SciFi Japan

    Meiko Kaji stars as Yuki Kashima in LADY SNOWBLOOD. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 1973 Toho Co., Ltd.

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On May 8th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release a two DVD set of LADY SNOWBLOOD (????, Shurayukihime, 1973) and LADY SNOWBLOOD: LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE (???? ????, Shurayukihime - Urami Renga, 1974). The two films are highly influential classics of the Asian cinema genre, widely recognized as major inspirations for Quentin Tarantino`s KILL BILL. LADY SNOWBLOOD`s theme song, "Flower of Carnage", is sung by star Meiko Kaji and was also featured in KILL BILL. A woman is abused and killed by a gang in prison, leaving her newborn daughter to carry out her revenge. The young girl grows into a beautiful woman who`s only goal is to find and terminate her mother`s attackers with extreme prejudice. Madman`s LADY SNOWBLOOD Movies 1 & 2 set includes a rare interview with Meiko Kaji. Release Date:

    Cover art for INUYASHA THE MOVIE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2001 Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan • Yomiuri TV • Sunrise • Sho-Pro • NTV • Toho • Yomiuri-TV Enterprise. © 2002-04 Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan • YTV • Sunrise • Sho-Pro • NTV • Toho • Yomiuri-TV Enterprise.

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    4 Feature Films Based on Classic Fantasy Adventure Series, Now in High Definition for the First Time Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: sunrise-inc.co.jp/yasya (Japan), viz.com/inuyasha (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media brings the classic anime feature film action of INUYASHA home to fans across North America with the brand new release of the INUYASHA THE MOVIE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. The new 2-disc set is available now on Blu-ray, and contains 4 complete feature films from the venerable fantasy action adventure franchise, each rated TV-14, including INUYASHA THE MOVIE 1: AFFECTIONS TOUCHING ACROSS TIME (????? ????????, Eiga Inuyasha: Toki o Koeru Omoi, 2001), INUYASHA THE MOVIE 2: THE CASTLE BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS (????? ???????, Eiga Inuyasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjoo, 2002), INUYASHA THE MOVIE 3: SWORDS OF AN HONORABLE RULER (????? ??????, Eiga Inuyasha: Tenka Hadoo no

    Well Go USA will release 3D/2D Blu-ray and standard DVD editions of SADAKO 3D, the latest chapter in THE RING series. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    From the Writer of The Ring Comes the Latest Terrifying Installment to the Haunting Franchise Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: sadako3d.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to Leif Helland The most iconic figure in Asian horror returns for the latest installment in the frightening RING franchise with SADAKO 3D (????, 2012), debuting on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital June 4th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Director Tsutomu Hanabusa (HIGH SCHOOL REVIEW) brings back the long haired girl in the white nightgown and her reign of terror has extended from television screens to all forms of technology: PC screens, mobile phones, jumbotrons and more. The cast includes Satomi Ishihara (MOONLIGHT MASK), Koji Seto (RUNWAY BEAT), Tsutomu Takahashi (ARAGURE) and Shota Sometani (THE INTERMISSION). Akane Aikawa (Ishihara) works as a teacher in a high school where students are mysteriously committing suicide after viewing a video hosted on the

    Two Lupins?! Discotek Media will release the OVA LUPIN THE 3RD: GREEN VS RED on May 21st. © Monkey Punch • TMS

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Discotek Media Official Site: biglobe.ne.jp/greenvsred (Japan) On May 21st, the OVA LUPIN THE 3RD: GREEN VS RED (????? Green vs Red, Rupan Sansei: Guriin tai Reddo, 2008) will be released on Region 1 DVD by Discotek Media. Just when you thought the man was one of a kind, Lupin the Third lookalikes start appearing all over the world, each with their own style and flair! Even the expert Inspector Zenigata can`t seem to track down his rival. From among the rabble rises one ambitious, green-jacketed Lupin imitator named Yasuo. He challenges the man himself to swipe the mysterious treasure Ice Cube and earn the title of "the real Lupin the Third!" Produced for the 40th Anniversary of the original manga, GREEN VS RED is a celebration of what makes the Lupin franchise so enduring. Complete with double-crosses, disguises, crazy car action, and

    Key art for SHINING HEARTS. © SEGA/SHINING-HEARTS- PROJECT 2012

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: shining-world.jp/heartsTV (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams Sentai Filmworks’ is proud to announce its newest acquisition: SHINING HEARTS (?????????? ???????, Shainingu Haatsu Shiawase no Pan, 2012). Based on the best selling Sega game, this 12 episode series is directed and written by Itsuro Kawasaki (LISTEN TO ME, GIRLS. I AM YOUR FATHER!, ARC THE LAD) and features character designs by Keita Matsumoto (BUNGAKU SHOJO, SANDS OF DESTRUCTION), sound direction by Yukio Nagasaki (TSURITAMA, DRAGON BALL Z KAI) and music by Hiroki Kikuta. Over the years, many strange things have washed up on the shores of Windaria, a mysterious island where humans, elves and other beings all live in harmony. Rick, a former swordsman who runs the Le Couer Bakery with his three beautiful coworkers Neris, Amil and Airy, knows this all too well, having been found on the beach

    Pang Ho-Cheung’s hit VULGARIA is coming to DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom. Photos courtesy of Third Window Films. © 2012 Making Film Productions.

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Third Window Films Official Movie Site: thirdwindowfilms.com/vulgaria (UK) Special Thanks to Adam Torel and Claire Marty On April 15th, 2013, Pang Ho-Cheung’s Hong Kong #1 box office hit VULGARIA (????, 2012) comes to DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom from distributor Third Window Films. The outrageous comedy was the highest grossing Hong Kong film of 2012. To (Chapman To Man-chak), a long-time film producer, has yet to produce anything resembling a hit. Beset by financial troubles, he has become desperate for money -- so much so that he is unable to pay the alimony to his ex-wife (Kristal Tin). Despite his former spouse`s bitterness, their daughter still clings onto her faith in him -- and wishes to see him on TV once his new movie premieres. To is soon introduced to a potential Mainland Chinese investor, Tyrannosaurus (Ronald Cheng), by his buddy Lui Wing-shing (Simon

    Win Sushi Tyohoon`s sports splatter comedy DEADBALL on Blu-ray from Well Go USA. Photo courtesy of Sushi Typhoon. © 2011 Sushi Typhoon/Nikkatsu

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    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 Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win Sushi Typhoon`s hilariously offensive, politically incorrect sports splatter comedy DEADBALL (??????, Dedoboru, 2011) on Blu-ray. 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 riotous, over-the-top epic of excess is the movie for the psycho sports fan in everybody and

    Left to Right: Sora Takenouchi, Yolei Inoue, Biyomon, Kari Kamiya, Gatomon,

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    THE OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE SET: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON and DIGIMON ADVENTURE: VOLUME 2 Source: Flatiron Film Company, Foundry Communications Special Thanks to Michael Krause A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Our thanks to everyone who entered Flatiron Film Company and SciFi Japan`s contest for free DIGIMON DVD Sets. The randomly chosen winners are: Grand Prize - THE OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE SET: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON Shane Young First Prize - DIGIMON ADVENTURE: VOLUME 2 Ryan Clark Timothy D. Harris Jason Tang Congratulations to the winners! Flatiron Film will ship your prizes soon. THE OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE SET: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON ($79.95 srp) is an 8-disc collection featuring all 50 complete, unedited episodes. DIGIMON ADVENTURE: VOLUME 2 ($19.95 srp) is a 3-disc set including 18 full-length episodes from Season 1. Both sets are the English versions from the U.S. broadcast and are now available from retailers.

    Zhang Xian (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) prepares to reveal who won THE GREAT MAGICIAN on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2012 Emperor Motion Pictures

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    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 THE GREAT MAGICIAN. The randomly chosen winners are: Caroline Lujan Corey Raburn Frank Murray Don Nielsen Tyler Hall Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Adapted from the Zhang Haifan novel and led by award-winning director Derek Yee (ONE NIGHT IN MONGKOK, SHINJUKU INCIDENT), THE GREAT MAGICIAN (????, Daai Mo Seut Si, 2012) is a deliriously entertaining film that deftly blends vaudeville-style humor, vivid magic sequences and ruthless political gamesmanship. The movie also features three of the most powerful stars in Chinese cinema -- Tony Leung Chiu-wai (HERO, RED CLIFF), Lau Ching-wan (MAD DETECTIVE) and Zhou Xun (CLOUD ATLAS). THE GREAT MAGICIAN is now available on Blu-ray,

    The 15th POKÉMON movie is now available on Region 1 DVD. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2013 Pokémon. © 1997-2012 PIKACHU PROJECT.

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Latest POKÉMON Feature Film Release also Complemented by Tie-In Manga Edition Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: VIZ.com/Pokemon Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, brings an exotic new animated POKÉMON adventure to fans of all ages with the DVD release of POKÉMON THE MOVIE: KYUREM VS. THE SWORD OF JUSTICE (???????????? ???????? ????VS??? ?????, Gekijooban Poketto Monsutaa Besuto Uisshu Kyuremu tai Seikenshi Kerudio, 2012). Debuting today, the new film can be enjoyed by the entire family (rated ‘TV-Y7-F7’) and carries an MSRP of $19.97 U.S. / $24.98 CAN. A tie-in manga edition is also available now in stores under the VIZ Kids imprint, rated ‘A’ for All Ages and carrying an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. In the latest exciting POKÉMON feature film adventure, Ash

    The acclaimed South Korean animated film THE KING OF PIGS is coming to Region 4 DVD. Image courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2011 King of Pigs Production Committee

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    The Lord of the Flies, South Korean Style Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On April 17, 2013, THE KING OF PIGS (??? ?; RR: Dae gi eui wang, 2011) will be released on DVD by the Australian label, Madman Entertainment. South Korea`s very first animated film to screen in competition at Cannes, THE KING OF PIGS was also an Official selection of the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival and 2012 Sydney Film Festival. It won three awards at the 2012 Pusan International Film Festival, was nominated for a film prize at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival, and won the "Satoshi Kon award" in 2012 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. Kyung-Min has just killed his wife, but it didn`t make him feel any better. His business is failing and he can’t stop thinking about his middle school days, back when he

    DVD and Blu-ray cover art for NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN. Images courtesy of VIZ Media. © Hiroshi Shiibashi/Shueisha, Nurari Project

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Supernatural Anime Action Series Streets April 2nd Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: nuramago.jp (Japan), viz.com/nura-rise-of-the-yokai-clan-video (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, gives anime fans a new dose of supernatural anime action as it announces the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN (????????, Nurarihyon no Mago, 2010) on April 2nd. The fantasy adventure series about a young man who is part human and part supernatural demon is rated TV-14 and will carry a DVD MSRP of $44.82 U.S. / $43.24 CAN and a Blu-ray MSRP of $54.97 U.S. / $66.15 CAN. The new 2-disc set features Episodes 1-13 presented with original Japanese (with English subtitles) and English dubbed dialogue options. DVD bonus features include production art and the official U.S. trailer.

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

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    ANOTHER Available on July 30th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its July slate of releases; including Sentai Filmworks` eagerly awaited anime series ANOTHER, which will be available on both DVD and Blu-Ray. Product details follow, in order of release... HORIZON IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE II Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 7/2/2013 Format: DVD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 HORIZON IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE II BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 7/2/2013 Format: Blu-ray Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98 Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Mikawa Conflict provides, Tori and his comrades attempt to rescue Horizon from the Testament Union. But even as the Floating City

    Hikari Mitsushima (ULTRAMAN MAX, LOVE EXPOSURE) stars in TORMENTED, the horror-thriller from THE GRUDGE director Takashi Shimizu. © The Rabit Horror Film Committee 2011

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win TORMENTED (????????3D, Rabito Hora 3D, 2011) on 3D/2D Blu-ray. Directed by Takashi Shimizu (JU-ON, THE GRUDGE), and filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, TORMENTED 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 will be released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on April 2nd. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION Prize: A. There are five (5) prizes, with each prize consisting of

    Win JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series on DVD from Shout! Factory. Photo courtesy of MGM and Fox Home Entertainment. © 1967 Hikari Pro., Toei Co., Ltd.

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Win the 4-Disc Collector`s Edition from Shout! Factory Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Tom Chen JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT, the Americanized version of the classic Toei tokusatsu television series GIANT ROBOT (????????, Jaianto Robo, 1967), was released on DVD this week by Shout! Factory. 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. And now, Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a free copy of JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series! OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION Prize: A. There are three (3) prizes, with each prize consisting of one (1) JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series DVD set. B. Prizes will be shipped to the contest winners so

    Blu-ray and DVD cover art for DEADBALL, coming April 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Images courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2011 Sushi Typhoon/Nikkatsu

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Blood-Soaked Splatterfest from Director Yudai Yamaguchi Debuts April 9th 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 and Marc Walkow Director Yudai Yamaguchi`s hilariously offensive, politically incorrect sports splatter comedy DEADBALL (??????, Dedoboru, 2011) debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital April 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. A follow-up to Yamaguchi`s earlier zombie baseball classic BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL (?????, Jigoku Kooshien, 2003), DEADBALL stars Tak Sakaguchi (VERSUS, YAKUZA WEAPON, TOKYO GORE POLICE) as baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old juvenile delinquent sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory after killing over 50 people within a week. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that

    Five SciFi Japan readers have won the Thai historical drama MUAY THAI WARRIOR on Blu-ray, courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2010 Epic Pictures Group

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free Blu-ray of MUAY THAI WARRIOR. The randomly chosen winners are: George Michael Farris Justin Messina Richard Vargas Katy Sanchez Patrick Emanuel Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Based on actual events from the 17th century`s Ayothaya period, MUAY THAI WARRIOR (?????? ??????, Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya, 2010) combines lush visuals with a cast of Olympic athletes to provide viewers some of the most stunning and realistic Muay Thai techniques ever filmed for the big screen. Betrayed and left for dead, a young Japanese samurai finds a new home in Siam and soon faces his greatest battle against the elite warriors he once regarded as brothers. The cast includes Seigi Ozeki (THE ODD

    GUNBUSTER 2: DIEBUSTER - THE COMPLETE SERIES cover art. Image courtesy of Discotek Media. © 2003 GAINAX/ TOP2 Committee

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Discotek Media Official Site: gainax.co.jp/top2 (Japan) Decades after the birth of the Gunbuster legend, acclaimed studio GAINAX returns with an epic sequel from the creators of FLCL. On May 21st, GUNBUSTER 2: DIEBUSTER - THE COMPLETE SERIES (???????2?, Toppu o Nerae Tsuu!, 2004) will be released on Region 1 DVD by Discotek Media. The DVD will include all 6 episodes of the OVA series. In the future where space monsters invade the Sol System, a young girl named Nono has left her home behind to come alone to the big city. She has a grand dream of becoming a space pilot. But reality is harsh, and she spends every day instead at the diner near the spaceport where she lives and works. One day, she meets a real-life "Topless" pilot named Lal`C. Neither realize that the future of humanity rests on both of them! Starring:

    TEKKEN`s John Foo battles the Bangkok underworld in BANGKOK REVENGE. © 2012 China Lion Film Distribution

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Director Jean-Marc Mineo’s martial arts epic BANGKOK REVENGE (2012) debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital March 26th from Well Go USA Entertainment. To celebrate this release, Well Go USA is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a free copy of the Blu-ray edition. 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,

    Preliminary packaging for the Blu-ray and DVD editions of PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT COLLECTION (Purple Edition). Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2010 GAINAX/GEEKS

    DVD Blu-ray Digital

    Angels Have Never Been So Nasty on Australian DVD and Blu-ray Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On May 22nd, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release the hit anime series PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT (???????????with???????, Panti ando Sutokkingu wizu Gaataaberuto, 2010) on DVD and Blu-ray. Animated by GAINAX (NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, GURREN LAGANN, FLCL), directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, DEAD LEAVES) with an edgy animation style and adult humor, PANTY & STOCKING is sure to be a fan favorite for many years to come. Madman`s PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT COLLECTION (Purple Edition) comes packaged with a new, discreet special edition cover. The Anarchy Sisters Panty and Stocking are two nasty angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their days blowing up ghosts in the lecherous abyss between Heaven and

    Page 73 of 114

    SciFi Japan
    Copyright © 2024 | SCIFI JAPAN
    © 2024 Your Company. All Rights Reserved. Designed By JoomShaper