Fresh out of the DVD auto shop, fixed copies of Disc 3 from Vehicle Force Voltron Collection 3 will be available from February 1st!

For those customers who have been waiting on their copies since the December recall, updated stock will be sent to retailers and available from the website.

If you are a customer who already has a copy of Vehicle Force Collection 3, and would like their faulty copy of disc 3 replaced, we will be happy to do this by mail.

Just email your Name and Address, and advise your Place of Purchase, with the Subject line "Vehicle Voltron Replacement" to order@madman.com.au

Madman Entertainment announces its February - April 2006 Manga line-up, including the premiere volumes of ASTRO BOY and SAMURAI CHAMPLOO!

Madman manga is available at all good bookstores and anime specialist outlets.

February 15th
CHRNO CRUSADE (MANGA) VOL 6
FRUITS BASKET (MANGA) VOL 14
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST (MANGA) VOL 04
LOVE FOR VENUS (MANGA) VOL 11
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO (MANGA) VOL 1
SLAM DUNK (MANGA) VOL 15
X (Manga) VOL 13

March 15th
CHRNO CRUSADE (MANGA) VOL 7
FRUITS BASKET (MANGA) VOL 15
LOVE FOR VENUS (MANGA) VOL 12 (FINAL)
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO (MANGA) VOL 2 (FINAL)
SLAM DUNK (MANGA) VOL 16
X (Manga) VOL 14

March 29th (April releases)
ASTRO BOY (MANGA) V1
ASTRO BOY (MANGA) V2
ASTRO BOY (MANGA) V3 (FINAL)
CHRNO CRUSADE (MANGA) VOL 8 (FINAL)
SLAM DUNK (MANGA) VOL 17
SLAM DUNK (MANGA) VOL 18

As Madman Entertainment prepares for bigger things to come in Manga, we wish to advise all customers of a new standard price point of $14.95.

In order to continue broadening our Manga range, it has become necessary to phase out the $12.95 price point.

Select volumes of the following titles have previously been available at $12.95 and will now be $14.95:

Love for Venus
Slam Dunk
Rahxephon
Fruits Basket
Chrno Crusade

In order to assist customers with this transition, the price point will only take effect once existing $12.95 price pointed back catalogue stock is exhausted.

The price adjustment to $14.95 is effective immediately on the following volumes:

Fruits Basket 1
Fruits Basket 2
Fruits Basket 5
Fruits Basket 6

Love for Venus 3
Love for Venus 4
Love for Venus 6
Love for Venus 7

Please note, the one exception to our new standardised $14.95 price point is .Hack//Legend of the Twilight Volume 3. Due to its deluxe page count featuring an additional 100 pages, volume 3 of this title will now retail for $15.95.

Madman wishes to thank its Manga customers for their ongoing support.

US Pop culture authority icv2.com reports that Full Metal Alchemist is the best selling Manga title in the USA, saying "it is hard to argue with the best-selling title of the year, particularly when that book, like FMA Vol. 1, sells extremely well in both the bookstore and comic shop markets."

In Australia, MADMAN has released Full Metal Alchemist Manga, garnering a strong reception at specialist locations Electronics Boutique, Borders, and leading anime independents.

Full Metal Alchemist continues to ride high, with best selling DVDs and Manga, but fans need not worry about being caught behind - the journey of Elric and Alphonse can also be seen on Cartoon Network nationwide Monday to Thursday at 11pm, repeating at Midnight.

FMA's transmutation into an all time classic continues in all its many forms!

The slick for THE TAKE has an error in the technical specs. Where the audio information reads "English 5.1/Japanese 2.0" the correct audio specifications are "English/Spanish 5.1" and "English/Spanish 2.0". We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Is a little kid on the back of a robot cooler than a Jedi on some kind of lizard?

Bigpondmovies.com seem to think so. In the month of November, the most played trailer was Gad Guard, head and shoulders above the 2nd most played trailer, which trailed over 1,400 hits behind.

What DVD did Gad Guard trounce? A November release called Star Wars Episode III.

Egads! George Lucas eat your heart out!

The rampaging success of FULL METAL ALCHEMIST continues!

Madman Entertainment announces that the anticipated release of FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST V06 WITH COLLECTOR'S TIN & SOUNDTRACK 2 (LIMITED EDITION) has already SOLD OUT to all sales channels.

Following the amazing debut of FULL METAL ALCHEMIST V1 LIMITED EDITION TIN, which also sold out on release, FULL METAL ALCHEMIST v6 & COLLECTORS TIN has gone one better. All retail channels are allocated, and no more preorders are being accepted on www.madman.com.au - over a full month before its 15th February release.

Fans are encouraged to rush to their nearest DVD retailer and reserve a copy to avoid disappointment.

Volume 6 (MMA3318) remains available as a standard release.

Madman Entertainment would like to inform its customers that regretfully, there is a fault with VEHICLE FORCE VOLTRON: COLLECTION 3 (MMB253).

The cause of this fault was due to a problem with the original masters, which did not contain the final episode of the series and as a result instead of the final episode of VEHICLE VOLTRON, we were incorrectly supplied with a mislabelled episode 22 instead of episode 52.

Madman Entertainment is doing everything in its power to rectify the problem with our licensors as rapidly as possible and hopes to have a new version at a to be disclosed date.

We hope fans can still enjoy the rest of the set, and replacements will be offered when they become available.

Retailers please note this item should be withdrawn from sale and returned as soon as possible. For further information please contact your AV Channel Account Manager.

Howl's Moving Castle has been nominated for three award categories for the 2006 Annie Awards, the same awards which were presented to Spirited Away in four seprate categories in 2003 prior to the Oscar Win at the Academy Awards in March.

Howl's has been nominator for Best Animated Feature, Best Directing in an Animated Feature (Hayao Miyazaki) and Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production.

The Annie Awards take place on February 4th, 2006.

The AV Channel sends warm Christmas and New Year's greetings to all
customers and takes this opportunity to extend our gratitude and thanks to all valued clients for their support in 2005.

The AV Channel will be closed for business on Christmas Day - Dec 25, and Boxing Day, Dec 26 2005. It will also be closed on Jan 2 2006 .

Please also note that the AV Channel warehouse will be closed on January 11th, 12th and 13th for stocktake.

There will be no stock movements during this period, so be sure to place any orders required during this time with your rep with plenty of notice.

The AV Channel thanks you again for your support and wishes all customers a safe and prosperous New Year.