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    Win the Chinese wuxia action epic SHADOW on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2018 Le Vision Pictures

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    Bonus Materials Include Behind the Scenes Footage & “Making of” 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 + DVD Combo Pack of the wuxia action epic SHADOW (?, Y?ng, 2018) from director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS). One of the most influential directors of the last two decades, Zhang Yimou once again pushes the boundaries of wuxia action to create a film like no other, masterfully painting a canvas of inky blacks and greys punctuated with bursts of color from the blood of the defeated. SHADOW debuts on DVD (SLP: $24.98), Blu-ray Combo (SLP: $29.98), 4K Ultra Blu-ray Combo (SLP: $34.98) and digital August 13 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Bonus content includes Behind the Scenes footage and a “Making of” featurette.

    ULTRAMAN`s Hiroko Sakurai stars in director Akio Jissoji`s MANDARA, one of three New Wave films included in the Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy Limited Edition Blu-ray Collection. © 1971 ATG

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    Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Originally announced for a 2018 release, Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy Limited Edition will now be available on August 20th from Arrow Academy. Akio Jissoji created a rich and diverse body of work during his five decades in Japan`s film and television industries. For some, he is best-known for his science-fiction: the 1960s TV series ULTRAMAN (???????????????, Urutoraman K?s? Tokusatsu Shir?zu, 1966-67) and ULTRASEVEN (???????, Urutorasebun, 1967-68) and 1988`s box-office success TOKYO: THE LAST MEGALOPOLIS (????, Teito Monogatari). For others, it is his 1990s adaptations of horror and mystery novelist Edogawa Rampo, such as WATCHER IN THE ATTIC (???????, Yaneura no Sanposha, 1992) and MURDER ON D STREET (D??????, D-Zaka no Satsujin Jiken, 1998). And then there are his New Wave films for the Art Theatre Guild, three of

    REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS makes its long-delayed debut on home video in North America. © 2007 Reigo Assosiates

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    Source: SRS Cinema LLC press release Special Thanks to Avery Guerra Two giant new Kaiju are setting their sights on North America via SRS Cinema -- REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS (???????, Shinkaij? Reig?, 2005/2008) and RAIGA: THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP SEA (?????, Shinkaij? Raiba, 2009). Both will be available on limited edition Blu-ray and VHS exclusively at SRS Cinema, with wide release DVD’s coming in Nov. and (tentatively) Feb via MVD/SRS. Limited Editions for both titles will be rolled out for presales starting Thurs, 7/25/19 at 7pm EST (they will show as sold out until then). They will be limited to 200 Blu-ray (but see more on that below) and 50 VHS. The movies will go to replication/duplication around 8/25 with copies expected to ship around Mid-Sept. Each physical media format -- Blu-ray, DVD and VHS -- will have artwork exclusive to that format

    Contents of Criterion`s upcoming Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of The Criterion Collection. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Source: The Criterion Collection Official Site: criterion.com/godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 Special Thanks to Curtis Tsui Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path—and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other formidable creatures, transforming from a terrifying symbol of nuclear annihilation into a benevolent (if still belligerent) Earth protector. Collected here for the first time are all fifteen Godzilla films of Japan’s Showa era, in a landmark set showcasing the technical wizardry, fantastical storytelling, and indomitable international appeal that established the most iconic giant monster the cinema has ever seen. Spine #1000 Available October

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    Own the Movie on DVD Special Edition, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and 4K UHD Combo Pack August 27, or Own It Early on Digital August 13 Source: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Official Movie Site: Godzillamovie.com Special Thanks to Robin Jung Experience the epic monstrous action as legendary Titans collide when GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS arrives on 4K UHD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD Special Edition and Digital. Directed by Michael Dougherty (KRAMPUS, TRICK `r TREAT, SUPERMAN RETURNS), the film stars Kyle Chandler (CATCH-22, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, ARGO, TV’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (UP IN THE AIR, THE CONJURING films, TV’s BATES MOTEL) and Millie Bobby Brown (TV’s STRANGER THINGS) in her feature film debut. From Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Toho Co. Ltd. and Huahua Media, the film’s acclaimed ensemble cast also includes Bradley Whitford (GET OUT,

    Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray edition of TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE. It`s the Power Rangers to the rescue in their secondw high action motion picture adventure. With new turbo powers and racing Turbo Zords, the five superheroes battle a ruthless band of evil space aliens in order to save Earth from destruction. The evil space alien Divatox plans to unleash the dark forces of Maligore, a powerful, fiery creature imprisoned inside a volcano on the magical island of Muiranthias. She can reach the island only by traveling through the dangerous Nemesis Triangle, and for that she needs the special powers of the magician Lerigot. But Lerigot flees to Earth, to see the only people who can stand against Divatox and her evil plan -- the Power Rangers. Along

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    Source: Maiden Japan press release Maiden Japan has announced that it added the slice-of-life comedy series, JOSHIRAKU (?????, 2012), to its growing list of titles. JOSHIRAKU is produced by studio J.C.STAFF (IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON?, FOOD WARS!, REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA) and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima (THE MAGNIFICENT KOTOBUKI, SQUID GIRL, SHIROBAKO), with script supervision from Michiko Yokote (KANEMEMO, PATLABOR THE MOBILE POLICE - THE NEW FILES, COWBOY BEBOP). Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Gankyou and Kukuru are five young women with completely different interests and personalities, but there’s one thing that they all share: performing Rakugo, a unique form of Japanese comic theatre in which a single artist sits in front of an audience and tells an entire story, portraying multiple characters solely through changes of voice and minimal movements. It’s a challenging art but all five of our leading

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    Author: Keith Aiken Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/taiga, ani.tv/taiga (Japan) Tsuburaya Productions` latest Ultraman show, ULTRAMAN TAIGA (?????????, Urutoraman Taiga), only began airing on TV Tokyo this month, but the Japanese home video release has already been announced. ULTRAMAN TAIGA Blu-ray Box I [????????? Blu-ray BOX I], containing Episodes 1-13 of the series plus a Special Disc of exclusive bonus features, will be available on December 25. Among the extras are a `Making Of` featurette, episode commentaries and an audio drama episode, recorded exclusively for this set. Six rental DVD volumes of ULTRAMAN TAIGA will also be released, two per month, starting December 25. ULTRAMAN TAIGA Blu-ray Box II -- containing the second half of the series -- is scheduled for February 27, 2020. PRODUCT DETAILS Japanese Release Date: Wednesday, December 25 Product Code: BCXS-1489 Region Code: 0 (Region Free) Number of

    Photo courtesy of Section23 Films. ©Go Nagai/ Dynamic Planning-Project CHU

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    Source: Section23 Films Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Section23 Films is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new CUTIE HONEY UNIVERSE Premium Blu-ray Box Set! The girls at Saint Chapel Academy all think Honey Kisaragi is just another sweet, kind and incredibly beautiful girl, but what they don’t know is that Honey is actually the world’s most advanced android, with the capability to transform her lovely body into multiple forms with their own special abilities! Unfortunately the evil Sister Jill, head of the sinister organization Panther Claw, knows Honey’s secret, and the malevolent mistress of mayhem will stop at nothing in her attempts to capture Honey and use her body for her own twisted purposes. With Jill’s army of half-human hotties on one side and Honey and her stalwart allies at the PCIS (Panther Claw Criminal Investigation Service) on the other, it’s going

    Studio 4°C’s animated anthology films GENIUS PARTY and GENIUS PARTY BEYOND are coming to Blu-ray and digital download from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©Genus Party

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Studio 4°C’s animated anthology films GENIUS PARTY (??????????, J?niasu P?ti, 2007) and GENIUS PARTY BEYOND (???????????????, J?niasu P?ti Biyondo, 2008), which feature an eclectic collection of stories from 12 acclaimed directors, will be released together on Blu-ray on October 15, and separately via digital download on October 1 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Now available for the first time ever in North America, GENIUS PARTY consists of seven connected and visually experimental stories while GENIUS PARTY BEYOND includes five, making it the perfect anthology piece for the devoted anime collector. From groundbreaking animation outfit Studio 4°C (MFKZ, MIND GAME) comes two extraordinary projects with a shared, simple vision: to take an all-star team of some of the best animators working in anime today, and give each free rein to tell a unique short

    Mill Creek Entertainment has licensed Tsuburaya Productions` Ultraman library for North American home entertainment distribution. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Over 1100 episodes and 20 films spanning 50 years of Tsuburaya Productions’ global franchise are included in this landmark licensing deal! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans, Jeff Hayne, J.W. Starrett, Michael Kedor and Katie Samuels A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Mill Creek Entertainment (Minneapolis, MN ) and Indigo Entertainment (United Kingdom) are pleased to announce the license of the Ultraman superhero library from Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd for North American home entertainment distribution. Indigo, on behalf of Tsuburaya, has developed a unique licensing deal with Mill Creek to bring this iconic property back to North America that includes both physical and digital distribution rights for the Ultraman catalog which includes classic TV series which have been newly remastered in high definition, recent theatrical feature films and almost everything produced throughout the last 50 years... over 1,100 episodes and 20 films!

    First look at the new REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS promotional artwork. Photo courtesy of SRS Cinema LLC. © 2007 Reigo Assosiates.

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    Source: Avery Guerra The independent daikaiju movies REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS (???????, Shinkaij? Reig?, 2005/2008) and RAIGA: THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP SEA (?????, Shinkaij? Raiba, 2009) will be shown at this year`s G-Fest, running Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. REIGO will screen on Friday at 8:00pm, and RAIGA on Saturday at 10:30pm. Previously known as REIGO: THE DEEP SEA MONSTER VS. THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, REIGO; KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS is set during World War II, with the battleship Yamato attacked by a gigantic sea monster. RAIGA picks up sixty years after the events of REIGO, as a huge and mysterious creature appears in the Sea of Japan and then rushes toward Tokyo Bay. The films were written, produced and directed by comedian and kaiju fan Shinpei Hayashiya, creator

    Win the Chinese mystical action-adventure MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2018

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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 + DVD Combo Pack of the Chinese mystical action-adventure MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY (????, 2019). Following in the footsteps of the blockbuster MOJIN: THE LOST LEGEND and based on the bestselling novel series, Hu Bayi and the Mojin Six set off on another adventure seeking out a hidden tomb that holds the key to breaking an ancient curse. Directed by Fei Xing (SILENT WITNESS) MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY introduces Cai Heng (SHAOLIN), Cheng Taishen (LEGEND OF THE DEMON CAT), and newcomers Gu Xuan, Yu Heng, Chen Yusi, and Ma Yuke to the Mojin series. MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY debuts on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98)July 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The marvelous anime film THE CASE OF HANA & ALICE (?????????, Hana to Arisu Satsujin Jiken, 2015) will be available in North America for the first time on September 17, when it comes to Blu-ray from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. The release includes over two hours of bonus features, including a greeting from the film’s premiere and a message from animator Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) that are exclusive to the physical release. When Alice transfers to a new middle school, she hears an urban legend about a student who disappeared the previous year and is suspected to have been killed by his fellow students. Even worse, Alice discovers that she lives next door to his former house, a supposedly haunted home, now occupied by a reclusive classmate named Hana. Hana and Alice decide

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

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    TADA NEVER FALLS IN LOVE Available September 24th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its September slate of releases featuring Sentai Filmworks’ TV animation hit, TADA NEVER FALLS IN LOVE. Available on Blu-ray and special Limited Edition Premium Box Set! Product details follow, in order of release... THIS ART CLUB HAS A PROBLEM Published by: Maiden Japan Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 9/3/2019 Format: BD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 A totally ordinary art club at the totally ordinary Tsukimori Middle School. There, Subaru Uchimaki squanders his artistic talent on his true passion and life`s mission: drawing the ideal "2D wife." Club member Mizuki Usami finds herself with a crush on the hopeless Uchimaki. The seemingly uninterested club president is always sleeping, but he keeps a close eye

    Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Time to shift into turbo. Shout! Factory is proud to announce that the fan-favorite TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE is coming to Blu-ray for the first time on July 30, 2019. The release includes new documentary “Ranger Tales: A Back at TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE,” alongside an original featurette and trailer. TURBO features many frequent guest stars and regulars from other Power Rangers series, including Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, and Catherine Sutherland. It`s the Power Rangers to the rescue in their all new high action motion picture adventure. With new turbo powers and racing Turbo Zords, the five superheroes battle a ruthless band of evil space aliens in order to save Earth from destruction. The evil space alien Divatox plans to unleash the dark forces of Maligore, a powerful, fiery creature

    Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray edition of the fan-favorite MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE. Power up with six incredible teens who out-maneuver and defeat evil everywhere as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! But this time, the Power Rangers may have met their match when they face off with the most sinister monster the galaxy has ever seen –- Ivan Ooze. Unleashed upon the good citizens of Angel Grove after six thousand years of imprisonment, Ivan Ooze strips the Power Rangers of their powers! Now they must journey to a distant planet to learn the secrets of the ancient Ninjetti. Only then will they become empowered with strength enough to restore their Morphin ability and defeat the evil Ivan Ooze. Join the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and their new

    SWORD ART ONLINE image, courtesy of Funimation. ©2017 REKI KAWAHARA/KADOKAWA CORPORATION AMW/SAO-A Project

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    Deal Cements Funimation`s Market Dominance in UK and Ireland Source: Funimation press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto Funimation, the global leader in sub and dub anime content and subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television, has announced its acquisition of Manga Entertainment Limited, the leading distributor of anime in the UK and Ireland. Headquartered in London, England, Manga is a long-term partner of Funimation and currently serves anime fans across a wide range of channels, including Blu-ray / DVDs, broadcast, theatrical and digital (EST - electronic sell-through). Following its immediate consolidation of Funimation`s UK home entertainment business, Manga will become the largest distributor of anime Blu-rays/DVDs, offering fans more than 900 hours of subtitled and dubbed entertainment -- the biggest catalog of titles available anywhere in the UK and Ireland. With this acquisition, most of these titles -- many for the first time -- will become available for

    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2018 Mega-Vision Project Workshop & Bona Entertainment Co.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Rachel Villegas @wellgousa Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the Hong Kong action movie BIG BROTHER (???, 2018), starring iconic star Donnie Yen (IP MAN franchise, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY) as you’ve never seen him before -- a high school teacher. Yen plays Henry Chan, a former soldier recruited for his toughest mission yet -- teaching a class of problematic teenage delinquents. As he kicks his way into their school and home lives, it becomes clear that his unconventional and sometimes questionable teaching methods might be just what they need. The film is directed by Kam Ka Wai (Ip MAN, COLOR OF THE GAME). BIG BROTHER debuts on Blu-ray (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98) May 21st from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is

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

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    CUTIE HONEY UNIVERSE Available July 23rd; DEVILS’ LINE Available August 27th Source: Section23 Films press releases Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its July and August slate of releases featuring new retrofuturistic series that relaunches Japan’s most legendary cyberpop heroine, CUTIE HONEY UNIVERSE, and the new TV animation adapted from Ryo Hanada’s best-selling manga, DEVILS’ LINE. Both series will be available on Blu-ray and in a special Limited Edition Premium Box Sets! Product details follow, in order of release... THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 600 min. Street Date: 7/2/2019 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $49.98 When an unlikely trio of humans find themselves transported to a world populated by elves and other mystical beings, all they want to do is go home. Fortunately, the sorceress

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