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    Daisuke Sato’s HOWL FROM BEYOND THE FOG is coming to home media in North America from SRS Cinema. Photo courtesy of SRS Cinema. ©LosGatos Works

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    Source: SRS Cinema LLC Official Site: sagirinokuni.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Avery Guerra A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Distributor SRS Cinema has licensed North American home media rights to the critically acclaimed and fan adored kaiju film HOWL FROM BEYOND THE FOG (狭霧の國, Sagiri no Kuni, 2020). Written and directed by Daisuke Sato (GODZILLA MOTHRA KING GHIDORAH GIANT MONSTERS ALL OUT ATTACK, GODZILLA FINAL WARS, GAMERA THE BRAVE, ULTRAMAN MEBIUS & ULTRAMAN BROTHERS), the movie was made by using classic Japanese practical FX techniques including traditional bunraku puppetry, miniatures and suitmation, and features work by legendary Toho monster maker Keizō Murase (MOTHRA, KING KONG VS GODZILLA, FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD, GAMERA). HOWL FROM BEYOND THE FOG is set in a small village in Kyushu, Japan during the Meiji reformation era. A young boy named Izana and a blind woman named

    Image courtesy of Lionsgate. © 1995 • 2008 Masamune Shirow /Kodansha Ltd./Bandai Visual Co. Ltd./Manga Entertainment Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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    4K Ultra HD to Include Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Source: Lionsgate, Click Communications press release Special Thanks to Mario Parra Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of one of the most critically acclaimed anime films of all time when GHOST IN THE SHELL (攻殻機動隊, Kōkaku Kidōtai, 1995) arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital 4K Ultra HD) and Digital 4K Ultra HD on September 8th from Lionsgate. Based on the beloved manga from Japanese writer and illustrator Shirow Masamune, the film’s voice cast includes Atsuko Tanaka (GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE, TV’s GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0), Akio Ôtsuka (GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE, PAPRIKA, METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS), and Kôichi Yamadera (GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE, COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE, NINJA SCROLL).

    REIGO: KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS and RAIGA: GOD OF THE MONSTERS will be released in a double feature Blu-ray. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. REIGO ©2007 Reigo Assosiates. RAIGA ©2009 Crossroads Co., Ltd.

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    Source: MVD Entertainment Group Special Thanks to Clint Weiler This November, SRS Cinema and distributor MVD Entertainment present a Blu-ray Double Feature of REIGO: KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS and RAIGA: GOD OF THE MONSTERS. The two daikaiju films were written, produced and directed by Shinpei Hayashiya. REIGO: KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS (深海獣レイゴー, Shinkaijū Reigō, 2005/2008) is set during World War II. The battleship Yamato, the largest and strongest of its time, is on patrol when a lookout spots a massive shape half-submerged in the distance. Believing it to be an enemy submarine, they fire and score a direct hit. But they are shocked when the object emits a strange cry as it sinks beneath the waves. Soon after, something much bigger arrives, the massive kaiju Reigo, seething with rage at the murder of its cub. The monster attacks the Combined

    Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS · WOWOW

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Official Site: moviespree.com/ultraman Special Thanks to Barrett Evans Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a free digital redemption code for NEO ULTRA Q (ネオ・ウルトラQ, Neo Urutora Kyū, 2013) on Mill Creek’s transaction-based streaming service movieSPREE. Winners will be able to own and stream the complete 12 episode series in high-definition on movieSPREE’s website and apps, now available on Roku, Apple TV / iOS, Amazon Fire TV, and Android devices. In this continuation of the 1966 sci-fi drama ULTRA Q, three people from completely different walks of life: Jin Haibara (Seiichi Tanabe), a psychologist doing research on the supernatural, Emiko Watarase (Rin Takanashi), a young beautiful journalist with an inquisitive mind and Shohei Shiroyama (Hiroyuki Onoe), a bartender sympathetic towards other forms of life, set out to investigate the bizarre monster appearances, futuristic phenomena,

    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. ©2018 Epiphany Film, Mass Ornament Films

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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 of the critically-acclaimed coming-of-age story HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD (벌새, Beol-sae, 2018). Positioned against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Seoul in 1994, a lonely 14-year-old girl moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Deprived of attention from her family, the girl roams the neighborhood with her best friend, attempts romantic relationships with both girls and boys alike and is sent to the hospital with an unclear diagnosis. When a new teacher arrives, she becomes the first adult the young girl feels really understands her. Bora Kim makes her feature film directing debut, displaying “a world of potential” (FictionMachine). HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD stars Ji-hu Park (THE WITNESS), Sae-byuk Kim

    Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS · WOWOW

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Official Site: moviespree.com/ultraman Special Thanks to Barrett Evans Mill Creek Entertainment’s transaction-based streaming service movieSPREE is pleased to announce the availability of NEO ULTRA Q (ネオ・ウルトラQ, Neo Urutora Kyū, 2013) to purchase and stream exclusively in high-definition on movieSPREE’s website and apps, ahead of the release on Blu-ray! The complete 12 episode series is now available to purchase and add to your movieSPREE library for only $19.99. In this continuation of the 1966 sci-fi drama ULTRA Q, three people from completely different walks of life: Jin Haibara (Seiichi Tanabe), a psychologist doing research on the supernatural, Emiko Watarase (Rin Takanashi), a young beautiful journalist with an inquisitive mind and Shohei Shiroyama (Hiroyuki Onoe), a bartender sympathetic towards other forms of life, set out to investigate the bizarre monster appearances, futuristic phenomena, strange ecological catastrophes and paranormal events that confront

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

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    SHIROBAKO Available October 13th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its October slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks new dubbed release of SHIROBAKO! Product details follow, in order of release… BEAUTIFUL BONES Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 10/6/2020 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $49.98 Most young women have lots of obsessions, but Sakurako Kujo only has two: work and bones… and since the bones are part of her work, it really comes down to just bones. However, in between collecting de-fleshed animal and human remains for her studies, Sakurako also assists the local police as a forensic consultant, where she’s developed a formidable reputation as both a corpse magnet and detective. Assisting her in these tasks

    Final artwork pending, Image courtesy of Shout! Factory. ©TRIGGER, Kazuki Nakashima/XFLAG

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: promare-movie.com (Japan), PromareMovie.com (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Following a phenomenally successful North American theatrical run, PROMARE (プロメア, Puromea), the top-grossing original anime feature of 2019, comes to home entertainment with a new Collector’s Edition from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. The hyperkinetic, candy-colored visual masterpiece will be available next Tuesday, August 4 with new special packaging, an interview with director Hiroyuki Imaishi, a round table with Studio TRIGGER, and SIDE: GALO and SIDE: LIO short films with new English dubs featuring the original dub cast, as well as added bonus features exclusive to the Collector’s Edition. The PROMARE Collector’s Edition is being produced in partnership with Anime Limited, the film’s UK distributor, and will be available at a suggested retail price of $64.99. The first feature-length film from the acclaimed studio TRIGGER, creators of KILL

    ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER DVD cover art. Photo courtesy of MVD Ent. © 2019 Attack of the Giant Teacher Film Partners

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    Source: MVD Entertainment Group Special Thanks to Clint Weiler This October, SRS Cinema and distributor MVD Entertainment present the independent kaiju comedy ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER (アタック・オブ・ザ・ジャイアントティーチャー, Atakku Obu Za Jaianto Tīchā, 2019) from director Yoshikazu Ishii (ULTRAMAN GINGA). Kenzo Miyazawa is an earnest teacher who works at a night high school. His class is filled with unique and slightly odd students. Suddenly, the night school witnesses a drop in student numbers and has no choice but to shut down by the end of the year. Mr. Miyazawa’s class decides to create a musical for the school’s last festival. Then, an alien beast invades Earth and begins destroying the town. Mr. Miyazawa challenges the alien beast to a fight. Format: DVD SKU: MVD3997D UPC: 760137399797 Street Date: 10/13/20 Label: SRS Cinema Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy Run Time: 70 mins Number of Discs:

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    Source: Arrow Films, MVD Entertainment Group Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Arrow Video has provided a new trailer for GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, a deluxe Blu-ray box set of the Gamera movie series. For the first time ever worldwide, all twelve tales of everyone’s favorite titanic terrapin are collected together in high definition with lossless Japanese and English audio, along with hours of new and archive bonus features, expert commentaries, interviews with cast & crew, the worldwide Blu-ray premiere of GAMMMERA THE INVINCIBLE (American theatrical version), a hardback 120-page comic book, and a perfect-bound 80-page book including a new retrospective on the series kaiju X-ray illustrations, and much more! GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION is now streaming on the Arrow Video Channel, The Blu-ray set will be released in the UK on August 17, and in the US on August 18, 2020. For the

    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 the new Blu-ray of Toei’s INFERNO OF TORTURE (徳川いれずみ師 責め地獄, Tokugawa Irezumi-shi Seme Jigoku, 1969). Exploitation legend Teruo Ishii (HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN, ORGIES OF EDO) delivers one of his most extreme visions of violent eroticism in this, the sixth in his abnormal love series. Tattoos and torture await women forced into servitude. Unable to repay a local lender, Yumi (Yumika Katayama) takes up an offer to serve as a geisha for two years with a promise of freedom once her debt is repaid. She quickly realizes that this is less a house of geishas than an extremely cruel brothel specializing in supplying western visitors with tattooed playthings. Taken under the wing of one of the

    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. ©2019 Screenplay Bumilangit Productions

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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 of the action-packed GUNDALA (2019), the feature film adaptation of Indonesia`s preeminent comic book superhero. Based on a popular comic book by Harya Suraminata first published in 1969, GUNDALA was written & directed by Joko Anwar (IMPETIGORE) and stars Abimana Aryasatya (12:00 A.M.), Tara Basro (IMPETIGORE), Bront Palarae (BELUKAR), Ario Bayu (JAVA HEAT) and Lukman Sardi (ABRACADABRA). GUNDALA is the first film in a proposed eight film franchise launching a new superhero cinematic universe in the vein of Marvel. In this origin story, Sancaka (Abimana Aryasatya) is a security guard who was struck by lightning, giving him superhuman powers and turning him into the superhero Gundala. GUNDALA debuts on Blu-ray (SLP: $29.98), Digital and DVD (SLP: $24.98) July

    Image courtesy of Toho. ©2019 “Weathering With You” Film Partners

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: tenkinoko.com (Japan), WeatheringWithYouMovie.com (US) Special Thanks to Lauren Blum Makoto Shinkai’s magnificent new animated film WEATHERING WITH YOU (天気の子, Tenki no Ko, 2019) will be getting the ultimate Collector’s Edition treatment this fall, after receiving glowing reviews from critics and theatrical audiences alike. WEATHERING WITH YOU (Collector’s Edition) will be available November 17 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Exclusive to the limited edition 4-disc set is the highest possible quality version of the film, in stunning 4K UHD, as well as the full-length feature and standard bonus features on Blu-ray, an additional Blu-ray disc dedicated to the feature-length documentary “The Making Of WEATHERING WITH YOU,” as well as the film’s soundtrack on CD, a 104-page perfect bound book, a mini poster, and decal sticker, all in a beautiful hard case designed for collectors.

    Toei’s anime feature film DIGIMON ADVENTURE: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA will be released on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD in North America by Shout! Factory. Image courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Akiyoshi Hongo, TOEI ANIMATION

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    Available for First Time in U.S. and Canada in Both Original Japanese and English Dub as Digital Download and on DVD and Blu-ray Source: Shout! Factory, Publicity Partners press release Official Site: digimon-adventure.net (Japan) Special Thanks to Tom Chen and Scott Barretto Fans will soon welcome the DigiDestined into their homes to watch the long-awaited, 20th anniversary feature film DIGIMON ADVENTURE: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA (デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆, Dejimon Adobenchā LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna, 2020). This fall, Toei Animation and Shout! Factory are bringing this new animated movie to North America for the first time ever as both a digital and home video release. On September 29, DIGIMON ADVENTURE: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA will debut first as a digital download available in original Japanese with English subtitles or English dub on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft and Sony PlayStation Network; followed a week later on October

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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 the new Blu-ray of ZOMBIE FOR SALE (기묘한 가족, Gimyohan Gajok, 2019), an infectiously funny slice of modern Korean cinema where TRAIN TO BUSAN, THE QUIET FAMILY and WARM BODIES collide to create a memorable rom-zom-com from first time director Lee Min-jae. When the illegal human experiments of Korea`s biggest Pharmaceutical company go wrong, one of their "undead" test subjects escapes and ends up in a shabby gas station owned by the Park family -- a band of misfits spanning three generations who hustle passers-by to make ends meet. When the Park family uncover their undead visitor, he bites the head of their household, who instead of transforming into an undead ghoul becomes revitalised and full of life! The

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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 of SAMURAI MARATHON (サムライマラソン, 2019), the action-adventure flick with a samurai twist. Award-winning director Bernard Rose -- whose wildly diverse career has spanned horror classics (CANDYMAN), historical romances (ANNA KARENINA) and indie dramas (IVANS xtc) -- co-wrote the screenplay with Japan’s Hiroshi Saito and Kikumi Yamagishi based on the novel The Marathon Samurai: Five Tales of Japan’s First Marathon. Inspired by a race still held yearly, the film follows an aging lord who challenges his samurai to a grueling marathon -- joined covertly by his daughter -- and the group must overcome deadly odds to survive. SAMURAI MARATHON stars Takeru Satoh (RUROUNI KENSHIN: FINAL CHAPTER), Nana Komatsu (THE WORLD OF KANAKO, SILENCE), Mirai Moriyama (RAGE, VISION), Shota Sometani

    Hayao Miyazaki’s MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO will be released in a new SteeBook Blu-ray + DVD combo pack. Image courtesy of GKIDS. © 1988 Nibariki • G<

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Studio Ghibli and GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Factory, will release MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO and PRINCESS MONONOKE, from the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, on October 20, 2020 in limited edition SteelBook packaging with striking new art. Each SteelBook will house a Blu-ray & DVD combo pack, presenting the film alongside hours of bonus features and a booklet with stunning art and statements from the filmmakers. With this release, two renowned films from one of the world’s most coveted animation collections can come home to collectors in limited edition SteelBook packaging for the first time in North America. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO and PRINCESS MONONOKE now join HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, PONYO, KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE and NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND in a series of SteelBook releases from the Studio Ghibli collection of films.

    Seiji Tanaka`s debut feature MELANCHOLIC will be released on Blu-ray + DVD in the United Kingdom by Third Window Films. Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © One Goose

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    Source: Third Window Films press release Special Thanks to Adam Torel UK distributor Third Window Films brings the award-winning Japanese film MELANCHOLIC (メランコリック, Merankorikku, 2018) out in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on September 7th. Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival: Japanese Cinema Splash, this auspicious debut from writer/director Seiji Tanaka features an ingenious script full of unexpected shifts in genre and tone, effortlessly swinging between black comedy, coming-of-age romance and crime thriller. Despite having graduated from the prestigious Tokyo University, Kazuhiko is unemployed and living with his parents without any plans for the future. Everything changes, however, when he takes up a job at a local bathhouse and discovers that it is used by the yakuza as a convenient place for executions and corpse disposal. Winner – Best Director, Tokyo Film Festival Winner – Best Debut

    ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE: SELECT! THE CRYSTAL OF BOND eill be released in both the ULTRAMAN R/B Series + MOvie set and in a

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    The 2019 movie in stunning high-definition! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans, Jeff Hayne and J.W. Starrett In addition to being included in the ULTRAMAN R/B Complete Series and Movie Blu-ray + Digital set, the 2019 theatrical feature film, ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE: SELECT! THE CRYSTAL OF BOND (劇場版ウルトラマンＲ／Ｂ　セレクト！絆のクリスタル, Gekijō-ban Urutoraman R/B Serekuto! Kizuna no Kurisutaru), will also be available in a "Movie Only" Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment for $19.99 SRP. The movie is set one year after the end of the ULTRAMAN R/B series. While visiting an old friend, Katsumi Minato (aka Ultraman Rosso) encounters a monstrous evil being called “Tregear.” As the threat escalates, Rosso and his brother Ultraman Blu are assisted by the returning Ultraman Geed, and their younger sister... who becomes a new hero, Ultrawoman Grigio! ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE is presented with the original

    Win the long unseen Japanese drama HIROSHIMA from Arrow Video US and SciFi Japan. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. ©Passion for Miracle (Nuclear abolition project)

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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 the new Arrow Academy Blu-ray of HIROSHIMA (ひろしま, 1953). The film is a powerful evocation of the devastation wrought by the world's first deployment of the atomic bomb and its aftermath, based on the written eye-witness accounts of its child survivors compiled by Dr. Arata Osada for the 1951 book Children Of The A Bomb: Testament Of The Boys And Girls Of Hiroshima. Adapted for the screen by independent director Hideo Sekigawa (LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE SEA, TOKYO UNTOUCHABLE) and screenwriter Yasutaro Yagi (THEATRE OF LIFE, RICE), Hiroshima combines a harrowing documentary realism with moving human drama, in a tale of the suffering, endurance and survival of a group of teachers, their students and their families. It

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