Media Blasters Announces New Acquisitions

After virtually ignoring their website for over 6 months, Media Blasters has now re-launched their homepage with a new site design and word of several new licenses. Several of the titles announced have been announced before, but several of the titles, including 10 Warriors of Tokyo, Demon Lord Dante, Dog World, Leiji Matsumoto’s Gun Frontier, Mars, and Varom One are seemingly series that have not yet premiered in Japan. The existing titles include:

Babel II – the recent TV series adaptation of the classic psychic warfare action manga.

Genma Wars – the currently on air TV series adaptation of the classic psychic/sci-fi anime movie Harmageddon.

Idol Project – A wonderful and bizarre 4 episode OAV series featuring literally hundreds of cute anime girls and a cast including a half-dozen of the most famous voice actresses to ever work in the industry.

Jungle Emperor Leo – better known to Americans as Kimba the White Lion.

Madara – a violent 2 episode OAV series from the early 1990s involving fantasy settings and cyborgs.

Space Pirate Mito – the 13 episode 1999 space adventure/action comedy from Xebec. It was quickly followed by a second 13 episode season/series.

Wild 7 Another – the currently on air TV series adaptation of the classic manga about wild and violent motorcycle police.

Y’s – The classic Falcom fantasy RPG series was turned into 2 OAV series in the late 1980s.

Pistol Opera – Revered yakuza movie director Seijun Suzuki returned to directing last year with this wild and bizarre live action story about a guild of professional assassins.