Upcoming BD's From Funimation

Following up on my article 'Where are all the BD Releases', Funimation does have plans for a quite a few BD's coming up this year that are not yet on the 'official' schedule (which is what we post pre-order's from and only covers releases scheduled over the next 90 days or so).

Funi's recent pack-in marketing material (the little books they put in with their DVD's) list series like Guyver, RIN Daughters of Mnemosyne , Black Cat, and Desert Punk that will be coming on BD early this summer. Other titles (including some new releases) like Afro Samurai (Murder Sessions), Black Blood Brothers, Casshern Sins , Eden of The East, Full Metal Panic and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are also planned for BD release later this year. And from what I'm hearing, there will be lots more.

Hopefully some of the other studios will jump on this bandwagon soon as well.

I'd also like to dispel this stuff going around about 'all' of Funi's BD's being upscaled. That is completely untrue. The deal is that Funi has only upscaled in the absence of original HD source material. Their BD's will be produced from original High Def source material as long as it's available, just like the recent Eva 1.11 BD - which looks incredible by the way. Unfortunately there is a large amount of Anime in everyone's back catalog that was not produced in HD, and those releases will either have to be upscaled or not released at all on BD, and given the choice I'll take an upscale over 'not at all'. I think their upscales, for what they are, look pretty darned good. :-)

Section 23 May 2010 Releases - Now Available for Pre-Order!

Section 23 has sent out their May 2010 release schedule and we've got it posted to the site! Here's what's coming:

Appleseed the Movie DVD (BLURAY)
Eyeshield 21 Collection #1 DVD Boxed Set(Eps #1-13)
Hell Girl Two Mirrors (Season 2) Collection #1 (Eps #1-13)
Samurai Harem Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set(Eps #1-12)
You're Under Arrest Full Throttle Collection#2 (Eps #13-24)

Samurai Harem

His Skill with a Sword is Magnificent but… His SOCIAL Skills Still Need a LOT of Work! After many long years perfecting the art of fighting, 17 year old Yoichi Karasuma is sent down from the remote mountains where he has been raised thinking that he’s going to study some new martial arts techniques… but what he’s really going to learn about are some slightly more practical things, like electrical appliances, modern clothing and, most especially, how NOT to make girls to want to kill you! Unfortunately, that last lesson is one Yoichi may not survive, as his new Dojo is infested with the infernal creatures in the form of the Ikaruga sisters, and they don’t really seem to understand how “proper” girls are “supposed” to behave! Will Yoichi’s bushido blade be struck down by the fearsome charms of Ibuki, Ayame, Chihaya and Kagome? Or will the equally lethal girls from the rival Tsubame school be his undoing?

Eyeshield 21

Welcome To The Gridiron Of The Damned! Huge hulking bodies throw themselves at each other, while a tiny lithe body runs between them for the goal! No, it’s not a game of Football, it’s Sena Kobayakawa trying to evade the monstrous Ha-Ha brothers down the halls of Deimon High School! But wait! Sena’s incredible skills at not getting caught have been spotted by the devilish (possibly actually demonic) captain of the school’s embryonic American style football team, and when Sena asks to be the teams manager, he gets thrust onto the field as a running back instead! But there are two BIG catches – first, to keep the identity of their new “star” player an absolute secret, Yoichi makes Sena wear an opaque visor on his helmet and gives him the alias of “Eyeshield 21.” And the second catch? Well, in order to hit his fastest “speed of light” running mode, Sena usually has to be absolutely terrified... not that THAT will be a problem with the monstrous players that he’ll soon find himself running from! The insanity hits the streets when the feet meet the cleats in EYESHIELD 21 – Collection 1!!

Hell Girl Two Mirrors

They call her Jigoku Tsushin - the Hell Girl. For endless years Ai Enma has served as the embodiment of revenge itself. If you desire to send another’s soul to eternal torment, contact her via the internet and she’ll come from her land of endless sunset to deliver your revenge… at the cost of sending your own soul, of course, but it’s a price a surprising number of people are willing to pay. But things are changing with the Hell Girl. Once seemingly implacable and pitiless, glints of emotion now show through the cracks forming in her emotionless façade. And now there is a new girl with infernal connections who seems to be turning up with alarming regularity. Things are about to heat up in the damnation game in the first brimstone-blazing collection of HELL GIRL – TWO MIRRORS!

VHS HELL: S-S-S-Somebody Stop Me

Naruto 484

Hola Naruteros ya esta disponible el capitulo de esta semana, llega Naruto con Kakashi y Sasuke, que pasara? disfrutenlo buen dia para todos. hasta la proxima!

Upcoming Figure Update - More Figures Now Available for Pre-Order!

We've posted 12 more upcoming figures today! Here's what we've got for you:

Creator's Labo #023: Blassreiter Amanda Werner Non Scale PVC Figure
Demon Bane: Al Azif Takuya Inoue 'Adult' 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Evangelion 2.0: Makinami Mari Illustrious 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Hyakka Ryouran: Senhime 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen: Great Guardian Kanu Tiger Stripe Bikini 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen: Great Guardian Ryomo Shimei Tiger Stripe Bikini 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
King of Fighters: Vanessa 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Teana Lanster actsta Non Scale Action Figure
Queen's Blade: Tomoe Warrior Shrine Maiden Non Scale PVC Figure
Tayutama Kiss my Deity: Ameri Kawai 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
To Heart 2: Tamaki Kosaka 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
To Heart 2: Ilfa 1/8 Scale PVC Figure

Naruto Shippuden 149 Sub-Español

Hola Amigos, les dejo el episodio de esta semana.. aunque sean episodios de relleno todo buen fan de Naruto no puede dejar de ver saludos!

Fairy Tail Ep. 19 Descargar

Hola ahora es el turno del Anime! disfruten de un episodio mas De Fairy Tail! Gracias por tu visita, Hasta la proxima!

Fairy Tail 173 Descargar

Hola! les dejo el nuevo capitulo de Fairy Tail, que lo disfruten! Gracias por visitar Estrenos Anime!

Disney Ephemera: "The Story of Menstruation" (1946)

Part of an ongoing series of anything Walt Disney Productions-involved, it's a proven fact the Disney studio was in the many facets of education for as long as we've been on this planet, and now we're just feeling the side-effects of such corporate retooling and just waking out of our shells to see the real truth behind it all. This series is about reliving these things (call it nostalgia for some).

This little number was seen by many a school girl during the middle 20th Century when it was that time of their lives to be told these things (the boys on the other hand were forced to play basketball in the gym or push-ups outside and did not know any of this had transpired). Witness the boredom and radiant glory that is... The Story of Menstruation.

Upcoming Figure Update - New Figures Now Available for Pre-Order!

The paperwork stack is getting too deep, so we're going to be spending some time over the next couple of weeks getting all these 3rd and 4th quarter Anime figures we've got on order posted for pre-order. We've got at least 65 or 70 to get up on the site, so we started tonight with these 15 in no particular order:

Creator's Collection: Girl S (Strawberry) 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Fate/Stay Night: Saber ~Triumphant Excalibur~ 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Kanokon: Chizuru Minamoto 1/4 Scale PVC Figure
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Subaru Nakajima Barrier Jacket Figma Action Figure
Please Teacher: Mizuho Kazami 1/4 Scale PVC Figure
Queen's Blade: Menas 'Zero Version' 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Queen's Blade: Claudette Lord of Thundercloud 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Saki: Yuki Kataoka 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Sengoku Rance: Senhime 1/5 Scale PVC Figure
Shin Koihime Musou: Sousou (Karin) 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Strike Witches: Sanya V. Litvyak 1/8 Scale PVC Figure [Alter]
Strike Witches: Miyafuji Yoshika Mobip Action Figure
Sumaga Oki: Kiki Demonized SIF Ex PVC Figure
To Heart 2 Kusugawa Sasara Sukumizu Maid Action Figure (Figutto)
Vocaloid: Rin Kagamine ~Nuclear Fusion~ 1/8 Scale PVC Figure

Lots more to come, so stay tuned!

Bleach 393

Nuevo episodio de Bleach
Recuerda, Bleach, Naruto y otras series solo aqui!! en Estrenos Anime!

Aria The Origination (Season 3) + Arietta OVA Bumped Back Two Weeks

Nozomi (you know, brand X... ) just sent us over a notice letting us know that they have had to push the release date of the Aria The Origination (Season 3) + Arietta OVA DVD Collection back two weeks to March 16th. It was originally scheduled to ship March 2nd, but Shawne cited manufacturing delays:

"We know ARIA fans have been waiting patiently for the series’ concluding OVA and third season, and we look forward to bringing it to you, albeit slightly later than we originally intended."

He's getting good at schmoozing in his old age. -_^

We've updated the release date on the store site. If anyone has an order in that is holding for Aria Season 3 and wants to change that order, just drop us an e-mail.

Bleach 259

Hola amig@s, aquí les dejo el episodio 259 de Bleach!. Gracias por visitar Estrenos