This week: catch Tiger and Bunny online for free, and pick up Tenchi Muyo: Ryo Ohki’s new Classic DVD Box Set release!
First up on this week’s update:
Viz Media announced last week that it has officially acquired U.S. Rights for Tiger and Bunny, which is currently the top selling Blu-Ray series on Amazon.jp and is rapidly becoming a huge success here in the U.S. You can already watch Tiger and Bunny on Viz Anime’s website (as well as Hulu) and the episodes have been premiering the same day as they release in Japan. (They’re already up to episode ten, so you can have a little marathon to catch up if you want!)
Since Viz has acquired the product license for this title, we should see announcements for DVD and Blu-Ray releases very soon (along with the possibility for toys, collectibles and other fun stuff!). It’s currently free to watch online, so check it out if you are a Shonen/Action manga fan (it fits the young-adult action genre quite well).
“TIGER & BUNNY follows veteran hero Wild Tiger on his fight against crime for corporate superheroes group NEXT, all the while being filmed by superhero reality show HERO TV… But a tendency to destroy public property while protecting the lives of the innocent has earned him the nickname “Crusher for Justice”… Now, under orders from his new employer, Wild Tiger finds himself forced to team up with rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr., aka “Bunny”… Will these two polar opposites be able to work together to fight crime?!”
Next up on this week’s update:
I’m happy to announce that Tenchi Muyo: Ryo Ohki got re-released in a new Classic Box Set today! The various Tenchi Universe series were some of my favorites back when they aired on Toonami in the late ’90s, and this is a great chance for those unfamiliar with the series to pick up the early episodes. You can find them here on Amazon for $13.99. Note that this boxed set is unedited (unlike what aired on Toonami back in the 90’s) so there will be some nudity.
Now if only they would release all the Tenchi Universe series on one huge DVD box set with special features!
For those of you who didn’t catch Tenchi back in the 90’s, here’s the English opening that aired on Toonami: