The dawn of a bold new era. Madman's jacking into the Matrix, cutting grass with the Lawnmover Man and dreaming Electric Dreams all on the world wide interweb. Backslash!

Here's what you basically need to know: FREE + NEW FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST + EPISODES + ONLINE NOW = click HERE! But wait, there's more. Besides weekly episodes of the new Fullmetal Alchemist series, BROTHERHOOD, we have a bunch of other episodes you can check out before you decide to commit to a new series. It's all part of SCREENING ROOM PLUS. Make sure you keep checking back, as there's new stuff showing up online all the time. Gnarly.org!

Speaking of computers and stuff, we know if there’s one thing that gets anime and gaming fans hot under the collar, it’s a sweet looking anime that crosses over with a major gaming franchise. For example, DEVIL MAY CRY. Well lookee here… what a coincidence! A DEVIL MAY CRY anime. Oh, and what’s this? Its limited box comes with a volume of the manga comic for only $5 bucks more? Oh, and it has swords, guns and demon slaying? Well then, say no more… sign me up!

Not only that, if it’s action ye seek then cast ye gaze this way. Let your eyes study yonder Dragon Balls… Erm… DRAGON BALL GT REMASTERED SEASON 1 and DRAGON BALL MOVIE COLLECTION that is. Now I don’t need to tell you that DRAGON BALL is so hot right now, with DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION in cinemas, plus you can still grab a sweet bargain from selected retail stores and www.madman.com.au, so it's never too late to power up your eyeballs.

Still not enough action for you, you base-jumping, extreme-ironing, go-kart-racing adrenalin junkie? Well how about a series that’s so hardcore that it’s darker than black? Why, I could only be talking about DARKER THAN BLACK, which contains super-powered spies, assassins and shenanigans. Not only that, it’s animated by Bones (FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, EUREKA SEVEN) and has a sweet soundtrack by Yoko Kanno of COWBOY BEBOP fame. As the Macho Man Randy Savage might say "Oh yeaaaahhh!"

Ok, ok… Enough! If there’s any more testorone in this newsletter, it's likely to sprout a Tom Selleck-like moustache. I need something pink, but I also need something funny to keep the fellas interested. Ta-da! OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB, a classic “harem-comedy”, except that the “harem” shoe is on the other foot – this time it’s a luckless girl besieged by “beautiful”, egomaniacal boys. It’s based on a best-selling manga comic too, so don’t miss the value-bundle that offers volume 1 of the book for only $5 bucks more. Delightful!

And that’s with nary a word said about the start of NEGIMA?! (kind of like season two), our INNOCENT VENUS COLLECTION and the various subsequent volumes. All this awaits below, plus the chance to win some FREE STUFF, exclusive PROMO OFFERS and more. So much value that if this newsletter had a retail price it'd be at least $12.95.

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Dean Prenc
MANAGER - MADMAN ANIME THINK TANK

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD to stream on Madman.com.au!

Madman is proud to announce the acquisition of the highly-anticipated new anime series, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD, based on the best-selling manga by Hiromu Arakawa....

PRESS RELEASE

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Premiere report!

In a world first, Madman Entertainment was able to screen the very first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood at the exact same time the show went to broadcast on Japanese TV....

Anime price reduction on Three top titles

If you have had a burning desire to get into some aerial rollerblading, sort out the problems of two Romeo and Juliet style fueding ninja clans, or see the slickest 3D cyborgs going, now's the time!...

Say you want a... Dragon Ball Revolution!

Dragon Ball is ready to power up again this year, with the release of the major live action film DRAGON BALL EVOLUTION in April, we're taking you back to where it all began with the barnstorming anime series at amazing prices!

Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) returns after 21 years!

One of anime's most influential and enduring classics, Space Battleship Yamato, is to receive a sequel.

Go way beyond thunderdome - the next MAD MAX will be a 3D anime!

Australia's iconic post-apocalyptic road movie, Mad Max, looks set to become an anime feature film.

Anime Soundtracks now only $24.95

Anime is not only a visual form, but often carry awesome soundtracks, and we have some of the best available on CD, now only $24.95!

Art Comp Winners

We’ve had some incredible entries into our art competitions, with killer concepts and the looks to back them up, take a look at the winners for REVERSE LOVE AND HATE and ANIME HOLLYWOOD!

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

Join in the current art competition, VILLAINS AT HOME! As always, top prizes are up for grabs for winners and bonuses for honourable mentions!

Here are some images from the entrants so far…

ANIME SERIES

DARKER THAN BLACK V01 & LIMITED COLLECTOR'S BOX

Covert agents called Contractors engage in games of murder and intrigue. They have bizarre supernatural powers, but each pay an equally strange price.
This stylish, supernatural spy thriller will have you on the edge of your seats! The cool new anime by Studio BONES, creators of FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST and COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE – with music by Yoko Kanno!

DEVIL MAY CRY V1 WITH LIMITED COLLECTOR'S BOX & MANGA

Half demon, half human Dante must spend his life fighting monsters. With a bloodthirsty sword and twin pistols, he's only happy to do it, especially if there's money involved! Based on the hit video game series by Capcom!

OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB (ANIME) COLLECTION 1 & MANGA BUNDLE

You are cordially invited to indulge... The massively requested story of a girl dressed as a guy, competing with pretty boys to charm their bored female classmates!

COMPLETE COLLECTIONS

DRAGON BALL GT REMASTERED UNCUT SEASON 1

After a nasty wish from an old enemy, Goku turns back to his inner child and must seek the Black Star Dragon Balls to save the universe! The sequel to DBZ, for the first time includes The Lost Episodes restored in order! See Goku become more powerful than ever!

DRAGON BALL MOVIE COLLECTION

The high flying early adventures of Goku! Contains Mystical Adventure, Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle, and The Path to Power

NEGIMA!? (SERIES 2) COLLECTION 1 (EPS 1-13)

Wizard Negi Springfield may be a boy, but he has a man-sized job to do! Fresh from the Academy of Magic, the 31 schoolgirls of Class 3-A are gonna keep him up all night cramming for a final exam in will power!
Don’t miss this magical reimagining of Negima!

More Anime Highlights:
INNOCENT VENUS COLLECTION
NARUTO (UNCUT) COLLECTION 11 (EPS 136-149) (SLIMPACK)
SCHOOL RUMBLE SECOND SEMESTER COLLECTION 2 (EPS 14-26)

Also Out Now From Madman :
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE VOLUME 05
FRISKY DINGO SEASON 2
ASTERIX AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

View All April Releases »
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STRAIT JACKET

Defy the laws of nature! Mankind learns how to use magic, havoc reigns and one man must step up and suit up, mecha style, and defeat a new breed of demons. It’s old school anime action: lone wolf heroes, mecha, bloodthirsty demons – this one has it all!

GUNGRAVE

Go beyond the grave!

With the release of Devil May Cry this month, we’re taken back to another video game inspired, gunslinging anime – GUNGRAVE!

Armed with twin handguns, and a coffin filled with weapons on his back, Grave returns from the dead cloaked in darkness and bent on revenge. The mafia group, Millenions, is using undead monsters as its enforcers, but his real target is Harry Macdowel, Millenions leader. The former friends are on a collision course with destiny and anyone in the way is destined for the grave!


Until the end of April you can grab GUNGRAVE for special price of $50 (Normally $79.95 SRP) by entering the code DEVILGRAVE on page 2 of the checkout and clicking ACTIVATE.

Are you ready for this? As announced at Supanova, a truckload of new titles. Here we go (deep breath)…

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD

Searingly hot straight from Japan! The mighty FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST is back! Madman will be releasing this on DVD but you can see it RIGHT NOW as we are streaming full episodes on our Screening Room +!

GURREN LAGANN

From studio GAINAX, legendary creators of NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and FLCL, a crazy, energetic, awesome action mecha series – bound for classic status, it’s the biggest new title in Japan since HARUHI! Busting free of the caverns in July!

ROZEN MAIDEN

More doll than meets the eye! A young boy meets an exquisite doll who wants to become a normal human girl – but can they overcome their distrust of each other?

5 CENTIMETRES PER SECOND

From Moto Shinkai, the new auteur of anime and creator of VOICES FROM A DISTANT STAR, comes another distinctly beautiful story of love, loss and distance told with stunning, unique animation.

TACTICS

Scholarly Kantarou moonlights as an exorcist solving the problems of ghosts and demons, all with the help of Haruka, the legendary demon-eating tengu!

TOKKO

Shindo is a new police recruit who discovers the girl he has been seeing in his dreams is part of a secret police group known as Tokko. Could this be the key to avenge his parents' death, and solve mysterious mass murders?

BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY

One hour to seal the fate of two worlds! Ichigo and Rukia set out to uncover an evil plot when a menacing clan kidnaps a fellow Soul Reaper. Can they save the World of the Living and the Soul Society from annihilation? Find out in July!

PONYO

Last but not least, Hayao Miyazaki’s new Studio Ghibli masterpiece is a tale of a baby goldfish, Ponyo, curious to see the world outside her ocean home. When she befriends a boy, Sosuke, she decides that she wants to be human too.

Look out for Cylons as we launch two of the biggest names in science fiction with the launch of the Battlestar Galactica manga, which sits nicely next to Star Trek and Starcraft, and another interspace debut, STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION! Good reading? We made it so!

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE MANGA (MANGA) V01 – ECHOES OF NEW CAPRICA

Untold stories from the events surrounding the Cylon occupation and Humanity’s escape from New Caprica!

STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION (MANGA) V01

Star Trek: The Next Generation comes alive in this far out collection of stories. Will Picard survive an internal coup?

NORA: THE LAST CHRONICLE OF DEVILDOM (MANGA) V01

When the seal for Nora's form is released he becomes Cerberus, the vicious dog of disaster. But Nora can only use magic when Kazuma grants him permission...

DRAGON BALL MANGA

All now fully available!

DRAGON BALL (VIZBIG EDITION) (MANGA) V01
DRAGON BALL (VIZBIG EDITION) (MANGA) V02
DRAGON BALL (MANGA) V01-V16
DRAGON BALL Z (VIZBIG EDITION) (MANGA) V01
DRAGON BALL Z (VIZBIG EDITION) (MANGA) V02
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION CHAPTER BOOK: THE BATTLE
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION CHAPTER BOOK: THE DISCOVERY
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION CHAPTER BOOK: THE SEARCH
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION JUNIOR NOVEL
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION STICKER BOOK

Of course we haven’t forgotten other debuting series and new volumes of all our great manga below!

+Anima (Manga) V08
Arm of Kannon (Manga) V08
Battle Vixens (Ikki Tousen - Manga) V11
Black Cat (Manga) V05
Black Cat (Manga) V06
Bleach (Manga) V26
Captive Heart (Manga) V04
Claymore (Manga) V04
Claymore (Manga) V05
D.Gray-Man (Manga) V08
D.Gray-Man (Manga) V09
Death Note (Manga) V11
Death Note (Manga) V12
Full Moon (Manga) V04
Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga) V18
Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden (Manga) V09
King of Hell (Manga) V09
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden (Manga) V07
Model (Manga) V07
Nana (Manga) V04
Naruto (Manga) V38-V44
One Piece (Manga) V05
One Piece (Manga) V06
Rosario + Vampire (Manga) V03
Rosario + Vampire (Manga) V04
Rozen Maiden (Manga) V08
S.A (Manga) V03
Shaman King (Manga) V02
Shaman King (Manga) V03
Snow Drop (Manga) V05
Star Trek the Next Generation (Manga) V01
The Gentlemen's Alliance † (Manga) V05
Those with Wings (Manga) V04 Vagabond (Manga) V15 Vampire Game (Manga) V08

View All April Manga Releases »

Grab the latest issue of Anime Update in stores and in DVDs released in March and April with feature articles on Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist and more.

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD DEBUT OFFER

If you've just started watching the exciting debut of FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD, you're sure to be overcome with excitement for all things FMA!

Now is the perfect time to study the source of this amazing internet alchemy - the original Manga! You can get any and all volumes of the FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST MANGA for only $10 each!

Add one or more of the manga to your cart, then during checkout enter the code FMAMANGABRO and click ACTIVATE when you check out of the Madman online store.

Another monthly dose of anime goodness! Getting ready for the huge line up of conventions we will need skills of a ninja to get through it.

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Madman National Cosplay Championship Qualifiers

The first qualifiers were held at Supanova Melbourne and Brisbane. Check it out at www.madman.com.au/cosplay and look forward to Supanova Sydney and Perth for the next qualifiers!

Animania Brisbane (mini)
Brisbane, QLD
May 9th 2009

Returning again for the first of two Festivals to be expected in the Sunshine State, Animania will bring its classic events including Karaoke, Doodling competitions, all-day Screenings and video games in the Gamer Room. The Animania Festival Cosplay Competition plus Round 3 of the World Cosplay Summit Preliminaries will also be in store for all Cosplayers. These much anticipated Cosplay events will grace the Main Stage along with the mixed bag game show, Olympia.

A Darker Shade of Bleach

To celebrate the release of BLEACH: DARK SOULS on the Nintendo DS, Madman and SEGA are giving all you Bleach fans a chance to win a copy of the latest and greatest offering from SEGA and Treasure, the legendary developers behind the very, very fine Bleach: The Blade of Fate. Plus - you'll also receive a copy of Bleach: Season 1 DVD collection!

Enter the competition now »

TOKYO GORE POLICE

From the creators of the upcoming MACHINE GIRL – Someone has a bloody job to do!

Tokyo in the future has become a dark and violent world where life is cheap and the police force has become a private corporation. Samurai sword-wielding Ruka is a special forces cop, known as a "Hunter", and charged with the job of hunting down homicidal mutants known as "Engineers" who have the ability to transform any injury they receive into a deadly and gruesome weapon.

Where did they come from and how can they really be stopped? Ruka must carve a bloody trail of limbs and gore to find answers!



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