Photos courtesy of Shout! Factory. ⒸSuperhero Project ⒸIshimori Pro ・ TV Asahi ・ ADK EM ・ Toei

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

In celebration of the landmark series’ 50th anniversary, Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company, and Toei Company, Ltd. today announced an exclusive deal to distribute the Kamen Rider series ZERO-ONE and RYUKI in North America. The multi-year alliance provides Shout! Factory and its streaming service, Shout! Factory TV, with exclusive TVOD, EST, SVOD, AVOD, and FAST rights in the U.S. and Canada to both series, and physical home entertainment rights to ZERO-ONE.
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Source: Error_4444 press release
Special Thanks to Logan H

Blu-ray cover art, courtesy of Error_4444.

The new home video company Error_4444 presents their first Collector’s Edition Blu-ray… ANATOMIA EXTINCTION (限界人口係数, Genkai Jinkō Keisū, 1995), the first movie by splatter movie director Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE, VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL). Pre-orders went live today at error4444.bigcartel.com/product/anatomia-extinction.

A man stands out from the crowd with his bleached blonde hair and disdain for the overflow of humans in Tokyo. Physically sick and tired of being surrounded, the man’s only respite is the warm embrace of a sex worker. However, when the man is targeted by a serial killer known as “the engineer,” he’s given a choice — die by his hand or join him in murdering every last one of the humans he can’t stand.
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Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. Ⓒ2021 “Suicide Village Forest” Film Partners

Source: Toei Co., Ltd.
Official Site: jukaimura-movie.com (Japan)

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Toei has provided information and high-res photos from the new horror thriller SUICIDE FOREST VILLAGE (樹海村, Jukai-Mura). The film is the second entry in Toei’s “Fear Village” series, which kicked off with the hit HOWLING VILLAGE (犬鳴村, Inunaki Mura) in February 2020.
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SUPER SENTAI MOVIE RANGER 2021 will feature three Super Sentai films. Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. ©Superhero Project ©TV Asahi · Toei AG · Toei

Source: Toei Co., Ltd.
Official Site: movie-ranger.com (Japan)
Special Thanks to Alicia Ashby

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Toei Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with a gallery of photos from SUPER SENTAI MOVIE RANGER 2021 (スーパー戦隊MOVIEレンジャー2021, Sūpā Sentai Mūbī Renjā 2021), the latest entry in their “Super Sentai Movie Party” series. The film was released in Japanese theaters on February 20, 2021.
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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. © KADOKAWA

Arrow Video US and MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the new Blu-ray double feature of THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS (透明人間現わる, Tōmei Ningen Arawaru, 1949) and THE INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN FLY (透明人間と蝿男, Tōmei Ningen to Hae Otoko, 1957). Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells’ classic character (though undoubtedly also indebted to Universal’s iconic film series) are two of the earliest examples of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera.

THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS /THE INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN FLY Blu-ray Double Feature will be released March 16 by Arrow Video US. The movies feature a High Definition (1080p) presentation with the original Japanese versions with optional English subtitles. Extras include a newly filmed interview with critic and genre scholar Kim Newman on the history of the “Invisible Man” in cinema, THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS trailer, image galleries for both films, and a reversible sleeve featuring newly-commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys. This first pressing also comes with an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Keith Allison, Hayley Scanlon and Tom Vincent.
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A classic tokusatsu hero returns in PLANET PRINCE 2021. © 2021 “Planet Prince 2021” Production Committee.

Source: Avery Guerra and Minoru Kawasaki
Official Twitter: @yousayouji2021 @yousayouji2021
Translation: Benjamin Chaffins

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

The classic special effects TV series PLANET PRINCE (遊星王子, Yūsei Ōji) aired on the NTV (Nippon Television) network from November 4, 1958 to October 6, 1959. Now, a remake of PLANET PRINCE is being developed.
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SUPER SENTAI MOVIE RANGER 2021 will feature three Super Sentai films. Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. ©Superhero Project ©TV Asahi · Toei AG · Toei

Source: Toei Co., Ltd.
Official Site: TBA (Japan)

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Toei Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with promotional art and information for SUPER SENTAI MOVIE RANGER 2021 (スーパー戦隊MOVIEレンジャー2021, Sūpā Sentai Mūbī Renjā 2021), the next entry in their “Super Sentai Movie Party” series. The film will be released in Japanese theaters in February 2021.
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Source: Arrow Films, MVD Entertainment Group
Special Thanks to James Flower and Clint Weiler

Blu-ray cover art, courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © KADOKAWA

In March 2021, Arrow Video will release a Blu-ray double feature of THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS (透明人間現わる, Tōmei Ningen Arawaru, 1949) and THE INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN FLY (透明人間と蝿男, Tōmei Ningen to Hae Otoko, 1957). Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells’ classic character (though undoubtedly also indebted to Universal’s iconic film series) are two of the earliest examples of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera.

In THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel. In addition to being the earliest surviving Japanese science fiction film ever made, the film’s entertaining special effects were an early credit for the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya (ULTRAMAN), five years before he first brought Godzilla to life.

Eight years later, Mitsuo Murayama’s exciting THE INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN FLY tells the story of a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime.
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Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. Ⓒ2020 Superhero Project ⒸIshimori Pro ・ TV Asahi ・ ADK EM ・ Toei

Source: Toei Co., Ltd.
Official Site: kamenrider-winter.com (Japan)

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Toei Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with thirty-one large, high-res photos from their upcoming Kamen Rider theatrical double feature winter event of KAMEN RIDER SABER THE MOVIE: PHOENIX SAMURAI AND THE BOOK OF RUIN (劇場短編 仮面ライダーセイバー 不死鳥の剣士と破滅の本, Gekijō-tanpen Kamen Raidā Seibā Fushichō no Kenshi to Hametsu no Hon) and KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE THE MOVIE: REAL × TIME (劇場版 仮面ライダーゼロワン REAL×TIME, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Zero Wan REAL×TIME). The movies are scheduled for release in Japanese cinemas this December 18th.
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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. Napalm Films

Arrow Video US and MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the new Blu-ray of Ryûhei Kitamura’s VERSUS (-ヴァーサス-, Vāsasu, 2000). 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 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.

The VERSUS Blu-ray will be released December 8 by Arrow Video US. The set features new High Definition (1080p) presentations of both versions of the film: the original 2000 cut and 2004’s ULTIMATE VERSUS, featuring over 10 minutes of new and revised footage.
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Toei has released new promotional artwork for their KAMEN RIDER SABER THE MOVIE/ KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE THE MOVIE double feature.
Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. Ⓒ2020 Superhero Project ⒸIshimori Pro ・ TV Asahi ・ ADK EM ・ Toei

Source: Toei Co., Ltd.
Official Site: kamenrider-winter.com (Japan)

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Toei Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with large, high-res images of the new promotional artwork for their upcoming Kamen Rider theatrical double feature winter event of KAMEN RIDER SABER THE MOVIE: PHOENIX SAMURAI AND THE BOOK OF RUIN and KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE THE MOVIE: REAL × TIME.
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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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Source: BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles (Bluefin) press release
Official Site: tamashiination2020.tamashiinations.com
Special Thanks to Scott Barretto

Photo courtesy of Bandai.

Bandai Spirits issued a press release last night announcing its TAMASHI NATIONS 2020 virtual festival. With the theme “Figure Museum,” TAMASHII NATIONS 2020 will take place November 6-8, 2020 (JST).and feature close to 1,000 figures and robots from top franchises including Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Dragon Ball, Gundam and Demon Slayer.

The event website offers a VR Exhibition Hall, which provides a 360 degree view of all the figure and robot exhibitions, a hi-resolution photo gallery and an assortment of exclusive content planned throughout the festival, including a special introduction “Jujutsu Kaisen” and new product from series with guest voice actor Tyunya Enoki, who plays the main character Yuji Itadori.
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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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Source: TOKU press release
Special Thanks to Jesús Piñango

Image courtesy of TOKU. © Ishimori Pro ・ Toei

TOKU, the 24/7 live and on-demand television network dedicated to eye-catching anime, popular live-action titles, cult classics, fan-favorite Asian movies and series subtitled and dubbed into English, premieres on November 3rd at 7:30 pm KAMEN RIDER AGITO (仮面ライダーアギト, Kamen Raidā Agito), which is considered to be the 30th anniversary creation of the Kamen Rider series.

The 51 episodes (30 mins each) TV series was a co-production deal between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and aired on TV Asahi in 2001 as the eleventh season of the popular Kamen Rider franchise. However, according to a comment made by producer Schinichiro Shiracura from TV-Asahi on Agito production website: “It is not a sequel to KUUGA, so take to the show with that in mind.”
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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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Photo courtesy of Toei Co., Ltd. ©”Kamen Rider Saber ・ Kamen Rider Zero-One” Movie Production Committee ⒸIshimori Pro ・ TV Asahi ・ ADK EM ・ Toei
Ⓒ2020 TV Asahi ・ Toei AG ・ Toei

Source: Toei Co., Ltd.
Official Site: kamenrider-winter.com (Japan)

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Toei Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with large, high-res images of the promotional artwork for their upcoming Kamen Rider theatrical double feature. KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE THE MOVIE (劇場版 仮面ライダーゼロワン, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Zero Wan) was originally scheduled for July 23rd, paired with MAJIN SENTAI KIRAMAGER THE MOVIE (魔進戦隊キラメイジャー THE MOVIE, Mashin Sentai Kirameijā THE MOVIE), but the release was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ZERO-ONE will now be partnered with KAMEN RIDER SABER THE MOVIE (劇場版 仮面ライダーセイバー, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Seibā), the film version of the latest Kamen Rider television series, for a winter movie event.
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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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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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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: 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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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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Logo courtesy of Steve Ryfle. © 2020 KAIJU MASTERCLASS

Source: KAIJU MASTERCLASS press release
Special Thanks to Steve Ryfle

Announcing KAIJU MASTERCLASS, a three-day online convention with guest lineup featuring composer Bear McCreary (THE WALKING DEAD, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS), director Shinji Higuchi (SHIN GODZILLA, ATTACK ON TITAN), composer David Arnold (the JAMES BOND franchise, GODZILLA 1998), director Shusuke Kaneko (GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH, DEATH NOTE), composer Michiru Oshima (GODZILLA: TOKYO SOS), and long list of genre creators and scholars.
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The “Drive-In Super Monster-Rama”lineup.

Source: Avery Guerra
Official Site: riversidedrivein.com/special-events

This September, the Riverside Drive In Theatre in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania will host the “Drive-In Super Monster-Rama” featuring cult classics like KING KONG VS GODZILLA, KING KONG ESCAPES, MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND and THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK.
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Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release
Official Site: traintobusanpeninsula.com
Special Thanks to Karen Tran Wood and Katie Jo Ash

US poster, courtesy of Well Go USA. ©2020 Next
Entertainment World & RedPeter Films

The Korean zombie film TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA (반도, Bando, 2020) will open in US theaters August 21st from distributor Well Go USA.

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 us PENINSULA, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. 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.
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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. © KADOKAWA

The first Japanese science fiction film to be made in color, Koji Shima’s WARNING FROM SPACE (宇宙人東京に現わる, Uchūjin Tokyo ni Arawaru, 1956) 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.

With a witty script by Hideo Oguni (screenwriter of several Akira Kurosawa classics including SEVEN SAMURAI) and iconic starfish-like aliens designed by avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, the original Japanese version of WARNING FROM SPACE finally makes its official English-language video debut.
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Source: Benjamin Chaffins press release

Japanese sci-fi fans can now preorder Discovering Tokusatsu,
a new book of interviews by Benjamin Chaffins. Image
courtesy of Benjamin Chaffins.

SciFi Japan contributor Benjamin Chaffins’ first book, Discovering Tokusatsu: Interviews With The Makers of Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, And Other Kaiju Eiga is now available for preorder at amazon.com.

The book contains interviews with Yoko Higuchi on SHIN GODZILLA; Xavier Frazier, Alan Maxson, TJ Storm, Jason Liles and Richard Dorton on GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019); Norman England on GAMERA 3: THE REVENGE OF IRIS and the Millennium Godzilla series; Shinpei Hayashiya on the fan film GAMERA 4: TRUTH; Peter Hayes Brothers on his books; Daisuke Sato on HOWL FROM BEYOND THE FOG, Hiroto Yokokawa on NEZURA 1964; Akira Ohashi on GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF LEGION and GAMERA 3; John LeMay on his books; Yuichi Kikuchi on ULTRAMAN: THE NEXT and ULTRAMAN NEXUS (an exclusive to the book); Shizuo Nakajima on THE LEGENDARY WOLFMAN VS. GODZILLA; Minoru Kawasaki on THREE GIANT MONSTERS GOURMET: MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS; and Yoshikazu Ishii on ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER, ULTRAMAN MAX, ULTRAMAN SAGA, ULTRAMAN MEBIUS, ULTRAMAN GINGA/GINGA S, ULTRA ZERO FIGHT and more. 128 pages total, Ben’s book covers details about each film and television show and explains how these interviews came to be.
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Wraparound cover design for Discovering Tokusatsu, a new book of interviews by Benjamin Chaffins. Image courtesy of Benjamin Chaffins.

Source: Benjamin Chaffins

SciFi Japan contributor Benjamin Chaffins is preparing to release his first book, Discovering Tokusatsu: Interviews With The Makers of Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, And Other Kaiju Eiga. The PDF will be submitted to Amazon self-publishing (KDP) on July 27th for an August 2020 release.
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Source: Avery Guerra
Official Site: mahoningdit.com

SCHLOCK-O-RAMA IV. Image courtesy of Avery Guerra.

The Mahoning Drive-In Theater in Lehighton, PA is sure to delight monster and sci-fi movies fans with great events this July and August.

First up is SCHLOCK-O-RAMA IV, a 10 film event the kicks off Friday, July 24 and features such greats as KING KONG VS GODZILLA, VALLEY OF GWANGI, FORBIDDEN PLANET, WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS and BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS.

Then on Tuesday, August 4, the Toho classic DESTROY ALL MONSTERS will be screened in 35mm.
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