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Hanabee Entertainment at SMASH! 2014

Aug 9th 2014

Hanabee LIVE! Announcements and updates

Hanabee Entertainment is proud to add these following releases

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet will be available on DVD and BluRay from the 5th of November 2014 in both dual English and Japanese Audio with English Subtitles.

RWBY VOLUME.2 will be available on DVD and BluRay from the 5th of November 2014. The series is currently simulcasting on Hanabee's VOD site for free.

Otorimonogatari will be available as a COMBO pack, including both DVD and BluRay Disc/s from the 5th of November 2014 in Japanese Audio with English Subtitles.

Red Vs. Blue Season 12 will be available on DVD and BluRay from the 5th of November 2014.

Fate/kaleid Season 1 will be available on DVD and BluRay from the 3rd of December 2014 in both dual English and Japanese Audio with English Subtitles. Fate/kaleid Season 2 is now streaming on the Hanabee VOD Site.

Updates

Gatchaman Crowds, originally scheduled for August 6th 2014 Release, has been rescheduled for a November 5th release due to production delays. The complete 12 episode series features a dual language selection (Japanese and English audio, with English subtitles). The DVD and Bluray will be available for pre-order on the website in October.

Campione! DVD had missing subtitles on the final minute of the Campione! Episode 4. All DVD stock has been amended, incorporating the missing subtitles. If you have encountered these problems please contact customer service at info@Hanabee.com.au. The Campione! BluRay release was not affected.

About SMASH!

SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show is a Japanese pop culture convention that is devoted to artists, creators and fans alike. Our primary focus is to allow fans to meet and interact with other like-minded people, show off their own creative talents, buy anime and manga related goods and celebrate their fandom in a social environment. SMASH! encourages all forms of anime fandom through a variety of activities such as cosplay, panels, games, and other special popular culture events.

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interview

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Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo!

Apr 24, 09:00

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anime

Hayashi and Tōchi play mentee/mentor in heart-warming golf anime series. ― Golf anime Tonbo! is one of the new anime premiering in the Spring 2024 season. At Anime Japan 2024, we sat down with lead voice actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi to talk about their characters, their experiences with golf, and the positives of country life in Japan. In her first voice acting role as a main character, Hayas...

interest

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Japanese TV Special Ranks Top Anime Songs, as Chosen by Foreign Fans

Apr 23, 19:16

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music

What are non-Japanese anime fans' top choices? ― Fans have been debating the greatest anime songs as long as anime has been around. Japanese TV regularly raises the topic for domestic fans, but every so often, Japan also presents the international perspective. On April 21, TV Asahi hosted a nearly three-hour special ranking favorite anime songs by non-Japanese and non-domestic anime fans. In a March ...

column

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This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?

Apr 23, 13:30

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anime

The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. ― The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. Disclaimer: The views and opinions...

review

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Wonderful Precure! Episodes 1-12 Anime Review

Apr 23, 12:00

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anime

You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. Wonderful Precure! could move too slowly for some viewers. But these episodes are full of unmitigated joy. ― You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. While there are distinct similarities between all iterations of the long-running Magical Girl franchise, recent years have done their best to maintain the...

news

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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation Manga Ends Due to Artist's Health

Apr 23, 09:09

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manga

Series launched in 2016 ― The official Twitter account for Micro Magazine's Comic Ride magazine announced on April 1 that Shō Okagiri's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation spinoff manga of Fuse and Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series will end prematurely due to Okagiri's health. The company stated ther...

review

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1 Anime Film Review

Apr 22, 12:00

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anime

Part District 9 meets O Maidens in Your Savage Season, part grimdark deconstruction of Doraemon. ― Many anime films are adapted from manga and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is no exception. Usually, a film will cover a single arc of the greater plot—giving the story on screen a solid beginning, middle, and end. However, this is not the case with the first Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destructi...

game review

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Game Review

Apr 22, 00:30

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games

People might think of this game as a celebration of the energy and experimentation of RPGs past, a tribute to a time when archetypes and genre conventions hadn't yet calcified and anything was fair game. And for once, they'd be right. ― There's a point that Lady Perielle returns to often when people ask her why Nowa, a young warrior from a small village, is the leader of the resistance front against ...