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    Kei Mizutani stars in WEATHERWOMAN. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 1995 Tetsu Adachi, Kodansha, Tohokushinsha Film Corp.

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    Japan`s Most Famous Naughty Comedies Are Back Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On May 8th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release a 2-DVD set of WEATHERWOMAN (???????, Otenki Oneesan, 1995) -- starring Kei Mizutani (GINGAMAN/POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY) -- and the sequel WEATHERWOMAN RETURNS (???????R, Otenki Oneesan R, 1996). When an enterprising Weatherwoman fills in for a TV broadcast she signs off by flashing her underwear and a series of saucy and hilarious events follow. The WEATHERWOMAN films have become a cult hit in both Japan and the West. The first movie was a fan favorite on Australia`s SBS TV in the 1990s where it was played often. Release Date: May 8, 2013 Format: DVD (Region 4, PAL) SRP: $14.95 AUD Catalog: EYEB314 Number of Discs: 2 Language: Japanese, English (first film) Subtitles: English Running Time: 180 minutes

    © Tatsuhiko Hikagi, MEDIA FACTORY/ The Severing Crime Edge Production Committee

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press releases Special Thanks to David Williams Sentai Filmworks has announced the acquisition of three brand-new anime series: THE SEVERING CRIME EDGE (????????????, Dansai Bunri no Kuraimu Ejji, 2013), YUYUSHIKI (???, 2013) and SAMURAI BRIDE (???? ????????, Hyakka Ryooran Samurai Buraido, 2013). Experience hair raising thrills, razor-edged suspense and shear insanity in THE SEVERING CRIME EDGE! This 13 episode series is directed by Yuji Yamaguchi (Fate / stay night TV) and features character designs by Katsuzo Hirata (Angel Beats!) with series composition by Tatsuhiko Urahata (Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere), sound direction by Yota Tsuruoka (CLANNAD) and music by Yasuharu Takanashi (Hell Girl). Kiri Haimura loves cutting hair. Actually, he doesn’t just love cutting hair, he obsesses over it and even has a special set of scissors he delights in using. But when his mane obsession for a bit of trim draws

    DVD cover art for GAIKING: THE MOVIE COLLECTION. Image courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Toei Animation.

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    Three Movies Edited From the Original Series, Plus a Brand-New English Language Track Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Tom Chen Back in 2011, SciFi Japan reported that Toei Animation had contracted Winckler-Oya Inc. to produce 23 English dubbed feature films from the studio`s classic anime television series like CAPTAIN HARLOCK (??????????????, Uchuu Kaizoku Kyaputen Haarokku, 1978-79), PLANET ROBOT DANGUARD ACE (???? ?????A(???), Wakusei Robo Dangado Eesu, 1977-78) and FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (????, Hokuto no Ken, 1984-87). The goal of THE TOEI CLASSIC ANIME MOVIE COLLECTION was for Toei to directly offer ready-made English language versions to distributors and mainstream audiences in the United States for television, streaming and home video. Shout! Factory has licensed some of the TOEI CLASSIC ANIME MOVIE titles and announced that their first release will be GAIKING: THE MOVIE COLLECTION, featuring three movies -- imaginatively titled GAIKING

    Key art for FLOWERS OF EVIL. © King Record Co., Ltd. © Shuzo Oshimi ? Kodansha / Akunohara Production Committee

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: akunohana-anime.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams Discover what flowers bloom from the seeds of sin of Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: FLOWERS OF EVIL (???, Aku no Hana, 2013). This 13 episode series is directed by Hiroshi Nagahama (MUSHI-SHI, DETROIT METAL CITY) and features series composition by Aki Itami with character designs by Hidekazu Shimamura, sound direction by Kazuya Tanaka (HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD, MAGICAL SHOPPING ARCADE ABENOBASHI) and music by Hideyuki Fukasawa (INTRIGUE IN THE BAKUMATSU ~ IRONIHOHETO). Darkness lurks everywhere, in every human heart, and sometimes it takes just a second of weakness for it to take root. For Takao Kasuga, that germination begins when his obsession with his beautiful classmate Nanako meets the opportunity to “borrow” her used gym clothes. Unfortunately, his loathsome act of laundry theft is witnessed by Nakamura, the strange girl who

    The homicidal Shinozuke (Mari Hoshino) is dying to know who won Well Go USA`s DEADBALL Blu-ray contest. Photo courtesy of Sushi Typhoon. © 2011 Sushi Typhoon/Nikkatsu

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: sushi-typhoon.com/jp/deadball (Japan), sushi-typhoon.com/deadball-movie (US) Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free Blu-ray of THE DEADBALL. The randomly chosen winners are: John Griffith Tom O`Leary Phillip Dishon Jeffrey Richardet Rebecca Greene Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. A follow-up to director Yudai Yamaguchi`s earlier zombie baseball classic BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL (?????, Jigoku Kooshien, 2003), DEADBALL stars Tak Sakaguchi (VERSUS, YAKUZA WEAPON, TOKYO GORE POLICE) as Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old juvenile delinquent sent to reform school after killing over 50 people within a week. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the facility’s baseball team in a battle to the death against the sexy “psycho butcher girls” of St. Black Dahlia High School. This

    Key art for DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 THE ANIMATION. © Index Corp./ Devil Survivor 2 the Animation Production Committee

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: ds2a.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams Make a deal with the Devil himself in Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 THE ANIMATION (????????2: The Animation, Debiru Sabaibaa Tsuu: The Animation, 2013). This 13 episode action series based on the hit game is directed by Seiji Kishi (PERSONA 4 THE ANIMATION, ANGEL BEATS!) and features series composition by Makoto Uezu (KAMISAMA DOLLS, QWASER OF STIGMATA) with character designs by Etsushi Sajima, sound direction by Satoki Iida (PERSONA 4 THE ANIMATION, INU X BOKU SS) and music by Kotao Nakagawa (INU X BOKU SS, S-CRY-ed). When the world is under attack by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable enemy, the only way to fight back is with warriors who have already died! Sidestepping a gruesome fate in a subway crash during an earthquake, two young men and a girl find

    Left: Final front cover art for GUNBUSTER 2 - THE COMPLETE SERIES. Right: Artwork for the reverse side of the cover. Image courtesy of Discotek Media. © 2003 GAINAX/ TOP2 Committee

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    Source: Discotek Media Official Site: gainax.co.jp/top2 (Japan) Discotek Media has revised the cover art and title for their upcoming DVD release, GUNBUSTER 2 - THE COMPLETE SERIES (???????2?, Toppu o Nerae Tsuu!, 2004). The 2-Disc set was previously announced as GUNBUSTER 2: DIEBUSTER - THE COMPLETE SERIES. GUNBUSTER 2 - THE COMPLETE SERIES is scheduled to street on May 21st and has a suggested retail price of $29.95. For additional information please see the previous report on SciFi Japan.

    In 1994, Tsuburaya Productions` GRIDMAN was Americanized as SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment. © 1993 Tsuburaya Productions. © 1994 DIC Entertainment, L.P., a Cookie Jar company.

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and Chris Smith The television series SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD is now available on Region 1 DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment. The Americanized adaptation of Tsuburaya Productions` GRIDMAN (??????????, Denkoo Choojin Guriddoman, 1993-94) was produced by DIC Entertainment (now part of Cookie Jar Entertainment) and aired on TV and in syndication on ABC in 1994-95. SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD - Volume 1 collects the first 28 episodes of the series on 3 DVDs. A release date for Volume 2 (with Episodes 29-53) has yet to be announced. The following text and images are courtesy of Mill Creek... Let’s Samurize Guys! Time to kick some gigabutt! It’s Time to Samurize! Detect the cyber savors of the world in SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD Volume 1! Matthew Lawrence (MRS. DOUBTFIRE, THE HOT CHICK) stars as Sam Collins -- a whiz

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    Source: Lionsgate, Bender/Helper Impact Official Site: powerrangers.com Special Thanks to Geovani Rocha With POWER RANGERS SAMURAI: THE SIXTH RANGER Volume 4 arriving on DVD and Digital Download on May 14, Lionsgate Home Entertainment has provided a trailer for all of their POWER RANGERS SAMURAI DVD releases. About Saban Brands Formed in 2010 as a subsidiary of Saban Capital Group, Saban Brands (SB) was established to acquire and develop a world-class portfolio of properties and capitalize on the company’s experience, track record and capabilities in growing and monetizing consumer brands. SB applies a strategic transmedia management approach to enhancing and extending its brands in markets worldwide and to consumers of all ages. The company provides full-service management, marketing, promotion and strategic business development for its intellectual properties including comprehensive strategies unique to each brand, trademark and copyright management and enforcement, creative design, retail development,

    PLANZET, the computer animated alien invasion film from NEGADON director Jun Awazu, will be released on Australian Blu-ray and DVD this June. Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2010 Jun Awazu/Media Factory/CoMix Wave Films

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    The Final Plan To Retake Planet Earth Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On June 19th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release the computer animated sci-fi film PLANZET (??????, Puranzetto, 2010) on DVD and in a Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Directed by Jun Awazu (NEGADON: THE MONSTER FROM MARS) and produced by CoMix Wave (CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES, 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND), PLANZET features an All-Star Japanese voice cast including Mamoru MIYANO (DEATH NOTE) and Junko TAKEUCHI (NARUTO). In 2047, an unknown, alien lifeform descends upon the Earth, destroying all the major cities in one fell swoop. The survivors unite and build a Diffusor to stop the Februus, the invaders the military would later codename the FOS, and a temporary peace is achieved. Jump forward to 2053, the present. A last, desperate counterattack is being mounted against the enemy.

    Siblings Daigo (Takeru Shibuya) and Kiriko Imazato (Hikari Mitsushima) enter a living nightmare in TORMENTED, the horror-thriller from THE GRUDGE director Takashi Shimizu. © The Rabit Horror Film Committee 2011

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free 3D Blu-ray of TORMENTED. The randomly chosen winners are: Cameron Archer Marty Day Carlos Alonso Vince Holden John Stanowski Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Directed by Takashi Shimizu (JU-ON, THE GRUDGE), and filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, TORMENTED (????????3D, Rabito Hora 3D, 2011) ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life... TORMENTED is now available

    Key art for HENNEKO - THE HENTAI PRINCE & THE STONY CAT. © 2013 Sou Sagara ? MEDIA FACTORY/ HENNEKO Project

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: henneko.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams When you ask a magical stone cat for help, don’t be surprised if the results are a little rocky in Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: HENNEKO - THE HENTAI PRINCE & THE STONY CAT (???????????, Hentai Ooji to Warawanai Neko., 2013). This 12 episode series is directed by Youhei Suzuki and features character designs by Haruko Izuka (LITTLE BUSTERS!, INU X BOKU SS) with series composition by Michiko Itou (BODACIOUS SPACE PIRATES, SPECIAL A) and sound direction by Jin Aketagawa (KILL ME BABY, CANAAN). Koto is a complete and total pervert, but he doesn’t think that’s a problem. What bothers him is that every time he tries to bluff his way through one of his indiscretions, his inability to drop his façade inevitably digs him in even deeper. Tsukiko also has an issue

    Key art for PHOTO KANO. © ENTERBRAIN, INC. Developed by DINGO Inc./Photo Kano Production Committee

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: tbs.co.jp/photokano/ (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams Is it true that girls like a guy with a really big lens? Find out in Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: PHOTO KANO (?????, Foto Kano, 2013)! This 12 episode series features direction and series composition by Akitoshi Yokoyama with character designs by Mae Shimada, sound direction by Kengo Kawazoe and music by Mina Kubota. During Kazuya Maeda’s first year of high school he felt like a nobody, just another forgotten face shuffling through the crowded hallways. Even his best friend from childhood, Nimi, seemed somehow more difficult to approach, since she had matured a little quicker in the unsettling way that girls have a habit of doing. However, this year, things will be different for Kazuya, and part of that change may just be because of the big new girl magnet hanging

    Toshiro Mifune (SEVEN SAMURAI) stars as the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in THE SAMURAI TRILOGY. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On May 8th, THE SAMURAI TRILOGY will be released on DVD by the Australian label, Madman Entertainment. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune (SEVEN SAMURAI, YOJIMBO, RASHOMON), THE SAMURAI TRILOGY was one of Japan`s most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that`s often called Japan`s Gone with the Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary seventeenth-century swordsman (and writer and artist) Musashi Miyamoto, following him on his path from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. With these three films -- 1954`s Oscar-winning MUSASHI MIYAMOTO, 1955`s DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE, and 1956`s DUEL AT GANRYU ISLAND -- Inagaki created a passionate epic that`s equal parts tender love story and bloody action. THE SAMURAI TRILOGY includes... · SAMURAI I:

    Johnny Sokko (Mitsunobu Kaneko) uses his wristwatch communicator to announce the winners of Shout! Factory`s JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series contest. Photo courtesy of Fox Home Entertainment. © 1967 Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Who Won the 4-Disc Collector`s Edition from Shout! Factory? Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Tom Chen Our thanks to everyone who entered Shout! Factory and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free DVD of JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series. The randomly chosen winners are: Edwin Cordero Terri Schneider Olivier-Felix Dupuis Matt Sanchez Geoffrey Hybel Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT, the Americanized version of the classic Toei tokusatsu television series GIANT ROBOT (????????, Jaianto Robo, 1967), is now available from retailers. The 4-Disc set includes all 26 episodes of the show; the first time the entire series will be officially available on home video in North America. About Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and

    The acclaimed South Korean animated film THE KING OF PIGS is coming to DVD in the United Kingdom. Image courtesy of Terracotta Distribution. © 2011 King of Pigs Production Committee

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    Source: Terracotta Distribution Special Thanks to Claire Marty On May 13th, Terracotta Distribution will release the acclaimed South Korean animated film THE KING OF PIGS (??? ?; RR: Dae gi eui wang, 2011) on DVD in the United Kingdom. THE KING OF PIGS is an ultra-violent Korean animation set in a high-school world in which rich "dogs" rule over the "pigs". The film is directed by Yeun Sang-ho and stars the voices of familiar Korean actors, Yang Ik-june and Kim Kkobbi from the internationally acclaimed BREATHLESS. A festival favorite, this feature animation (aka Manwha) premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival and has since played in various international festivals including the Director’s Fortnight 2012 making it the first animated Korean film to screen at the Festival de Cannes. THE KING OF PIGS was released theatrically in UK on January 2013. After murdering

    APPLESEED XIII: THE COMPLETE SERIES © 2011 Shirow Masamune / Seishinsha – APPLESEED XIII Project. SENGOKU BASARA: THE COMPLETE SERIES © Capcom/Team Basara

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    Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Special Thanks to Tim Baxter FUNimation Entertainment has provided information for their Blu-ray and DVD releases for June 2013. Product details follow, in order of release... APPLESEED XIII: THE COMPLETE SERIES Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack -LE Release Date: 6/4/2013 SRP: $69.98 Running Time: 390 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Discs: 4 Rating: TV14 Languages: English, Japanese Subtitles: English APPLESEED XIII: THE COMPLETE SERIES Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Release Date: 6/4/2013 SRP: $64.98 Running Time: 390 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Discs: 4 Rating: TV14 Languages: English, Japanese Subtitles: English From the creator of GHOST IN THE SHELL, one of the most well received and highest selling anime movies of all time, comes the thirteen episode series APPLESEED XIII. In the wake of destruction from a worldwide non-nuclear war, the city of Olympus has become the control center of the world. As humanity

    Key art for MAJESTIC PRINCE. © FIELDS/MJP-PROJECT 2012

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: mjp-anime.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams Sentai Filmworks is proud to announce its newest acquisition: MAJESTIC PRINCE (????? ????????????, Ginga Kikootai Majesutikku Purinsu, 2012). This 24 episode sci-fi action series is directed by Keitaro Motonaga (Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka, Getbackers) and features series composition by Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Girls und Panzer) with character designs by Hisashi Hirai (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed series, S-CRY-ed), and mecha designs by Yuji Tani, Koji Watanabe (Blue Gender) and Yasuhiro Moriki (Martian Successor Nadesico). It’s GC 88 in the New Space calendar. Mankind has settled the solar system as far as Jupiter, when an unknown force suddenly attacks and humanity is plunged into war on an epic scale never before seen. Forced to retreat in the face of the enemy’s overwhelming onslaught, humanity finds itself push to the brink of destruction. Mankind’s

    Packaging for the Blu-ray edition of BANGKOK REVENGE. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012 China Lion Film Distribution

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free Blu-ray of BANGKOK REVENGE. The randomly chosen winners are: Gabe Lucas Ryan Chen David Moore Sarah Wright Dana Kraft Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Directed by Jean-Marc Mineo, BANGKOK REVENGE stars Jon Foo (TEKKEN, STREET FIGHTER LEGACY), Caroline Ducey (ROMANCE, THE SOUL KEEPER) and Michael Cohen (THEM, LITTLE JERUSALEM). A young boy left for dead by the assassins who killed his parents is taken under the wing of a martial-arts master and shaped into a lethal killing machine with an insatiable appetite for revenge. As a ten-year-old child, Manit (Jon Foo) saw his parents murdered in cold blood. When the killers were finished, they put a gun to his head,

    Well Go USA will release 3D/2D Blu-ray and standard DVD editions of the computer animated Korean dinosaur movie, DINO KING 3D. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012 Dream Search C&C, Inc., EBS and Olive Studio, Inc.

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    Debuts on 3D/2D Blu-ray, DVD and Digital June 18th from Well Go USA Entertainment Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: blog.naver.com/jumbagi2012 (South Korea) Special Thanks to Leif Helland Experience what it was like to walk with nature’s greatest prehistoric predators when DINO KING 3D (???: ???? ?? 3D, Jumbagi: Hanbandoui gongryong 3D, 2012) debuts on 3D/2D Blu-ray, DVD and digital June 18th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Painstakingly recreated in breathtaking CGI animation, the film takes viewers to a time before man, when dinosaurs ruled the earth. The Korean production by Dream Search C&C, EBS and Olive Studio has been marketed internationally as SPECKLES THE TARBOSAURUS. Meet Speckles. He’s a Tarbosaurus, and lives a happy life in his forest home with his mom and siblings. One day, as he’s just learning to hunt, he encounters One-Eye, a Tyrannosaur looking for

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