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    Scene from KANINI & KANINO, one of three stories in MODEST HEROES: PONOC SHORT FILMS THEATRE. Image courtesy of GKIDS and Fathom Events. ©2018 STUDIO PONOC

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    From the Creators of MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: ponoc.jp/eiyu (Japan), fathomevents.com/events/modest-heroes, modestheroes (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan GKIDS and Shout! Factory will issue MODEST HEROES: PONOC SHORT FILMS THEATRE (???????????????????, Ch?sana Eiy? - Kani to Tamago to T?mei Ningen -, 2018) on Blu-ray + DVD and digital download on June 18, 2019. The release, which features both Japanese and English audio tracks and comes complete with bonus features, is available for pre-order now on shoutfactory.com. From Studio Ponoc (MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER), the acclaimed new studio founded by twice-Academy Award-nominated producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA, WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE), comes a thrilling collection of stories exploring ideas of heroism in their own unique way. MODEST HEROES is an ambitious collection of three thrilling tales created by some of the

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    Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win THE STREET FIGHTER COLLECTION on Blu-ray. This 3-disc set comes jam-packed, containing all three STREET FIGHTER films with uncut versions, new 2K scans of the original film elements, and bonus features including new interviews with star Sonny Chiba and filmmaker Jack Sholder. Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He’s Sonny Chiba (KILL BILL, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT), one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In THE STREET FIGHTER (??????, Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken, 1974), Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn’t paid, a violent clash will ensue. Chiba is back in RETURN OF THE

    Win the Blu-ray + DVD SteelBook edition of OSAMU TEZUKA’S METROPOLIS from Mill Creek! Image courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment. © 2001 Tezuka Productions /Metropolis Committee

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their SteelBook Blu-ray + DVD combo edition of the 2001 anime film OSAMU TEZUKA’S METROPOLIS (??????, Metoroporisu). Featuring a screenplay by anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA) and directed by Rintaro (GALAXY EXPRESS 999), OSAMU TEZUKA’S METROPOLIS is a spectacular visual film with stunning imagery, unforgettable characters, and leaves you questioning what it takes to be human. Special features include interviews with the filmmakers, The Making of OSAMU TEZUKA’S METROPOLIS, original Japanese audio, and multi-angle animation. In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red`s violent son Rock distrusts robots and intends to find and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis, Tima is beginning a friendship

    Image courtesy of VIZ Media. ©POT (Yoshihiro Togashi) 1998-2013 ©2013

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    Second HUNTER X HUNTER Feature Film Debuts As A Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack And Standard Edition DVD Release 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 HUNTER X HUNTER: THE LAST MISSION (??? HUNTER×HUNTER -The LAST MISSION-, Gekij?-ban Hant? Hant? Za Rasuto Misshon, 2013) on March 12th. The HUNTER X HUNTER: THE LAST MISSION was produced by the famed MADHOUSE animation studio and was directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi. The feature film will be available as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack (MSRP: $29.98 U.S. / $34.99 CAN) and as a Standard Edition DVD (MSRP: $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN). English dubbed and Japanese subtitled dialogue options are included on both formats. In HUNTER X HUNTER: THE LAST MISSION, the Battle

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    Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win SUPER SENTAI: NINPUU SENTAI HURRICANEGER: THE COMPLETE SERIES. This 8-Disc DVD collection includes all 51 adventure-filled episodes of NINPUU SENTAI HURRICANEGER (???????????, Ninp? Sentai Harikenj?, 2002-2003). In the Hayate`s Way Ninja Academy, three of its pupils aren`t exactly fitting in. But because their Sensei believes them to have potential, he regularly spends the morning personally subjecting them to rigorous training. While the other students are having their graduation ceremony, a clan of evil space warriors known as the Jakanja infiltrated the school, killing most of the students. Now the trio of misfits must come together and form the Hurricanegers if there is to be any hope of destroying the evil Jakanja. Can they find the help they need? And can the young warriors act swiftly enough to

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is proud to announce the fan-favorite MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE available June 4, 2019 for the first time on Blu-ray as a stand-alone piece. Bonus features include new interviews, original featurette, and the theatrical trailer. 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

    Win a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack of LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD from Shout! Factory and SciFi Japan! Image courtesy of Shochiku. © Ayano Takeda,TAKARAJIMASHA/Hibike Partners

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    Source: Shout! Factory Official Site: liz-bluebird.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of stunning anime feature LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD (??????, Liz to Aoi Tori, 2018). The movie makes its way to home video following its premiere at Annecy International Film Festival last June and its North American theatrical release in November. LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD comes from the creators of the critically acclaimed A SILENT VOICE (40th Japan Academy Award, Best Animated Feature Film), including director Naoko Yamada and writer Reiko Yoshida. It has been adapted from the popular YA novel series Sound! Euphonium by Ayano Takenda and is considered a side sequel to the anime series of the same name. LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD will be available on Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack

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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 of the SISTER STREET FIGHTER COLLECTION. The Toei film series stars Etsuko Shihomi, is filled with wall-to-wall action, and features some of the craziest villains ever depicted onscreen. In 1974`s SISTER STREET FIGHTER (????, Onna Hissatsu Ken), Li Koryu (Etsuko Shihomi) travels to Yokohama to investigate the disappearance of her brother, an undercover cop. When she discovers a smuggling ring run by a drug lord with his own personal army of deadly fighters, she must penetrate his evil lair and defeat not only his champion (Masashi Ishibashi from the STREET FIGHTER films) but also a group of female Thai kickboxers called The Amazon Seven. Chiba appears in a cameo as a fellow karate master who helps Koryu in her

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    Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Genre entertainment of the highest order, the SISTER STREET FIGHTER films are a wild ride through some of the best exploitation cinema Japan produced in the 1970s. Funky and over-the-top, filled with wall-to-wall action, and featuring some of the craziest villains ever depicted onscreen, the series embodies female power in a male-dominated genre and is a magnificent showcase for the physical presence and martial arts skills of its lead star. In 1974`s SISTER STREET FIGHTER (????, Onna Hissatsu Ken), Etsuko Shihomi is the half-Chinese, half-Japanese Li Koryu, who travels to Yokohama to investigate the disappearance of her brother, an undercover cop. When she discovers a smuggling ring run by a drug lord with his own personal army of deadly fighters, she must penetrate his evil lair and defeat not only his champion

    Win TOKYO LIVING DEAD IDOL on Blu-ray from Section23 Films and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Section23 Films. © 2018

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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 Blu-ray of TOKYO LIVING DEAD IDOL (???????????????????, T?ky? Ribingu Deddo Aidoru, 2018), starring Nana Asakawa from the idol group SUPER?GiRLS. Tokyo 27-ku’s the hottest pop group around, but when singer Kamiya Miku (Nana Asakawa) gets bitten by a zombie, she goes from being on top of the charts to the top of the most wanted lists! With just 72 hours until the sizzling chanteuse becomes a shuffling zombie, Miku’s only hope is finding a serum that might possibly cure her. Unfortunately, if Miku can’t reach the antidote in time, she’s going to transform from songbird to a dead bird singing in the middle of the night, and evading paparazzi and zealous fans is nothing compared to being pursued by teams of professional

    Its swords vs. zombies in the South Korean horror hit, RAMPANT. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. © 2018 Next Entertainment World & Leeyang Film & Rear Window

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Rachel Villegas @wellgousa, #Rampant Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack of RAMPANT (창궐, Chang Gwol, 2018), a fresh new take on the zombie-horror genre from the creators of TRAIN TO BUSAN (부산행, Busanhaeng, 2016). Set in ancient Korea, the story follows Prince Ganglim, who after returning from a long imprisonment, discovers a bloody rampage spreading across the nation by murderous creatures known as Night Demons. He soon realizes that it will take the strength of his fellow countrymen to stop the Night Demons from overrunning the kingdom. RAMPANT was directed by Kim Sung-Hoon (CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT) and stars Hyun-Bin (THE SWINDLERS), Jang Dong-Gun (THE WARRIORS WAY), Jo Woo-Jin (INSIDE MEN), Man-Sik (MAN OF WILL) and Kim Eui-Sung (TRAIN

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    Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new DVD set of the 2003-04 ASTRO BOY series, a state-of-the-art update of Osamu Tezuka’s classic series that started the anime explosion. Filled with exciting action, humor and drama, ASTRO BOY tells the story of a young robot boy modeled after the son of a research scientist. This atomic-powered robot becomes a reluctant superhero who fights for justice and peace -- for humans and robots alike! This 4-Disc set contains all 50 episodes with an English audio track featuring Olivia Hack (Cindy Brady in THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE), Bill Farmer (Goofy in A GOOFY MOVIE), Wally Wingert (Humpty Dumpty in ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS), Sandy Marvin (Grandma in NAPOLEON DYNAMITE) and Greg Cipes (Michelangelo in TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES). The

    GARAMON STRIKES BACK title card. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/ultraman-archives (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE In October, Tsuburaya Productions announced their new ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES (????????????) Project that looks back at key episodes of the Ultraman Series through home video, public events, and deluxe merchandising. The second home video release will be the ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES: ULTRA Q Episode 16: GARAMON STRIKES BACK Blu-ray & DVD Set (ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES??????? Episode 16?????????Blu-ray?DVD????), which will be available in Japan on May 22, 2019. The episode features the Meteorite Monster Garamon, one of the most popular kaiju from the Ultraman Series, plus the first alien invasder in the franchise. The set features HD remasters of the original 1966 black & white episode and the COLOR ULTRA Q colorized version from 2011 plus "Premium Talk" interviews with cast and crew members such as actor Yasuhiko Saijo, who starred in ULTRA Q as

    Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Toei Company, Ltd.

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    Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout Select will release THE STREET FIGHTER COLLECTION on Blu-ray for the first time on March 26th, 2019. This set comes jam-packed, containing all three STREET FIGHTER films with uncut versions, new 2K scans of the original film elements, and bonus features including new interviews with star Sonny Chiba and Filmmaker Jack Sholder. Fans can preorder the trilogy now at shoutfactory.com. Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He’s Sonny Chiba (KILL BILL, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT), one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In THE STREET FIGHTER (??????, Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken, 1974), Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn’t paid, a violent

    Contents of the PRINCESS MONONOKE Collector`s Edition Set. Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © 1997 Nibariki – GND

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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 PRINCESS MONONOKE (?????, Mononoke Hime, 1997) in a beautiful collector’s edition release on May 14, 2019. 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 is available for pre-order now on ghiblicollection.com. From the legendary Studio Ghibli, this epic fantasy film is one of the best-selling and internationally renowned films of all time. PRINCESS MONONOKE is here presented with a release perfect for collectors and animation fans who have adored the film since its initial release. The set’s

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    KAMPFER Available MAY 28th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its May slate of releases featuring Sentai Filmworks` bestselling echhi comedy series KAMPFER as you`ve never heard it before: in English! KAMPFER`s sex-swapping hi-jinx will be available for your listening pleasure in a complete Blu-ray collection on May 28th. Product details follow, in order of release... GODANNAR BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 650 min. Street Date: 5/7/2019 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $49.98 Five years ago, Goh, the pilot of the giant robot Dannar, rescued Anna Aoi as the monstrous Mimetic Beasts attempted to wipe human life from the planet. Now the Beasts are back, but Goh`s not going back into battle alone. Not only does his new bride-to-be Anna have a mech of

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    Official Site: mazinger-z.jp (Japan), movie/mazinger-z (US) SciFi Japan is pleased to offer our readers a chance to win the new Blu-ray edition of MAZINGER Z: INFINITY (?????Z ? INFINITY, Majing? Z/INFINITY, 2018). The movie is based on the classic manga series by Go Nagai. It follows our hero, Koji Kabuto, in an action-packed adventure where only he can choose his ultimate path! Ten years ago, the villainous scientist Dr. Hell led his wicked followers, known as the Underground Empire, in a struggle to destroy all of humanity. It was against these forces that the young hero Koji Kabuto fought, piloting the legendary super robot “Mazinger Z.” Koji’s victory stopped Dr. Hell’s evil plan and returned peace to the Earth. Now Koji has left the pilot seat behind and become a scientist in his own right, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. Yet an unexpected encounter

    Win a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack of Masaaki Yuasa`s LU OVER THE WALL from Shout! Factory and SciFi Japan! Image courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Lu Film Partners

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    Source: Shout! Factory Official Site: lunouta.com (Japan), lu-over-the-wall (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a GKIDS Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of Masaaki Yuasa`s fun new musical feature LU OVER THE WALL (???????????, Yoake Tsugeru Ruu no Uta, 2017). The anime film was an official selection of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and winner of the Cristal, the highest prize of the 2017 Annecy International Animation Festival. Yuasa presents a joyous twist on the classic fairy tale about a little mermaid who comes ashore to join a middle-school rock band and propel them to fame. After his family moves from Tokyo to a small fishing village, teenager Kai spends his days sulking and adrift. When his classmates invite him to play keyboard in their band, their jam sessions bring an unexpected guest: Lu, a

    Win Takashi Miike`s J-horror classic AUDITION on Blu-ray from Arrow Video US and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © 1999 Omega Project

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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 of Takashi Miike`s AUDITION (???????, ?dishon, 1999). One of the most shocking J-horror films ever made, AUDITION exploded onto the festival circuit at the turn of the century to a chorus of awards and praise. The film would catapult director Takashi Miike to the international scene and pave the way for such other genre delights as ICHI THE KILLER (????, Koroshiya Ichi, 2001) and THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (????????, Katakuri-ke no K?fuku, 2001). Recent widower Shigeharu Aoyama is advised by his son to find a new wife, so he seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years. They take advantage of their position in a film company

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    Feature Film Based On The Legendary Mazinger Z Series Debuts On Blu-ray And DVD Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: mazinger-z.jp (Japan) 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 MAZINGER Z: INFINITY (?????Z ? INFINITY, Majing? Z/INFINITY, 2018) on February 19th. MAZINGER Z is one of Japan’s most revered sci-fi properties. The anime film, which was produced by Toei Animation, takes place ten years after the conclusion of the famed MAZINGER Z TV series. VIZ Media will release MAZINGER Z: INFINITY on Blu-ray and as a Standard Edition DVD. The MAZINGER Z: INFINITY Blu-ray’s MSRP will be $24.98 U.S. / $29.99 CAN; the Standard Edition DVD’s MSRP will be $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN. Audio featuring English and Japanese dialogue

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