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    On Digital Now Source: Well Go USA, ddPR Special Thanks to Leif Helland From award-winning director Bernard Rose comes SAMURAI MARATHON (????????, 2019), the action-adventure flick with a samurai twist debuting on Digital May 12 from Well Go USA Entertainment. 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 (FIRST LOVE) and Danny

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and Noah Sawyer Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray + Digital set of Tsuburaya Productions` ULTRAMAN ACE (??????A?????, Urutoraman A (?su), 1972-73). The set contains stunning high definition video for all 52 half-hour episodes with DTS-HD Master Audio of the original Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles. In this fifth entry in the Ultra Series, the inter-dimensional alien Yapool launches a war against the Ultra Heroes for galactic domination. As the conflict spreads to Earth a new hero, Ultraman Ace, is tasked with protecting the planet from Yapool and his Terrible-Monsters, experimental beasts more powerful than ordinary monsters. Divided between his two human hosts’ personalities, Ace must learn to balance them and his superior energy powers as he battles alongside Earth’s Terrible-Monster Attacking Crew (TAC) and his fellow Ultramen

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    IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON? 2 Coming August 4th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its August slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks` hit series IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON? 2, available on Blu-ray August 4th with a Limited Edition Premium Box Set to be released soon. Product details follow, in order of release... IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON? 2 Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 350 min. Street Date: 8/4/2020 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98 There`s rarely a dull moment when you`re the champion of a tiny Familia, and things only get rougher for Bell when the God Apollo declares war on

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    Shows Reflecting the Creative Legacy of Osamu Tezuka ‘The Godfather’ of Manga and Anime set to have their RetroCrush Channel Premieres Beginning on June 5th Source: Digital Media Rights press release Official Site: retrocrush.tv Digital Media Rights (DMR), one of the world’s largest innovative content aggregators and distributors, has reached a new agreement with Tezuka Productions to obtain all North American rights (SVOD/TVOD/AVOD/Digital Linear for the U.S. and Canada) to several legendary anime titles including ASTROBOY and BLACK JACK, among others. The programs -- which will initially air on RetroCrush beginning June 5th -- reflect the creative legacy of Osamu Tezuka who is widely revered as The Godfather of manga and anime. RetroCrush is devoted to streaming classic anime TV and movies and is available with new video-on-demand (VOD) apps on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV and smart TVs, and on desktop at

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: tenkinoko.com (Japan), WeatheringWithYouMovie.com (US) Special Thanks to Lauren Blum The extraordinary new animated film WEATHERING WITH YOU (????, Tenki no Ko, 2019) will be available to purchase digitally on August 4, 2020, and on September 15 will arrive on Blu-ray + DVD Combo, DVD, and SteelBook format from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. In addition, a limited edition Collector`s Set will also be released in November. GKIDS proudly presents the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and the creative team, including producer Genki Kawamura, behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit YOUR NAME. Featuring music from the hit band RADWIMPS, and backed by an all-star voice cast including Lee Pace (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, THE HOBBIT Trilogy), Alison Brie (GLOW, THE LEGO MOVIE franchise), and Riz Ahmed (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, VENOM), Shinkai has once

    FilmRise brings Takashi Miike`s SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO to DVD, Blu-ray, and digital in June. ©2007

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    Source: FilmRise, MVD Entertainment Group press release Special Thanks to Clint Weiler FilmRise is proud to present special collectors editions of SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO (?????????? ????, Sukiyaki Uesutan Jango, 2007) on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital formats on June 16th. The film is presented in 5.1 DTS-HD MA, 2.0 DTS-HD MA and 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Stereo. Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult classics AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER and THE CITY OF LOST SOULS, redefines the spaghetti Western with SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, an epic tale of blood, lust and greed starring Hideaki Ito, Yusuke Iseya, Kaori Momoi and Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION). Two clans battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a desolate mountain town. One day, a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Two clans try to woo the lone gunman

    Shinya Tsukamoto ganed international recognition with the b&w sci-fi horror film TETSUO: THE IRON MAN. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. ©Shinya Tsukamoto

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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 box set Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films Of Shinya Tsukamoto. This exclusive 4 Disc collection gathers together eight feature-length films and two shorts from Tsukamoto`s diverse filmography, including his most recent offering -- his samurai drama KILLING (?, Zan, 2018), making its home video premiere. Includes: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (??, 1989), TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER (?? II BODY HAMMER, 1992), TOKYO FIST (??????, T?ky? Fisuto, 1995), BULLET BALLET (????????, Baretto Bar?, 1998), A SNAKE OF JUNE (????, Rokugatsu no Hebi, 2002), VITAL (?????, Vuit?ru, 2004), KOTOKO (???, 2011), KILLING, THE ADVENTURE OF DENCHU-KOZO (???????, Denchu Kozou no Boken, 1987) and HAZE (???, Heizu, 2005) plus a wealth of bonus features. The Solid Metal Nightmares: The

    Hayao Miyazaki’s KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE will be released in a new SteeBook Blu-ray + DVD combo pack. Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©1989 Eiko Kadono • Nibariki • GN

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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 KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE and NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND, from the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, on August 25, 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 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. KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE and NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND now join HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE and PONYO in a series of SteelBook releases from the Studio Ghibli collection of films.

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    Legendary Series Gets a Complete Blu-ray Box Set Release in July 2020! Source: AniplexUSA press release Official Site: fate-sn.com (Japan), FateStayNightUSA.com (US) Special Thanks to Aiko Makino Aniplex of America is excited to confirm the FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS] (????/??????- ?UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS?, Feito/Sutei Naito: Unlimited Blade Works, 2014) Complete Blu-ray Box Set is scheduled for release on July 14, 2020. The box set will contain eight discs featuring all 26 uncut episodes from the first and second season of the series, plus the special OVA episode, "sunny day." The must-own set features stunning package illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi (Original Character Design) and comes with an exclusive mini-booklet, along with textless openings and endings as well as a slew of promotional videos, commercials, TV spots, and trailers. Pre-orders for the FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS] Complete Blu-ray Box Set are open now at online retailer

    Mill Creek Entertainment is bringing NEO ULTRA Q to home video for the first time in the United States. Photo courtesy of Point Set and FieldWorks. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS · WOWOW

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    ULTRA Q Has Returned! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and J.W. Starrett Minneapolis, MN (May 11, 2020) Mill Creek Entertainment is pleased to announce the next release from the Ultraman superhero library... NEO ULTRA Q (???????Q, Neo Urutora Ky?, 2013)! The 24th Entry in the Ultra series and a continuation of the 1966 sci-fi drama ULTRA Q (????Q, Urutora Ky?) which started the entire Ultra legacy, NEO ULTRA Q will be be available for the first time in any home video format in the United States on August 11. This 12-episode series tells the story of 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

    Win the new tenth anniversary edition Blu-ray DEATH KAPPA from Media Blasters and SciFi Japan! ©2010 Fever Dreams

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    Source: Media Blasters Special Thanks to Carl Morano and John Sirabella Media Blasters is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new TENTH ANNIVERSARY ATTACK! Blu-ray edition of DEATH KAPPA (?????, Desu Kappa, 2010)! From Nikkatsu, the famed Japanese studio that brought you GAPPA: THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER (??????, Daikyoj? Gappa, 1967), and co-produced by Fever Dreams, the producers of THE MACHINE GIRL (????????, Kataude Mashin G?ru, 2008) and TOKYO GORE POLICE (??????, T?ky? Zankoku Keisatsu, 2008), comes a war of gigantic beasts! In Japanese folklore, kappa are water goblins closely associated with a certain rural village in Japan. Unfortunately, the area is also home to a militant group of scientific researchers dedicated to developing amphibious super troops based on the legendary kappa of old folktales. When their weird experiments generate deadly results things only get weirder with the appearance of an

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and Noah Sawyer Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray + Digital edition of Tsuburaya Productions` 2016 theatrical feature film ULTRAMAN X: THE MOVIE – HERE HE COMES! OUR ULTRAMAN (??? ??????? ??????????????, Gekij?-ban Urutoraman X Kita Zo! Ware-ra no Urutoraman). X is joined by his longtime ally Cyber Gomora and a team of Ultra Heroes (Ultraman, Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Max, Ultraman Victory, Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman Nexus and Ultraman Tiga) to stop the evil beast Zaigorg and a “powered up” army of classic monsters. The ULTRAMAN X: THE MOVIE Blu-ray comes with the original Japanese audio and the English dub. ULTRAMAN X: THE MOVIE is now available on Blu-ray + Digital (SRP: $19.98). Mill Creek`s Ultraman titles can be ordered from UltramanOnAmazon as well as other retailers (both online

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Official Site: moviespree.com/ultraman Special Thanks to Barrett Evans Mill Creek Entertainment`s new transaction-based streaming service movieSPREE is pleased to announce the availability of ULTRAMAN ACE (??????A?????, Urutoraman A (?su), 1972) to purchase and stream exclusively in high-definition on movieSPREE’s website and apps, ahead of the release on Blu-ray! The complete 52 episode series is now available to purchase and add to your movieSPREE library for only $29.99. In this fifth entry in the Ultra Series, the inter-dimensional alien Yapool launches a war against the Ultra Heroes for galactic domination. As the conflict spreads to Earth a new hero, Ultraman Ace, is tasked with protecting the planet from Yapool and his Terrible-Monsters, experimental beasts more powerful than ordinary monsters. Divided between his two human hosts’ personalities, Ace must learn to balance them and his superior energy powers as he battles alongside Earth’s Terrible-Monster Attacking

    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 (????, Puromea),, the top-grossing original anime feature of 2019, makes its way to home entertainment with a newly announced Collector’s Edition. The hyperkinetic, candy-colored visual masterpiece is available now on digital download and On Demand, and will be released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack, as a standalone DVD, and as a SteelBook edition of the Blu-ray on May 19, 2020 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Bonus features include 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. Later this year, fans can look forward to the upcoming PROMARE Collector’s Edition, featuring new special packaging, as well as added bonus features

    RIDE YOUR WAVE, from director Masaaki Yuasa (THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL and DEVILMAN Crybaby) is coming to home video in North America. Photos courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Ride Your Wave Film Partners

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    The latest film by anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa, director of THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: Official Site: kimi-nami.com (Japan), RideYourWaveMovie.com (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The deeply emotional new film RIDE YOUR WAVE (??????????, Kimi to Nami ni Noretara, 2019) will be released on digital download, On Demand, on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack and as a standalone DVD on August 4, 2020 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Winner of the 2019 Best Animated Feature award at Fantasia, Sitges and Shanghai International Film Festivals, the film makes its way to home entertainment following a nationwide theatrical release earlier this year. Visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (DEVILMAN Crybaby, KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF EIZOUKEN!) brings his trademark visual ingenuity to a tale of romance, grief and self-discovery. Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small

    Contents of the DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA Limited Edition Blu-ray Vol. 1. Photo courtesy of Aniplex of America. ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable

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    The award-winning hit series is finally coming to Blu-ray! Source: AniplexUSA press release Official Site: kimetsu.com/anime (Japan), demonslayer-anime.com (US) Special Thanks to Aiko Makino Aniplex of America is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated release of DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA (????, Kimetsu no Yaiba, 2019) on Blu-ray in both Limited and Standard Edition packages. Both editions will be released in two volumes, with the Limited Editions bursting with bonus materials, including soundtrack CDs, an exclusive illustration card set, a special booklet featuring character art and scene designs with staff comments. Complete in a stunning box with cover art and package illustrations by Akira Matsushima (Character Design), both Limited Edition volumes also come with audio commentary from the Japanese and English cast, as well as a soundtrack CD featuring the series’ breathtaking music by Go Shiina (GOD EATER, Today’s MENU for Emiya Family).

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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 acclaimed adramatic thriller BETTER DAYS ( ????, Shàonián d? N?, 2019), in which a bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants. Director Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang (SOULMATE) paints a bleak picture of an oppressive society, in the guise of a gripping fairy-tale love story, exposing the dark world of bullying and societal pressures of achievement facing today’s youth. BETTER DAYS acclaimed cast includes Zhou Dongyu (KUNG FU MONSTER, THE THOUSAND FACES OF DUNJIA, SOULMATE) and C-pop superstar Jackson Yee (TFboys, GG BOND: GUARDING). A favorite with critics and audiences alike, BETTER DAYS is currently rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer, with an audience score of 97%. In addition, the

    Win REIGO: KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS and RAIGA: GOD OF THE MONSTERS on DVD from MVD Entertainment and SciFi Japan! Photos 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 SRS Cinema and distributor MVD Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the DVD editions of both 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 (???????, Shinkaij? Reig?, 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

    Contents of the Blu-ray box set Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films Of Shinya Tsukamoto. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. ©Shinya Tsukamoto

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    Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release Special Thanks to Clint Weiler On May 26th, Arrow Video US will release the Blu-ray box set Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films Of Shinya Tsukamoto. One of the most distinctive and celebrated names in modern Japanese cinema, there`s no other filmmaker quite like Shinya Tsukamoto. Since his early days as a teenager making Super 8 shorts, he has remained steadfastly independent, garnering widespread acclaim while honing his own unique and instantly recognizable aesthetic on the margins of the industry. Frequently exploring themes of urban alienation, physical transformation and psychosexual obsession, his films cross genre boundaries, defying straightforward classification. This exclusive collection gathers together eight feature-length films and two shorts from Tsukamoto`s diverse filmography, including his most recent offering -- his samurai drama KILLING (?, Zan, 2018), making its home video premiere. Includes: TETSUO: THE

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    Source: Third Window Films press release Special Thanks to Adam Torel and Claire Marty UK distributor Third Window Films is pleased to announce the release of PINK FILMS VOL 3 & 4, the latest in their Dual-Format DVD/Blu-ray series of newly restored Japanese pink films from the 1960s through the 1980s. The set, which includes the films ABNORMAL FAMILY and BLUE FILM WOMAN plus the extra PINK THRILLS: Jasper Sharp on Pink Eiga, a 35 minute video essay on pink cinema, will be available May 25, 2020. ABNORMAL FAMILY (??????????, Hentai Kazoku Aniki no Yome-san, 1984) Directed by Masayuki Suo 63 minutes The debut film of the director of the international hit comedy SHALL WE DANCE (1996) follows the Mamiya family after the latest arrival of the voluptuous new bride of over-sexed eldest son Kôichi. Kazuo sees his new sister-in-law as a source of release from study

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