CHIHAYAFURU SEASON 2 Available March 20th Source: Section23 Films press releases Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its February and March slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks’ popular shoujo anime series, CHIHAYAFURU SEASON 2. The Complete Collection will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and a Limited Edition Premium Box Set. Product details follow, in order of release... Coming February 2018
FOOD WARS! ~ THE SECOND PLATE Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 2/13/2018 Format: BD, DVD, COMBO Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $99.98, $79.98, $199.98 At the Tohtsuki Culinary Academy, the first rule is survival of the fittest, and if you don`t have what it takes to become a master chef, you need to get out of the kitchen before you get burned. With the wheat of first-year students separated from the chaff, cocky former diner cook Yukihira Soma is one of the handful of kitchen whizzes still standing. As the next round of the Autumn Elections gets underway, can he survive a brutal bento boxing match with the chemistry-obsessed granddaughter of the Academy`s director? And which of the other contenders; Megumi, Ryo, Akira, Hisako, Takumi or sinister dark-horse Subaru; will advance to fight for the gold medal? Get ready for another cut-throat season of eat, beat, and defeat in FOOD WARS! ~ THE SECOND PLATE!
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GARO: KIBA - THE DARK KNIGHT! BLU-RAY Published by: Kraken Releasing Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 50 min. Street Date: 2/20/2018 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $19.98 He was born the child of a Makai Knight and a Makai Priestess. He trained to become a Makai Knight and fight the nightmarish creatures known as Horrors. Everything changed when the forces of evil intervened and stole everything he loved, the man who was once named Barago turned to a darker path. Learning to hate everything he once cherished, and twisting his oaths and armor to a new, sinister purpose, he makes a monstrous bargain with the ultimate Horror and betrays the Makai Knights! Now, in a spectacular stand-alone side adventure, the dark Genesis of one of GARO`s most formidable villains is revealed in GARO: KIBA - THE DARK KNIGHT!
NON NON BIYORI COMPLETE BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 600 min. Street Date: 2/20/2018 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $79.98 When Hotaru moves from Tokyo to a tiny town in the rural countryside, she`s in for some serious culture shock: the nearest place that sells comics is 20 minutes away, the nearest video store is ten train stations down the line, and there are only three other girls and one boy in her entire school! Even though everything`s so different, there`s something about the laid-back atmosphere that makes her feel strangely comfortable. While she`ll certainly miss parts of her old life, there`s a whole lifetime of experiences waiting to be enjoyed with her new friends Renge, Komari, Natsumi, and Suguru! In the end, it`s who you`re with, not where you are, that makes a place your home in NON NON BIYORI and NON NON BIYORI REPEAT!
FLIP FLAPPERS! COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 2/27/2018 Format: BD, PBS Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98, $149.98 As a middle school student, Cocona has been trying to decide what to do with her life. Magical Girl, however, wasn`t a career path that she`d ever considered. When suddenly a strange girl named Papika thrusts her into a secret organization called Flip Flap, Cocona`s outlook does a radical flip-flop. Her views start to change when she is dragged into an alternate dimension called Pure Illusion where she`s charged with gathering crystal shards and fighting strange creatures. Now, between running missions and facing off against a rival organization, Cocona doesn`t have much time to consider alternate career choices. What are these shards, and why is gathering them so important? There`s a mystery to be solved and multiple worlds to be saved in FLIP FLAPPERS!
Coming March 2018
GIRLISH NUMBER BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 3/6/2018 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 Chitose Karasuma wants to make it big as a voice actor, but while she looks and sounds adorable, she`s also self-absorbed, inattentive, selfish, and lazy. However, since her manager is also her big brother, she`s still getting bit parts and dreaming of landing the big role that will make her famous. Unfortunately, karma bites Chitose in the worst way possible when her big chance finally arrives, because the producers who`ve hired her are even more clueless than she is! Now, she`s trapped in a nightmare production where nothing goes right, the ratings are in the toilet, and swimsuit photos and live stage shows take priority over making quality programming! Can Chitose and her fellow trapped actresses turn things around and save their careers? Or will they all go down with the sinking ship in GIRLISH NUMBER?
INITIAL D LEGEND 2: RACER Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 60 min. Street Date: 3/13/2018 Format: COMBO Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $39.98 Sometimes the only thing that beating a champion accomplishes is making you the next target for a long line of challengers, which is why Takumi Fujiwara`s defeat of the RedSuns` Keisuke hasn`t ended anything. In fact, it`s only served to draw the reluctant delivery driver even further into the dangerous world of drift racing. Takumi`s fate is sealed when his friend Itsuki accidentally accepts a challenge from Takeshi Nakazato, leader of the Myogi NightKids. Now it`s a matter of honor, and Takumi will have to pit his gutter technique against the 4WD skills of a much more experienced driver! The race is on as the legendary street racing series returns in a second explosive new motion picture: NEW THEATRICAL MOVIE INITIAL D LEGEND 2: RACER!
MY TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY ~ SNAFU COMPLETE BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 650 min. Street Date: 3/13/2018 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $79.98 When Hachiman Hikigaya, who has no friends and believes that anyone who likes high school is either deluded or a liar, is coerced into joining the "Services Club" run by Yukino Yukinoshita, who`s smart, attractive and considers everyone to be her complete inferior, it`s a catastrophe just waiting to happen. But it`s not until the THIRD ingredient... Yui Yuigahama, who`s cute, bright, cheerful, and needs help baking cookies... is added to the combustible mix that the sparks really start to fly. Is this a recipe for romance or a prelude to a nuclear meltdown? Get ready for rom-com gone totally wrong as the barrage a trois of the Service Club is unleashed on an unsuspecting student body in MY TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY ~ SNAFU and MY TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY ~ SNAFU TOO!
CHIHAYAFURU SEASON 2 Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 625 min. Street Date: 3/20/2018 Format: BD, DVD, COMBO Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $99.98, $79.98, $149.98 Chihaya`s determination to become a master karuta player hasn`t changed, but as a new semester begins, the team`s focus switches to recruiting new members for the club in order to keep their meeting space. Unfortunately, while a number of students initially express interest, few are willing to put forth the effort it takes to play on the level of the existing members. Enter Sumire Hanano, who split with her boyfriend on the first day of school. Now seeking a replacement, she thinks that Taichi might just fill the role nicely... even if it means jumping into a pool with a shark like Chihaya! Now all the cards are on the table... or, in this case, the floor... and the games are really about to start in CHIHAYAFURU SEASON 2!
THE LIFE OF BUDORI GUSUKO BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 105 min. Street Date: 3/27/2018 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $29.98 Budori Gusuko`s life was wonderful, living in the forest with his father, mother and younger sister. Then, the weather changed, the villagers he knew moved away, and tragedy stole his sister and parents from him. Forced to wander until he found another place to live, he again settled into a peaceful existence… until the weather changed, and it was all taken from him once again. Now, as he`s grown older, Budori has found a job with people who study volcanoes, and when the weather starts to change again, Budori must make the biggest decision of his life. From the classic story by Kenji Miyazawa (NIGHT ON THE GALACTIC RAILROAD) comes an all-new animated masterpiece: THE LIFE OF BUDORI GUSUKO!
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Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan, Kraken Releasing and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.