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ANIME ROUND-UP

I t’s another big month of anime titles with a special number of Limited Edition releases hitting shelves alongside their standard edition brethren. Prepare for ol’ man Ryan’s anime flashback. Many moons ago, circa 2003 or so, Madman released a ton of awesome limited editions including cool collector's boxes and memorabilia not available elsewhere, and it is nothing short of awesome to see this kind of cool swag returning to JB stores again. Fans of the original magical girl franchise will be happy to know that Sailor Moon R : Season 2, Part 1 comes packaged in a collector's box with glossy booklet, not to mention four discs of action, adventure, new powers and new transformations. Love Live! School Idol Project: Season 2 has special, limited packaging and a character guide included. The only thing missing from this release are the School Idols themselves!

Lord Marksman and Vanadis all hit shelves in complete collections. Also available this month are shonen stalwarts Naruto Shippuden Collection 25 , One Piece (UNCUT) Collection 36 and the Bleach Movie Collection (movies 1-4) , as well as the massive Bleach Bankai Boxes 3 and 4 .

The pick of the limited edition releases would be Free! Eternal Summer: Season 2 + OVA Collection , which comes in collectors packaging with a character guide, exclusive art cards and a sheet of stickers from the Iwatobi and Samezuka swim clubs. I’m man enough to admit that this series is chock full of total dreamboats.

Not to be left behind, Sword Art Online: Season 2, Part 4 (starring none other than Mr Bryce Papenbrook, see below) comes with a collector's box to house Parts 3 and 4, some very pretty postcards and an even prettier artbook. Gundam Reconguista in G wraps up with Part 2 in a subtitled-only release, while Dramatical Murder , Tokyo ESP ,

Free! Eternal Summer Season 2

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Bryce Papenbrook

T he voice of more anime characters than I have page space to spare, Bryce Papenbrook is who I

Bob replied, “He’s a kid!” while literally shoving his son into his future career. Don’t be fooled by Bryce's devilish good looks and voice of a thousand characters – he

says that he’d love to be a part of Dragonball Z. "I think I could play Trunks but I don't think I could play Goku, not as well as Sean Schemmel." When asked what the worst part

want to be when I grow up. Back in town this April for Supanova in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast, he admits that he’s a big fan of our fair shores. “I've been to Australia before, the fans are great. Last time I don't think I stopped signing all day. There were lines literally around the corner." After feigning sickness to get a day off school, Bryce’s journey to voice acting fame was expedited by his father, who at the time was voicing the villainous Rito Revolto in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers . Bob Papenbrook had just finished his own recording when the director stated that he needed a kid's voice, to which

of being a voice actor is, Bryce notes that “auditioning is truly brutal”, and that taking a knock is in no way uncommon.

can hold his own, stating “I'm a 4th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art, and a kickboxer, so I know what it's like to get hit for real. I use that in my work”. So you can be sure that when Rin gets socked in the jaw, Bryce has been there himself. Having played so many well known characters himself, including Attack on Titan 's Eren Jaeger, Bryce

"I always tell people that if they get one out of a hundred auditions, they're very successful.” But the absolute worst thing of all would have to be, “the traffic in LA. It’s a nightmare!”

Bryce Papenbrook will be at Supanova Gold Coast and Melbourne in April.You can follow @brycepapenbrook onTwitter and @actorbrycepapenbrook on Facebook.

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