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    Source: Maiden Japan press release Maiden Japan has announced that it will now release the SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON (????????, Densetsu Kyojin Ideon, 1980) Complete Collection in high definition and has canceled the standard edition pre-orders (originally scheduled for December). Fans who have already pre-ordered the classic space epic will receive a full refund of their purchase. “After listening to our fans’ concerns, we promptly began investigating the possibility of high definition materials,” said Matt Greenfield, owner and president of Maiden Japan. “Maiden Japan is always committed to releasing the highest quality product that is currently available to us.” SXION 23 will announce the new release date for SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON. STORY When Earth archaeologists on the planet Solo dig up a set of strange vehicles, they have no idea that they’ve unearthed something that will change the course of mankind. Even more shocking is the discovery

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks, HIDIVE press releases Official Site: tsurune.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks has announced that it acquired TSURUNE (???, 2018), the latest series crafted by the acclaimed studio, Kyoto Animation (FREE!, VIOLET EVERGARDEN, BEYOND THE BOUNDARY), for distribution in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and other select territories. Based on the award-winning light novel series by Kotoko Ayano, TSURUNE follows Minato Narumiya as he explores his relationship with archery and, in turn, how he sees himself. Having loved the sport as a child, Minato joined his middle school’s archery club only to suffer a terrible loss during his last tournament. He then gives it up and despite persistence from his childhood friends, refuses to try again. Now in high school, Minato encounters a mysterious stranger who inspires him once more and joins the Kazemai High School Archery club in hopes of winning the

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: sayoasa.jp (Japan), elevenarts.net/animedistrbution/maquia (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan and Tom Chen The stunning anime feature MAQUIA: WHEN THE PROMISED FLOWER BLOOMS (????????????????, Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazaro, 2018) will be released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack, DVD and digital download on February 5, 2019 from ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio and Shout! Factory. Winner of Best Animated Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival and awarded Best Film for Fantastic Discovery at Spain’s Sitges Film Festival, MAQUIA makes its way to home video following its nationwide theatrical release earlier this year. This release is presented in Japanese with subtitles, and with an English dub. Bonus features include the featurette “Making of MAQUIA,” trailers and TV spots. MAQUIA is the directorial debut of renowned and prolific screenwriter Mari Okada (ANOHANA THE MOVIE:

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    Season 2 Of The Sci-Fi/Horror Series TERRAFORMARS Arrives This Month As A Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the release of Season 2 of the sci-fi horror series TERRAFORMARS: REVENGE (???????? ????, Terafoomaazu Ribenji. 2016) on October 23rd. TERRAFORMARS: REVENGE will be available as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, with an MSRP of $59.99 U.S. / $69.99 CAN. The set contains all 13 episodes of Season 2. Blu-ray episodes are presented in full 1080p HD, 16x9 video with stereo audio featuring English and Japanese dialogue options. Notable bonus features for the set include clean opening and closing segments and the official series trailers, a digital art gallery, and behind-the-scenes interviews with the English voice cast. As TERRAFORMARS: REVENGE

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    Anime Feature Film Expands The Virtual World Of The Popular Anime Series Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the home media release of the movie ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST (?????????????????????, Akuseru Waarudoo Infinitto Baasutoo, 2016) on October 23rd. The film will be available on Blu-ray, with an MSRP of $24.98 U.S. / $29.99 CAN, and on DVD, with an MSRP of $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN. ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST will include English and Japanese 5.1 and stereo audio selections, English subtitles, a character art gallery, as well as two OVAs, REVERBERATION and VACATION. In ACCEL WORLD: INFINITE BURST, a mysterious black cloud kicks Haruyuki and his friends out of the online fighting game Brain Burst. Unable to reenter, they

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    Second SAILOR MOON Feature Film Debuts In Stunning HD In A New Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, delights anime fans as it announces the home media release of SAILOR MOON S: THE MOVIE (??? ????????????? Gekijooban Bishoojo Senshi Seeraa Muun S, 1994). The second feature film of the popular fantasy/adventure anime series is now available as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack as well as a Standard Edition DVD Set. In SAILOR MOON S: THE MOVIE, a sudden snowstorm has hit Tokyo, marking the return of an ancient being named Princess Snow Kaguya! She has a chilling plan to freeze Earth, but it requires the recovery of a missing piece of her ice crystal. After falling ill due to

    Screenshots from the upcoming OPERATION: MYSTERY Blu-ray Box from Japan. Photos courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © Tsuburaya Productions

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    Author: Keith Aiken Source: Tsuburaya Productions, Toei Co., Ltd. Official Site: toei-video.co.jp/special/kaiki-bd Tsuburaya Productions` OPERATION: MYSTERY (?????, Kaiki Daisakusen, 1968-1969) will be released in a Blu-ray box set in Japan on March 6, 2019. Also known as THE MYSTERY FOE, this was the final television series supervised by FX legend Eiji Tsuburaya, and featured a team of agents investigating strange and paranormal events denied by the government. OPERATION: MYSTERY was a ratings hit, averaging a 22% audience share during its original broadcast run. The set has been remastered in the same manner as Tsuburaya`s recent Blu-ray Boxes of the classic Ultraman shows, with the episodes of the series digitally restored to fix film scratches and damage, adjust color tones, and improve image quality while retaining the graininess of the original 16mm film. This process allows for the maximum presentation of OPERATION: MYSTERY available

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas @wellgousa Director Tsui Hark (THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN) brings back the popular hero in the smash hit wuxia fantasy franchise for DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS (????????, 2018), coming to digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD November 13 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Set during the Tang dynasty, the third film in the action-packed, martial arts franchise finds the intrepid detective defending himself from the Empress while looking to recover a magical weapon. DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS has Mark Chao (YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON) returning in the title role, with Feng Shaofeng (The Monkey King franchise), Lin Gengxin (THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN), Ethan Juan (THE GUILLOTINES), Ma Sichun (GOLDBUSTER) and Carina Lau (DETECTIVE DEE franchise) rounding out the cast. Synopsis A

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    Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Legendary Toei director Teruo Ishii tells three stories of moral sickness set during Japan`s prosperous Genroku era in ORGIES OF EDO (???????? ?????, Zankoku Ijo Gyakutai Monogatari: Genroku Onna Keizu, 1969), a bloody follow-up to his sexploitation classic SHOGUN`S JOY OF TORTURE (??????, Tokugawa Onna Keibatsu-shi, 1968), and the fourth entry in Toei`s `abnormal love` film series. Ishii`s politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture. Told in anthology style by an impassive physician (Teruo Yoshida), the first story follows Oito (Masumi Tachibana), an innocent young girl deceived by a handsome yakuza and sold into prostitution who finds herself in a doomed love affair with the man who brought her to ruin. The tale of Ochise (Mitsuko

    A college student has a surreal night of drinking and adventure in Kyoto in director Masaaki Yuasa`s THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL. Image courtesy of GKIDS and Fathom Events. © Tomihiko Morimi, KADOKAWA NAKAME COMMITTEE

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: kurokaminootome.com (Japan), NightIsShort.com (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan The inventive new feature THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL (?????????, Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome, 2017) from anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa (MIND GAME, LU OVER THE WALL) will be released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack on January 29, 2019 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Winner of the 2018 Japan Academy Prize for Best Animated Feature, the film comes to home video following its nationwide theatrical release in August. Bonus features include interview with Yuasa, trailers and TV spots. From the visionary mind of director Masaaki Yuasa comes a free-wheeling comedy about one epic night in Kyoto. As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as “The Girl with Black Hair” experiences a series of

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    The Hit Netflix Animated Series Based On The CASTLEVANIA Video Game Arrives On Blu-ray And DVD This December Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: netflix.com/castlevania Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, has announced preorders for the home media release of CASTLEVANIA SEASON 1. Set to debut on December 4th, the four-episode first season of the series is produced by Frederator Studios and has streamed to wide acclaim on Netflix. CASTLEVANIA will be available on Blu-ray, with an MSRP of $24.98 U.S. / $29.99 CAN, and on DVD, with an MSRP of $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN. Bonus features for the CASTLEVANIA SEASON 1 home media release include on-disc storyboards and art galleries for both the BD and DVD. Exclusive Blu-ray extras include the sketch art-to-animation

    THE ANCIENT MAGUS` BRIDE. Image courtesy of Funimation. © 2017 Kore Yamazaki/MAG Garden Partners

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    Source: Funimation Entertainment press release Special Thanks to Scott Barretto On October 4, Funimation announced some upcoming releases during their Industry Panel at New York Comic Con 2018... NNew Release (Home Video) – citrus • From Passione, the complete anime series adapted from the romance manga by Saburouta. • Available on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital • Street date: 01/22/19 New Release (Home Video) – THE ANCIENT MAGUS` BRIDE • From Wit Studio, episodes 1-12 of the anime series adapted from the award-wining dark fantasy sh?nen manga by Kore Yamazaki • Extras: 3-part prequel OVA THOSE AWAITING A STAR and Twitter Q&A with director Kyle Phillips and voice actors Dani Chambers (“Chise”) and Brian Mathis (“Elias”) • Available on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital • Street date: 01/29/19 Like Funimation on Facebook at facebook.com/funimation, and follow them on Instagram at instagram.com/funimation and Twitter

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks, HIDIVE press releases Official Site: tbs.co.jp/anime/gakuen_basara (Japan) Sentai Filmworks has acquired exclusive rights to GAKUEN BASARA: SAMURAI HIGH SCHOOL (??BASARA, Gakuen Basara, 2018), the spoof spinoff of CAPCOM’s wildly popular franchise, SENGOKU BASARA, for the USA, Canada and Latin America. Anyone who thinks warring samurai and violent power plays in feudal Japan were rough business must have missed Monday mornings in this modern high school! The winds of change have come for the students of Basara Academy. Due to the suspension of their current student council president, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a new leader must be chosen. Two prominent first-year athletes prepare to battle for the chance to rule the school: baseball elite Masamune Date and soccer star Yukimura Sanada. However, it’s not all fun and games as the two also have to fight other rivals for the top spot. From fierce food-eating contests to

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: releasethespyce.jp (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced today it acquired exclusive rights to the original series, RELEASE THE SPYCE????? ? ????, Ririisu za Supaisu, 2018), for the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, South America and other select territories. The series’ animation production is led by Lay-duce (FATE/GRAND ORDER: FIRST ORDER, MAGI: ADVENTURES OF SINBAD). To everyone around her, Momo lives a quiet life of solitude: going to school and keeping to herself. To the members of the private intelligence agency Tsukikage, she is their newest recruit, learning to hone her skills to help fight against a global crime organization. Under the guidance of senior member Yuki, Momo undergoes a series of dangerous, deadly and diabolical training scenarios and missions. With each victory, Momo’s confidence in her skills grows but it’ll take more than that to help keep not just

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    GIRLS` LAST TOUR Available January 29th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its January slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks post-apocalyptic adventure series, GIRLS` LAST TOUR, available on Blu-ray and in a special Limited Edition Premium Box Set! Product details follow, in order of release... HUMAN CROSSING BLU-RAY Published by: Maiden Japan Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 1/8/2019 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $49.98 There are over 120 million people living in modern Japan, and over 38 million live in the greater Tokyo area alone. Some live in incredible luxury, while others to struggle to survive. But from the high to the low, all are connected through the complex web that binds us all, the bonds of family and relationships. Yet there are times

    Image courtesy of Aniplex of America. © Chica Umino, HAKUSENSHA/March comes in like a lion Animation Committee

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    Source: AniplexUSA press release Official Site: 3lion-anime.com (Japan), 3lion-usa.com (US) Special Thanks to Aiko Makino At their industry panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta, Aniplex of America announced their plans to release season two of March comes in like a lion (???????, 3 Tsuki no Raion) in two Blu-ray volumes. The heartfelt series is based on an award winning manga by Chica Umino, who is best known as the creator of Honey and Clover. Produced by studio SHAFT (PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA, KIZUMONOGATARI), March comes in like a lion features a well-respected creative team including Director Akiyuki Shimbou (PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA, MONOGATARI series) and Character Designer Nobuhiro Sugiyama (NISEKOI, BAKEMONOGATARI). Both volumes of the Blu-ray will include a never before seen English dub of season two, adapted and voice directed by seasoned veteran, Wendee Lee (BLUE EXORCIST, YOUR LIE IN APRIL) and starring an all-star English

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    Beyond each of their wishes is where the "Apocrypha" is woven. Source: AniplexUSA press release Official Site: fate-apocrypha.com (Japan), fate-apocryphausa.com (US) Special Thanks to Aiko Makino Aniplex of America announced their plans to release FATE/APOCRYPHA (????/??????, Feito/Apokurifa, 2017) as two Blu-ray box sets at their industry panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta. Based on a light novel series by Yuichiro Higashide, who is also an FGO Scenario writer, with original illustrations by Ototsugu Konoe, FATE/APOCRYPHA is part of TYPE-MOON’s expansive Fate franchise which include popular anime series FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS], FATE/ZERO, and the mobile game FATE/GRAND ORDER. Produced by A-1 Pictures, the series is directed by Yoshiyuki Asai, who served as series director for Charlotte, and character design by Yukei Yamada (PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA THE MOVIE –REBELLION–, IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS) with music by renowned composer Masaru Yokoyama from Your Lie in April. Each Blu-ray

    © 2018 Nio Nakatani/KADOKAWA/ “Bloom Into You” Partners

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: yagakimi.com (Japan) Sentai Filmworks announced today that it has acquired exclusive distribution rights to BLOOM INTO YOU (???????, Yagate Kimi ni Naru, 2018), the animated series based on Nio Nakatani’s best-selling, award-winning manga, for the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Enthralled by shoujo manga, Yuu waited for a love confession to make her feel as special as the heroines in her favorite stories but when a junior high classmate admits his feelings for her, she feels nothing. Time passes and Yuu starts high school feeling confused and downhearted. Things change, however, when she witnesses Nanami, the beautiful student council president, effortlessly turn down a boy. Yuu asks Nanami for help and the two become fast friends. Yuu’s heart is suddenly sent aflutter when the next person to confess

    The 30th anniversary collector’s edition Blu-day of MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO will be released this December. Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © 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 issue MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (???????, Tonari no Totoro, 1988) in a beautiful 30th anniversary collector’s edition release on December 11, 2018. The limited-edition set comes housed in an elegant hard slipcase and includes a new 40-page book with stunning art and essays. Featured in a deluxe disc portfolio will be a Blu-ray of the film paired with hours of special features, and the film’s soundtrack made available on CD for the first time in North America. The set’s 40-page book features new essays by The New York Times’ film critic A.O. Scott and film writer Lauren Wilford, alongside gorgeous art and statements from director Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki, and more. From the legendary Studio Ghibli, this classic tale of magic and adventure is one of

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Rachel Villegas @wellgousa Directed by Lee Hae-Young (THE SILENCED), BELIEVER (??, Dokjeon, 2018), the stylish, action-packed South Korean remake of Johnnie To’s DRUG WAR (??, Dú zhàn, 2013), hits digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD October 30 from Well Go USA Entertainment. While technically a remake, Cary Darling of The Houston Chronicle notes that “Lee Hae-Yeong’s gripping retelling... stands on its own and is different enough from the original to make it less a clone and more of a genuflection.” The story follows an investigator who, in an effort to bring down the boss of Asia’s biggest drug cartel, conspires with a lowly member of the gang seeking revenge against the boss. BELIEVER, stars Cho Jin-woong (THE HANDMAIDEN), Ryu Jun-yeol (A TAXI DRIVER), Kim Joo-hyuck (THE SERVANT), Kim Sung-ryoung (THE TARGET), Park

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