TANAKA-KUN IS ALWAYS LISTLESS! Available January 30th Source: Section23 Films press releases Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its December and January slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks’ premium box set for the “sleeper” comedy TANAKA-KUN IS ALWAYS LISTLESS, the anime adaptation of the popular web manga by Square Enix. Product details follow, in order of release...

CLANNAD / CLANNAD AFTER STORY COMPLETE SEASONS BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 1225 min. Street Date: 12/5/2017 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $149.98 Ever since the death of his mother, Tomoyo`s life has been in a downward spiral. Nagisa`s declining health has been so fragile that she`s been forced to repeat a year of school. But when he agrees to help her restart the school`s disbanded Drama Club, they learn that sometimes, if you find the right people to help you, you can get a second chance at happiness. Join the ambitious Tomoyo, who dreams of becoming class president; Kotomi, a troubled genius with a secret past; and the mysterious Fuko, whose connection with the world has become so tenuous that she`s literally fading from existence. Discover the healing power of kindred souls, and experience the complete classic story of life, love, and the power of the human spirit in two extraordinary series: CLANNAD and CLANNAD AFTER STORY.

HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF THE EAST COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 650 min. Street Date: 12/5/2017 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $99.98 Strangely, even though they aren’t brothers, Shino and Sosuke bear identical birthmarks. And when a fire destroys their village, leaving the two of them and Hamaji as the only survivors, they are forced out into the world. There they meet Genpachi and Kobungo, two soldiers who also have the same birthmark and whose confrontations with demons have left them irrevocably changed. Now however, they are on the run as the Imperial Church tries to capture Shino and take his mysterious powers for themselves. The unlikely quartet’s only hope is to discover the secret behind their birthmarks, which will lead them to eight magical gems and their owners. Brothers-in-arms unite as one of Japan’s greatest works of literature is born again in the complete collection of HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF THE EAST – Seasons One & Two!

INITIAL D LEGEND 1: AWAKENING Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 60 min. Street Date: 12/5/2017 Format: COMBO Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $39.98 When aspiring racer Koichiro Iketani witnesses an unplanned street duel between Keisuke Takahashi, a member of a rival race team, and a mysterious Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86, Koichiro`s totally blown away by the skill of the 86`s driver. What Koichiro doesn`t know is that the driver is fellow gas station attendant Takumi Fujiwara, who was making a late-night tofu delivery for his father, a legendary Mt. Akina driver himself. Unforeseen events are about to springboard Takumi into the center of the street-racing world, turning the rivalry between Iketani`s Akina Speedsters and Takahashi`s Akagi Red Suns into an all-out street war! The legendary series that introduced the west to the sport of drift racing is reinvented in an all new feature film that`s even faster and more furious than ever before: NEW THEATRICAL MOVIE INITIAL D LEGEND 1: AWAKENING!

CHAIKA ~ THE COFFIN PRINCESS COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 575 min. Street Date: 12/12/2017 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $99.98 The war with the Gaz Empire ended with the act of cutting the Emperor`s body into pieces which were then carried off across the kingdoms. Without a war to fight in, it didn`t take much convincing for unemployed saboteur Toru Acura and his sister Akari to join a coffin-carrying girl on her ghoulish mission of gathering those severed parts. But is Chaika the dead man`s daughter, picking up the pieces for burial, or is there something far more sinister in the works? As rumors come forth of other, identical girls engaged in the same task, the winds of war seem to be stirring, and there are those who believe that rejoining the Emperor`s scattered body could unleash a new nightmare! At long last, both seasons of the CHAIKA series are collected together in CHAIKA ~ THE COFFIN PRINCESS and CHAIKA ~ THE COFFIN PRINCESS: AVENGING BATTLE!

GARO TV COLLECTION 2 BLU-RAY Published by: Kraken Releasing Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 12/12/2017 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $39.98 For thousands of years, the Makai Knights and their allies have fought a secret war against the Horrors. But now the threads of trust that have held the Knights together are unraveling. As Kouga and Zaruba continue to seek a cure for Kaoru`s lethal exposure to Horror blood, the tension between the current wearer of the golden Garo armor and the wearer of the silver Zero armor, Rei, hits the breaking point. Was Kouga somehow responsible for the death of Rei`s family? Why are the watchdogs forcing them to work together when they know what Rei believes? And meanwhile, will Kaoru`s trusted advisor turn out to have the darkest secret of all? Friends die, love shatters, heroes fall, and monsters reign in the spectacular conclusion to the first epic series of GARO!

WHEN THEY CRY COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 1400 min. Street Date: 12/12/2017 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $129.98 It`s hard enough moving to a town where everyone has known each other their entire lives. Ever since Keiichi arrived in the picturesque town of Hinamizawa, he keeps discovering ominous happenings that don`t make any sense. Unsolved murders. Disappearances. Mutilations. The worst part is that he can`t be sure whether or not his new friends like Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika are aware of the events or involved in what`s happening. All he knows is that it`s not paranoia if someone really is trying to kill him, and escaping Hinamizawa alive may no longer be an option. All the buried secrets will be revealed, and all the horrors will be unleashed as the entire epic horror series that shocked Japan finally becomes available in the complete collection of WHEN THEY CRY!

CROSS ANGE: RONDO OF ANGEL AND DRAGON COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 625 min. Street Date: 12/19/2017 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $99.98 Betrayed, stripped of her birthright, and declared less than human. Everything that Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi of the Misurugi Empire thought she knew about her world was a lie. Now, for the crime of not being able to use magic, she`s been sentenced to certain death as a slave-soldier. The girl now known as Ange is no longer an innocent Princess: she`s learning how to kill draconic invaders, defending the same traitors who stole her life. However, they made a fatal mistake: they gave her access to an incredible weapon. Get ready for a stunning new epic in animation as giant robots, a princess, and dragons engage in the ultimate duel to the death in CROSS ANGE: RONDO OF ANGEL AND DRAGON - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!

FAMILIAR OF ZERO COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 1250 min. Street Date: 12/19/2017 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $129.98 Between her poor spellwork and long name, the other students at the Tristain Academy of Magic have taken to calling poor Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, "Louise the Zero." Things only get worse when the students summon up their familiars, because while others receive fantastic creatures like dragons, Louise summons a normal teenager from Tokyo! While Louise may be stuck with Hiraga Saito, and Saito`s stuck with the lousy life of being her familiar, maybe there`s more going on than meets the eye. Maybe Saito`s not quite as normal as everyone thinks, and Louise just hasn`t figured out what she`s good at yet. In fact, they might even have the makings of a great team once they start to get `familiar` with each other! One of anime`s wildest romances is unleashed in the ultimate complete collection of THE FAMILIAR OF ZERO!

TO LOVE RU COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 1600 min. Street Date: 12/19/2017 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $129.98 The bathroom is the most dangerous room in most people`s houses, but when Rito Yuki`s washroom becomes the site of an unexpected close encounter, the fabric of the entire galaxy might unravel! That`s because fabric`s the one thing that Princess Lala of Deviluke isn`t wearing when she teleports into Rito`s tub, and on Deviluke boobie-touching is a proposal of marriage. Suddenly Rito has an alien girl with a tail moving in, a potential father-in-law who looks like the Devil, and, oh yes, Rito`s going to be the Prince of an alien planet if he can survive all the challengers, rivals, assassins, femme fatales and alien hangers-on who start showing up on his doorstep! At long last the complete series that answers the question "What do you say to a naked alien?" is available in the ultimate epic collection of TO LOVE RU!

KISSDUM R - ENGAGE PLANET COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY Published by: Maiden Japan Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 650 min. Street Date: 1/2/2018 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $89.98 The destruction of a cruise ship leaves thousands dead, but the body count is only beginning. As researchers try to make sense of the strange new fish and insects appearing around the world, scientist Rurika Yuno and the N.I.D.F. attempt to track down the source of the mutation, a mysterious artifact called the Book of The Dead. When the Book is finally located, all Hell breaks loose. Literally. As swarms of hellspawned fireflies and giant unearthly creatures attack mercilessly across the planet, Rurika is forced to use the Book to resurrect her dead lover, fighter pilot Aiba Shu. But can even humanity`s last desperate line of defense -- the Necrodiver -- defeat an ancient evil whose only goal is to exterminate all mankind? The final war has begun in KISSDUM R - ENGAGE PLANET!

NAISHO NO TSUBOMI COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 85 min. Street Date: 1/9/2018 Format: DVD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $19.98 Just as Tsubomi is getting ready to start the fifth grade, everything she thought she knew about her life suddenly starts to change. Not only has her mother just told her that she`s about to become a big sister, but Tsubomi`s been starting to feel a little strange herself and it seems that there`s a lot more to growing up than she thought! Unfortunately, people`s bodies don`t come with owners` manuals, so Tsubomi will have to rely on advice from her friends at school and most of them don`t know any more than she does. (Some of them are even BOYS!) Fortunately, there`s that mysterious new transfer student, Saya, who seems to be a bit more knowledgeable, and with some help from Mom, Tsubomi just might make it through adolescence unscathed in NAISHO NO TSUBOMI!

HAIKYU!! SEASON 2 Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 625 min. Street Date: 1/16/2018 Format: BD, DVD, COMBO Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $99.98, $79.98, $199.98 The drama heats up, both on and off the volleyball court, as the rivalry between teammates Shoyo Hinata and Tobio Kageyama continues to develop in new and unexpected ways. After the team`s dramatic setback in Inter-High Preliminaries, Karasuno gets the unexpected opportunity to go to a training camp in Tokyo alongside other top schools in the nation... including their rival team, Nekoma! In order to attend, though, the dynamic duo must pass their exams, and getting Hinata and Kageyama through that challenge will be the trial by fire for Hitoka Yachi, who could be joining Kiyoko Shimizu as a team manager. With the eyes of their opponents fixed on their progress, will it be the spark needed to get the team moving in the right direction? Passions burn, and tempers flare as the fuse is lit for HAIKYU!! SEASON 2!

TYPHOON NORUDA BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 26 min. Street Date: 1/23/2018 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $19.98 As an unexpected typhoon bears down on a small tropical island, a group of students trapped at school find themselves forced to put aside their personal issues and work together. Not only to save themselves, but possibly the lives of everyone on the planet! Because there`s something very strange about this storm, and as the driving rain, hurricane-force winds and multiple lightning strikes threaten to tear their world apart, everything seems to revolve around a mysterious girl who appears as suddenly as the storm itself. Only hours before, Shuichi Azuma and Saijo Kunta were at each other`s throats over baseball; now they`ll have to join together to unravel the secret of the ultimate rider on the storm in TYPHOON NORUDA!

TANAKA-KUN IS ALWAYS LISTLESS COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 1/30/2018 Format: BD, DVD, COMBO Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98, $59.98, $149.98 Tanaka-kun can`t help it. Put him someplace nice and warm, and he`ll start nodding off, even in class or on the way to school. You would think that this would eat into Tanaka`s social life, but, fortunately, our consciousness-challenged protagonist has a guardian angel in the form of his best friend Ota, a gentle giant who (literally) carries Tanaka from place to place. Then there`s class-rep Shiraishi, who`s convinced that Tanaka`s unique perspective lets him see past her beautiful appearance; Miyano, their hyper pint-sized classmate who somehow becomes Tanaka`s unwanted apprentice in listlessness; and Echizen, a self-proclaimed delinquent who`s determined to fight him. As for Tanaka, being the center of attention is the last place he wants to be, but the world just won`t leave him alone in TANAKA-KUN IS ALWAYS LISTLESS.

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