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    The Doctor returns to Japan this year as DOCTOR WHO: NEW GENERATION © 2014 BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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    Author: Jim M. Ballard Official Site: http://kadokawa-d.jp/lineup/doctor-who/ After a failed attempt by Japan`s public broadcaster NHK to bring DOCTOR WHO to the country in 2006, and a few scattered airings on satellite and web video services, Japan has spent almost a decade waiting to catch up with the BBC`s hit sci-fi series. Last year DOCTOR WHO celebrated it`s 50th anniversary with a special feature-length episode, THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR, which was broadcast simultaneously in 75 countries around the world. Although the episode failed to find a broadcaster in Japan, Japanese fans were instead treated to subtitled episodes of earlier seasons for the first time via the online video subscription service Hulu. Now DOCTOR WHO is now receiving a full-fledged relaunch on DVD in Japan featuring a new Japanese voice cast. The new releases will begin with

    UK Blu-ray and DVD cover art for LESSON OF EVIL. Photos courtesy of Third Window Films. © 2012 Lesson of the Evil Film Partners

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    Source: Third Window Films Official Movie Site: thirdwindowfilms.com/lesson-of-evil (UK) Special Thanks to Adam Torel and Claire Marty On September 29th, Third Window Films will release LESSON OF EVIL (????, Aku no Kyoten, 2012) on Blu-Ray and DVD in the United Kingdom. Hideaki Ito (252: SIGNAL OF LIFE, SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, THE LAST MESSAGE- UMIZARU, KAMUI) stars as the teacher from Hell in Takashi Miike`s outrageous, blood-splattered, high school horror. Bonus features include a 2 hour-long "Making Of" documentary and a new UK trailer. Cool and charismatic English teacher Seiji Hasumi (Hideaki Ito) is popular with students and teachers alike. He inspires trust and respect from his class, greeting many with an affectionate, if irritating, ruffle of the hair. But his actions soon take a turn, revealing something dark behind that charming smile. Students become suspicious when friends slowly start to disappear, but little

    Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © Naoko Takeuchi ? PNP ? Toei Animation

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    September 5th Virtual Live Stream Event Includes Real Time Q&A and Trivia Contest with Valuable Prizes Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab Official Site: sailormoon-official.com (Japan), VIZ.com/sailormoon (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, invites fans to celebrate the very special premiere of the re-mastered classic SAILOR MOON anime series Episodes 1-4 -- featuring the brand new English cast -- available to stream on Neon Alley and Hulu beginning Friday, September 5th at 8:00pm (PST). Exclusive dubbed episodes will be available for a limited time only! Fans are invited to join company members as VIZ Media and Neon Alley present Moonlight Party: A Celebration of SAILOR MOON Reborn! The virtual “slumber party” will take place as an unique live stream event on VIZ Media’s YouTube channel beginning at 8:00pm (PST) on Friday,

    Cover art for MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: GREEN WITH EVIL. Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Power Rangers LLC.

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    Available in Stores Nationwide from Shout! Factory Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Tom Chen and Shannon Meehan See the five episodes that introduced the most popular Ranger of all time! On September 23, Shout! Factory will release MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: GREEN WITH EVIL, which features fan-favorite MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS Episodes 17-21, chronicling the arc of the Green Ranger... • Part 1: OUT OF CONTROL • Part 2: JASON`S BATTLE • Part 3: THE RESCUE • Part 4: ECLIPSING MEGAZORD • Part 5: BREAKING THE SPELL The Power Rangers may have met their match after the evil witch Rita Repulsa creates her own Ranger: the Green Ranger! Can Angel Grove survive this new menace, armed with his own powers, a mystical dagger and the Dragonzord? A full-scale assault has been launched. Now, it’s up to the Power Rangers to rise to their

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    Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win all three of their new "Toho Godzilla Collection" Blu-ray sets! This second wave features Toho films previously unavailable on Blu-ray in North America. The stand-alone title GODZILLA 2000 (1999) presents both the U.S. version of the film along with -- for the first time in America -- the original Japanese version. The Godzilla Double Feature contains GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK (2001) and GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA (2002), and the REBIRTH OF MOTHRA TRILOGY features REBIRTH OF MOTHRA (1996) plus REBIRTH OF MOTHRA II (1997) and REBIRTH OF MOTHRA III (1998), marking the first ever home entertainment release of REBIRTH OF MOTHRA III in North America. Each 2-Disc set will be

    Hayao Miyazaki`s KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE will be released on Blu-ray for the first time in North America by Walt Disney Studios. Image courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. © 1989 Eiko Kadono • Nibariki • GN © 2014 Disney

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    New HD Digital Master of Studio Ghibli Classic Source: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Inc. press release Discover KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (??????, Majo no Takkyuubin, 1989), a fantastic coming-of-age tale full of magic, adventure and self-discovery from the sensational imagination of Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (2002, Best Animated Feature Film SPIRITED AWAY). And now you can explore even more of Kiki`s amazing world through a never-before-seen bonus feature -- exclusively in this 2-Disc Special Edition! Kiki is an enterprising young girl who must follow tradition to become a full-fledged witch. Venturing out with only her black cat, Jiji, Kiki flies off for the adventure of a lifetime. Landing in a far-off city, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world. Bring home KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE from

    POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE: ROBO KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS will be available on November 18th. Image courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. © 2013 SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Holiday Adventures on DVD and Digital Download this November Source: Lionsgate, Bender/Helper Impact Official Site: powerrangers.com Special Thanks to Geovani Rocha and Sydney Robertson Get in the holiday spirit with the Power Rangers Megaforce as one Power Ranger takes a journey to learn the true meaning of Christmas in POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE: ROBO KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, arriving on DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD November 18 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Saban`s hit POWER RANGERS series spreads holiday cheer while also delivering MEGA action and adventure as Troy, Noah, Emma, Gia and Jake work together to defend the planet from evil. The all-new holiday release also includes two festive bonus episodes and will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.98. Robo Knight learns the true meaning of the holiday season from a group of children when he is mistaken for a donated Christmas toy and

    Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2013 Yuuki KODAMA / Kadokawa Shoten / BLOOD LAD Partners

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    An Otaku Vampire Obsessed With the Human World Falls for a Pretty Girl That Becomes a Ghost Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: bloodlad.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, gives fans and viewers the opportunity to add BLOOD LAD (???????, Buraddo Raddo, 2013) to their personal home media collections as it announces the release of the complete anime series as a special Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and also as a Standard Edition DVD set, on September 2nd. VIZ Media is the exclusive North American master licensor for the BLOOD LAD anime property. The 10-episode paranormal action comedy about a nerdy vampire that is obsessed with the human word is rated ‘TV-14’ and will be offered as a Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo

    Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack and DVD editions of Studio Ghibli`s THE WIND RISES. Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. © 2013 Nibariki • GNDHDDTK © 2014 Disney

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    Masterpiece from the Academy Award-Winning Director Arrives November 18th Source: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Inc. press release Special Thanks to Jennifer Malone From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature, SPIRITED AWAY, 2002) comes THE WIND RISES (????, Kaze Tachinu, 2013), a spellbinding movie beyond compare. Experience “perhaps the greatest animated film the cinema has ever seen” (David Ehrlich, Film.com) on Blu-ray on DVD this November 18th. Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Gianni Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. Bring home the film that has dazzled fans and critics around the globe. Bursting off the screen

    Artwork not final – mock-up. Photo courtesy of Section23 Films.

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    LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS COLLECTOR`S EDITION Available December 2nd Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its December slate of releases; including the beloved series LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS, which will be released in an English dubbed DVD/BD COLLECTOR`S EDITION. Product details follow, in order of release... DIABOLIK LOVERS COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 195 min. Street Date: 12/2/2014 Format: DVD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $29.98 Yui Komori has spent her life sheltered by the Church and the man she thinks of as her father, but now she`s going to a new home and there`s a very different kind of family waiting for her. To her dismay, she discovers that she`ll be living with six very attractive young men, and not a single

    Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © Nahoko Uehashi/KAISEI-SHA/ Guardian of the Spirit Committee.

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    Complete Anime Fantasy Action Adventure from Production I.G. to be Released August 26th Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: moribito.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Elizabeth Ellis and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, delivers the riveting anime action fantasy series about a wandering warrior and a fallen prince to fans with the home media release of MORIBITO: GUARDIAN OF THE SPIRIT (??????, Seirei no Moribito, 2007) on August 26th. The 26-episode series, based on a bestselling collection of Japanese fantasy novels by author Nahoko Uehashi, is rated ‘TV-14’ and will be offered on 4 discs available on DVD and Blu-ray formats. The series will carry a DVD MSRP of $44.82 U.S. / $43.24 CAN; Blu-ray MSRP will be $54.97 U.S. / $66.15 CAN. The series will also be available for digital download from

    Cover art for the CAT’S EYE Season 2 DVD. Image courtesy of Right Stuf. © Tsukasa Hojo/NSP • TMS 1983 All Rights Reserved. Under License to Right Stuf, Inc. Produced by TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.

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    Nozomi Entertainment Announces the Litebox-style DVD Release Source: Right Stuf, Inc. press release Official Site: catseye.rightstuf.com Special Thanks to Jessica Heemsbergen Anime producer Nozomi Entertainment is pleased to announce that CAT’S EYE Season 2 will be available on November 4, 2014. This DVD set will feature the series` last 37 episodes with Japanese audio, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. On-disc extras will include the clean opening and closing, and remastered video. CAT’S EYE is based upon the best-selling manga by Tsukasa Hojo (City Hunter), which was originally serialized in Shueisha`s Weekly Shonen Jump anthology and later collected into 18 volumes. The series originally aired in Japan on Nippon TV from 1983-1985. In addition to the 1980s television release, it inspired a feature film, two live-action adaptations and a TV movie. Together, Hitomi, Rui and Ai are Cat`s Eye, the greatest art thieves Japan has ever

    © 2010 HobbyJAPAN/QUEEN`S BLADE PARTNERS

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: queensblade.tv (Japan) Special Thanks to Christian Lopez The ladies of the QUEEN’S BLADE mythos are back and ready to blaze their own paths toward eternal glory in Sentai Filmworks` latest acquisition, QUEEN’S BLADE: BEAUTIFUL WARRIORS (????????? ?????????, Kuiinzu Bureido ~Utsukushiki Tooshi-tachi~, 2011-2011). This 6 part OVA action series is directed by Kinji Yoshimoto (QUEEN’S BLADE: THE EXILED VIRGIN, UNBREAKABLE MACHINE-DOLL) with music production by Atsushi Yamamori (UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE, DRAGONAR ACADEMY), art direction by Junichi Higashi (SAIKANO, SAMURAI GIRLS) and animation production by ARMS (MAOYU, MEZZO). The tournament may be over, but the paths of your favorite characters of the Queen`s Blade competition continue on in preparation for a new age! Leina`s absence in Gainos sparks a war that reaches all the way to the steps of the castle, even as a new but familiar threat appears before her

    Cover art for SPACE PIRATE MITO Complete Collection. Image courtesy of Right Stuf. Season 1: © MITO Project /BANDAI VISUAL/AYERS. Season 2: © MITO Project/MITO Committee

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    Source: Right Stuf, Inc. press release Official Site: mito.rightstuf.com Special Thanks to Jessica Heemsbergen Anime producer Lucky Penny Entertainment has rescheduled the DVD release of SPACE PIRATE MITO Complete Collection to November 4, 2014. This 26-episode television adaptation contains both the first season, SPACE PIRATE MITO (??????????, Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibooken), and the second, SPACE PIRATE MITO: A PAIR OF QUEENS (?????????? 2?????, Mito no Daibooken: Futari no Joo-sama). SPACE PIRATE MITO originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo. The first season aired from January to March 1999 and the second season ran from July to October 1999. This new collection features animation by Triangle Staff (MACROSS PLUS, SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN), as well as direction by Takashi Watanabe (BOOGIEPOP PHANTOM, LOST UNIVERSE). The DVD set will feature the complete anime series, in a single DVD keepcase, with Japanese audio, English audio (Season 1 Only) and

    © 2012 Mikage Kasuga • SOFTBANK Creative Corp./ NOBUNA Production Committee

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: odanobuna.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Christian Lopez In an alternate past where the armies of Japan are led by female warlords, one woman’s dreams will shape a nation in Sentai Filmworks` latest acquisition, THE AMBITION OF ODA NOBUNA (???????, Oda Nobuna no Yaboo, 2012). This historical action comedy series is directed by Yuuji Kumazawa (SUNDY WITHOUT GOD, THE IRREGULAR AT MAGIC HIGH SCHOOL [Assosicate Director]) with series composition by Masashi Suzuki (KANOKON: THE GIRL WHO CRIED FOX, KOE DE OSHIGOTO!), music by Yasuharu Takanashi (FAIRY TAIL, SMILE PRECURE!) and animation production by Studio GOKUMI (A-CHANNEL, KOE DE OSHIGOTO!) x MADHOUSE (DEATH NOTE, HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD). Thrust into the past, the young and ambitious Sagara Yoshiharu longs to fulfill an old man’s last wish. Yoshiharu is a curious high schooler who suddenly finds himself making an important promise

    Warner Bros. Pictures` and Village Roadshow Pictures` sci-fi thriller EDGE OF TOMORROW is coming to Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD in October. Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. © 2014 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.

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    Available October 7th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Source: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Official Site: edgeoftomorrowmovie.com Special Thanks to Tina Theriot Live, Die, Repeat when EDGE OF TOMORROW arrives onto Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on October 7 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Directed by Doug Liman (THE BOURNE IDENTITY, MR. & MRS. SMITH), EDGE OF TOMORROW stars Oscar nominee Tom Cruise (BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, JERRY MAGUIRE, MAGNOLIA) and Emily Blunt (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU). Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ sci-fi thriller EDGE OF TOMORROW was directed by Liman from a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth, and based on the novel entitled All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. EDGE OF TOMORROW is the first motion picture to be shot at Warner Bros.

    San, the Princess Mononoke, tries to reason with the boar god Okkoto in Studio Ghibli`s PRINCESS MONONOKE. Walt Disney Studios will release the film on Blu-ray for the first time in North America. Image courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. © 2013 Nibariki • GNDHDDTK © 2014 Disney.

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    New HD Digital Master of Hayao Miyazaki’s Masterpiece Source: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Inc. press release Witness the majesty of the celebrated animator Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, PRINCESS MONONOKE (?????, Mononoke Hime, 1997), for the first time ever on Blu-ray High Definition. This exquisitely animated, critically acclaimed adventure from one of the most illustrious filmmakers of all time is now even more spectacular with dazzling HD picture and sound! Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out to the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi and a proud clan of humans against the forest’s animal gods... who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves. This monumental struggle between man and nature

    Contents of NISEKOI Blu-ray: Volume 1. Photo courtesy of Aniplex of America. © Naoshi Komi/SHUEISHA, ANIPLEX, SHAFT, MBS

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    Fan-Favorite Romantic Comedy Series from Anime Studio SHAFT to be Released on Blu-ray this Fall! Source: Aniplex of America press release Official Site: nisekoi.jp (Japan), NisekoiUSA.com (US) Special Thanks to Joanna Metoki Anime fans can look forward to more than a delicious turkey dinner this Thanksgiving as Aniplex of America, Inc. announced at their industry panel at OTAKON (Baltimore, MD) their plans to release NISEKOI (????, 2014) on Blu-ray. This highly-popular title will be released in four consecutive sets to be available in the U.S., Canada, Central and South Americas starting on November 25th. Pre-orders are now available on the official website. The release dates and details of Volumes 2-4 will be announced at a later date. Originally a popular manga series serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Nisekoi is a romantic comedy series written by author Naoshi Komi. The anime series of NISEKOI

    Madman will release MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UC Vol. 07 as an individual DVD and in a Limited Collector`s Box. Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © SOTSU • SUNRISE

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On August 20th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UC (UNICORN) Vol. 07 on Region 4 DVD. Adapted from the novel series, authored by bestselling Japanese writer Harutoshi Fukui, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UC returns to the Universal Century with breathtaking animation. Featuring "Over The Rainbow", the seventh and final episode of the MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UC (UNICORN) (????????UC(?????), Kidoo Senshi Gandamu Yunikon) series, this DVD will be released both singly and in a Limited Collector`s Box with space to house Vols. 1-6. "Over The Rainbow" The location of Laplace’s Box, which has the potential to overthrow the Earth Federation government, has finally been revealed. The place is Magallanica at Industrial 7, where the whole incident began. Martha, the acting head of the Vist Foundation, is determined to protect the Foundation’s interests. Together with

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: nozakikun.tv (Japan) Special Thanks to Christian Lopez Tales of unrequited love are as old as time itself, but there’s never been a tale drawn out quite like this in Sentai Filmworks` latest acquisition, MONTHLY GIRLS’ NOZAKI-KUN (????????, Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun, 2014). This romantic comedy series is directed by Mitsue Yamazaki (HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF THE EAST, KAMPFER) with series composition by Yoshiko Nakamura (HIIRO NO KAKERA – THE TAMAYORI PRINCESS SAGA, JUNJO ROMANTICA), art direction by Jirou Kouno (AMNESIA, SACRED SEVEN) and animation production by Dogakobo (MAJESTIC PRINCE, NATSUYUKI RENDEZVOUS). Love is the spirit that motivates an artist’s journey. Or, rather, it can and should be. Of course, for mangaka artist Nozaki... he’s clueless when it comes to those special feelings of love coming from his own classmate. It’s the age-old tale: the girl’s into a guy that barely

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