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    KOKKOKU Available APRIL 16th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its April slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks psychological thriller series KOKKOKU, available on Blu-ray April 16th. Product details follow, in order of release... IS IT WRONG TO EXPECT A HOT SPRING IN A DUNGEON?! BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 25 min. Street Date: 4/9/2019 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $19.98 Our band of bold adventurers has just blown through the 18th level of the world`s most fearsome dungeon, so what do they do for an encore? Since the city of Orario doesn`t have a theme park, the next choice for Bell, Hestia, Lilly and the gang would seem to be a trip to the hot springs... and, conveniently enough, a battle with

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: NeverEndingMan.com Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The documentary feature NEVER-ENDING MAN: HAYAO MIYAZAKI (?????? ???, Owaranai Hito Miyazaki Hayao, 2016) will be released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack on April 30, 2019 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. The film offers a new look at the rarely-interviewed filmmaker as he faces the challenges of working with unfamiliar CGI technology to create a new short film. NEVER-ENDING MAN will make its home video debut following a limited theatrical release this December. This release contains two different versions: a 70-minute version in Japanese with English subtitles, and an alternate cut, a 48-minute broadcast version with English narration, which includes footage not included in the 70-minute version. In 2013, Academy Award-winning film director and animator Hayao Miyazaki suddenly announced his retirement at the age of 72. But he can’t shake his burning

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    New DVD And Blu-ray Release Concludes The Epic STARDUST CRUSADERS Story Arc Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, delivers the home media release of JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE SET 3: STARDUST CRUSADERS - BATTLE IN EGYPT on January 22nd. Concluding the STARDUST CRUSADERS story arc, the second-half of Season 2 will be available on DVD and as a Limited Edition Blu-ray. Each multi-disc set will include 24 episodes (Episodes 25-48) with a variety of notable bonus features exclusive to the Blu-ray release. Based on Hirohiko Araki’s bestselling manga, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE brings to life the outlandish characters, wild humor, and frenetic battles for which the series is renowned. Having crossed continents and cheated death, Jotaro, Joseph, and crew finally arrive in Egypt

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: kotobuki-anime.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced that it has acquired exclusive rights to THE MAGNIFICENT KOTOBUKI for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. Anime powerhouse Tsutomu Mizushima (GIRLS UND PANZER, XXXholic, SHIROBAKO) will direct the series, with Michiko Yokote (NARUTO, BLEACH, COWBOY BEBOP, PATLABOR, TSURUNE) in charge of series composition. In this original anime series, air combat is part of daily life, and the story unfolds as a team of beautiful ace pilots battle against renegades in the skies. The talented members of Team KOTOBUKI use their impressive dogfighting skills to help defend and transport goods for survival across a desolate wasteland. For the right price, protagonist KYLIE, KOTOBUKI`s no-nonsense leader REONA, and the rest of the team will take on any enemy that comes

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: tbs.co.jp/anime/grimmsnotes (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired distribution rights to GRIMMS NOTES THE ANIMATION (?????? The Animation, Gurimu N?tsu The Animation, 2019) for audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Central America, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. In this mysterious world, everyone is granted a Book of Fate. These powerful books chronicle everything that is and will be about a person’s life. But the sinister Chaos Tellers are rewriting people’s destinies to include catastrophic events. The only ones who can stand against them are a select few who possess blank books of fate. The series stars Miyu Kubota (BLACK CLOVER, DROPKICK ON MY DEVIL!) as Shane, Reina Ueda (BAKUON!!, REAL GIRL) as Reina, Ryota Osaka (KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA, LOG HORIZON) as Exand Takuya Eguchi (THE AMBITION

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: dimension-hs.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced that it acquired exclusive rights to the ambitious live-action/anime hybrid series, DIMENSION HIGH SCHOOL (?????????Dimension???????, Ch?jigen Kakumei Anime "Dimension Haisuk?ru", 2019), for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal and other select territories. One day, on his way to high school, student Junpei picks up an unusual looking rock. Thinking nothing of it, he heads to class. While in the middle of a session, the rock comes to life and transports him and four others to an animated world! To make matters more interesting, the group is introduced to a giant sphinx who is determined to take over the world! Now, to protect their world from invasion, the group must work together as anime characters and real-world humans! Yuichi Abe (THE GIRL IN TWILIGHT, EXAMURAI SENGOKU)

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: domekano-anime.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired distribution rights to the DOMESTIC GIRLFRIEND (??????????, Domesutikku na Kanojo, 2019) anime series, based off the popular manga of the same name, for audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other select territories. Natsuo is a high school boy who is experiencing the crushing despair of unrequited love. To make matters worse, the person he is in love with is his teacher, Hina. In an attempt to lift his spirits, he attends a mixer where he meets a girl named Rui. The two sleep together, expecting never to see one another again, but fate has other plans. His life suddenly becomes more complicated when his father comes home and announces he has remarried a woman with two daughters whom Natsuo has

    The anime feature film LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD comes to home video in March. Image courtesy of ELEVEN ARTS. © Ayano Takeda,TAKARAJIMASHA/Hibike Partners

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: liz-bluebird.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The stunning anime feature LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD (??????, Liz to Aoi Tori, 2018) will be released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack, DVD and digital download on March 5, 2019 from ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio and Shout! Factory. LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD makes its way to home video following its premiere at Annecy International Film Festival last June and its North American theatrical release in November. This release is presented in Japanese with subtitles, and with an English dub. Fans who order from shoutfactory.com will receive an exclusive, unique film strip, available while supplies last. LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD comes from the creators of the critically acclaimed A SILENT VOICE (40th Japan Academy Award, Best Animated Feature Film), including director Naoko Yamada and writer Reiko

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: miss-ueno.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced today that it has acquired distribution rights to the series HOW CLUMSY YOU ARE, MISS UENO (????????, Ueno-san wa Bukiy?, 2019) for the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland and other select territories. Not only is Ueno the president of the science club at her junior high school, she’s a genius inventor, too! However, despite everything she has going for her, there’s one big problem she can’t seem to solve: no matter what she does, she can’t figure out how to confess to her crush, Tanaka! Can she find a way to give her heart what it truly yearns for? The series stars Yu Serizawa (REAL GIRL, KIRATTO PRI?CHAN) as Ueno, Aimi Tanaka (HIMOUTO! UMARU-CHAN, ANIMA YELL!) as Tanaka, and Akari Kageyama (HIMOUTO! UMARU-CHAN, PRINCESS PRINCIPAL) as Yamashita. Tomohiro Tsukimisato,

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Rachel Villegas @wellgousa, #AlongwiththeGods2 Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack of the Korean fantasy epic ALONG WITH THE GODS: THE LAST 49 DAYS (????-?? ?, Sin-gwa-hamkke - Ingwa Yeon, 2018). Writer/director KIM Yong-hwa (TAKE OFF) returns to bring back the characters based on a wildly popular webcomic, with an all-star cast that includes HA Jung-woo (THE HANDMAIDEN), JU Ji-hoon (ASURA: THE CITY OF MADNESS), KIM Hyang-gi (THREAD OF LIES) and LEE Jung-jae (ASSASSINATION). ALONG WITH THE GODS: THE LAST 49 DAYS is now available on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98) from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is presented in Korean with English subtitles, has a runtime of approximately 142 minutes and is not rated. Bonus materials include trailers,

    Win the Korean action epic THE GREAT BATTLE on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © NEXT ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. All Rights Reserved.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Rachel Villegas Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack of the Korean historical epic THE GREAT BATTLE (???, Gonjiam, 2018). Set during the Tang dynasty, the action-packed film is based on the historic 80-day battle between the Goguryeo dynasty and Tang forces known as The Siege of Ansi, that took place while the two groups were at war between 645-668 AD. Director Kim Kwang-Sik (MY DEAR DESPERADO) uses cutting-edge cinematic technologies to create spectacular combat sequences featuring stars Zo In-Sung (THE KING), Nam Joo-Hyuk (BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD) and Park Sung-Woong (THE SWINDLERS). THE GREAT BATTLE debuts on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98) January 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is presented in Korean

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    The Complete 9th Season Features Over 16 Hours Of POKÉMON Action And Adventure Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the release of POKÉMON: BATTLE FRONTIER COMPLETE COLLECTION on January 8th. Under license from The Pokémon Company International, the ninth season of the beloved adventure series features 47 episodes and will be released exclusively on DVD with an MSRP of $54.97 U.S. / $63.99 CAN. Episodes contained in the six-disc collection are presented with English-dubbed as well as English SDH-subtitled dialogue options. In the complete collection of POKÉMON: BATTLE FRONTIER, the territory might be familiar, but even Ash and Brock can find more than a few surprises in their home region of Kanto, like a Pokémon Ranger hot on the cases

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: pastel-memories.com/anime (Japan) Sentai Filmworks has announced that it acquired exclusive rights to PASTEL MEMORIES (?????????, Pasuteru Memor?zu, 2019) for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Scandinavia. The anime series is based on the imaginative Japanese role playing game of the same name by FuRyu, who is also in charge of the series production. Akihabara is known as a shining beacon for otaku culture everywhere. But in a not-to-distant the future, that culture is on the decline due to a mysterious affliction causing widespread memory loss. As a result, Akihabara has lost its luster. However, in one of the few remaining otaku shops, Izumi and a handful of comrades hatch a plan to restore lost memories and return “Akiba” to its former glory. Studio Project No. 9 (And you thought there is never

    Acclaimed director Satoshi Kon`s PERFECT BLUE finally comes to Blu-ray in North America. Image courtesy of GKIDS. © 1997 MADHOUSE

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: PerfectBlueMovie.com Special Thanks to Sarah J. De Bruin Sophisticated yet unsettling, the groundbreaking psychological thriller PERFECT BLUE (?????????, Paafekuto Buruu, 1997) makes its North American Blu-ray debut March 26th, 2019 as part of a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. The directorial debut of acclaimed director Satoshi Kon (PAPRIKA, MILLENNIUM ACTRESS), the critically-acclaimed PERFECT BLUE has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time. This new Blu-ray edition features both a newly digitally remastered version of the film and an original definition presentation, as well as the new to home video bonus features Lectures by Satoshi Kon and an Into the Blue featurette with new interviews. The bonus features also include the Angel of Your Heart recording sessions, the full English version of Angel of Your

    CHALLENGE FROM THE YEAR 2020 title card. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/ultraman-archives (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE In October, Tsuburaya Productions announced their new ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES (????????????) Project that looks back at key episodes of the Ultraman Series through home video, public events, and deluxe merchandising. The first home video release will be the ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES: ULTRA Q Episode 19: CHALLENGE FROM THE YEAR 2020 Blu-ray & DVD Set (ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES??????? Episode 19?2020?????Blu-ray?DVD????), which will be available in Japan on February 20, 2019. The set features HD remasters of the original 1966 black & white episode and the COLOR ULTRA Q colorized version from 2011 plus video testimonials by cast and crew members such as director/screenwriter Toshihiro Iijima and actors Hiroko Sakurai, who starred in ULTRA Q as reporter Yuriko Edogawa, and Satoshi “Bin” Furuya, who played Kemur in the episode (and later starred as Ultraman). Also included

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    HAKUMEI & MIKOCHI Available March 19th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its March slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks fantasy adventure series HAKUMEI & MIKOCHI, available on Blu-ray March 19th. Product details follow, in order of release... TOKYO LIVING DEAD IDOL BLU-RAY Published by: Kraken Releasing Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 83 min. Street Date: 3/5/2019 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $19.98 Tokyo 27-ku`s the hottest pop group around, but when singer Kamiya Miku (Nana Asakawa) gets bitten by a zombie, she goes from being on top of the charts to the top of the most wanted lists! With just 72 hours until the sizzling chanteuse becomes a shuffling zombie, Miku`s only hope is finding a serum that might possibly cure her. Unfortunately, if Miku can`t reach the antidote

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    Collectible 20-Disc Set Includes MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE Debuting for the First Time on Blu-ray! Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The 20-disc, stunning steelbook edition of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: The Complete Series is now available from shoutfactory.com. Spanning the first 3 seasons of the Power Rangers television series and spotlighting MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE for the first time on Blu-ray, this home entertainment collection features over 60 hours of action-packed entertainment across 19 DVDs and 1 Blu-ray, including hours of bonus content with brand-new interviews specific to the movie. Following its debut in 1993, POWER RANGERS quickly became the most watched children’s television program in North America. Emphasizing the importance of teamwork, responsibility and helping others by following the adventures of a group of ordinary young people who “morphed” into superheroes, this long-running series has been seen in

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    Source: Film Movement, Foundry Communications press release Special Thanks to Michael Krause Takeshi Kitano is among Japan`s most famous multi-hyphenates. Originally entering show business in 1972 as "Beat" Takeshi, a member of the famous comedy duo Two Beats, he went one to become one of the most popular entertainers in the country in the `80s. However, it was when he went behind the camera for the first time in 1989 for VIOLENT COP, his directorial debut, that his originality, unique POV and artistic sensibilities shone, quickly making him a darling of international cinema. Going on to write, direct, edit or star in nearly a film per year since then, such as BOILING POINT (1990), SONATINE (1993) and HANA-BI (1997), Kitano would also be nominated for two Palmes d`Or Awards at Cannes and, in 2010, was made a Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters,

    Nao Omori and Takeshi Kitano in OUTRAGE CODA. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © 2017 ‘Outrage Coda’ Production Committee

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    Strap In For the Explosive Final Chapter In Takeshi Kitano`s Acclaimed Underworld Series Source: Film Movement, Foundry Communications press release Special Thanks to Michael Krause All the betrayal, double-crossing, and action-filled gun battles of OUTRAGE are back in OUTRAGE CODA (?????? ???, Autoreiji Saishusho, 2017), the final chapter of Takeshi Kitano`s acclaimed underworld film series. Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo (Beat Takeshi) now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends internationally. But when a relatively minor incident causes tensions to escalate out of control between Chang Enterprises and the Hanabishi, Otomo must return to Japan to settle the score once and for all. "This ruthlessly austere yakuza triptych marks a return to basics for director-star Takeshi Kitano, aka Beat Takeshi," said Jonathan Romney of

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    JUST BECAUSE! Available February 26th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its February slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks television series JUST BECAUSE!, available on Blu-ray February 26th. Product details follow, in order of release... SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON BLU-RAY Published by: Maiden Japan Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 1158 min. Street Date: 2/5/2019 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98 When Earth archaeologists on the planet Solo dig up a set of strange vehicles, they have no idea that they`ve unearthed something that will change the course of mankind. Even more shocking is the discovery that a SECOND human race called the Buff Clan is also seeking the mechs! A deadly competition ensues as the two races battle to secure the secrets of what the Buff Clan calls the "Ide". While

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