New Anime Releases 10/01/2011: Blade Of The Immortal

Blade of the Immortal may be a recent series but it arrives with considerable pedigree. Hiroaki Samura’s manga has been running since 1994, and has been being published in English by Dark Horse since 1996 making it one of the longest running translated manga to date. Samura’s work has long been considered one of the … Continued

New Anime Releases For Monday: Blade Of The Immortal: Vol. 2 of 3 (RRP: £15.99) Slayers Revolution: Part 1 (RRP: £24.99)    

In Blade of the Immortal volume 2, the supernatural samurai drama continues. Manji continues to assist the young orphan, Rin, in her quest for revenge against the clan who killed her parents. In doing so he hopes to somehow find redemption for his own sins, and maybe even lift the curse that he is afflicted … Continued

The end for Blade of the Immortal is coming out this month in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine and the magazine also revealed that Samura is already planning a new series to be released in mid-2013. Blade of the Immortal is finishing after 19 years of Serialisation. The series won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 … Continued

New Anime Releases for Monday: Birdy: The Mighty – Decode Part 1 (RRP: £24.99) Naruto Shippuden Volume 6 (RRP: £24.99) (Re-Release) Blade Of The Immortal: Collection (RRP: £29.99) (Re-Release) Disgaea Collection (RRP: £29.99) (Re-Release) Starship Operators Collection (RRP: £29.99) Anime to be Released the Week After (18/07/2011): (Blu-ray) Xam’d: Lost Memories Part 1 (RRP: £34.99) … Continued