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    Mill Creek Entertainment has licensed Tsuburaya Productions` Ultraman library for North American home entertainment distribution. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Over 1100 episodes and 20 films spanning 50 years of Tsuburaya Productions’ global franchise are included in this landmark licensing deal! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans, Jeff Hayne, J.W. Starrett, Michael Kedor and Katie Samuels A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Mill Creek Entertainment (Minneapolis, MN ) and Indigo Entertainment (United Kingdom) are pleased to announce the license of the Ultraman superhero library from Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd for North American home entertainment distribution. Indigo, on behalf of Tsuburaya, has developed a unique licensing deal with Mill Creek to bring this iconic property back to North America that includes both physical and digital distribution rights for the Ultraman catalog which includes classic TV series which have been newly remastered in high definition, recent theatrical feature films and almost everything produced throughout the last 50 years... over 1,100 episodes and 20 films!

    First look at the new REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS promotional artwork. Photo courtesy of SRS Cinema LLC. © 2007 Reigo Assosiates.

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    Source: Avery Guerra The independent daikaiju movies REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS (???????, Shinkaij? Reig?, 2005/2008) and RAIGA: THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP SEA (?????, Shinkaij? Raiba, 2009) will be shown at this year`s G-Fest, running Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. REIGO will screen on Friday at 8:00pm, and RAIGA on Saturday at 10:30pm. Previously known as REIGO: THE DEEP SEA MONSTER VS. THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS is set during World War II, with the battleship Yamato attacked by a gigantic sea monster. RAIGA picks up sixty years after the events of REIGO, as a huge and mysterious creature appears in the Sea of Japan and then rushes toward Tokyo Bay. The films were written, produced and directed by comedian and kaiju fan Shinpei Hayashiya, creator

    Win the Chinese mystical action-adventure MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2018

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    Source: Well Go USA, ddPR Special Thanks to Leif Helland Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack of the Chinese mystical action-adventure MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY (????, 2019). Following in the footsteps of the blockbuster MOJIN: THE LOST LEGEND and based on the bestselling novel series, Hu Bayi and the Mojin Six set off on another adventure seeking out a hidden tomb that holds the key to breaking an ancient curse. Directed by Fei Xing (SILENT WITNESS) MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY introduces Cai Heng (SHAOLIN), Cheng Taishen (LEGEND OF THE DEMON CAT), and newcomers Gu Xuan, Yu Heng, Chen Yusi, and Ma Yuke to the Mojin series. MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY debuts on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98)July 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The marvelous anime film THE CASE OF HANA & ALICE (?????????, Hana to Arisu Satsujin Jiken, 2015) will be available in North America for the first time on September 17, when it comes to Blu-ray from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. The release includes over two hours of bonus features, including a greeting from the film’s premiere and a message from animator Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) that are exclusive to the physical release. When Alice transfers to a new middle school, she hears an urban legend about a student who disappeared the previous year and is suspected to have been killed by his fellow students. Even worse, Alice discovers that she lives next door to his former house, a supposedly haunted home, now occupied by a reclusive classmate named Hana. Hana and Alice decide

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

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    TADA NEVER FALLS IN LOVE Available September 24th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its September slate of releases featuring Sentai Filmworks’ TV animation hit, TADA NEVER FALLS IN LOVE. Available on Blu-ray and special Limited Edition Premium Box Set! Product details follow, in order of release... THIS ART CLUB HAS A PROBLEM Published by: Maiden Japan Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 9/3/2019 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 A totally ordinary art club at the totally ordinary Tsukimori Middle School. There, Subaru Uchimaki squanders his artistic talent on his true passion and life`s mission: drawing the ideal "2D wife." Club member Mizuki Usami finds herself with a crush on the hopeless Uchimaki. The seemingly uninterested club president is always sleeping, but he keeps a close eye

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Time to shift into turbo. Shout! Factory is proud to announce that the fan-favorite TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE is coming to Blu-ray for the first time on July 30, 2019. The release includes new documentary “Ranger Tales: A Back at TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE,” alongside an original featurette and trailer. TURBO features many frequent guest stars and regulars from other Power Rangers series, including Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, and Catherine Sutherland. It`s the Power Rangers to the rescue in their all new high action motion picture adventure. With new turbo powers and racing Turbo Zords, the five superheroes battle a ruthless band of evil space aliens in order to save Earth from destruction. The evil space alien Divatox plans to unleash the dark forces of Maligore, a powerful, fiery creature

    Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray edition of the fan-favorite MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE. Power up with six incredible teens who out-maneuver and defeat evil everywhere as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! But this time, the Power Rangers may have met their match when they face off with the most sinister monster the galaxy has ever seen –- Ivan Ooze. Unleashed upon the good citizens of Angel Grove after six thousand years of imprisonment, Ivan Ooze strips the Power Rangers of their powers! Now they must journey to a distant planet to learn the secrets of the ancient Ninjetti. Only then will they become empowered with strength enough to restore their Morphin ability and defeat the evil Ivan Ooze. Join the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and their new

    SWORD ART ONLINE image, courtesy of Funimation. ©2017 REKI KAWAHARA/KADOKAWA CORPORATION AMW/SAO-A Project

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    Deal Cements Funimation`s Market Dominance in UK and Ireland Source: Funimation press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto Funimation, the global leader in sub and dub anime content and subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television, has announced its acquisition of Manga Entertainment Limited, the leading distributor of anime in the UK and Ireland. Headquartered in London, England, Manga is a long-term partner of Funimation and currently serves anime fans across a wide range of channels, including Blu-ray / DVDs, broadcast, theatrical and digital (EST - electronic sell-through). Following its immediate consolidation of Funimation`s UK home entertainment business, Manga will become the largest distributor of anime Blu-rays/DVDs, offering fans more than 900 hours of subtitled and dubbed entertainment -- the biggest catalog of titles available anywhere in the UK and Ireland. With this acquisition, most of these titles -- many for the first time -- will become available for

    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2018 Mega-Vision Project Workshop & Bona Entertainment Co.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Rachel Villegas @wellgousa Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the Hong Kong action movie BIG BROTHER (???, 2018), starring iconic star Donnie Yen (IP MAN franchise, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY) as you’ve never seen him before -- a high school teacher. Yen plays Henry Chan, a former soldier recruited for his toughest mission yet -- teaching a class of problematic teenage delinquents. As he kicks his way into their school and home lives, it becomes clear that his unconventional and sometimes questionable teaching methods might be just what they need. The film is directed by Kam Ka Wai (Ip MAN, COLOR OF THE GAME). BIG BROTHER debuts on Blu-ray (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98) May 21st from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is

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

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    CUTIE HONEY UNIVERSE Available July 23rd; DEVILS’ LINE Available August 27th Source: Section23 Films press releases Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its July and August slate of releases featuring new retrofuturistic series that relaunches Japan’s most legendary cyberpop heroine, CUTIE HONEY UNIVERSE, and the new TV animation adapted from Ryo Hanada’s best-selling manga, DEVILS’ LINE. Both series will be available on Blu-ray and in a special Limited Edition Premium Box Sets! Product details follow, in order of release... THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 600 min. Street Date: 7/2/2019 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $49.98 When an unlikely trio of humans find themselves transported to a world populated by elves and other mystical beings, all they want to do is go home. Fortunately, the sorceress

    Win a Blu-ray of the Toei J-sploitation classic YAKUZA LAW from Arrow Video US and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © 1969 Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Arrow Video US is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray of YAKUZA LAW (?????? ??!, Yakuza Keibatsu-shi Rinchi!, 1969). Director Teruo Ishii (BLINDWOMAN`S CURSE, HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN), the Godfather of J-sploitation, presents a gruelling anthology of torture, spawning three district periods of Japanese history and bringing to the screen some of the most brutal methods of torment ever devised. In this deep dive into the world of the Yakuza, meet the violent men who rule the Japanese underworld and the cruel punishments inflicted on those who transgress them. The carnage begins in the Edo Period with a violent tale of samurai vengeance starring Bunta Sugawara (BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY), before shifting to the Meiji Period as the exiled Ogata (Minoru Oki, SHOGUN ASSASSIN) returns

    The original MOTHRA comes to Blu-ray for the first time in North America. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    The 1961 Sci-Fi Sensation Gets its High-Definition Debut With Highly Collectible Packaging on July 9, 2019 Source: Mill Creek Entertainment press release Special Thanks to Barrett Evans, Jeff Hayne, J.W. Starrett and Ed Godziszewski Mill Creek Entertainment, the leader in value home entertainment, is excited to announce the upcoming release of the 1961 sci-fi kaiju classic MOTHRA (???, Mosura) as a special edition SteelBook Blu-ray July 9, 2019. This magnificent monster movie in its all-new collectible packaging will be available for $24.98 SRP. This special edition release makes the North American Blu-ray debut of MOTHRA and includes both the U.S. theatrical cut as well as the original, extended Japanese version of the film. Special features include feature-length commentary with authors and Japanese Sci-Fi historians Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski, trailers, and a photo gallery. The film is presented in a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect

    TOKYO ICE AGE title card. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/ultraman-archives (Japan) Tsuburaya Productions has announced the third home video release in their new ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES (????????????) Project that looks back at key episodes of the Ultraman Series through home video, public events, and deluxe merchandising. The ULTRA Q Episode 14: TOKYO ICE AGE Blu-ray & DVD Set (ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES??????? Episode 14???????Blu-ray?DVD????) will be available in Japan on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. The episode was the second (and last) in the series to feature the Frozen Monster Peguila. The set features HD remasters of the original 1966 black & white episode and the COLOR ULTRA Q colorized version from 2011. There are also an hour of "Premium Talk" interviews offering viewpoints and commentary from staffers and outside experts, including screenwriter Chiaki Konaka, cinematographer Yuzo Inagaki, and special effects directors Teruyoshi Nakano and Kazuo Sagawa. The content will be

    Blu-ray + DVD cover art, courtesy of Shout! Factory. © NHK

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    Source: Shout! Factory Official Site: NeverEndingMan.com Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of the documentary NEVER-ENDING MAN: HAYAO MIYAZAKI (?????? ???, Owaranai Hito Miyazaki Hayao, 2016). The film offers a new look at Academy Award-winning film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki who, after an encounter with young CGI animators, Miyazaki embarks on a new project using these techniques to create a new short film, BORO THE CATERPILLAR (?????, Kemushi no Boro, 2018). But the artist, who has been adamant about hand-drawn animation, confronts many challenges that threaten to cancel the film. Can an old master who thinks he`s past his prime shine once again? Shot over two years, NEVER-ENDING MAN: HAYAO MIYAZAKI provides a unique, fascinating glimpse into the mind and creative process of one of animation`s most iconic storytellers.

    Packaging for the ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE ? SELECT! THE CRYSTAL OF BOND Blu-ray Special Limited Edition. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©UR/B FILM PARTNERS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/rb/movie (Japan) Official Twitter: twitter.com/ultraman_series Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and photos for the Japanese Blu-ray and DVD editions of ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE ? SELECT! THE CRYSTAL OF BOND (?????????????????????????, Gekij?-ban Urutoraman R/B Serekuto! Kizuna no Kurisutaru). Theatrically released this past March, the film will be released on home video in July. Release Date: Friday, July 28, 2019 Distributor: Bandai Namco Arts ? Blu-ray Special Limited Edition Product Code: BCXS-1452 Price: ¥6,800 (Approximately $60.76 US, Plus Tax) ? Running Time: 211 Minutes (Main Disc: Approximately 81 Minutes + Bonus Disc: Approximately 130 Minutes) ? Main Disc Specs: Linear PCM (Stereo) / AVC / BD25G / 16:9 <1080p High Definition> / Removable Japanese Subtitles ? Bonus Disc Specs: Linear PCM (Stereo) / AVC / BD25G / 16:9 <1080p High Definition> ? Bonus Disc

    Shinpei Hayashiya`s daikiaju movies REIGO: THE DEEP SEA MONSTER VS. THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO and RAIGA: THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP SEA are coming to home video in North America. Photos courtesy of Shinpei Hayashiya and Anime Jungle. REIGO © 2007 Reigo Assosiates. RAIGA © 2009 Crossroads Co., Ltd.

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    Author: Keith Aiken Source: SRS Cinema LLC Special Thanks to Avery Guerra A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The independent daikaiju movies REIGO: THE DEEP SEA MONSTER VS. THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (???????, Shinkaij? Reig?, 2005/2008) and RAIGA: THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP SEA (?????, Shinkaij? Raiba, 2009) have been acquired for North American distribution by SRS Cinema LLC. Both films were written, produced and directed by comedian and kaiju fan Shinpei Hayashiya, creator of the legendary independent/fan production GAMERA 4: TRUTH (???4 ??, Gamera 4 Shinjitsu, 2003). REIGO is set during World War II, with the battleship Yamato attacked by a gigantic sea monster. RAIGA picks up sixty years after the events of REIGO, as a huge and mysterious creature appears in the Sea of Japan and then rushes toward Tokyo Bay. The casts for the movies feature a number of popular genre stars, including Taiyo SUGIURA

    Win the GATCHAMAN Collector`s Edition Blu-ray Set from Section23 Films! Photo courtesy of Section23 Films. ©TATSUNOKO PRODUCTION

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    Source: Section23 Films Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Section23 Films is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new GATCHAMAN Collector`s Edition Blu-ray Set! Using amazing weapons powered by super-science, the international terrorist organization known as GALACTOR is out to steal all of Earth’s resources for itself and its inhuman masters. Mankind’s only hope? The International Science Organization and their elite strike force, the Science Ninja Team! But these five young heroes will have their work cut out for them as they take on the seemingly impossible task of defeating GALACTOR’s horrific arsenal of mechanized weapons of mass destruction and endless armies of henchmen. Can costumed commandos Ken the Eagle, Joe the Condor, Jun the Swallow, Jinpei the Sparrow and Ryu the Owl really overcome such overwhelming odds? Utilizing the incredible technology and fighting techniques created by Dr. Nambu, and with

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    Source: Maiden Japan press release Maiden Japan has announced the acquisition of BATTLE PROGRAMMER SHIRASE (BPS ????????????, B?p?esu Batoru Puroguram? Shirase, 2003-04), a science-fiction comedy by anime studio AIC (BLACK MAGIC M-66, TENCHI MUYO!), director Hiroki Hayashi (BUBBLEGUM CRISIS: TOKYO 2040, TENCHI MUYO!) and art director Maho Takahashi (GATE, HETALIA WORLD SERIES). Akira’s gifted programming and hacking skills have made him a legend on the darker portions of the internet, but in the real world, he’s not as impressive. In fact, he’s basically a freeloader who depends on the kindness of his teenage great-niece, Misao, to get by. And by get by, we mean that she owns the apartment he lives in and frequently comes over to cook for him! But instead of selling his considerable computer skills for piles of cash to repay Misao with, Akira is happy to do his web-fu in exchange for

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Rachel Villegas @wellgousa Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of GOLDEN JOB (????, Huang jin xiong di, 2018), the heist-action film that reunites the lead actors from YOUNG AND DANGEROUS. In the new, unrelated adventure, the film revolves around a brotherhood of former soldiers who reunite to plan an epic heist: boosting a truck full of valuable and expensive medicine held by a foreign intelligence agency to supply a refugee camp in need. But when they find the truck is actually filled with stolen gold, the band of brothers realize they’ve been double-crossed by one of their own -- and putting the situation right will be all out war. GOLDEN JOB debuts on digital and Blu-ray (SLP: $29.98) April 9 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: senryu-girl-official.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to SENRYU GIRL (????, Senry? Sh?jo), an anime series adapted from the award-winning slice-of-life comedy manga by Masakuni Igarashi. Sentai will make the series available through a global license arrangement excluding Asia. At first glance Yukishiro Nanako seems like a normal high school girl, but she has a notable eccentricity: instead of speaking, she communicates only through written senryu poetry! This means she expresses herself only in 5-7-5 syllables. To most this might seem like an inconvenience, but for Nanako and her ex-delinquent bestie, Busujima Eiji, it adds to the experience of their high school lives as they run the Literature Club. Studio Connect (ARMED GIRL`S MACHIAVELLISM) produces the series with character designs by Maki Hashimoto (IS IT WRONG TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGFEON?, NO GAME,

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