Posts Tagged ‘Bandai Entertainment’

Bandai Entertainment has announced (during a flight delay at BMI, of all places) a new Code Geass manga title in A Record of the Strange Tales of the Bakumatsu Era: Code Geass. The title is unrelated to the forthcoming Shikoku no Renya side story written by the anime series director and was erroneously announced before [...]

Following up on the recent announcement of the acquisition of Sola by Sentai Filmworks and the ensuing confusion due to the recent release by Bandai Entertainment, both companies have issued a joint statement on the matter blaming a “clerical error” for the availability of the license on the market.  The full statement follows below: Bandai [...]

Bandai Entertainment has issued a press release downplaying Eric Sherman’s comments made during Anime News Network’s ANNCast earlier today in which the studio president stated that employees from the licensor had told him that the company was betting the success or failure of the company on its forthcoming slate of releases in the second season [...]

Bandai has announced that it has acquired the license to the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya feature film with a screening scheduled for May 21st at the VIZ Cinema located inside the New People center located in San Francisco which will feature English subtitles. While the DVD release timeframe has not been determined, it will be [...]

Following up on the opening of the US Gurren Lagann film portal this past week, the actual site has been opened in a rather unfinished state with broken image links that point to Bandai Entertainment and a date of July 30th. Putting two and two together, the movie will be released by Bandai on that [...]

Bandai Entertainment has announced the forthcoming release of the Code Geass Knights and Code Geass Queens manga anthologies aimed at male and female readers, respectively. Knights Vol. 1 features the subtitle “Official Manga Anthology for Girls” will be released in May of 2010. The series runs five volumes to date and features short stories, many [...]

With the growth of Bandai Entertainment’s recently established and rapidly expanding manga division quickly eclipsing the anime licensing and distribution side, the company has opened a dedicated portal for its manga publishing side. The site lists all of the newest and forthcoming releases for the division and also features previews of select titles with technical [...]

Bandai Entertainment’s reformed ASOS Brigade has posted a new video announcing the forthcoming release of the second season of the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The second season of the show is more of an extension of the first season known for the “Endless Eight” story arc – a series of eight episodes with slight changes to [...]

Bandai has announced that the forthcoming Gundam Unicorn anime project is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com for $34.98, a 30% discount over its MSRP of $49.99 for the Blu-Ray version. The Blu-Ray version will be released on March 12th and will feature Japanese and English TrueHD 5.1 audio, Japanese and English Dolby Digital 2.0 [...]

The following titles have been delayed and shuffled following Anime Expo: True Tears Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set from July 21st to August 18th. Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 DVD Regular/Limited Edition Bundles have been moved up two weeks from August 4th to August 18th. Ghost Slayers Part #3 DVD Bundle August 4th [...]