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Sentai Adds Skull Man, Maria Holic Anime in February (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
The North American anime distributor Maria Holic anime series. Section23 will ship the complete DVD sets for these two anime on February 2 and February 23, respectively.
The Skull Man anime adapts the manga of the same name from pioneering storyteller Harmagedon). The title character is a mysterious figure in a skull mask who has been committing horrific slayings in an alternate-history version of Japan.
published Shimamoto's retelling in North America.
Maria Holic's story centers on a sophomore named Kanako who enrolls in all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants to find her destined yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria — except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a sadistic, cross-dressing boy.
The anime studio Shaft publishing the second volume of the manga in North America this month.
Section23 also announced that the second volume of the Switchblade Pictures' live-action Kirenji Women's College collection on February 9 and Switchblade's live-action Ryuji the Yakuza collection on February 23.
Update: More background and story information added.
Images © 2007 Shōtarō Ishinomori/The Skull Man Production Committee
2009 Minari Endo, Media Factory/Maria Holic Production Committee
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