Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Official Site: funimation.com/armitage-iii (US) Special Thanks to Tim Baxter

Packaging for ARMITAGE III: THE COMPLETE SAGA on DVD. © AIC • Pioneer LDC, Inc.

On July 24th, FUNimation Entertainment will release ARMITAGE III: THE COMPLETE SAGA on DVD as part of their "Anime Classics" series. The set includes ARMITAGE III OVA episodes 1-4 (??????????? Amiteeji za Saado, 1995) and the movies ARMITAGE III: POLY MATRIX (??????????? POLY-MATRIX, 1997) and ARMITAGE III: DUAL MATRIX (??????????? DUAL-MATRIX, 2002). Finally the original cyberpunk classic is available in one comprehensive collection. One of the first productions to enlist famous American actors such as Kiefer Sutherland (24), award-winning Bryan Cranston (BREAKING BAD), and Juliette Lewis (NATURAL BORN KILLERS), and created by a team of anime masterminds -- including writers Akinori Endo (BATTLE ANGEL) and Chiaki Konaka (SERIAL EXPERIMENTS: LAIN, HELLSING) -- ARMITAGE III: THE COMPLETE SAGA is a must-have for anime and sci-fi devotees. Armitage is a brash cybernetic cop who sports a racy wardrobe and an attitude to match. Patrolling an unruly metropolis on Mars, she`s got a grudge against a society where androids are at the mercy of unsympathetic humans. In the original OVAs -- also coalesced as the feature film POLY MATRIX -- Armitage risks everything to hunt down a vicious android killer and solve the secret to her existence. The sequel, DUAL MATRIX, finds Armitage in an over-charged battle to save her loved ones from an obsessive doctor and his deadly Armitage replicas. DVD: Region 1 Discs: 3 SRP: $29.98 Street Date: July 24, 2012 Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Audio: Japanese, English Subtitles: English Rating: TV14 Running Time: 317 Minutes Special Features: Assembling Armitage 5.1 Music Player with Select Themes U.S. Trailer Previews

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