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BTOOOM! is very much an anime version of The Hunger Games, which itself is an American version Battle Royale. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that this series is like a cross between Battle Royale and Bomberman because not only are the protagonists stuck on an island of certain death, but they only have a variety of bombs at their disposal. Based upon the manga series of the same name by Junya Inoue (available in English from Yen Press ), it follows the source material pretty well to the letter, albeit out of order. That said, I'm currently only up to volume 5 of the manga. Be careful what you wish for. Ryouta Sakamoto has suddenly been transferred in to a deadly high stakes game. A game he is all too familiar with. Left on a mysterious island with a set of provisions, a bag of bombs and a strange crystal embedded into his left hand – this is the world of Btooom realized. Beautifully replicated, this game of Btooom is an all out dog eat dog world, where to e...

Our pals up in Brisbane are celebrating at Supanova this weekend which means, as always, acquisition announcements. Hanabee have 3 MASSIVE announcements for us including ACCEL WORLD,  ORESHURA and BTOOOM! The only negative to these announcements is that we have to wait until February!  As an added bonus, Hanabee have also hinted at the fact that they will have even more announcements for us at Supanova Adelaide next week. What do you think they may have up their sleeves? Follow on after the jump for the new title announcements.