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ReelAnime Festival a Success! Reviews and DVD news!

ReelAnime Festival a success! Reviews and DVD news!
Did you experience the cinematic sensation of ReelAnime? The festival was a big success, reviewing strongly around the country and exposing many new fans to the wonders of anime. When can you bring the films home on DVD?
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Misprint on Full Metal Panic The Second Raid Collection

Oops - Mithril missing! Sorry folks!
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The Redemption Woes of Haruhi Suzumiya

Attention fans of Haruhi Suzumiya! If you have submitted your vouchers to claim your copy of Special Edition Broadcast order DVD but have not received your copy we need your help...
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Madman announces Darker Than Black

The much anticipated series has now been licensed! Check out this and other upcoming anime in the Acquisitions section!

Madman Mixup Fanzone Art Competition Winners!

This month the Fanzone artists grabbed their favourite characters from across the spectrum and smooshed them together in the mightily awesome mashups you can see here!
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REALer Anime Art Competition Winners!

Ready for some seriously great artwork? In one of the toughest challenges yet, our Art comp for July set the task of turning your favourite characters into real people!
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  On The Box

Mondays 9:30pm
ABC2

Monday-Fridays 8pm
Boomerang

  Fan Zone

For all the fan-filled fun, visit the Fan Zone on the Madman website.

Artists have been blowing us away with their competition entries! Check out GALLERY PICS from our Madman Mixup Comp.

Pull on your sweatbands and get sporty, it’s the Animated Olympics!

Latest Wallpapers

Gundam Seed Destiny
Final Plus

Brave Story

  Monthly Highlights

ANIME SERIES’

$29.95

xxxHOLiC V01

By acclaimed studio CLAMP! Watanuki is haunted by spirits. When meets Dimensional Witch Yuko, to be free of his visions he agrees to work in her shop of dreams and visions, but not all is at it seems...

Lucky subscriber Mimi Shimozaki wins xxxHOLiC V01

$24.95

GUNDAM SEED DESTINY FINAL PLUS

The definitive new ending! The Gundam pilots meet in a final confrontation over the lunar surface. In the end, there can be only one victor.

Lucky subscriber Donna Russell wins GUNDAM SEED DESTINY FINAL PLUS

STAND-ALONE FEATURES

$29.95

BRAVE STORY

Are you brave enough to change your fate? When meek Wataru’s mother is taken ill, he must travel through the delusional world of Vision, to master magic and meet a goddess who it is said can make wishes come true.

Lucky subscriber Thu Tran wins BRAVE STORY

COMPLETE COLLECTIONS

$59.95

TOKYO UNDERGROUND COLLECTION

By the creators of NARUTO and BLEACH – get the full series in one Complete release! Below the capital city of Tokyo exists a forgotten world called "Tokyo Underground.” When Chelsea Rorec and Ruri Sarasa escape to the surface, they bring with them a host of heinous villains, bent on their annihilation.

More Collections

Naruto (Uncut) Collection 04 (Eps 39-52)
Coyote Ragtime Show Collection
Full Metal Panic – The Second Raid Collection

More Anime Highlights

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad V6
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage V2
Hell Girl V5
My-Z-Hime: My-Otome V6
Witchblade V6

More Madman Highlights

Star Wars: Robot Chicken Special
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 03
Harvey Birdman - Attorney At Law Volume 03
Tintin And I
Ben 10 Season 4 (2 Disc Set)
Sesame Street: Old School Volume 1
Inland Empire

  Coming Soon

APPLESEED EX MACHINA

Woo-hoo! Here it comes! Nuff said!

  Acquisitions

Darker Than Black

Ten years after the phenomena known as Hell’s Gate appears over Tokyo, psychic agents working for covert agencies seek the mysteries of this new power!

Noein

As seen on ABC2! Described as the Stand By Me of anime, prepare for many worlds of science fiction and time travel as we traverse the timespaces in January.

School Rumble OVA

Get ready for more rumble!

Tsubasa Chronicle Season 2

The beautiful CLAMP fantasy continues in a new story arc!

More to be announced during the Madman Panel at Animania Festival in Sydney on August 23-24th!

  Madman Manga - Hot Off the Press!

AUGUST MANGA MADNESS

For more info and hundreds of pages of FREE reading, visit www.madman.com.au/manga.

D.GRAY-MAN (MANGA) V01

The long awaited series! A born exorcist, Walker's primary anti-demon weapon is the cross that's embossed on his red, disfigured left hand, which contains Innocence. But not only does Walker destroy demons, he sees the demon hiding inside a person's soul!

MABURAHO (MANGA) V01

Kasuki may be a bumbling student at the Aoi Academy magic school, but when three girls discover he is descended from a legendary line of world famous magicians, they’ll stop at nothing to get into his life and obtain his valuable genes!

BECAUSE YOU SMILE WHEN I SING (MANGA) V01

From the creator of Fruits Basket! Pop band vocalist Atsushi has always been perceived as a 'scary person', except for Anzu, who always smiled when they met. Years later, Anzu has changed. How can Atsushi see that smile again? Featuring a collection of heart warming short stories from Natsuki Takaya!

And of course, don’t miss the latest volumes of your favourite Madman manga:

BLEACH (MANGA) V09 & 10
BLOOD+ (MANGA) V04
DEATH NOTE (MANGA) V04
FUSHIGI YUGI (MANGA) V15
FUSHIGI YUGI: GENBU KAIDEN (MANGA) V08
HELLSING (MANGA) V05
LOVE HINA (MANGA) V10
LOVE*COM (MANGA) V02
NARUTO (MANGA) V11
VAGABOND (MANGA) V11

Anime Update

The October issue of Anime Update is now available! Find it in selected stores and inside Madman products in August through October! This issue we bask in the CG glory of Appleseed and Vexille, check out Shuffle and Wallflower, visit Daphne in the Brilliant Blue and more!

  Offer of the Month

With the bloody and spectacular Witchblade wrapping up this month, you gory Gonzo goons out there should head back to the shelf and get into one of their most insanely violent titles, GANTZ! Haven’t given it a try yet? Get ready – your orders are incoming!

Just follow the instructions below and you can buy the GANTZ COMPLETE COLLECTION for only $80!

That’s 40% off! Most of the characters in GANTZ are lucky to have that many limbs left by the time they’re done!

Simply head to www.madman.com.au, add the above item to your shopping cart, and enter the code GOGANTZ on page 2 of the checkout, in the voucher field. Just remember to click ACTIVATE or else you won’t receive the savings!

This offer expires on August 29th 2008!

  Anime Snacktime Podcast

It may be the dead of winter but we’re still quite alive, snacking away and broadcasting sweet sounds from our musty cave in Madman HQ. Join us and get some anime for your ears.

- Make sure you subscribe today via iTunes or the RSS feed!
- iTunes users should check it out here.
- Mp3 lovers should click here.

  Events

Have you checked out the EVENTS enhancement to the Madman Fanzone yet? Click here and be dazzled by the awesomeness of our programming abilities.

ANIMANIA SYDNEY
Sydney
23-24 August

Come and join us at the Madman booth at ANIMANIA on August 23-24 Australian Technology Park, in the Locomotive Exhibition Hall in Sydney. Get your hands on the latest releases, check out the World Cosplay Summit Prelim competition, then roll up to the Madman panel for some great announcements!

  Free Stuff

ANI-LYMPICS ART COMPETITION!

Artists, we want you to pull on your sweatbands and get sporty - its the Animated Olympics!

Grab your favourite Madman characters and have them compete in any of the many Olympic events. Special abilities allowed! Get creative and have them misinterpret the rules of your sport of choice, opening or closing ceremony, or mix it up!

The best pieces win big dollars to spend in the Madman online store! Check it out!

  Eastern Eye

BLACK BELT (KURO-OBI)

NO WIRES, NO SPECIAL EFFECTS - REAL MARTIAL ARTS

The year is 1932 and the Japanese military is dismantling each Karate dojo across the country. The three men of one dojo – Taikan, Giryu and Choei – must face the might of the Japanese army, but find this leads them on very different paths and into a terrible encounter with fate...

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