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Man Announces Three New Titles at Supanova Sydney
posted on by Jon Hayward
The following acquisitions were announced during the Man at Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney on Sunday the 15th of June 2014. This follows on the announcement on Friday that Oz tour in the second half of 2014 (including Auckland).
You can view the press-release for today's announcements here. The three titles announced are as follows;
Ben-To
From Man's press-release;
Every day, an epic struggle rages in grocery stores across Japan - the battle for half-priced Ben-To boxes! Once the discount stickers go on, ravenous brawlers start throwing punches in a knockdown, drag-out war over who gets to take home the cheap eats.
When a young, broke high school student named Sato s the ‘Half-Priced Food Lovers Club’, he proves to be a rising talent in the world of insane food fights. But does he have what it takes to become the king of clearance cuisine?
Soul Eater) composed the music.
Asaura has been publishing the light novel series through Kaito Shibano (Luminous Arc simulation role-playing games' character designs) illustrates each volume.
Released in Japan in 2011, this 12 episode series was originally dub cast for it's July release in North America.
Man will release Ben-To on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms in September.
Hetalia The Beautiful World (Season 5)
From Man's press-release;
The Allied guys and Axis boys are back in HETALIA: THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD! It's Season 5. As in high-five! And when we high-five, a tiny kitten appears with a wee banjo! And he's playing a song about a cupcake and it's freaking adorable! But then Prussia shows up and yells at the kitten. But the kitten doesn't get sad, because, dude…
Claaaassic Prussia.
As stated above this is the fifth series of Hetalia - Axis Powers that follows personified versions of countries as they react to and take part in historical situations with usually comedic results. The series started as a webcomic that has now been collected into five volumes, five seasons of the anime adaptation and a theatrical film. Man has released the previous four seasons and the film in Australia and New Zealand and their new release will hit DVD, Blu-ray and digital release in September.
Black Butler (live-action movie)
A live-action theatrical addition to the Black Butler. While the original is set in 19th century England, the film is set 130 years later in 2020 in a Asian city where Western and Asian cultures freely intermingle. The film follows the titular demonic butler, Sebastian Michaelis (Ayame Gōriki). And while Shiori's seal with Sebastian keeps her protected against those that seek to harm her, in return Sebastian slowly consumes her soul.
through the box office.
The manga debuted in ANImagic in 2011.
This year the series has received a premiere in Japanese theatres in the fall.
Man's release of Black Butler (live-action movie) will be coming to home video and digital platforms on a yet to be announced date.
