Added on December 14, 2015  Lesley Aeschliman  anime , Eastern Star , featured , FUNimation Entertainment , News

New Anime Releases for the Week of December 15, 2015

This week sees new releases from Eastern Star, FUNimation Entertainment, and Sentai Filmworks.

My “Pick of the Week” goes to Sentai Filmworks’ release of Chaika The Coffin Princess Season 1.

Chaika The Coffin Princess Season 1 DVD | Blu-ray
Sentai Filmworks – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $59.98 | $69.98 Get it for $49.99 on Amazon!

The end of the war with the Gaz Empire only meant unemployment for former Saboteur Toru Acura. So when he collides with fate in the form of a young girl carrying a coffin through a forest, it doesn’t take much convincing for Toru and his similarly inclined step-sister Akari to join young wizard Chaika on her bizarre quest: to collect the scattered body parts of the former Emperor. Unfortunately, the severed pieces were carried off by the Heroes who killed him, and some think that reassembling them could restart the war. On top of that, Chaika may not be who she claims to be, as there are others conducting similar missions all across the kingdoms. Is Chaika a dead man’s daughter, picking up the pieces for burial, or is there something far more sinister in the works? The winds of war are stirring and there are dragons waiting in the darkness ahead for Chaika The Coffin Princess.

The other new anime releases coming out this week are:

Daimidaler: Prince V.S. Penguin Empire Complete Collection Blu-ray/DVD Combo
FUNimation Entertainment – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $64.98

The earth is under attack by the alien Penguin Empire and only heroes able to produce Hi-Ero particles need apply. Piloting the Daimidaler mechs are master pervert Kouichi with his take-no-prisoners libido and Kiriko, a girl who can level cities just by thinking of her boyfriend. It’s up to them to dodge the massive front tails of the filthy penguin commandos and go toe to toe with rival mechs powered by a girl who loves penguins a little too much. Experience an overflow of Hi-Ero power with brave Daimidaler.

Hayate the Combat Butler: Heaven Is a Place on Earth DVD | Blu-ray
Sentai Filmworks – Sub – MSRP: $29.98 | $39.98

It’s no understatement to say that the stormy relationship between Nagi and her butler Hayate is often the result of the fact that they see things from entirely different social perspectives. However, when Nagi decides to bring Hayate, her maid Maria, and their friends to a secluded vacation retreat, our star-crossed couple soon find themselves seeing things from completely conflicting realities. In a bizarre turn of fate, Hayate finds himself in a world where his mistress is Maria, and Nagi no longer seems to exist. Meanwhile, Nagi is having her own problems, trapped in an amusement park of doom. What’s going on and how does this relate to a mysterious silver-haired woman who seems to hold the key to everything?

Majestic Prince Complete Collection DVD | Blu-ray
Sentai Filmworks – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $79.98 | $99.98

The original reason for creating genetically enhanced humans was to explore outer space; but when the alien Wulgaru attacked using vastly advanced technology, the Evolved Children were instead turned into Mankind’s last line of defense. Which, for the members of the newly created Team Rabbits, means that their only hope for survival is to do the impossible: to somehow master an entirely new generation of weapon systems in the middle of a desperate war.  To become a team and keep each other alive, even as Earth’s defense force repeatedly throws them back into the slaughter. And, between the battles, to uncover the secret motivations behind the mystifying actions of both the Wulgaru and Team Rabbits’ own command. Izuru, Asagi, Kei, Tamaki, and Suruga may have been created as cannon fodder, but in the end, their will to survive may be the only thing that can save the entire human race.

One Piece Season Seven Voyage Four DVD
FUNimation Entertainment – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $39.98

Monkey D. Luffy and Boa Hancock arrive at the underwater prison of Impel Down, but the Snake Princess will have to use every ounce of her beguiling charm to smuggle the rubber-man past the guards. Once inside, an unexpected alliance with Buggy the Clown gives Luffy the best chance at surviving the Blade Trees and Spike Needle Grass of the prison’s infamous Crimson Hell. While the rubber-man tries to avoid being sliced and diced, Princess Hancock flaunts her ample assets to secure a private chat with Fire Fist Ace. Next up on this mad dash through Impel Down, Luffy is reunited with the many faces of Bon Clay. Together, these old foes-turned-friends will join forces against a demonic, lightning-fast, devastatingly-powerful Minotaur as they fight their way toward the infamous inferno of the prison’s Level 4.

Space Adventure Cobra The Movie Blu-ray
Eastern Star – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $29.95

In a universe swarming with inhabited planets and bizarre aliens, corrupt governments operate in the pay of star-spanning criminal syndicates and the Justice Federation of United Galaxies places a price on the heads of hardened criminals. The highest bounty of all rests with the infamous space pirate Cobra, an unstoppable rogue whose left arm conceals a devastating psycho-gun. Presumed dead for two years, Cobra comes out retirement after an encounter with the beautiful bounty hunter Jane – a decision which leads him into direct conflict with the sinister Galaxy Pirates, a vast criminal organization led by Crystal Boy, the personification of death itself.