Source: Sentai press release

©1989 Kugatsusha/Gakken Co., Ltd./Shochiku Co., Ltd.
/Bandai Co., Ltd.

Sentai announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to VENUS WARS (ヴイナス戦記, Vinasu Senki, 1989), hailed by critics for its importance in forging Japanese anime’s popularity in the West. Sentai will distribute the film in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

When war breaks out between the Venusian nations of Ishtar and Aphrodia, hotheaded motorcyclist Hiro Seno and bubbly reporter Susan Sommers find themselves caught in the crossfire and trapped behind enemy lines. As Susan desperately broadcasts the realities of war to the masses, Hiro must put aside his aversion to warfare and fight not only for his life, but for the life of every last citizen of Venus.

Produced by Triangle Staff (SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN), VENUS WARS is directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the film’s original creator who also serves as the film’s scriptwriter and character designer. The film stars Katsuhide Uekusa as Hiro Seno, Eriko Hara (CITY HUNTER 2) as Susan Sommers, Yuko Mizutani (SORCERER HUNTERS) as Maggie and Koichi Yamadera (COWBOY BEBOP) as Jeff.
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Source: Well Go USA, ddPR
Official Site: traintobusanpeninsula.com
Special Thanks to Leif Helland

Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment. ©2020 Next
Entertainment World & RedPeter Films

Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA (반도, Bando, 2020), the next nail-biting chapter in director Yeon Sang-ho’s acclaimed TRAIN TO BUSAN Korean zombie saga.

Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best– or worst — of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances.

TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA debuts on 4K Ultra Combo Pack (SLP: $34.98), Blu-ray Combo Pack (SLP: $29.98) and DVD (SLP: $24.98) November 24 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film comes with the original Korean audio track with English subtitles, and an all-new English dub. Bonus content includes a making-of featurette and interviews with the cast & crew.
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Contents of the NEW KABUKI: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND Japanese Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of Wright Film. ©Table ©Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Source: Wright Film press release
Special Thanks to Tanaka Hara

You still don’t know all of the epic story…

Walt Disney Japan Co., Ltd. has announced that NEW KABUKI: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (新作歌舞伎『風の谷のナウシカ』, Shinsaku Kabuki Kaze no Tani no Naushika) will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on January 20, 2021. The live stage performance ran from December 6-25, 2019 at the Shinbashi Enbujo theater in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Tickets for the shows sold out in a single same day.
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Source: MVD Entertainment Group
Special Thanks to Clint Weiler

Win the REIGO: KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS and RAIGA: GOD OF THE
MONSTERS double feature Blu-ray. Photo courtesy of MVD
Entertainment. REIGO ©2007 Reigo Assosiates. RAIGA ©2009
Crossroads Co., Ltd.

SRS Cinema and distributor MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the new KAIJU CLASH DOUBLE FEATURE Blu-ray containing REIGO: KING OF THE SEA MONSTERS and RAIGA: GOD OF THE MONSTERS. The two daikaiju films were written, produced and directed by Shinpei Hayashiya.

The KAIJU CLASH DOUBLE FEATURE: REIGO AND RAIGA Blu-ray will be released November 10 by SRS Cinema and MVD Entertainment. The movies are presented in the original Japanese with English subtitles. The suggested retail price is $19.95.
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The original ULTRAMAN series has undergone the “HD Remaster 3.0” process for a new Japanese Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions.
©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

Source: Tsuburaya Productions press release
Official Site: m-78.jp/movie-nex/man (Japan)

Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and photos for ULTRAMAN 55TH ANNIVERSARY ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES: ULTRAMAN MovieNEX Release (ウルトラマン55周年記念ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES『ウルトラマン』MovieNEX発売, Urutoraman 55 Shūnenkinen ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES “Urutoraman” MovieNEX Hatsuba), a deluxe Blu-ray box set which will be available in Japan on November 25.
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Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release
Special Thanks to James Flower and Clint Weiler

Image courtesy of MVD Entertainment. Toei Co., Ltd.

Arrow Video US and MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the new Blu-ray of Sogo Ishii’s BURST CITY (爆裂都市 BURST CITY, Bakuretsu Toshi Bāsuto Shiti, 1982). The movie is an explosive Molotov cocktail of dystopian sci-fi, Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and riotous performances from members of the real-life Japanese punk bands The Stalin, The Roosters, The Rockers and INU. In a derelict industrial wasteland somewhere on the outskirts of Tokyo, two rival punk bands and their unruly mobs of fans gather for a Battle of the Bands-style protest against the construction of a nuclear power plant, bringing them head to head with the yakuza industrialists behind the development of their turf.
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BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL Available January 19th
Source: Section23 Films press release
Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff

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

Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its January slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks action-packed assassin anime BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, available on Blu-ray January 19th.
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Ultraman is coming to Shout! Factory TV in November. Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

Source: Shout! Factory press release
Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan

Following an exclusive North American streaming acquisition from Mill Creek Entertainment and Indigo Entertainment earlier this year, Shout! Factory TV will release its first collection of films and series from Tsuburaya Productions’ iconic Ultraman library November 1 on both Shout! Factory TV platforms and Shout’s Tokusatsu channel TokuSHOUTsu, available on Pluto TV.
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Arrow will be reissuing the Gamera Blu-rays in two box sets and a SteelBook. Photos courtesy of Arrow Films. © KADOKAWA

Source: Arrow Films, MVD Entertainment Group
Special Thanks to James Flower and Clint Weiler

In August, Arrow Films released GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, a deluxe Blu-ray box set of the entire Gamera movie series. The limited edition set quickly sold out so Arrow will be reissuing the discs in two standard box sets and a special edition SteelBook.
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Tsuburaya Productions’ ULTRAMAN TARO us coming to North America for the first time in new Blu-ray sets from Mill Creek.
Photos courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

The sixth classic ULTRAMAN series gets its North American, high-definition debut!
Source: Mill Creek Entertainment
Special Thanks to Barrett Evans, Jeff Hayne and J.W. Starrett

Minneapolis, MN (October 22, 2020) Mill Creek Entertainment is pleased to announce the next release from the Ultraman superhero library! ULTRAMAN TARO (ウルトラマンタロウ, Urutoraman Tarō) will arrive on Blu-ray as both a special edition SteelBook® for $55.99 and in standard packaging for $45.99 on January 12, 2021. This release denotes the North American debut of the series, which has never been broadcast on TV or available on any home entertainment format.
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Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release
Special Thanks to Clint Weiler

Blu-ray cover art, courtesy of MVD Entertainment. Napalm Films

A relentless one-of-a-kind sensory assault chock-full of hyper-kinetic fight scenes, gangster shootouts, sword-slashing violence and gory zombie horror, VERSUS (-ヴァーサス-, Vāsasu, 2000) was a key title amongst the barrage of innovative horror and action movies that appeared as if from nowhere from Japan at the turn of the millennium, leading to a new wave of appreciation for Asian extreme cinema.

A mysterious face-off in a wooded clearing between two escaped convicts and a carload of sharply dressed yakuza holding a beautiful woman captive ends in hails of bullets and showers of blood. The location for this violent encounter is the mythic Forest of Resurrection, the site of the 444th portal of the 666 hidden gates that link this earthly domain to the netherworld – and it didn’t get this name for nothing. As one of the surviving prisoners escapes with the girl into the darkness of the forest, disgruntled gangsters soon become the least of their worries as an earlier battle between a lone warrior against hordes of zombie samurai is carried over from a millennium ago into the present day.
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Source: Sentai press release

©Shinya Murata・Kazasa Sumida・HERO’S/Killing Bites
Production Committee

Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to anime series KILLING BITES (キリングバイツ, Kiringu Baitsu, 2018), based on the manga of the same name, for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Mexico.

By the time Yuya Nomoto discovers his so-called friends have duped him into a clandestine plot to kidnap a high school girl, they’re already dead. Things go from bad to worse as Yuya is dragged into a cutthroat world of underground bloodsport known as Killing Bites, where Therianthropes — brutal gene-edited killing machines — fight to the death for rival, power-hungry forces who manipulate society from the shadows.
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TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA comes to 4K Ultra Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD in November.
Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. ©2020 Next Entertainment World & RedPeter Films

Bonus Features Include a Making-Of Featurette, Interviews with Cast & Crew and an All-New English Dub!
Source: Well Go USA, ddPR
Official Site: traintobusanpeninsula.com
Special Thanks to Leif Helland

Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in TRAIN TO BUSAN (부산행, Busanhaeng, 2016), the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings fans TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA (반도, Bando, 2020), the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world, available early on Digital October 27 in time for Halloween or on 4K Ultra Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD November 24 from Well Go USA Entertainment.
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Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group press release
Special Thanks to James Flower and Clint Weiler

Blu-ray cover art, courtesy of MVD Entertainment. Toei Co., Ltd.

BURST CITY (爆裂都市 BURST CITY, Bakuretsu Toshi Bāsuto Shiti, 1982) is an explosive Molotov cocktail of dystopian sci-fi, Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and riotous performances from members of the real-life Japanese punk bands The Stalin, The Roosters, The Rockers and INU. In a derelict industrial wasteland somewhere on the outskirts of Tokyo, two rival punk bands and their unruly mobs of fans gather for a Battle of the Bands-style protest against the construction of a nuclear power plant, bringing them head to head with the yakuza industrialists behind the development of their turf.

This extraordinary celebration of Japan’s punk music scene of the early 1980s thrust Sōgo Ishii (now known by the name of Gakuryū Ishii) to the next level and is regularly cited as an early landmark in Japanese cyberpunk cinema.
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Ⓒ沙村広明・講談社／「無限の住人-IMMORTAL-」製作委員会

Source: Sentai Filmworks press release

Sentai has announced that it acquired distribution rights to BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (無限の住人-IMMORTAL-, Mugen no Jūnin: Immortal, 2019-20), the anime series based on the manga of the same name, for audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand together with Latin America and Nordic countries.
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MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING is coming to home video from Funimation. Photo courtesy of Funimation. © 2019 “My Hero Accademia THE MOVIE” Project
© Kohei Horikoshi / Shueisha

Get Funimation’s Exclusive 25th Anniversary Silver Chrome All Might Funko POP! with Purchase in the Funimation Shop
Source: Funimation press release
Official Movie Site: heroaca-movie.com (Japan), funimationfilms.com/myheroacademia (US)
Special Thanks to Jamie Falkowitz-Tancredi

Funimation is releasing the MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING (僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE　ヒーローズ：ライジング, Boku no Hīrō Akademia THE MOVI Hīrōzu: Raijingu, 2019) movie bundle that includes the Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital download including SUB and DUB, available October 27 in the Funimation Shop and select retailers. Released in theaters earlier this year, MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING delighted audiences and earned over $13 million at the box office making it the #8 highest-grossing anime films of all time in the U.S. Now fans can own the hit film!
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Source: MVD Entertainment Group
Special Thanks to Clint Weiler

ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER DVD cover art, courtesy
of MVD Ent. © 2019 Attack of the Giant Teacher Film
Partners

SRS Cinema and distributor MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the new DVD edition of the independent kaiju comedy ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER (アタック・オブ・ザ・ジャイアントティーチャー, Atakku Obu Za Jaianto Tīchā, 2019) from director Yoshikazu Ishii (ULTRAMAN GINGA).

Kenzo Miyazawa is an earnest teacher who works at a night high school. His class is filled with unique and slightly odd students. Suddenly, the night school witnesses a drop in student numbers and has no choice but to shut down by the end of the year. Mr. Miyazawa’s class decides to create a musical for the school’s last festival. Then, an alien beast invades Earth and begins destroying the town. Mr. Miyazawa challenges the alien beast to a fight.
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The 1984 Korean movie THE FLYING MONSTER is coming to home media in North America from SRS Cinema.

Source: SRS Cinema LLC
Special Thanks to Avery Guerra

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Distributor SRS Cinema has licensed North American home media rights an obscure 1984 Korean movie from director Jeong-yong Kim (BRUCE LEE’S WAYS OF KUNG FU, DRAGON AGAINST VAMPIRE, FIST OF GOLDEN MONKEY). Never before released in America, the film was screened in its native country as THE UNDEAD BEAST (비천괴수, Bicheongoesu) but is better known as THE FLYING MONSTER (飛天怪獸), the international title used for its release in Japan and other Asian markets. The independent production was a combination of new scenes shot in Korea with local actors, and monster footage lifted from Tsuburaya Productions’ 1971 television series, RETURN OF ULTRAMAN (帰ってきたウルトラマン, Kaettekita Urutoraman).
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Source: Third Window Films press release
Special Thanks to Adam Torel

Slipcase art by Ian McEwan. Photo courtesy of Third Window
Films. ©1999 SEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.

UK distributor Third Window Films is pleased to announce Europe’s first Blu-ray and the UK’s first release of Shinya Tsukamoto’s GEMINI (双生児, Sōseiji, 1999). Adapting the Edogawa Rampo short story The Twins, Shinya Tsukamoto’s (TETSUO, TOKYO FIST) modernist Meiji horror represents the director’s first foray into period films and fleshes out Rampo’s original tale of savage sibling rivalry considerably.

Yukio (Masahiro Motoki) is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and a beautiful wife. His only problem is that his wife is suffering from amnesia, and her past is unknown. Things begin to fall apart, however, when both his parents die suddenly, killed by a mysterious stranger with Yukio’s face. Only when Yukio confronts this stranger will the mystery of his identity, and his wife’s past, be revealed.
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Source: Shout! Factory press release
Official Site: lupin-3rd-movie.com (Japan), gkids.com/films/lupin-the-3rd-the-first (US)
Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan

Image courtesy of Shout! Factory. © Monkey Punch
/ 2019 LUPIN THE 3RD Film Partners

One of the most influential characters in anime returns with a new adventure. The exciting new film LUPIN III: THE FIRST (ルパン三世　THE FIRST, Rupan Sansei THE FIRST) makes its way to home entertainment this winter following a North American theatrical run. Introducing the beloved characters in CG animation for the first time, the film will be released on digital download-to-own on December 15, 2020 and on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack, as a standalone DVD, and as a SteelBook edition of the Blu-ray combo on January 12, 2021 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory.

This release will be presented in both the original Japanese version and a new English dubbed version, featuring the return of the beloved English cast that has voiced previous Lupin films and series. Bonus features exclusive to the Blu-ray include interviews with director Takashi Yamazaki and the Japanese voice cast, and much more. The SteelBook edition also includes a beautiful, 16-page booklet featuring character concept art. Fans who order their Blu-ray + DVD combo pack or SteelBook copies from shoutfactory.com will receive an exclusive 18×24” lithograph, while supplies last.
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Author: Keith Aiken
Source: Tsuburaya Productions
Official Site: ani.tv/ultraman_z, m-78.jp/z (Japan)
Official Twitter: twitter.com/ultraman_series

Blu-ray Box I art, courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions.
©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN Z PRODUCTION
CONSORTIUM・TV TOKYO

Tsuburaya Productions’ latest Ultraman show, ULTRAMAN Z (ZETT) 『ウルトラマンＺ(ゼット), Urutoraman Z (Zetto)』, will be released on Japanese home video early next year. ULTRAMAN Z Blu-ray Box I [『ウルトラマンＺ』Blu-ray BOX I], containing Episodes 1-13 of the series plus a Special Disc of exclusive bonus features, will be available on January 27, 2021. Among the extras are a ‘Making Of’ featurette, episode commentaries and a 24 page, full color booklet featuring cast and crew interviews and details on the show’s production.
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The 2014 heartfelt, coming-of-age series receives a stunning new home video release as a complete Blu-ray set!
Source: AniplexUSA press release
Official Site: kimiuso.jp (Japan), yourlieinapril.com (US)
Special Thanks to Aiko Makino

Image courtesy of Aniplex of America. ©Naoshi Arakawa,
Kodansha/Your lie in April Committee

Aniplex of America is thrilled to announce the Your lie in April (四月は君の嘘, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, 2014-15) Complete Blu-ray Set arriving just in time for the holiday season on December 22, 2020. For the first time ever, fans can now own all twenty-two episodes of the heartwarming series in six Blu-ray discs, housed in a beautiful box featuring illustration by character designer Yukiko Aikei. The Blu-ray set includes thirteen collectible illustration cards, plus audio commentary by the English cast and director (Episode 1 and 22), English bloopers, the English trailer, as well as textless openings and endings.

(SWORD ART ONLINE, BLUE EXORCIST). Directed by Kyohei Ishiguro (OCCULTIC;NINE) with series composition and screenplay by Takao Yoshioka (WAGNARIA!!), the series features music by renowned composer Masaru Yokoyama (FATE/APOCRYPHA, FRUITS BASKET) and character design by Yukiko Aikei (ACCEL WORLD).
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Source: Mill Creek Entertainment
Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and Noah Sawyer

Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS
© Ultraman R/B Production Committee ・ TV Tokyo

Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new ULTRAMAN R/B Blu-ray + Digital set. The set includes Tsuburaya Productions’ 25-episode series ULTRAMAN R/B (RUEBE) [ウルトラマンＲ／Ｂ(ルーブ), Urutoraman R/B (Ruubu), 2018] and the 2015 feature film ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE: SELECT! THE CRYSTAL OF BOND (劇場版ウルトラマンＲ／Ｂ　セレクト！絆のクリスタル, Gekijō-ban Urutoraman R/B Serekuto! Kizuna no Kurisutaru). Both ULTRAMAN R/B and ULTRAMAN R/B THE MOVIE are presented with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles.

ULTRAMAN R/B will be available on Blu-ray + Digital (SRP: $49.99) on Tuesday, October 13. Mill Creek’s Ultraman titles can be ordered from UltramanOnAmazon as well as other retailers (both online and in stores).
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Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group
Special Thanks to Clint Weiler

Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © KADOKAWA

Arrow Video US and MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the new Blu-ray of Koji Shima’s WARNING FROM SPACE (宇宙人東京に現わる, Uchūjin Tokyo ni Arawaru, 1956), the first Japanese science fiction film to be made in color. The movie features eye-popping special effects from the same team at Daiei Studios that would bring Gamera to life a decade later.

As Japan is rocked by mysterious sightings of UFOs over Tokyo and large one-eyed aliens attempting contact, scientists collaborate to investigate the unexpected rise in extraterrestrial activity. Unbeknownst to them, one of the aliens has already assumed human form and is about to deliver a very important message… that could be humanity’s last hope for survival.
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“Welcome to the Clock Tower, the mystery-filled mecca for mages.”
Source: AniplexUSA press release
Official Site: anime.elmelloi.com (Japan), elmelloi-anime.com (US)
Special Thanks to Aiko Makino

Image courtesy of Aniplex of America. ©Makoto Sanda,
TYPE-MOON / LEMPC

Aniplex of America announced today that the LORD EL-MELLOI II’S CASE FILES {RAIL ZEPPELIN} GRACE NOTE (ロード・エルメロイⅡ世の事件簿 -魔眼蒐集列車 Grace note-, Rōdo Erumeroi Nisei no Jikenbo -Magan shūshū ressha Grace note-, 2019) anime series is coming to home video as a Complete Blu-ray Box Set! This set features all fourteen episodes with both Japanese and English audio, housed in a special package illustrated by Character Designer Jun Nakai. along with a myriad of bonus content including textless opening and ending, PV collections, web previews, as well as an exclusive special booklet.

The box set includes a brand new English dub featuring an all-star cast led by Lucien Dodge (FATE/ZERO, GOD EATER ) as Lord El-Melloi II and Kayli Mills (SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION, March comes in like a lion) as Lord El Melloi II’s dependable apprentice, Gray. Allegra Clark (SWORD ART ONLINE ALTERNATIVE: GUN GALE ONLINE, FATE/APOCRYPHA) joins the cast as Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, alongside Greg Chun (DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA, SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION WAR OF UNDERWORLD) as the Mystic Code, Add. Christian La Monte (CELLS AT WORK!, MAGIA RECORD: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA SIDE STORY) serves as English ADR Director for the series with Erica Mendez (I want to eat your pancreas, FATE/APOCRYPHA) as the ADR Script Writer.
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Photo courtesy of Third Window Films.

Source: Third Window Films press release
Special Thanks to Adam Torel

UK distributor Third Window Films is pleased to announce the world’s first Blu-ray release of THE TASTE OF TEA (茶の味, Cha no Aji, 2004). Filmmaker Katsuhito Ishii takes a break from the post-Tarantino excess of such highly-stylized outings as SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL for this low-key look at an eccentric family residing in a quiet countryside town just north of Tokyo.
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Source: Sentai Filmworks press release

© Koi ・ Houbunsha/ Gochiusa Partners

Sentai has acquired rights to IS THE ORDER A RABBIT? BLOOM, the third season of the delightfully energetic slice-of-life anime series IS THE ORDER A RABBIT? (ご注文はうさぎですか? BLOOM, Go Chūmon wa UsagiDesu Ka? BLOOM, 2020), for audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, South Africa, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

The colorful cast of Is the Order a Rabbit? is back to charm audiences as they beam cuteness, coffee and bunnies galore! Adapted from the four-panel manga series of the same name, IS THE ORDER A RABBIT? BLOOM finds Cocoa, Chino, Rize, Chiya, Tippy and all your Rabbit House favorites weathering the transition between summer and autumn as they serve up more of the adorable antics and cute capers that made their earlier adventures so beloved. Whether at school or at their usual hangout spot, the regulars of the Rabbit Café are sure to delight audiences in IS THE ORDER A RABBIT? BLOOM!
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Source: Well Go USA, ddPR
Special Thanks to Leif Helland

Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment.

Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the pulse-pounding action-adventure epic INVINCIBLE DRAGON, starring China’s next-level action superstar Max Zhang (IP MAN 3, MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY). Director Fruit Chan (THE MIDNIGHT AFTER) assembled a dynamic supporting cast, including champion UFC fighter Anderson Silva (NEVER SURRENDER, TAPPED OUT), Kevin Cheng (MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY) and Stephy Tang (THE EMPTY HANDS) for Zhang, who portrays a brilliant but trigger-happy detective who pays a high price when he is outsmarted by a vicious serial killer.

INVINCIBLE DRAGON debuts on Blu-ray (SLP: $29.98), Digital and DVD (SLP: $24.98) October 6 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is presented in the original Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles, has a runtime of approximately 99 minutes and is not rated.
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Source: SRS Cinema LLC press release
Official Site: sagirinokuni.com (Japan)
Special Thanks to Avery Guerra

Image courtesy of SRS Cinema. ©LosGatos Works

SRS is proud to announce the latest Kaiju addition to their growing line, Daisuke Sato’s beautiful and amazing HOWL FROM BEYOND THE FOG (狭霧の國, Sagiri no Kuni, 2020).

Set in Kyushu during the Meiji era, a blind girl, named Takiri, and the blind monster from a nearby lake, named Nebula, fight against greedy developers who threaten to take over her family’s land. Using an all puppet human cast and a fantastic monster suit, it offers a new aesthetic in the world of kaiju films.

Limited edition pre-sales have started with copies expected to ship by late November. Only 1000 will be sold on Blu-ray, which will include reversible artwork featuring both pieces of the artwork from Tomoaki Matsumoto and Matt Frank, a 35 min making of and is region free. In addition, there is a limited edition run of 50 VHS.

The first 200 copies sold, in all formats, will get a free 11×17 mini poster.
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Source: Mill Creek Entertainment
Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and Noah Sawyer

Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©2013-15 TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new ULTRAMAN GINGA + ULTRAMAN GINGA S Blu-ray + Digital set. The set includes Tsuburaya Productions’ 12-episode series ULTRAMAN GINGA (ウルトラマンギンガ, Urutoraman Ginga, 2013), the 16-episode sequel series, ULTRAMAN GINGA S (ウルトラマンギンガＳ, Urutoraman Ginga S, 2014), the feature film ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE: SHOWDOWN! THE 10 ULTRA WARRIORS! (劇場版 ウルトラマンギンガＳ 決戦! ウルトラ10勇士!!, Gekijō-ban Urutoraman Ginga S Kessen! Urutora 10 Yuushi!!, 2015) and the special ULTRA FIGHT VICTORY (ウルトラファイトオーブ 親子の力、おかりします！, Urutorafaito Ōbu Oyako no Chikara, Okari Shimasu!, 2015). The two series are presented in Japanese with English subtitles while ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE and ULTRA FIGHT VICTORY come with both the original Japanese audio and an English dub.
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