FUNimation Announces New Film and Anime Acquisitions

FUNimation Entertainment has announced three new titles for release in 2011-2012. ZEBRAMAN 2: ATTACK ON ZEBRA CITY © 2010 Zebraman- Attack on Zebra City Partners. WE WITHOUT WINGS- UNDER THE INNOCENT SKY © 2011 Navel. CITY UNDER SEIGE © 2010 Universe Entertainment.

ZEBRAMAN 2, CITY UNDER SEIGE, and WE WITHOUT WINGS- UNDER THE INNOCENT SKY to Get US Release Source: FUNimation Entertainment Special Thanks to Jackie Smith This past weekend, FUNimation Entertainment announced it has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to three new properties. The live action film ZEBRAMAN 2: ATTACK ON ZEBRA CITY (?????? -?????????-, Zeburaaman -Zebura Shiti no Gyakushuu-, 2010) was directed by Takashi Miike (ICHI THE KILLER, 13 ASSASSINS) and is a sequel to Miike`s 2004 film ZEBRAMAN. The anime series WE WITHOUT WINGS- UNDER THE INNOCENT SKY (????????, Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, 2011) is a romantic comedy from director Shinji Ushiro (BLESSING OF THE CAMPANELLA) which revolves around a group of young people whose seemingly unconnected lives may be linked in an alternate world. The Hong Kong science fiction action film CITY UNDER SEIGE (????, Chun sing gai bei, 2010) was directed and co-written by Benny Chan (NEW POLICE STORY, FIST OF FURY, HEROIC DUO). ZEBRAMAN 2: ATTACK ON ZEBRA CITY

Let’s get ready to fight! By 2025, fifteen years after Zebraman defeated the Aliens, the world has changed entirely. While Zebraman has lost his memory and is in a rehabilitation facility, Tokyo has renamed itself Zebra City, and has instituted a "Zebra Time" starting at 5:00 AM/PM for 5 minutes in which the government allows the Zebra Police to attack any and all presumed criminals. One Zebra Time results in the attempted murder of ex-teacher, Shinichi Ichikawa, also known as Zebraman. Surviving the attack, he meets other survivors of Zebra Time who plan to revolt against the new fascist system lead by the mysterious Zebra Queen. Ichikawa finds himself teaming up with television`s fake Zebraman and a young protege to save a mysterious little girl from Zebra Queen and her Zebra Police. Will Ichikawa regain his memories and realize he’s Zebraman in time to stop Zebra Queen before she can use the strange aliens from 2010 to bring Zebra Time to the whole world? FUNimation will offer the film on Blu-ray and DVD later this year. ZEBRAMAN 2 will also be shown at the 10th Annual Asian Film Festival of Dallas in July. WE WITHOUT WINGS- UNDER THE INNOCENT SKY Timid Takashi wants to escape to an alternate world where he is a heralded knight, but is held back by thoughts of his younger sister and his girlfriend. Part-timer and all around upbeat guy Shuusuke has a disastrous first encounter with a woman who turns out to be his new co-worker. Handyman Hayato is a hard-boiled loner that has random encounters with two gangs and a girl with a uniform fetish. Throw in plenty of fan-service, random humor, an alternate medieval world, and your narrator DJ Condor, and you get WE WITHOUT WINGS- UNDER THE INNOCENT SKY. FUNimation will release the series on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012. The official FUNimation stream of the series will be available beginning at 12:00pm CDT on June 24th, 2011 via funimation.com/video or directly at funimation.com/we-without-wings. CITY UNDER SEIGE The live action film CITY UNDER SEIGE follows a group of circus performers who go on a rampage after accidental exposure to chemical gas left by the Japanese army in WWII grants them superhuman abilities. The film stars Aaron Kwok (seven-time Hong Kong Film Awards nominee), Shu Qi (Hong Kong Film Award winner) and Collin Chou (THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, THE MATRIX RELOADED, and Jet Li’s FEARLESS). FUNimation will offer CITY UNDER SEIGE on DVD and Blu-ray early next year. The film will also be shown at the 10th Annual Asian Film Festival of Dallas in July.

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