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    Source: Right Stuf, Inc. press release Official Site: gundam.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to Jessica Breon and Jake Hockenberry Anime distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Sunrise Inc. are excited to announce the upcoming release of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM AGE (????????AGE, Kidoo Senshi Gandamu Eiji, 2011-2012). Collection 2 will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on June 5, 2018. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM AGE TV SERIES BLU-RAY COLLECTION 2 Directed by Susuma Yamaguchi (MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED, OUTLAW STAR, LUPIN III: THE SECRET OF TWILIGHT GEMINI), MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM AGE features an original story by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate. The series stars voice actors Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi – NARUTO, Madara – NATSUME`S BOOK OF FRIENDS) as Flit Asuno. The final chapter of an epic Gundam story! Flit Asuno, driven by his hatred of the Vagan, has sworn to exterminate the enemy. Asemu Asuno, in his neutral

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    The romantic comedy that took the otaku world by storm comes to Blu-ray! Source: Aniplex of America press release Official Site: oreimo-anime.com (Japan), aniplexusa.com/oreimo (US) Special Thanks to Aiko Makino Aniplex of America announced today at their industry panel at Kawaii Kon (Honolulu, HI) that both OREIMO and OREIMO 2 will be coming to Blu-ray for the first time. Both seasons of the beloved, fan-favorite sibling romantic comedy will be released on 2 Blu-ray Box Sets this year, giving fans the first chance to own the complete series on Blu-ray. Aside from episodes #1-12, the OREIMO Complete Blu-ray Box Set will include the 4 OVA episodes, including episode #12.5 TRUE ROUTE. The OREIMO 2 Complete Blu-ray Box Set will include all 13 episodes of the second season, the 3 OVA episodes, and the “Gal-ge” short movies. Both Blu-ray Box Sets will come with special illustration cards

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of GINTAMA (??, 2017), the visually spectacular feature film based on the long-running manga by Hideaki Sorachi. The live-action film adaptation was written and directed by Yûichi Fukuda (PSYCHIC KUSUO) and stars Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yuya Yagira, Hirofumi Arai, Ryo Yoshizawa, Akari Hayami, Murotsuyoshi, Masami Nagasawa, Masaki Okada, Jiro Sato, Nanao Ken Yasuda, with Kankuro Nakamura, and Tsuyoshi Domoto. GINTAMA takes place in an alternate Edo-period Japan, where an Alien race has taken control, forcing Samurai to lay down their swords. Once feared as the “White Demon,” former samurai Gintoki Sakata now works as an everyday handyman -- until a master swordsman tasks Gintoki and his friends with finding the cursed sword Benizakura to

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    GRIMOIRE OF ZERO Available June 26th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its June slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks’ GRIMOIRE OF ZERO, available on Blu-ray and Collector’s Edition Premium Box Set! Product details follow, in order of release... ANONYMOUS NOISE BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 6/5/2018 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98 Six years ago Momo taught Nino the joy of singing from her heart. When Momo`s family moved away without warning, Nino found herself lost and adrift. Until she met Yuzu, who also had a musical gift that he shared with her until he was suddenly gone as well, leaving nothing but the memory of his music. Before they disappeared, both Momo and Yuzu

    Win the HUNTER X HUNTER: PHANTOM ROUGE Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and HUNTER X HUNTER Vol. 1 Blu-ray from Viz Media and SciFi Japan! Photos courtesy of VIZ Media. ©POT (Yoshihiro Togashi) 1998-2012?©2013

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    Source: VIZ Media Special Thanks to Elizabeth Ellis VIZ Media, LLC, is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of the anime feature film HUNTER X HUNTER: PHANTOM ROUGE (??? HUNTER×HUNTER ?????-??????????-, Gekijoo-ban HUNTER×HUNTER Hiiro no Genei -Fantomu Ruuju-, 2013). And, as a bonus, they`ve also thrown in Volume 1 of the HUNTER X HUNTER anime series on Blu-ray! The action-packed movie is on sale now with a MSRP of $29.98 U.S. / $34.99 CAN. In the film, someone has stolen Kurapika`s eyes -- and according to him, it was another survivor from his clan who were massacred for their Scarlet Eyes! Gon and Killua begin investigating on his behalf, but shortly after they`ve begun, the Phantom Troupe appears! The HUNTER X HUNTER anime series is based on the popular Hunter X Hunter manga originally created by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series

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    Source: Maiden Japan press release February brings the addition of A SPIRIT OF THE SUN (??????, Taiyoo no Mokushiroku, 2006) to Maiden Japan’s ever-growing collection of anime titles. Based on the epic manga by Kaiji Kawaguchi and directed by Masayuki Kojima, the acclaimed director of titles like MONSTER (?????, Monsutaa, 2004-05), MADE IN ABYSS (????????, Meido in Abisu, 2017) and BLACK BULLET (?????????, Burakku Buretto, 2014), the feature film explores a frighteningly possible world in which a series of natural disasters force the Japanese people to flee their homeland. When Japan is hit by the twin disasters of the eruption of Mt. Fuji and a massive earthquake, the island nation gets literally shattered and torn in two. With millions dead and the life-sustaining national infrastructure destroyed, mass evacuation of much of the country’s population was the only alternative. Now the Japanese refugees living in Taiwan find

    Front and back packaging artwork for the HUNTER X HUNTER: PHANTOM ROUGE Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack. Photos courtesy of VIZ Media. ©POT (Yoshihiro Togashi) 1998-2012?©2013

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    Feature Length Movie Based On The Popular HUNTER X HUNTER Series Debuts On Home Video Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Elizabeth Ellis and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces an exciting feature film addition to its HUNTER X HUNTER catalog with the release of HUNTER X HUNTER: PHANTOM ROUGE (??? HUNTER×HUNTER ?????-??????????-, Gekijoo-ban HUNTER×HUNTER Hiiro no Genei -Fantomu Ruuju-, 2013). The action-packed movie, which is based on the popular HUNTER X HUNTER anime series, will be released on February 20th as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack. The Combo Pack’s MSRP will be $29.98 U.S. / $34.99 CAN. A standard DVD-only edition will also be available with a MSRP of $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN. In the film, someone has stolen Kurapika`s eyes -- and according to him, it was another

    Front and back cover art for the POKÉMON THE MOVIE: I CHOOSE YOU! Blu-ray. Images courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2018 Pokémon. © 1997 Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK, TV Tokyo, ShoPro, JR Kikaku. TM, ® Nintendo.

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    New Animated POKÉMON Feature Film Offers An Action-Packed Retelling Of Ash And Pikachu’s First Adventure Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the home media release of POKÉMON THE MOVIE: I CHOOSE YOU! (???????????? ???????, Gekijoo-ban Poketto Monsutaa Kimi ni Kimeta!, 2017). The film will debut as Blu-ray and DVD editions on February 13th. The Blu-ray Edition will carry an MSRP of $24.98 U.S. / $29.99 CAN and is presented in full 1080p High Definition with English dubbed as well as English SDH subtitled dialogue options. The DVD Standard Edition will carry an MSRP of $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN. When Ash Ketchum oversleeps on his 10th birthday, he ends up with a stubborn Pikachu instead of the

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    Source: Right Stuf, Inc. press release Official Site: gundam.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to Jessica Breon and Jake Hockenberry Anime distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Sunrise Inc. are excited to announce the upcoming release of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM AGE (????????AGE, Kidoo Senshi Gandamu Eiji, 2011-2012). Collection 1 will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on May 1, 2018. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM AGE TV SERIES BLU-RAY COLLECTION 1 Directed by Susuma Yamaguchi (MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED, OUTLAW STAR, LUPIN III: THE SECRET OF TWILIGHT GEMINI), MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM AGE features an original story by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate. The series stars voice actors Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi – NARUTO, Madara – NATSUME`S BOOK OF FRIENDS) and Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Yuri Katsuki – YURI!!! ON ICE, Mikado Ryugamine – DURARARA!!) as, respectively, the adult and young versions of Flit Asuno. Three destinies will form history... Hundreds of years

    Win the martial arts extravaganza BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES II: THE INFERNAL BATTLEFIELD Blu-ray Combo Pack from Well Go USA! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the wuxia martial arts extravaganza BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES II: THE INFERNAL BATTLEFIELD (???II????, 2017). Director Lu Yang and star Chang Chen (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) reteam for an action-packed prequel to their 2014 success BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES. Chen recreates his role as Shen Lian and the film depicts how he became such a fearsome imperial guard. BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES II: THE INFERNAL BATTLEFIELD also stars Yang Mi (THE BULLET VANISHES), Zhang Yi (BLOOD OF YOUTH), Lei Jiayin (GUNS AND ROSES), Xin Zhilei (CROSSCURRENT) and King Shih Chieh (THE GUILLOTINES). An imperial guard searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him and his partners. The proof of his innocence lies with a wanted woman named

    Win the Chinese sci-fi thriller RESET on Blu-ray from Well Go USA! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2017 New Clues Film

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    Starring Chinese Superstar Yang Mi Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the action-packed sci-fi thriller RESET (????, 2017) from producer Jackie Chan and director Hong-Seung Yoon (THE TARGET). Yang Mi (BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES II) stars as a scientist trying to save her son from death at the hands of kidnappers by using an experimental universe-hopping/time-travel technology to save him. RESET also stars Wallace Huo (OUR TIME WILL COME), King Shih-Chieh (THE FINAL MASTER), Liu Chang (THE KINGS WOMAN) and newcomers Hummer Zhang and Wang Lidan. RESET was nominated as Best Film at the 2017 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival. RESET is set in the near future. Scientist Xia Tian (Yang Mi) is on the verge of a major discovery:

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    SWORD ORATORIA: IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON? ON THE SIDE! Available May 29th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its May slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks’ long-awaited spinoff series, SWORD ORATORIA: IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON? ON THE SIDE!, available on DVD, Blu-ray and Collector’s Edition Premium Box Set! Product details follow, in order of release... ATOM - THE BEGINNING BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 5/1/2018 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 In the aftermath of the Great Catastrophe, grad students Hiroshi Ochanomizo and Ummataro Tenma are working at the forefront of the exciting new field of super-robot development. Creating the next level

    BORN UNDER CROSSED STARS is one of five films included in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo set of early works by director Seijun Suzuki. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © 1965 Nikkatsu Corporation

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    Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Making their home-video debuts outside Japan, this diverse selection of Nikkatsu youth movies (seishun eiga) charts the evolving style of Seijun Suzuki, the B-movie maverick best known for the cult classics TOKYO DRIFTER (?????, Tokyo Nagaremono, 1966) and BRANDED TO KILL (?????, Koroshi no Rakuin, 1967). THE BOY WHO CAME BACK (???????, Fumihazushita Haru, 1958) marks the first appearances of "Nikkatsu Diamond Guys" and regular Suzuki collaborators Akira Kobayashi and Jo Shishido, with Kobayashi cast as the hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. THE WIND-OF-YOUTH GROUP CROSSES THE MOUNTAIN PASS (???????, Tooge o Wataru Wakai Kaze, 1961) is a carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels travelling circus troupe. TEENAGE YAKUZA (?????????,

    The manga adaptation GINTAMA comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Well Go USA. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © Hideaki Sorachi/Shueisha © 2017

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    Adventure Awaits Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release Official Site: warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film (Japan), azolandpictures.com/gintama (US) Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas GINTAMA (??, 2017), the visually spectacular feature film based on the long-running manga, debuts on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98) March 6 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The live-action film adaptation of the blockbuster manga is set in an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, and a young samurai finds work however he can. Written and directed by Yûichi Fukuda (PSYCHIC KUSUO), GINTAMA stars Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yuya Yagira, Hirofumi Arai, Ryo Yoshizawa, Akari Hayami, Murotsuyoshi, Masami Nagasawa, Masaki Okada, Jiro Sato, Nanao Ken Yasuda, with Kankuro Nakamura, and Tsuyoshi Domoto. Synopsis Based on the best-selling action comedy manga by Hideaki Sorachi, GINTAMA takes place in an alternate Edo-period Japan, where an Alien

    Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER is digitally remastered in 4k on Blu-ray from Well Go USA! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2001 Hideo Yamamoto/Shogakukan/

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    The Definitive Remastered Edition of Takashi Miike`s Cult Horror Classic also Playing in Theaters Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER (???? Koroshiya Ichi, 2001) has endured as one of the most influential pieces of genre filmmaking of the last two decades, and now it returns in a stunning all-new digitally restored special edition debuting on Blu-ray March 20 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Based on Hideo Yamamoto’s manga series of the same name, the controversial and graphic tale of feuding yakuza gangs is seen primarily through the actions of a scarred and psychologically damaged man, who is manipulated into killing rival faction members. Digitally remastered in 4k and approved by director Takashi Miike (AUDITION, 13 ASSASSINS, SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, LESSON OF THE EVIL, SHIELD OF STRAW), ICHI THE

    Contents of the TERRAFORMARS Set 1 Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © Yu Sasuga, Kenichi Tachibana/SHUEISHA, Project TERRAFORMARS

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    Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the home media release of the sci-fi horror anime series TERRAFORMARS (????????, Tera Foomaazu, 2014) on January 23rd. The TERRAFORMARS Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack contains 13 episodes on two Blu-ray discs and two DVDs and carries an MSRP of $59.99 U.S. / $69.99 CAN. Blu-ray episodes are presented in full 1080p HD, 16x9 video with stereo audio featuring English and Japanese dialogue options. Notable Blu-ray exclusives include a digital art gallery and behind the scenes interviews with the English voice cast and an interview with VIZ Media’s Animation and Manga Staff. In the deep silence of space, the planet Mars hisses with death. On Earth, a mysterious virus is devastating the human

    Win the magical adventure LEGEND OF THE NAGA PEARLS on Blu-ray from Well Go USA! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2017 Shanghai Film Group Corp.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the magical adventure LEGEND OF THE NAGA PEARLS (???, 2017). Helmed by first-time feature film director Yang Lei, the movie stars Darren Wang (RAILROAD TIGERS), Crystal Zhang (THE FOUNDING OF AN ARMY), Sheng Guansen (CITY MONKEY), Simon Yam (THE MIDNIGHT AFTER) and Xing Yu (CALL OF HEROES). After being defeated by humans centuries ago, the Winged Tribe has lost their ability to fly. Seeking vengeance, a royal descendant of the tribe has begun searching for the magical Naga Pearls, which he plans to use to destroy the humans. When the legendary pearls fall into -- and out of -- the hands of Heiyu, a wily human street punk, he must join a team

    Win a NAPPING PRINCESS Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack from Shout! Factory. Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © 2017

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    Source: Shout! Factory Official Site: hirunehime.jp (Japan), gkids.com/films/napping-princess (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of GKIDS` acclaimed anime film NAPPING PRINCESS (???? ????????????, Hirune Hime ?Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari?, 2017) from director Kenji Kamiyama (GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, EDEN OF THE EAST, upcoming ULTRAMAN anime film). The film is set in the year 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa often dozes off, entering a dream-world called Heartland full of fantastic motorized contraptions. But when her father, a talented but mysterious mechanic, is kidnapped for stealing technology from a powerful corporation, it’s up to Kokone and her childhood friend Morio to save him. Together they realize that Kokone’s dream-world holds the answers

    Win the Hong Kong crime thriller CHASING THE DRAGON on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack from Well Go USA! © 2017 Mega-Vision Workshop, Ltd. Bona Entertainment Co., Ltd., Infinitus Entertainment, Ltd. Sun Entertainment Culture, Ltd.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of the stylish Hong Kong crime thriller CHASING THE DRAGON (??, Zhu? Lóng, 2017) featuring iconic action stars Donnie Yen (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, IP MAN franchise) and Andy Lau (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS). Based on a true story, Yen plays an illegal immigrant from Mainland China who sneaks into corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963 and transforms himself into the ruthless drug lord Crippled Ho. Lau reprises the role of the corrupt cop seeking money and power he originated in the Lee Rock franchise. CHASING THE DRAGON also stars Kent Cheng (IP MAN franchise), Philip Keung (DRUG WAR, THE STOOL PIGEON), Wilfred Lau (YOUNG BRUCE LEE), Yu Kang (KUNG

    The acclaimed anime film NAPPING PRINCESS will be released as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo and on DVD by GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Photos courtesy of Shout! Factory. © 2017

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    Source: Shout! Factory Official Site: hirunehime.jp (Japan), gkids.com/films/napping-princess (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The highly acclaimed 2017 film NAPPING PRINCESS (???? ????????????, Hirune Hime ?Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari?) comes to Blu-ray + DVD from GKIDS and Shout! Factory on January 30, 2018. From visionary director Kenji Kamiyama (GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, EDEN OF THE EAST, upcoming ULTRAMAN anime film) comes a sci-fi fantasy that effortlessly weaves together the rapidly evolving technology of today’s world with the fantastic imagination of the next generation, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature – Independent, at this year’s Annie Awards. The year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa often dozes off, entering a dream-world called Heartland full of fantastic motorized contraptions. But when her father, a talented but mysterious mechanic, is kidnapped

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