Ban Daisuke and Kikaida take part in the Nisei Week Parade in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo on August 15th. Photo courtesy of Richard Pusateri.
Kikaida © 1972 Ishinomori Production Inc. and Toei Co., Ltd.

KIKAIDA star appears at Los Angeles Nisei Week events
Author: Richard Pusateri
Official Sites: Anime Jungle, Generation Kikaida, www.bandaisuke.com
Special thanks: Joanne Ninomiya, Tetsu Shiota, August Ragone

Ban Daisuke’s recent visit to Los Angeles, hosted by Anime Jungle, demonstrated that the appeal of KIKAIDA is not limited to markets where the Japanese TV program aired in the United States. After much success at personal appearances in Hawaii, San Francisco and at San Diego Comic Con in years past, Mr. Ban met his enthusiastic Los Angeles fans August 14 and 15 during Little Tokyo’s Nisei Week celebration.
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Source: Madman Entertainment
Special Thanks to Ben Pollock and Philippa Lamb

DVD cover art for 20TH CENTURY BOYS Trilogy. Photo
courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 1999, 2006 Naoki
Urasawa, Studio Nuts/ Shogakukan. © 2009 “20th Century
Boys” Film Partners

The Australian distributor Madman Entertainment is releasing a mix of anime and Asian live action titles on Region 4 DVD in September, 2010. The selection includes:

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD Collection 2
ONE PIECE (Uncut) Collection
MY BRIDE IS A MERMAID Collection 1
BAKUGAN: NEW VESTROIA Collection 2
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Collection 3
JYU-OH-SEI (PLANET OF THE BEAST KING) Collection
NANA Collection 2
INITIAL D FOURTH STAGE Collection 2
KUROKAMI Collection 1
BLEACH Vol 26
20TH CENTURY BOYS Trilogy
and MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 00 Second Season Vol 1

Read on for plot descriptions, DVD specs, cover art, and more.
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Ryuk the Shinigami and Light Yagami (Tatsuya Fujiwara) check out the new Blu-ray DEATH NOTE COLLECTION.
Photo courtesy of VIZ Pictures. © 2006 [Death Note] Film Partners

Highly Anticipated Double-Feature Includes DEATH NOTE, DEATH NOTE II: THE LAST NAME and Bonus Disc
Source: VIZ Pictures, MediaLab press releases
Official Movie Site: Death-Note-Movie (Japan), Death Note Films (US)
Special Thanks to Erik Jansen

Ad for the DEATH NOTE COLLECTION. Photo courtesy of VIZ Pictures.
© 2006 [Death Note] Film Partners

VIZ Pictures will debut the Blu-ray DEATH NOTE COLLECTION on August 24th, 2010. The 3-disc set includes 2 feature films – DEATH NOTE and DEATH NOTE II: THE LAST NAME – as well as a bonus disc containing more than two hours of all new behind-the-scenes footage. Both films feature Japanese audio with English subtitles as well as an English dubbed dialogue track. MSRP for the DEATH NOTE COLLECTION is $39.98 U.S. / $57.99 CAN.

To celebrate the new release, VIZ Pictures will hold a special screening of both films at VIZ Cinema, located inside NEW PEOPLE in San Francisco’s Japantown (1746 Post St., San Francisco, CA 94115) on Saturday, September 4th.

As a special offer to U.S. and Canadian DEATH NOTE fans, VIZ Pictures will award three lucky winners posters for DEATH NOTE and DEATH NOTE II along with an autograph from one of the three lead actors – Tatsuya Fujiwara (who played Light Yagami), Erika Toda (Misa Amane) and Kenichi Matusyama (L/Ryuzaki).
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The alien hunters return with a few new tricks in PREDATORS, the latest sequel to the hit Arnold Schwarzenegger film.
© 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Author: Kyle Byrd
Source: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Official Site: predators-movie.com

US theatrical poster for PREDATORS. Photo courtesy of
Twentieth Century Fox. © 2010 Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation

John McTiernan’s 1987 film PREDATOR was an original, fun film that blended the action, horror and sci-fi genres seamlessly and has gone on to be one of the most beloved (and quotable) genre films of the 1980s. Since then, Fox has been trying to figure out where to take the series next. What we’ve gotten since has been a below par sequel (PREDATOR 2) and two abominable ALIEN VS PREDATOR movies. With the backlash triggered by the AVP films, Fox has decided to take the ALIEN and PREDATOR franchises in other directions. With Ridley Scott working on two ALIEN prequels, Robert Rodriguez decided it was a good time to get a PREDATOR sequel off the ground.

Produced by Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal (VACANCY, ARMORED), PREDATORS picks up after the first film, ignoring all the films that came afterwards. It follows a group of killers from different backgrounds (including Black Ops, Yakuza, snipers, etc.) that are captured and put on an alien game preserve planet to be hunted by the titular creatures.

Like PREDATOR, the story is about as simple as can be. Its basically PREDATOR meets THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME and there’s not much else to it. Apparently the film is based on an idea that Rodriguez had back in the 90s. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like he took all that time to develop it beyond its basic premise.
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The Ju-On curse celebrates its 10th anniversary with the new film THE GRUDGE: WHITE GHOST/BLACK GHOST, coming to Australian DVD from Madman.
Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2009 Toei Video Co., Ltd. /Cell

Source: Madman Entertainment
Special Thanks to Philippa Lamb

KAMUI. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment.
© 2009 KAMUI Film Partners

The Australian distributor Madman Entertainment is releasing several anime and Asian live action titles on Region 4 DVD in August, 2010, including movies not yet available in North America.

The selection includes the latest JU-ON film THE GRUDGE: WHITE GHOST/BLACK GHOST; the third volume of IKKI TOUSEN DRAGON DESTINY SEASON 2; new collections of GURREN LAGANN, NANA, KURAU PHANTOM MEMORY, SOUL EATER and LINEBARRELS OF IRON; the ninja adventure KAMUI starring Kenichi Matsuyama; and the revamped DRAGON BALL Z KAI COLLECTION 1.

Read on for plot descriptions, DVD specs, cover art, and more.
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Ban Daisuke, star of KIKAIDA, KIKAIDA-01, and INAZUMAN, will make a special appearance at Anime Jungle in Los Angeles next month.
Photo courtesy of Generation Kikaida. © 1972 Ishinomori Production Inc. and Toei Co., Ltd.

Autograph Sessions, Parade, Dinner, and More During Nisei Week Festival, August 14-15
Source: Anime Jungle, JN Productions and Generation Kikaida
Special Thanks to Tetsu Shiota, Yoichi K, and Joanne Ninomiya

Advertisement for the event. Photo courtesy of Anime Jungle.
© 1971 Ishinomori Production Inc. and Toei Co., Ltd.

Anime Jungle, purveyors of everything anime in Japantown is proud to present an autograph session with Mr. Ban Daisuke, star of KIKAIDA (Jinzo Ningen Kikaida, 1972), KIKAIDA 01 (1973), and INAZUMAN (1973) at the upcoming Nisei Week Festival in Los Angeles. KIKAIDA took the Hawaiian Islands by storm over 35 years ago, and still going strong in Hawaii and the mainland due to the successful English-subtitled version of the DVD Box Sets.

KIKAIDA, based on an original story by manga artist and writer Shotaro Ishinomori (Kamen Rider), was produced as a tokusatsu (live action) by Toei Movie Company for television in the mid-seventies. A classic good-versus evil tale, the show pitted a guitar-playing, denim-clad young biker named Jiro, played by actor Ban Daisuke, against the evil DARK, a shadowy criminal organization bent on wreaking havoc upon Japan and the world.
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J-Pop Idol Erina Mano Wows Fans at Premiere Screening of Her Feature Film Debut
Source: Japan Film Society
Additional Material: Kai Saari
Official Site: Facebook.com/TalesofTerror (US), shinmimi.net (Japan)
Official Twitter Profile: Twitter.com/ShinMimi

After the screening, Erina Mano serenaded fans
with the film’s theme song. Photo courtesy of
Japan Film Society. © 2010 BS-i, King Records

On July 1st, J-Pop’s #1 idol and Hello! Project singing sensation Erina Mano attended the world premiere of her feature film debut, KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO (怪談新耳袋-怪奇), at the world famous Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. KAI-KI is the latest in series of films based on the hit Japanese TV franchise TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO AND ALL OVER JAPAN (怪談新耳袋*, Shin Mimi-Bukuro), which adapts actual urban legends collected from across the country by writer Kihara Hirokatsu.

Club Nokia hosted two screenings of KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO. A mini-concert followed each showing in which Erina Mano sang the film’s them song “Returning Home” as well as “Sekai wa Summer Party”, a happy pop song that from her first tour album. Both Miss Mano and Tales of Terror creator Kihara Hirokatsu took part in an autograph signing.

In addition, there was also a Q&A featuring Erina Mano, J-Idol producer Tamon Andrew Niwa and representatives from the Toyota Creative Lounge who financed the project. Toyota Creative Lounge reps included the prominent designers Agga B., Anna Fong, Melissa Serpico Kamhout (Serpico), and Lidia Wachowska (evil kitty); all of whom designed exclusive outfits for Mano-san to wear during her stay in Los Angeles.
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Chiaki Kuriyama and Takayuki Yamada star in Shochiku’s action comedy BATTLE LEAGUE HORUMO, now available on Region 1 DVD from VIZ Pictures.
© 2009 Kamogawa Horumo Film Partners

Japanese and American Press Materials for Combat Action Comedy Film
Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd., VIZ Pictures
Official Movie Site: horumo.com (US)
Special Thanks to Aki Harimoto and Rieko Fuji

The best-selling fantasy novel by Manabu Makime that became a phenomenon among the young and picky readers of Japan has been adapted into a combat action comedy film, made possible with the high quality and innovative VFX and animation by animation studio GONZO (creators of AFRO SAMURAI and BRAVE STORY).

BATTLE LEAGUE HORUMO (Kamogawa Horumo) introduces esoteric and ancient Taoist magic in an unusually modern setting with tight storytelling and a cast of uniquely hilarious characters. It’s a highly comic yet charming depiction of a hapless bunch of students who get pulled into an enigmatic secret social club called “The Azure Dragons” soon after entering the prestige Kyoto University.

Shochiku’s 2009 action comedy was released on Region 1 DVD this month by VIZ Pictures.
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EVANGELION 2.0: YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE is just one of fifty Asian films playing this month at Fantasia. Photo courtesy of EIN’s M&M. © 2009 Khara

Montreal Genre Movie Festival Runs July 8-28
Source: Fantasia press release
Official Site: Fantasia 2010

The organizers of Fantasia International Film Festival— North America’s largest genre film festival— have once again pulled together an amazing lineup of movies to screen in Montreal. From July 8 to 28, Fantasia 2010 will showcase 120 feature films and several hundred shorts from all over the world, including a number of North American and international premieres.

Please visit Fantasia’s official website for their complete film list and schedule, venues and directions, ticket information, and other details. SciFi Japan readers may be particularly interested in the fest’s Asian movie schedule, detailed in the following press release.
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J-Horror Film to Screen at JAPAN CUTS in New York City
Source: Japan Society
Official Site: Japan Cuts
Special Thanks to Shannon Jowett and Tahmid Mannan

A murderous ghost seeks revenge in NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE II,
premiering next week at the Japan Cuts film festival in NYC.
Photo courtesy of Japan Society. © 2009 Shinya Tsukamoto/
Kaijyu Theater

SciFi Japan and Japan Society are pleased to present another contest for free passes to a new fantasy film premiering this month at Japan Cuts: Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema in New York City. Our third and final ticket giveaway for this year’s Japan Cuts and the New York Asian Film Festival will be the US premiere of the J-Horror movie NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE II.

In the NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE movies, actor Ryuhei Matsuda (TABOO, CUTIE HONEY, BIG BANG LOVE: JUVENILE A) stars as Kyoichi Kagenuma, a dream analyst who has the very unwanted “gift” of being able to hear the thoughts of those around him, as well as the ability to enter peoples’ subconscious while they dream. Kyoichi’s rare talents make him highly sought-after in his field, but they also render his life unbearable. He can heal broken minds, but he would just as soon kill himself as ever help another person again.

While a sequel, NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE II is a stand alone story concerning Kyoichi Kagenuma’s latest case, in which three high school girls are being haunted by the ghost of a classmate they once bullied. The viewer does not need to have seen the original NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE to follow and enjoy the newer film.
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A master thief uncovers a prize that may decide who rules feudal Japan in the action epic GOEMON, coming to select UK cinemas this month.
Photo courtesy of The Associates. © 2009 “Goemon” Film Partners.

Epic Adventure from the Producers of THE GRUDGE and the Director of CASSHERN Opens July 23rd
Source: The Associates press release
Official Movie Site: Goemon (Japan)

Japanese poster art for GOEMON. © 2009 “Goemon”
Film Partners.

Five years ago, acclaimed Japanese fashion photographer and music video director Kazuaki Kiriya made an explosive and groundbreaking assault on the movie world with his directorial debut feature, the visually stunning and hugely ambitious sci-fi epic, CASSHERN. Now, Kiriya returns in his own inimitable style with the equally spectacular period, fantasy action-adventure, GOEMON.

Produced by Kiriya and legendary producer Takashige Ichise (THE RING; DARK WATER; THE GRUDGE; SHUTTER) and boasting a star-studded cast that includes Yosuke Eguchi (SHAOLIN GIRL), Takao Osawa (ICHI; SKY HIGH), Jun Kaname (BLOOD; K-20; CASSHERN), Tetsuji Tamayama (NORWEGIAN WOOD; CASSHERN) and Susumu Terajima (CASSHERN; ICHI THE KILLER), GOEMON is based on the exploits of the film’s eponymous, ninja bandit hero – the Japanese folklore equivalent of Robin Hood.

A mind-blowing, eye-popping action epic that easily matches the visionary ambitions of Kiriya’s debut movie, GOEMON is a fast-paced historical adventure packed with the same kind of dazzling costumes, set designs, inspired visuals and awesome special effects that made CASSHERN such an original and singularly spectacular cinematic experience.

GOEMON (cert. 15) is released by Momentum Pictures and will open at selected UK cinemas on 23rd July 2010.
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Nikkatsu, Japan’s oldest film studio, has launched a new genre film label, The Sushi Typhoon. © 2010 Sushi Typhoon

FUNimation and Nikkatsu to Bring Films from the Sushi Typhoon Label to North America
Source: FUNimation Entertainment, Subway Cinema press releases
Official Site: The Sushi Typhoon
Special Thanks to Marc Walkow, Jackie Smith, Manny Alcala, and Grady Hendrix

Sushi Typhoon’s first movie, ALIEN VS NINJA, will premiere
this weekend at the New York Asian Film Festival. Photo
courtesy of Japan Society. © 2010 Sushi Typhoon & “Alien
vs. Ninja” Production Committee　

Nikkatsu Corporation, Japan’s oldest film studio, and FUNimation Entertainment, the leading distributor of Japanese animation in North America, have announced an agreement that gives FUNimation Entertainment an exclusive first look option on the home entertainment distribution of titles premiering from Nikkatsu Corporation’s new genre film label, The Sushi Typhoon. The first two films slated for release on DVD and Blu-ray through the partnership are the action gore comedy film ALIEN VS. NINJA and the splatter action comedy MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD in early 2011.

“The Nikkatsu Corporation is delighted to bring The Sushi Typhoon brand to this side of the Pacific,” said Akifumi Sugihara, Executive Producer of The Sushi Typhoon. “We believe FUNimation Entertainment’s experience with the Japanese entertainment industry is a great asset to helping our films succeed in the North American market.”

To celebrate the launch of The Sushi Typhoon in North America, The New York Asian Film Festival will present the world premiere of ALIEN VS. NINJA and the international premiere of MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD with directors Yoshihiro Nishimura and Noboru Iguchi, followed by launch party for The Sushi Typhoon on July 3rd at New York’s Japan Society.
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A new and improved giant robot is unleashed 17 years after the events of the “Bloody New Year’s Eve”. © 1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts/ Shogakukan.
© 2009 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners

Sci-Fi Movie Trilogy Ends on a Strong Note
Author: Elliot Gay
Official Movie Site: 20thboysfilms.com (US), 20th Boys (Japanese)

For those of you who would rather avoid any and all spoilers concerning the third film in the 20TH CENTURY BOYS series, let me state here and now: if you at all enjoyed the first two movies you will enjoy the third and final film just as much as– if not more than– the previous. Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi provides a satisfying and all-encompassing finale to a trilogy that had a great deal of sub-plots and loose ends to tie up. Against all odds, Tsutsumi manages to provide the sort of closure that few manga adaptations are granted. So let out a big sigh of relief; 20Th CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION (20-Seiki Shonen: Saishusho-Bokura no Hata, 2009) does not disappoint.
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Genetic engineer Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) comes face-to-face with the result of her latest experiment in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Dark
Castle Entertainment’s newly-released science fiction thriller SPLICE. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. © 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment

Author: Kyle Byrd
Official Movie Site: splicethefilm.com

US theatrical poster for SPLICE. Photo courtesy of
Warner Bros. Pictures. © 2010 Warner Bros. Ent.

SPLICE is a “science gone wrong” tale concerning two scientists who dare to play God. The film is a Freudian biological nightmare revolving around Clive and Elsa (played by Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley), a romantically involved pair of scientists who have helped revolutionize genetic engineering by splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid creatures. When they try to experiment with human DNA, the company that funds their research won’t let them due to their fear of public outcry. Knowing that doing so could lead to breakthroughs in science and medicine, Clive and Elsa decide to conduct the experiments anyway.

The result is Dren, a creature made up of human DNA, as well as the DNA of various animals. Dren appears and acts more human as she ages at an unusually fast rate. From there, the scientists develop all kinds of complex relationships with the creature from paternal to sadistic to sexual. Through it all, Clive and Elsa’s relationship grows extremely complicated and we see Dren put through an existential hell.

Directed by Vincenzo Natali (CUBE), and mentored/produced by horror guru Guillermo del Toro, SPLICE is a weird, freaky little film that goes in places that you probably won’t see coming.
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J-Pop Idol Erina Mano will attend and perform at the world premiere of her feature film debut, KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO, in Los Angeles.
Photo courtesy of Japan Film Society. © 2010 BS-i, King Records

J-Pop Idol Erina Mano to Attend and Perform at Premiere Screening of Her Feature Film Debut
Source: Japan Film Society, BAM! Marketing, Publicity and Promotions press releases
Additional Material: Kai Saari
Official Site: Facebook.com/TalesofTerror (US), shinmimi.net (Japan)
Official Twitter Profile: Twitter.com/ShinMimi

KAI-KI is the latest chapter in the long-running TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO
AND ALL OVER JAPAN franchise, which adapts urban legends and ghost stories.
Photo courtesy of Japan Film Society. © 2010 BS-i, King Records

J-Pop’s #1 idol and Hello! Project singing sensation Erina Mano will be attending and performing at the world premiere of her break-out feature film role in KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO (怪談新耳袋-怪奇) on July 1, 2010 (World Premiere at noon and 2nd screening at 3:00 pm) at the world famous venue, Club Nokia, in Los Angeles, California. Advance tickets for both events are now available at club2themax.com.

KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO is based on the hit Japanese TV franchise TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO AND ALL OVER JAPAN and is comprised of two separate short stories: TSUKIMONO: THE POSSESSED and NOZOMI, both starring Erina Mano. The film was written by Ryuta Miyake and directed by Makoto Shinozaki (TOKYO ISLAND), and features the song “Returning Home” performed by Ms. Mano.

Erina Mano will be in attendance at both screenings and will also partake in a Q&A session with audience members and perform a mini-live concert at the event as well. In addition, she will also be take part in a fan meet & greet and a mini-autograph session for a limited time at the event. Also in attendance will be legendary J-Idol producer Andrew Tamon Niwa (the man behind Pocky 4 Sisters, Tokyo Shojo, and Miyazaki Aoi; in addition to Miss Mano) and the acclaimed horror/ghost-folktale aficionado and Tales of Terror author Hirokatsu Kihara, whose work inspired the hit Japanese TV series and now the highly anticipated theatrical release.
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Advance publicity art for the Japanese release of 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION, the conclusion of the hit sci-fi movie trilogy.
© 1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts/ Shogakukan. © 2009 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners

A Look at US Publicity Materials for the Final 20TH CENTURY BOYS Movie
Source: VIZ Pictures
Official Site: 20thboysfilms.com
Special Thanks to Rieko Fuji

US poster art for 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION. Photo
courtesy of VIZ Pictures. © 1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio
Nuts/ Shogakukan. © 2009 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners

North American distributor VIZ Pctures has provided the following press notes for 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION, the final chapter in the hit Japanese sci-fi movie series. The film will be released on Region 1 DVD on June 1st and carry a MSRP of $24.92 U.S. / $35.99 CAN.

20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION

Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Starring Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Airi Taira

Genre: Action/Sci-fi
2009 / Japan / 155 min. / Color
This film is not rated.
Japanese Theatrical Release: August 29, 2009
US Theatrical Premiere: August 28, 2009
© 1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts / Shogakukan © 2009 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners
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Source: 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing
Special Thanks to Alexandra Beedell

Six SciFi Japan readers have each won a free JU-ON:
WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST UK DVD! Photo
courtesy of 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing.
© 2009 Toei Video Co., Ltd. /Cell

SciFi Japan would like to thank 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing, and everyone who entered our recent “JU-ON: WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST DVD” giveaway competition. The following randomly drawn entrants correctly answered all contest questions:

Gareth Earls
Craig Sheppard
Michael O’Sullivan
Keiko Taylor
Paul Shepherd

plus runner-up Hassni Malik

Congratulations to all the winners! Each of you has won a free copy of the new JU-ON: WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST Double Feature DVD from 4Digital Media. Organic Marketing has already shipped out the DVDs.
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Light Yagami (Tatsuya Fujiwara) and L (Kenichi Matsuyama) engage in a deadly battle of wits in the hit DEATH NOTE films, coming soon to Blu-ray.
Photo courtesy of The Associates. © 2006 [Death Note] Film Partners.

Source: Warner Home Video
Official Movie Site: Death Note Films

The hit live-action movies DEATH NOTE and DEATH NOTE II: THE LAST NAME are coming to Blu-ray in North America as a 3-disc collection from VIZ Pictures. Directed by Shusuke Kaneko and based on the acclaimed supernatural action mystery manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the two films were box office smashes in Japan. In addition, the DEATH NOTE DVD, released in September 2008, was ranked as #1 in Japanese Films in North America and #34 in the Live-Action category.

The Blu-ray DEATH NOTE COLLECTION will feature both the original Japanese dialogue with English subtitles and the English dubbed version by the outstanding voice cast of the animated series. The bonus disc will include trailers and more than two hours of behind the scenes footage. The collection will carry a suggested retail price of $39.98 and will be distributed in the United States by Warner Home Video. The street date is August 24, 2010.
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Action-Packed Drama Released May 11 from Magnolia Home Entertainment
Source: Magnolia Home Entertainment, Bender/Helper Impact
Official Movie Site: HAEUNDAE
Special Thanks to Kim Song-ho and Frances Kregel

DVD cover art courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. © 2009 JK Film/
CJ Entertainment

Magnet Releasing, the genre division of Magnolia Pictures, has released the Korean disaster movie HAEUNDAE on Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD with the English title TIDAL WAVE. The film topped the Korean box office last year and was given a limited US theatrical run as HAEUNDAE (TSUNAMI).

Magnolia is also making TIDAL WAVE available for download for PC, Mac, DVD Player, and PlayStation 3 in North America via Film Fresh, Inc.. The download price is $15.99.

Synopsis
A deep-sea earthquake occurs creating a tidal wave that is headed straight for Haeundae, a popular vacation spot on the south coast of Korea, which draws visitors from all over the world. During its peak season, more than a million vacationers pack onto its narrow one-mile strip of sand. While tracking offshore seismic activity, Professor Kim, a marine geologist, recognizes the impending danger of a mega tsunami. He desperately attempts to warn authorities and alert the unknowing vacationers of the 500 MPH destructive force of nature headed their direction.
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Source: 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing
Special Thanks to Alexandra Beedell

Live in England? Like Japanese horror movies? Then
enter SciFi Japan’s contest to win the new JU-ON: WHITE
GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST UK DVD! Photo courtesy
of 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing. © 2009 Toei
Video Co., Ltd. /Cell

SciFi Japan is pleased to present another giveaway contest for Japanese horror fans in the United Kingdom.

On April 26th, the two latest films in the hugely successful JU-ON/THE GRUDGE Japanese horror series— JU-ON: WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST— will be released together on DVD in the UK by 4Digital Media. The one disk set continues the franchise under the helm of the original JU-ON producer Taka Ichise and creator Takashi Shimizu whose horror filled vision was remade in America as THE GRUDGE (2004). To celebrate the release of these horrifying films 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing have 5 copies of the DVD to give away to SciFi Japan readers.

4Digital Media’s JU-ON: WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST DVD is Region 2 PAL, cert. 15, has a running time of 121 minutes, and presents the films in their original 16×9 Anamorphic widescreen, with Japanese language audio (Dolby Digital 2.0) and English subtitles. The suggested retail price is £15.99.
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