc set.
RELEASE INFORMATION
Release Date: Wednesday 26 July 2006
Catalogue URL: http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=6702&method=view
DVD EXTRAS
- Production Portfolio
- Original Trailers
- Interview with Cynthia Martinez
- Interview with Kelly Manison
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
"It's a generous serving of good old-fashioned mindless fun that, for once, doesn't try to pass itself off as romantic or deep." - Anime Jump!
INITIAL D COLLECTION 2
The second boxset of the fast paced world of Initial D contains volumes 6-10 in a 5 disc collection.
Follow Tak as he leaves Mt. Akina to face new adversaries on the mountain-roads of Japan. Soon facing a challenge from the unstoppable Ry, and with Team Emperor lurking on the horizon, Tak must lift his game if he is to become a legend of the streets! Will his new romance break his concentration?
RELEASE INFORMATION
Release Date: Wednesday 26 July 2006
Catalogue URL: http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=6034&method=view
DVD EXTRAS
- Enhanced Video Option
- Car Showroom Gallery
- Trading Card Game - How-To
- Outtakes
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
"Initial D will put you at the edge of your seat." - Import Tuner
NEW FIST OF THE NORTH STAR COLLECTION
Kenshiro, the grandmaster of the Fist of the North Star, returns in these three new adventures across three DVDs, collected in this one powerful box-set!
A new twist on this classic anime that begins in the aftermath of the great apocalypse. Across a barren Earth, chaos is the rule (and order the exception), with bandits and enterprising overlords terrorizing the survivors of the holocaust. Will a hero rise from the ashes and cut a swath of justice across the Earth's ruined landscape? As Kenshiro travels a ruined world almost devoid of life, he finds yet another army of heartless rogues slaughtering the innocent, all under the employ of Sanga, the merciless lord of the city of Last Land. The time has come to deliver justice!
RELEASE INFORMATION
Release Date: Wednesday 26 July 2006
Catalogue URL: http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=6423&method=view
DVD EXTRAS
- Behind the scenes commentary
- English voice-actor commentary
- Interviews
- Japanese press conference
- Promotional spots
- Character bios
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
"If you don’t mind experiencing a bit of the old ultraviolence every once in a while, this is a very fulfilling series to enjoy." - Anime Fringe
TEXHNOLYZE COMPLETE COLLECTION
From the creators and producers of SERIAL EXPERIMENT LAIN, HAIBANE RENMEI and HELLSING comes TEXHNOLYZE a hard-boiled science fiction thriller, the complete collection in this 6 DVD set.
Ichise's grief only allows him to enjoy the pain of the fighting pits in the underground city of Lukuss. However, when a gang punishes him by cutting his arm and leg off, his will to live overcomes the odds and attracts the attention of the ruling Organo syndicate that controls the cybernetic Texhnolyze technology - usually reserved only for the elite.
Meanwhile, as an outsider arrives in the city along with a young psychic girl, the dominos are beginning to fall in the seething unrest of the city as their paths slowly intertwine with Ichise's.
RELEASE INFORMATION
Release Date: Wednesday 26 July 2006
Catalogue URL: http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=6628&method=view
DVD EXTRAS
- Interview with Yoshitoshi Abe & Yasuyuki Ueda
- Clean Opening and Closing Animation
- Alternate Dialogue Outtakes
- Japanese Series Ending
- Promotional Spot
- Art Gallery
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
"Texhnolyze stands along with some of the biggest names in anime production - Shirow, Oshii, Kon - as evidence that anime is as easily as serious as any dramatic feature film, and possibly more stimulating and affecting than most." - Heroic Cinema
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