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Jormungand

Jormungand follows a aggregation of accoutrements dealers as they accomplish beneath the auspice of HCLI, an all-embracing shipment corporation. Their leader, Koko Hekmatyar (Shizuka Itou) campaign the apple affairs her articles and alienated bounded authorities due to her work's actionable nature. The blow of her aggregation are mostly ex-military whose assignment is to assure Koko, but things change if Jonah (Mutsumi Tamura), a accomplished and accomplished adolescent soldier who despises accoutrements dealers joins the aggregation to acquisition the accoutrements banker amenable for his parents death.

The alternation was directed by Keitaro Motonaga (Getbackers, School Days) at flat WHITE FOX with Yoosuke Kuroda (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) administering the alternation and autograph the scripts. Character designs by Kazuhisa Nakamura (Katanagatari, Steins;Gate) and Taku Iwsaki (Gurren Lagann) composed the music.

Jormungand is based on Keitarō Takahashi's aboriginal manga which began in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX annual aback in 2006 and concluded in 2012 accepting appear 11 volumes. The alternation has been translated into English and appear by Viz Media in North America and the final 11th aggregate will be appear in May 2013.

Madman will absolution Jormungand mid 2013.

Planzet

In the year 2047 a conflicting alien activity force codenamed FOS attacked and destroyed Earth's above cities in one advance wave. The survivors of that common adversity body a absorber to assure the Earth alleged "The Diffuser". Now, three years afterwards the absorber was angry on the Earth is planning a argue adjoin the FOS and the diffuser will charge to be disabled for the plan to succeed. Amid this atrocious struggle, Taishi Akejima is a soldier in the PDFA (Planetary Defence Forces Alliance) and affairs on demography animus adjoin the aliens that dead his father, will he accretion his animus or will altruism lose it all in the final gamble?

Planzet is accounting and directed by Jun Awazu (Negadon: The Monster from Mars) with CGI administration by Makoto Miyahara (Space Brothers, Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys) and music by Shingo Terasawa (Negadon: The Monster from Mars). The blur was produced by CoMix Beachcomber Inc. and Media Factory. Taishi Akejima is accurate by Mamoru Mitano (Death the Kid in Soul Eater, Rintarō Okabe in Steins;Gate) in the Japanese soundtrack. Taishi is renamed Hiroshi Akshima in the English soundtrack and accurate by Blake Shepard (Luke Ainsworth in The Sacret Blacksmith and Shouma Takakura in Penguindrum).

Toriko

The Gourmet Hunters (Bishokuya) are a awful accomplished accumulation of hunters who coursing and aggregate attenuate capacity and animals far above the ability of bitter men. Toriko (Ryotaro Okiayu), a gourmet hunter, is assassin by Komatsu (Romi Park), a chef, to coursing down a 300 year old galala gator for his restaurant which will put all of Toriko's all-powerful backbone and ability of the beastly commonwealth to the test. As they coursing down the galala gator Komatsu is aggressive by Toriko's adventure to acquisition the best aliment the apple has to action to add to his "full advance menu". However a aphotic organisation is authoritative affairs to ascendancy the world's aliment accumulation which will accomplish their assignment abundant added difficult.

Toriko is an adjustment of the manga of the aforementioned name by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. Serialised in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump annual back 2008, Toriko has been calm into 22 volumes to date. While Viz Manga publishes the alternation in North America, Madman Entertainment has been absolution the alternation in Australia and aggregate 14 will be appear in March 2013.

The anime adjustment is produced by Toei Animation beneath the administration of Akifumi Zako (Fresh Pretty Cure) and alternation agreement by Isao Murayama (Precure All Stars DX) with music by Hiromi Mizutani (The Wallflower, Hell Girl) and appearance architecture by Hisashi Kagawa (SaiKano, Wangan Midnight). The anime alternation has been active back April 2011 and is up to 75 episodes and counting. Toriko and Komatsu are accurate by Ryotaro Okiayu (Shigure Soma in Fruits Basket) and Romi Park (Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist) in the Japanese dub with Ian Sinclair (Ginei Morioka in Rosario + Vampire) and Josh Grelle (Akihisa Yoshii in Baka and Test) accouterment the capital choir in the English dub.

Panel Questions
Q: Why were the episodes of Elfen Lied out of order on the Madman release?

A: We used the material we were supplied with by the license holder.

Q: When will you be releasing the rest of Hellsing Ultimate?

A: We covered this earlier in the panel. (Covered from Brisbane Supanova, Hellsing Ultimate episodes I to IV will be re-released in February 2013 in both DVD and Blu-Ray collections. In March episodes V to VIII will be released, again on DVD and Blu-Ray and a final third collection containing episodes IX and X will be released in the near (undated) future. - Ed)

Q: Will you be releasing more Digimon in the future?

A: Maybe but cannot confirm at this stage.

Q: When will you be finishing D-Gray Man's release?

A: No news, still waiting on Funimation.

Q: Will Madman be running ReelAnime in 2013?

A: We don't know if we will run it this year.

Q: When will Wolf Children receive a home release?

A: Wolf Children's home release will be at the end of 2013.

Q: Will Madman be releasing more Gundam series?

A: Potentially, currently nothing planned beyond Gundam Unicorn but Gundam is under review.

Q: Will existing DVD's receive Blu-Ray releases?

A: Working on some titles but we cannot announce anything at this stage.

Q: Will Mass Effect: Paragon Lost be released as digital download?

A: Available on iTunes right now.

Q: Fate/Zero or Fate/stay night Blu-Ray?

A: Cannot confirm at this stage, Unlimited Blade Works in March, everything else in negotiation.

Q: Will you be releasing the English dub of Blue Exorcist?

A: Available later in 2013 on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Q: Will that release of Blue Exorcist include the English dub of the special features?

A: Probably but that feature is not confirmed yet.

Q: Will you be releasing Queen's Blade?

A: Far too adult to release in Australia, so unlikely.

Q: Will you be releasing the Matsuri Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts OVAs?

A: We will be releasing that in May, season 2 of Baka to Test soon as well.

Q: Will you be releasing Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie uncut?

A: We're working on this title but cannot confirm anything at the moment.

Q: Will you be finishing Mardock Scramble?

A: Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust will hopefully be at the end of 2013 but we are waiting on the English dub. When it's released, Mardock Scramble: The First Compression and Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion will also be released on Blu-Ray.

Q: When will InuYasha The Final Act be released?

A: Later this month (20th of Feb -Ed).

Q: Will you be releasing Gyo?

A: Another company is releasing this title. (Hanabee -Ed)

Q: When will we see Adventure Time season 2 on DVD?

A: Some time in the near future.