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Just an update on Grave of the Fireflies

From Madman..


Grave of the Fireflies Makes Top 100 DVD List


The movie Roger Ebert raves "Belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made" has landed a spot in the top portion of another list. Anime favourite Grave of the Fireflies came in at No. 5 on USA review site, DVD Verdict's list of the Top 100 Best DVD Films.

Fireflies, a Studio Ghibli production, is the only anime film to fall within the top half of the list. It even came in ahead of many all-time classics like Citizen Kane.

Awarded 1st Prize in the "Best Animated Feature" and "Rights of the Child" categories at the Chicago Int'l Children's Film Festival, Fireflies, tells the story of two orphaned and homeless children who set out to survive on their own in post-World War II Japan.

Madman Entertainment is thrilled to announce that Grave of the Fireflies will be coming to DVD in Australia late 2003 or very early 2004.

As for Gundam Seed - its been cut to 50 eps and I have up to 49 on fansub, so in asnwer to your question, with only one eps to go, it will be completed ;)
 
Theres definately a load of films i want to see now from this thread. I think ive caught the anime bug. :)

Saw (most, have to see end) of Metropolis a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Have to see the end.

And i watched Akira the other night, was good, epic. All these films seem to have an epic sort of nature. Yay anime. :)
 
I'm not really sure about video stores that have a good supply of anime - I get all mine through fansubs and dvd purchases :)
 
Ahh...beeeeeautifull. Thx for that. I just watched vampire hunter D Bloodlust. Mannn....what a spectacular movie, I fell in love with each and every character and the animation was top quality. Can't wait to watch it on my proector.....mmmm.
 
Yeah Its great hey :)

One of the hunters reminded me of Gemma from Ninja Scroll??

and the chick was In the Animatrix short too !
 
Also, I'd like to rant on about how slow DVD Releases are....

Its taking me forever to get through Noir :|
 
Yeah, Madman releases one DVD for each series per month - depending on how many there are for a series (6 for Noir I think) it can take awhile - hang in there, Noir is worth the wait :)

Upcoming local releases (I haven't done this for awhile)


.HACK//SIGN 02 - OUTCAST DVD 12 Nov, 2003
ARGENTOSOMA V2 - GETTING EVEN DVD 12 Nov, 2003
BIOHUNTER DVD 12 Nov, 2003
INITIAL D - BATTLE 01 - AKINA'S DOWNHILL SPECIALIST DVD 12 Nov, 2003
NINJA SCROLL - THE SERIES COLLECTORS BOX & V1 DVD 12 Nov, 2003
NINJA SCROLL - THE SERIES V1 DVD 12 Nov, 2003
NINJA SCROLL 10TH ANNIVERSARY DVD (UNCUT) 12 Nov, 2003
NOIR V5 - TERMINAL VELOCITY DVD 12 Nov, 2003
RAHXEPHON V4 - DISSONANCE DVD 12 Nov, 2003
RUROUNI KENSHIN 21 - A Shinobi's Love - DVD 12 Nov, 2003
TRANSFORMERS - SERIES 1 COLLECTION 1 DVD 12 Nov, 2003
TRIGUN 8 - HIGH NOON DVD 12 Nov, 2003
.HACK//SIGN 03 - GESTALT DVD 3 Dec, 2003
ARGENTOSOMA V3 DVD 3 Dec, 2003
CHOBITS V4 - LOVE DEFINED DVD 3 Dec, 2003
ESCAFLOWNE V2 - BETRAYAL AND TRUST DVD 3 Dec, 2003
FULL METAL PANIC V3 - DVD 3 Dec, 2003
GUNDAM WING COMPLETE OPERATIONS DVD 3 Dec, 2003
Haibane Renmei V2 - Wings of Sorrow DVD 3 Dec, 2003
HEAT GUY J COLLECTOR'S BOX & V1 (WITH BONUS DVD!) 3 Dec, 2003
HEAT GUY J V1 - SUPER ANDROID DVD 3 Dec, 2003
INITIAL D - BATTLE 02 - CHALLENGE: RED SUNS DVD 3 Dec, 2003
LOVE HINA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL DVD 3 Dec, 2003
LOVE HINA SERIES COLLECTION DVD 3 Dec, 2003
Neon Genesis Evangelion Movie Collection DVD 3 Dec, 2003
PATLABOR MOVIE 3: WXIII DVD 3 Dec, 2003
PATLABOR MOVIE 3: WXIII SPECIAL EDITION DVD 3 Dec, 2003
PLEASE TEACHER V3: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER DVD 3 Dec, 2003
RUROUNI KENSHIN 22 - End Song DVD 3 Dec, 2003
.HACK//SIGN 04 - OMNIPOTENCE DVD 14 Jan, 2004
ANGELIC LAYER V1 & COLLECTOR'S BOX DVD 14 Jan, 2004
ANGELIC LAYER V1 - DIVINE INSPIRATION DVD 14 Jan, 2004
ARGENTOSOMA V4 DVD 14 Jan, 2004
BOOGIEPOP PHANTOM COLLECTION (4 DVD BOX) 14 Jan, 2004
ESCAFLOWNE V3 - ANGELS AND DEMONS DVD 14 Jan, 2004
HELLO KITTY'S PARADISE V3 DVD 14 Jan, 2004
HELLO KITTY'S PARADISE V4 DVD 14 Jan, 2004
HELLSING COLLECTION DVD 14 Jan, 2004
LAST EXILE V1 & BOX DVD 14 Jan, 2004
LAST EXILE V1 DVD 14 Jan, 2004
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness DVD 14 Jan, 2004
NOIR V6 - CLOAKS & DAGGERS DVD 14 Jan, 2004
RAHXEPHON V5 - SYNAESTHESIA DVD 14 Jan, 2004
VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU COLLECTION DVD 14 Jan, 2004


Ojisan ^_^
 
2 months for noir!

Vol 4 got release 10th of september :|

V5 12 November, V6 Jan 14th.

Is there another one after? I think ther emight be.

But yeah man, noir is getting so good :)
 
Yeah the slow releases is due to the fact of the amount of series Madman is trying to release - being the only real anime distributor in Australia (stay away from Siren releases, fansubs are of higher quality) they are trying to do everything - like kids in a lollie shop =D

They've advertised for more staff to cope with it all hehe

Noir kicks arse in the second half of the series where they really get stuck into the main plot!
 
Yup, they've just started to dive into it. Its finally strayed from random cool gun fights.

I think I can order them from the US somewhere, but it'll cost me about 2x as much per dvd.

I really love your avatar aswell ;)
 
hehe I've been tempted to buy out of the US before out of sheer lack of patience (Kenshin TV) ;)

Thats my little Kenshin Himura =D
 
Grave of the Fireflies could be released in Jan 2004 if my sources are correct =D
 
IVE FINALLY SEEN NOIR :D :D yaaay.

Managed to find a shop in chinatown that sells HQ fansubs on dvd... so I got noir!!

Really happy on how it turned out, it really picked up the pace towards the end of it, and that fightscene between kirika and chloe was unbeleivable!

Was shame to see chloe die they way she did though :(
 
hehe glad you enjoyed it - its one of my fav series at the momment :)
 
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