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Any list gathering up the best that anime has to offer will inevitably include Akira, and for good reason. The 1988 movie raised the bar for film animation and is widely credited with introducing mainstream audiences outside Japan to the medium. However, the anime adaptation is only part of the tale. Like innumerable other anime projects, Akira is adapted from a much longer--though lesser-known--manga series. While the Akira manga has been available in print for decades, a new Akira Hardcover Edition kicked off earlier in 2025, offering the most authentic presentation of Katsuhiro Otomo's groundbreaking sci-fi saga. If you've ever...

The latest chapter of the Dragon Ball saga, Dragon Ball: Daima, wrapped up earlier this year, and it's finally coming to Blu-ray on March 3, 2026, just in time for the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball. Like other high-profile anime series, you'll have the option to choose from two editions: a standard Blu-ray release for $70 or a Collector's Edition for $90 that comes with extra goodies. Preorders for both versions are available now at Amazon.Set between the Majin Buu and God of Destruction arcs, Dragon Ball: Daima follows Goku on his journey to the Demon Realm. After Goku and...

Dragon Ball Super: The Complete Series Collector's Edition is on sale for its lowest price ever at Amazon. Fans can get the Blu-ray box set featuring all 131 episodes of the anime for only $100 (was $200). The Collector's Edition comes with 10 steelbook cases and a decorative metal display box. Amazon's 50% discount eclipses the retailer's $120 Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal. To round out your Dragon Ball Super collection, you can pick up the recently released Dragon Ball Super: Broly Steelbook Edition on Blu-ray only $24 (was $40) and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Steelbook Edition on 4K Blu-ray...

Digimon fans don't have to wait much longer to watch the uncut versions of three early 2000s movies in English for the first time. Discotek Media's Digimon The Movies 4-6 Collection releases December 30. The preorder price has dropped for the second time at Amazon and Crunchyroll; the $30 Blu-ray collection is now available to preorder for only $20.The 4-6 Collection is a follow-up to Discotek Media's popular Digimon The Movies 1-3 Collection, which released last December. The first collection is currently out of stock everywhere, so if you're interested in watching the new collection at launch, it'd be wise...

Dozens of Blu-rays and DVDs in Shout Factory's extensive catalog are on sale for a limited time at Amazon, including the Rebuild of Evangelion saga. Evangelion: 1.11 on Blu-ray is down to only $20, its lowest price since being reissued alongside Evangelion: 2.22 ($24) in October. Both films had been out of print in the US for years. The DVD version of Evangelion: 2.22 is discounted to just $14.Evangelion: 3.33 on DVD is on sale for $19.49 (was $30). Unfortunately, this is the only one you can't buy on Blu-ray--unless you're willing to pay a hefty premium for the out-of-print...

Amazon still has some great manga and anime deals lingering around after Cyber Monday, including enormous discounts on Dark Horse's Trigun and Trigun Maximum Deluxe Editions as well as limited-time price cuts on Trigun anime collections. The handsome hardcover edition of the original Trigun story arc is on sale for only $18.23 (was $50). Published last September, Trigun Deluxe Edition is a massive 704-page omnibus with premium presentation value.All 14 volumes of Nightow's follow-up series Trigun Maximum have also received the Deluxe Edition treatment across five matching hardcover books. Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 1 is discounted to only $20.17...

Attack on Titan fans can get collectible Steelbook Editions of all four seasons of the anime for extremely good prices this week. Attack on Titan: The Final Season Complete Steelbook Edition released November 25 and is on sale for $44 (was $70) at Amazon. You can pair the new release with the Steelbook Editions of Seasons 1-3 that launched last December. This is the first time we've seen all three in stock at Amazon since The Final Season Steelbook preorders opened in August. More importantly, Amazon has limited-time deals that drop the price of each Steelbook Edition to nearly 50%...

Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series has received a limited-time discount at Amazon that drops the price to only $54 (was $90). Released last fall, this limited-edition box set has only been discounted to this low of a price once before--and that was six months ago. Samurai Champloo's production was led by legendary anime director Shinichiro Watanabe, who is best known for directing Cowboy Bebop. If you don't yet own Cowboy Bebop on Blu-ray, you have a few great options right now, including the standard Blu-ray for only $26 (was $60) and the Walmart-exclusive Steelbook Edition for $66.65. Cowboy Bebop and...

Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition is back in stock for $20 (was $25) at Amazon. The recently released collectible hardcover edition of Diana Wynne Jones' classic fantasy novel had been sold out for about a month at multiple retailers. Along with the restock of the Deluxe Limited Edition, Amazon has a limited-time deal on the new World of Howl Trilogy Box Set that drops the price to only $22.38.The Deluxe Limited Edition and World of Howl Box Set would look great displayed next to the Steelbook Edition of Studio Ghibli's animated adaptation. The 2004 adaptation written and directed by...