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North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 20-26

posted on 2014-04-22 17:30 EDT by Karen Ressler

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Anime Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Eureka Seven Blu-ray Part 1Please	FUNimation Entertainment	US$44.98	April 22
Eureka Seven Blu-ray Part 1 Limited EditionCite	FUNimation Entertainment	US$49.98	April 22
Eureka Seven DVD Part 1Please	FUNimation Entertainment	US$34.98	April 22
Eureka Seven Blu-ray Part 2AnimeNewsNetwork	FUNimation Entertainment	US$44.98	April 22
Eureka Seven DVD Part 2Please	FUNimation Entertainment	US$34.98	April 22
Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers DVD/Blu-rayCite	FUNimation Entertainment	US$34.98	April 22
Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers DVDAnimeNewsNetwork	FUNimation Entertainment	US$29.98	April 22
Hidemari Sketch x 365 Blu-ray Complete Collection (Season 2)Please	Sentai Filmworks	US$59.98	April 22
Little Busters! Blu-ray Collection 2Cite	Sentai Filmworks	US$69.98	April 22
Little Busters! DVD Collection 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Sentai Filmworks	US$59.98	April 22
Nekomonogatari (Black): Tsubasa Family Blu-ray Set Limited EditionPlease	Aniplex of America	US$64.98	April 22
Star Blazers 2199 Blu-ray 2Cite	Voyager Entertainment	US$44.99	April 24
Star Blazers 2199DVD 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Voyager Entertainment	US$34.99	April 24

Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Animal Land Graphic Novel (GN) 9Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 22
Bride of the Water God GN 15Cite	Dark Horse	US$9.99	April 23
Bunny Drop GN 10AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$13.99	April 22
Flowers of Evil GN 9Please	Vertical	US$10.95	April 22
Gantz GN 31Cite	Dark Horse	US$13.99	April 23
Higurashi: When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc GN 4Cite	Yen Press	US$18.99	April 22
Inu X Boku Secret Service GN 3AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$11.99	April 22
No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! GN 3Please	Yen Press	US$11.99	April 22

Other Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Dark Souls II Collector's Edition PC GameCite	Bandai Namco Games	US$109.99	April 25
Demon Gaze PS Vita GameAnimeNewsNetwork	NIS America	US$39.99	April 22
Spice and Wolf Novel 11 (Side Colors II)Please	Yen Press	US$11.99	April 22
Sword Art Online: Aincrad Novel 1Cite	Yen Press	US$12.99	April 22

This article has a follow-up: North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 27-May 3 (2014-04-29 18:30)
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