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    Win the Blu-ray edition of TAI CHI HERO -- the sequel to TAI CHI ZERO -- courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012 Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment Co., Ltd.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the ass-kicking epic TAI CHI HERO (??? ????, 2012) on Blu-ray. The original cast are back for the second installment in the internationally popular TAI CHI trilogy, including Jayden Yuan, Angelababy, Eddie Peng, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Daniel Wu. Director Stephen Fung’s (HOUSE OF FURY, JUMP) innovative film mixes elements from disparate eras in China’s past and brings together different film genres in a completely unique way. The legendary Sammo Hung (IP MAN 2: LEGEND OF THE GRANDMASTER) also returns, providing his brilliant signature martial arts choreography. The cast also includes franchise newcomer Peter Stormare (HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, THE BIG LEBOWSKI). Bonus material includes the behind-the-scenes featurette “From Zero to Hero:

    DINO KING 3D is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2012 Dream Search C&C, Inc., EBS and Olive Studio, Inc.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: blog.naver.com/jumbagi2012 (South Korea) Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free DINO KING 3D Blu-ray. The randomly chosen winners are: Emmanuel Avila Mike Jacobson Alison Fey Lyle Huckins Angelica Sampson Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Meet Speckles. He’s a Tarbosaurus, and lives a happy life in his forest home with his mom and siblings. One day, as he’s just learning to hunt, he encounters One-Eye, a Tyrannosaur looking for a new place to live. His herd is attacked, leaving poor Speckles an orphan, hungry and alone in the deepest depths of the hostile jungle. Speckles happens upon a much needed ally in the form of Blue Eyes, a young female Tarbosaurus. They

    Packaging for the Blu-ray and DVD editions of THE KING OF THE STREETS. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012 Bei Jing Yue Song Television Culture Co., Ltd.

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    Only the Strong Survive Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release Special Thanks to Leif Helland Produced, written, directed and starring Yuen Song, the action-packed, martial arts-fueled THE KING OF THE STREETS (????, Jie Tou Zhi Wang, 2012) debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital July 23rd from Well Go USA Entertainment. A story of guilt, redemption and rebirth, up and coming Chinese martial arts actor Yuen Song plays an angry young man looking to avenge the death of his parents some eight years earlier by local gangsters. The cast also includes Becki Li, Yang Junping, Hou Xu, Li Changhai, Zhang Chao and Yu Xin as well as many real life professional fighters, all combining efforts to show some of the most cerebral and kinetic fight sequences to grace the screen. Set in the gritty underbelly of modern day Beijing, THE KING OF THE STREETS follows the

    Firefighters struggle to contain a runaway blaze in THE TOWER. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2012 CJ E&M CORPORATION

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    108 Storeys Up... Survive At Any Cost. Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On August 21st, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release the Korean disaster movie THE TOWER (??, 2012) on Region 4 DVD. Inspired by the 1974 film THE TOWERING INFERNO, this blockbuster uses state of the art visual effects; director Kim Ji-hoon (SECTOR 7) spent two years mixing 1,700 CG cuts with live action stunts for greater realism. THE TOWER was a box office sensation in Korea, drawing the second highest ever opening weekend box office total. On Christmas Eve, at the luxurious Tower Sky twin tower building in central Seoul, residents and staff members busy themselves with Christmas preparation. A small fire in the restaurant kitchen attracts the attention of Tower Sky staff member Lee Dae-Ho, who notices a faulty water sprinkler system. Building owner Jo disregards

    © Kazue Kat?/Shueisha, Blue Exorcist Production Committee

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    Source: AniplexUSA Official Site: 6109.jp (Japan), blueexorcist.com (US) This Summer, BLUE EXORCIST (????????????? Ao no Ekusoshisuto, 2011) fans are in for a real treat. Recently at their panel at Anime Boston, Aniplex of America Inc. announced their Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set and Standard Edition DVD release plans for the anime series. They will feature both Japanese and English dialogue as well as bonus contents. They are scheduled for release at the following dates: Volume 1 – July 9th Volume 2 – September 10th All SKUs are available for pre-order and purchase through Right Stuf and Aniplex’s official retailers. Each Limited Edition Set is containing the show episodes on 3 Blu-ray discs along with an Original Soundtrack CD, an exclusive DVD featuring interviews with the English voice cast. In addition, inside a deluxe rigid box illustrated by Manga Author Kazue Kato, clear BD cases with double-sided

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

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    Plans for English Dub Scrapped Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced some changes to Maiden Japan`s DVD set NEW DOMINION: TANK POLICE COMPLETE, scheduled for release on August 20, 2013. The set had been solicited as an English dub release but it has been changed to a English subtitled release. For that reason the SRP has been reduced to $19.98 from the original $29.98. NEW DOMINION: TANK POLICE COMPLETE Published by: Maiden Japan Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 180 min. Street Date: 8/20/2013 Format: DVD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $19.98 When tanks are outlawed, only outlaws will have tanks. Or at least, that`s what Mayor Weatherby of New Port seems to be forgetting in his efforts to ban certain forms of weapons, including those used by tank-driving policewoman Leona Ozaki and her

    Takanori Ando (Koji Seto) and Enoki (Shota Sometani) search online for the list of SADAKO 3D Blu-ray winners. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012

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    A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free Blu-ray of SADAKO 3D. The randomly chosen winners are: Ricardo M Zayas Carl Wollett David Rogers Judy Plous Nathaniel Tan Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Sadako waits, a vicious spirit, hungry for blood and souls. What began as a haunted videotape, passed from hand to cursed hand all those years ago in THE RING, has only gotten easier to find. Sadako waits. And it’s not just on tape anymore. At a local high school, there is a rumor about an online video of someone committing suicide. If it were only a prank, or the work of a deranged artist in town, the students wouldn’t be killing themselves after watching it, would they? The police would have a theory about

    The first four SAINT SEIYA movies will be released this month on Region 1 DVD. Images courtesy of Discotek Media. © 1987-89 Masami Kurumada/ Shueisha, Toei Animation

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    Both Volumes Street June 25th Source: Discotek Media On June 25th, the first four SAINT SEIYA movies will be released on two Region 1 DVDs by Discotek Media. The DVDs will include the original Japanese audio track with English subtitles. Based on the long-running manga series by Masami Kurumada, SAINT SEIYA helped define the Shonen Jump anime format. A massive hit all around the globe, these releases bring the SAINT SEIYA feature films from the original series to North America for the first time, using the newest Japanese remaster. Combining Greek Mythology with Astrology, SAINT SEIYA is the story of five young men who, upon visiting the Sanctuary, are granted power armors called Cloths in order to protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena. Running from 1986-1989, the SAINT SEIYA anime has been seen all around the world, and was broadcast on Cartoon Network in the US

    © REKI KAWAHARA/ASCII MEDIA WORKS/SAO Project

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    Source: AniplexUSA Official Site: swordart-online.net (Japan), SwordArt-OnlineUSA.com (US) Recently at their panel at Anime Boston, Aniplex of America Inc. announced their release plans for the hit anime series SWORD ART ONLINE (????????????, Soodo Aato Onrain, 2012) in North America: 4 volumes per format, Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set and Standard Edition DVD. Release dates are as follows: Volume 1 – Aincrad Part 1 - August 13th Volume 2 – Aincrad Part 2 - September 17th Volume 3 – Fairy Dance Part 1 - October 15th Volume 4 – Fairy Dance Part 2 - November 19th All SKUs are available for pre-order and purchase through Right Stuf and Aniplex’s official retailers. Each of the Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Sets will come with tons of bonus materials including Original Soundtrack CD (Vol.1 & 3) or Bonus DVD of English cast interviews (Vol.2 & 4), a deluxe 16 page

    Contents of the 21-DVD box set POWER RANGERS: SEASONS 4-7. Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Power Rangers LLC.

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    Limited Edition 21-Disc Collection Arrives in Stores July 30th Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Tom Chen Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa have been defeated once again -- but the Command Center is in ruins, and King Mondo is on his way to conquer Earth! It’s now time to see what the Power Rangers are really made of! Picking up right where MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS and MIGHTY MORPHIN ALIEN RANGERS left off, POWER RANGERS: SEASONS 4–7 continues the saga of the heroic “teenagers with attitude” through four more unforgettable seasons: POWER RANGERS ZEO, POWER RANGERS TURBO, POWER RANGERS IN SPACE and POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY. For the first time on DVD, you can now have all 183 episodes of these four epic seasons on 21 action-packed DVDs in one deluxe collection! POWER RANGERS: SEASONS 4–7 also contains an exclusive disc of rarely seen archival

    © 2010 Hidekaz Himaruya, Gentosha Comics/ Hetalia Project

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    Source: FUNimation Entertainment Special Thanks to Tim Baxter FUNimation Entertainment has provided information for their Blu-ray and DVD releases for July 2013. Product details follow, in order of release... HETALIA AXIS POWERS: PAINT IT, WHITE! - Reprice Release Date: 7/9/2013 SRP: $19.98 Running Time: 90 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Discs: 1 Rating: TVMA Languages: English, Japanese Subtitles: English Special Features: Outtakes The Hidden History Hidden Within Hetalia Opening Day Announcement Original Theatrical Ending Textless Songs Trailers It’s totally the end of the world in HETALIA AXIS POWERS: PAINT IT, WHITE! This full-length flick brings all your fave boys together in modern times with one goal: drop the bro-hammer on some alien invaders! The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy rainbow-beam-thingy to paint everything

    DVD cover art forLAGRANGE – THE FLOWER OF RIN-NE Set 1. Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2012 Lagrange Project

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    Kinetic Action/Comedy Sci-Fi Anime Series by Production I.G. and Studio XEBEC Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: lag-rin.com (Japan), vizanime.com/lagrange (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, has announced the release of Set 1 of the spirited sci-fi action comedy -- LAGRANGE: THE FLOWER OF RIN-NE (?????????, Rinne no Raguranje, 2012) -- on DVD and Blu-ray on June 11th. The 2-disc set, featuring the first 12 episodes of the series, is rated ‘TV-MA’ for Mature Audiences and will carry a DVD MSRP of $44.82 U.S. / $43.24 CAN; Blu-ray MSRP of $54.97 U.S. / $66.15 CAN. Bonus features include Production Art, Clean Opening & Ending sequences, as well as 6 extra “Omake” shorts (the "Kamogawa Drama”) about the main characters’ day-to-day life in Kamogawa City. The set

    Dinosaurs battle to the death in DINO KING 3D, coming to DVD and Blu-ray on June 18th. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2012 Dream Search C&C, Inc., EBS and Olive Studio, Inc.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: blog.naver.com/jumbagi2012 (South Korea) Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the Blu-ray edition of the Korean dinosaur DINO KING 3D (???: ???? ?? 3D, Jumbagi: Hanbandoui gongryong 3D, 2012). Painstakingly recreated in breathtaking CGI animation, the film takes viewers to a time before man, when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Meet Speckles. He’s a Tarbosaurus, and lives a happy life in his forest home with his mom and siblings. One day, as he’s just learning to hunt, he encounters One-Eye, a Tyrannosaur looking for a new place to live. His herd is attacked, leaving poor Speckles an orphan, hungry and alone in the deepest depths of the hostile jungle. Speckles happens upon a much needed ally in the form

    Australian Blu-ray and DVD cover art for DOOMSDAY BOOK. Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2012 Zio Entertainment & TIMESTORY

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    Two Directors. Three visions of the future. One mindblowing story. Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On July 17th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release the Korean sci-fi anthology DOOMSDAY BOOK (???????, Inlyumyeolmangbogoseo, 2012) on DVD and Blu-ray. From directors Kim Jee-woon, who recently directed Arnold Schwarzenegger`s Hollywood comeback in THE LAST STAND, and Im Pil-sung, director of the creepy fairytale HANSEL & GRETEL come three visions of the end of the world. The third story, "Happy Birthday", stars Bae Doo-na from CLOUD ATLAS and THE HOST. What waits on the other side of technology, and the innovations of the modern world? Korea is ground zero for an undead pandemic, as one man’s rotten trash brings on a zombie apocalypse. A high-tech repairman struggles as a robot finds his higher mind and challenges the of consciousness. And one family, one

    Key art for LEVIATHAN ~ THE LAST DEFENSE ~. © 2013 GREE, Inc./Leviathan Project

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    Premiering Today on Anime Network Online Source: Sentai Filmworks, Anime Network press releases Official Site: leviathan-anime.net (Japan), theanimenetwork.com/Leviathan-the-last-defense (US) Special Thanks to David Williams Can three lone girls turn the tide of an alien invasion? Find out in Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: the animation series LEVIATHAN ~ THE LAST DEFENSE ~ (??????????, Zettai Boei Leviatan, 2013)! Based on a new mobile game launched in Japan by the global nobile social company GREE, this 13 episode series is directed by Kenichi Yatagai and features character designs by Takaharu Okuma (KOTOURA-SAN) with series composition by Yasunori Ide (HANAUKYO MAID-TAI), sound direction by Yosuke Morita and music by Shiho Terada (INAZUMA ELEVEN GO) and Tomoki Kikuya (HIDAMARI SKETCH). There lands of Aquafall were a paradise, where water flows freely, the hills are covered with lush vegetation and life in all forms flourishes in peace and abundance. That’s before the

    Studio Ghibli`s FROM UP ON POPPY HILL will be released Blu-ray/DVD Combo and DVD editions this September. Images courtesy of GKIDS and Cinedigm. © 2011 Chizuru Takahashi • Tetsuro Sayama • GNDHDDT

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    Artwork and Specs for North American Release Source: GKIDS Inc., Cinedigm Official Site: gkids.tv/poppyhill Special Thanks to Eric Beckman, Jill Newhouse Calcaterra and Luis Garza Following its US premiere at NY Int`l Children`s Film Festival, a three month NYC theatrical run, and the ongoing 200+ theater national release, FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (???????, Kokuriko-Zaka Kara, 2011), the wonderful new film from Studio Ghibli, is now coming to Blu-ray and DVD on the GKIDS animation label. From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of SPIRITED AWAY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, KIKI`S DELIVERY SERVICE, and THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY, comes another animated triumph. The setting is Yokohama, 1963: Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the Olympics. The mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles

    Detective George Lam (Simon Yam) races to find out who won Go USA and SciFi Japan`s NIGHTFALL Blu-ray giveaway. © 2012 Irresistible Delta Ltd., Edko Films, Ltd., SL-Metropole Organization, Ltd.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free Blu-ray of the Hong Kong action thriller NIGHTFALL. The randomly chosen winners are: Dawn MacDougall Miguel DeAntoni Atsuko Mima Vernon James David Hernandez Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Directed by Chow Hin Yeung Roy (MURDERER), NIGHTFALL features two of Hong Kong’s most exciting action stars Simon Yam (IP MAN, THE THIEVES) and Nick Cheung (THE STOOL PIGEON, ELECTION) in a gritty, brutal story of love, hate and vengeance. NIGHTFALL is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. About Well Go USA Well Go USA, Inc. is a theatrical and home entertainment distribution company that specializes in bringing top content, including

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

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    ELFEN LIED BLU-RAY EDITION Available on September 3rd Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its September slate of releases; including the anime classic ELFEN LIED which will be available for the first time on Blu-Ray and will include all 13 episodes plus the OVA IN PASSING SHOWERS. Product details follow, in order of release... AKB0048 SEASON 1 Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 9/3/2013 Format: DVD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 AKB0048 SEASON 1 BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 9/3/2013 Format: Blu-ray Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98 The year is 0048, and in the wake of the great wars, all forms of entertainment have been banned by the dystopian

    Kayako Saeki (Takako Fuji) and her son Toshio (Yuya Ozeki) pay a visit on Rika Nishina (Megumi Okina) in THE GRUDGE. © Kadokawa Shoten

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    Japanese Horror Classics on R4 DVD Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock It`s time once again to enter the house... On July 3rd, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release a 2-DVD set of the J-Horror films THE GRUDGE (??????, Ju-On, 2002) and THE GRUDGE 2 (??2????2, Ju-On 2, 2003). Takashi Shimizu`s GRUDGE 1 & 2 have become two of the most influential Japanese horror movies ever made, part of a massive phenomenon which spawned Hollywood remakes (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Amber Tamblyn) and a video game. See the two original films from a master horror filmmaker at the top of his game and learn why Hollywood used the same director for their remakes. Spirits from the past return to seek revenge on the living. Find out the true meaning of THE GRUDGE -- if you dare. Release Date: July

    Australian Blu-ray and DVD cover art for Studio Ghibli`s FROM UP ON POPPY HILL. Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2011 Chizuru Takahashi • Tetsuro Sayama • GNDHDDT

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    An Inspired Coming of Age Story from Studio Ghibli Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On July 3rd, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release Studio Ghibli`s FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (???????, Kokuriko-Zaka Kara, 2011) on DVD and Blu-ray. The top-grossing Japanese film of 2011 and winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Animation, the movie is a screenwriting collaboration between Hayao Miyazaki and his son, director Goro Miyazaki. FROM UP ON POPPY HILL was also the lead title in Australia`s 2012 theatrical showcase, REEL ANIME. Set in Yokohama, FROM UP ON POPPY HILL is a high school love story that takes place in the year before the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. As the country begins to pick itself up from the devastation of the Second World War, the new generation struggles to move towards a prosperous future whilst trying

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