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    Win the ULTRAMAN USA (ULTRAMAN: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS All Rights Reserved.

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    Win the ULTRAMAN USA (ULTRAMAN: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS All Rights Reserved. Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Spencer Kopp Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS All Rights Reserved. Mill Creek Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new ULTRAMAN USA (ULTRAMAN: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS) Blu-ray. This 1987 film was a co-production between Tsuburaya Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc., the American studio behind such world famous cartoon properties as the Flintstones, the Jetsons, and Scooby Doo. The Blu-ray includes both the American and Japanese versions of the movie with a brand-new English dub by Okratron 5000, The ULTRAMAN USA (ULTRAMAN: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS) Blu-ray will be released July 1st and has a SRP of $29.98. It can be ordered from Amazon, Deep Discount and other retailers now. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION

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    Image courtesy of TMS Entertainment and Wright Film. © Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved. © TMS All Rights Reserved. Source: TMS Entertainment, Wright Film Co. Official Site: https://www.lupin-3rd.net/zenigata-twolupins/ (Japan)Official X: https://x.com/lupin_anime  Photo courtesy of TMS Entertainment and Wright Film. © Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved. © TMS All Rights Reserved. With LUPIN THE IIIRD: ZENIGATA AND THE TWO LUPINS (LUPIN THE IIIRD 銭形と2人のルパン, LUPIN THE IIIRD Zenigata to 2-ri no Rupan) now streaming on Prime Video and other services in Japan, TMS Entertainment and Wright Film have provided a new update for the short action movie starring Inspector Zenigata. ZENIGATA AND THE TWO LUPINS is the prequel to the feature film, LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE: THE IMMORTAL BLOODLINE (LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE 不死身の血族, LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE Fujimi no Ketsuzoku), which is coming to the theaters across Japan on June 27th.   ■

    Cover design by Nicky Lim for the GODZILLA MINUS ONE English novelization, which will be released by publisher Seven Seas in September. Photo courtesy of Seven Seas Entertainment. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Cover design by Nicky Lim for the GODZILLA MINUS ONE English novelization, which will be released by publisher Seven Seas in September. Photo courtesy of Seven Seas Entertainment. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Inc.,Special Thanks to Lauren Hill and Ryley Moore Seven Seas Entertainment has provided SciFi Japan with the front and back cover art for their English language version of the novelization of GODZILLA MINUS ONE (ゴジラ-1.0/ゴジラマイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan) written by the film's director, Takashi Yamazaki. Translated by Evan Ward, the book will be released September 2, 2025 in a paperback edition ($15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN) and on digital, with pre-orders now available from retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Walmart. In postwar Japan, the kaiju of legend has become more powerful and fearsome. Can a country in shambles withstand the might of Godzilla? After failing

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    Source: Crunchyroll press release There are only a few more weeks left of the spring anime season, and things are about to heat up when Crunchyroll kicks off the summer with more than 40 new and returning series premiering in July, with new episodes simulcast every week from Japan.   CRUNCHYROLL SUMMER 2025 ANIME CALENDAR [US/CAN] JUNE 28    Image courtesy of Crunchyroll. TAKOPI’S ORIGINAL SIN (ENISHIYA) Six-episode limited series A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets. (Official Trailer)                     

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    Marvel’s Halloween Trick-Or-Read returns for another year of fun giveaway comics at your local comic shop!Source: Marvel EntertainmentSpecial Thanks to Anthony Blackwood   Photo courtesy of Marvel. © 2025 MARVEL. GODZILLA TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. This October, Marvel Trick-Or-Read, the program that gives comic shops the opportunity to hand out recent hit comics to visitors during the Halloween season, returns for another year! In the same spirit as Free Comic Book Day, Trick-Or-Read is the perfect way to grab new readers, providing exciting entry points into the Marvel Universe and spotlighting the most popular heroes of today. From the start of Godzilla’s pop culture-shattering battle with the Marvel Universe to historic issues and Marvel Animation tie-in comics, this year’s Trick-Or-Read reprints offer something for everyone, including younger audiences. Inquire with your local comic shop regarding availability for these TRICK-OR-READ titles this Halloween

    Sydney Chandler (ALIEN: EARTH) and Takehiro Hira (SHŌGUN, MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS) will star in the new film ANIMA. Photos courtesy of Lon Haber & Co | IPPR.

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    Sydney Chandler (ALIEN: EARTH) and Takehiro Hira (SHŌGUN, MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS) will star in the new film ANIMA. Photos courtesy of Lon Haber & Co | IPPR. A spellbinding, soulful, comedic story about mortality, memory, and what we leave behind, Anima asks: if we could preserve the mind—should we? Source: Kebrado and Fieldhouse Pictures press releaseSpecial Thanks to Lon Harber Kebrado and Kimberly Atwood’s Fieldhouse Pictures announce ANIMA, a bold new comedy-drama with a sci-fi edge starring Sydney Chandler (ALIEN: EARTH, PISTOL, DON’T WORRY DARLING) and Takehiro Hira (SHŌGUN, GRAN TURISMO, MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS). Written and Directed by documentarian Brian Tetsuro Ivie (EMANUEL) in his narrative directorial debut, the film explores questions of identity, mortality, and the echoes of memory  — combining a genre-blending story with emotional resonance.  Brian Tetsuro Ivie, Harrison Allen, and Gregory Daniel King produce for Kebrado, Kimberly Atwood and Atty Cleworth

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    Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©coolkyousinnjya, Futabasha / Dragon Maid Committee Source: Crunchyroll Official Site: https://maidragon.jp/movie/ (Japan) Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, announced that it has acquired the worldwide theatrical rights (excluding Asia) to the touching and otherworldly film MISS KOBAYASHI'S DRAGON MAID: A LONELY DRAGON WANTS TO BE LOVED (小林さんちのメイドラゴン さみしがりやの竜, Kobayashi San Chino Meidoragon Samishi Gari ya no Ryū, 2025), based on the beloved manga by Coolkyousinnjya from Studio Kyoto Animation. The film will be available in Japanese with English subtitles in North America.  Picking up right where MISS KOBAYASHI'S DRAGON MAID Season 2 left off, the new film finds Dragon child Kanna Kamui facing a major dilemma, having to decide between her biological dragon family and her newfound human family.     Official Film Synopsis: Miss Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, and Iruru's peaceful lives are shattered when Kanna’s father, Kamun Kamui, leader

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    Photo courtesy of Manga Mavericks. ⓒ2025 Manga Mavericks Books ⓒRed String New North American publisher expands catalog in partnership with Red String to debut NOW NO ONE LURKS BENEATH THE SNOW, THE MURDERER AND HER RUNAWAY DESIRE, and SENPAI NO KOHAI Source: Manga Mavericks LLC press releaseSpecial Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab) Manga Mavericks LLC, has announced release dates for 3 additional new manga titles set to debut in print and digitally this summer. These are being sold in partnership with the Japan-based localization company, Red String, and include the queer self-discovery drama, Now No One Lurks Beneath the Snow, the yuri psycho-horror, The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire, and the yuri office romance, Senpai no Kohai. The titles launch on July 16th and are now available for pre-order from the Manga Mavericks Books website. Digital editions also will be available from Amazon, Google Play, iBooks, Kobo

    Shodai Godzilla Footprint Park at Tatarahama Beach Kannonzaki Japan. Photo courtesy of Edward L. Holland. ©TOHO CO., LTD

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    Shodai Godzilla Footprint Park at Tatarahama Beach Kannonzaki Japan. Photo courtesy of Edward L. Holland. ©TOHO CO., LTD Author and Photographer: Edward L. Holland Official Site:  https://kanagawa-park.or.jp/kannonzaki/   Edward L Holland arrives at Godzilla's footprint at Tatarahama Beach Kannonzaki Japan. Photo courtesy of Edward L. Holland. ©TOHO CO., LTD Take a small trip back to the giant world of the first-generation Godzilla at the Tatarahama Observation Platform, rededicated by Toho Studios and the Kanagawa Prefecture Yokosuka Civil Engineering Office at Kannonzaki, Japan on April 25, 2025. Yokosuka Naval Base is where late, great Godzilla suit actor Haruo Nakajima trained during World War II. Yokosuka City is home to the Godzilla Slide at Kurihama Flower World and also the point where Shodai Gojira (First Generation Godzilla) sets foot on the mainland in his 1954 debut. Godzilla’s footprint, located along the Uraga Channel

    Win the new Godzilla the Destroyer, Rodan and Hedorah set from Youtooz. Photo courtesy of Youtooz. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Win the new Godzilla the Destroyer, Rodan and Hedorah set from Youtooz. Photo courtesy of Youtooz. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Youtooz Special Thanks to Vincent Ngo and Austin Long   The collectibles company Yootooz is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new wave of Classic Godzilla figures. Announced on Godzilla Day 2024, this 3-piece set includes boxed figures of Godzilla the Destroyer, Rodan and Hedorah, each standing between 3.8 and 4.6" in height. These figures can also be purchased from Youtooz.com and retailers (including BigBadToyStore and Entertainment Earth) in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The SRP for each figure is $29.99.   Photo courtesy of Youtooz. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Photo courtesy of Youtooz. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. Photo courtesy of Youtooz. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD.

    Cover by Mark Brooks. Photo courtesy of Marvel. © 2025 MARVEL. GODZILLA TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    The series pits the entire might of the Marvel Universe against the King of the Monsters, including the X-Men who lead the charge in issue three, on sale in September. Source: Marvel Entertainment Special Thanks to Anthony Blackwood   Cover by Mark Brooks. Photo courtesy of Marvel. © 2025 MARVEL. GODZILLA TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. The pop culture showdown fans have waited ages for arrives next month in GODZILLA DESTROYS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, a five issue event series written by superstar writer Gerry Duggan and drawn by acclaimed artists Javier Garrón, Paco Medina and more. Following a series of hit one-shots where Godzilla battles different Marvel heroes across history, GODZILLA DESTROYS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE pits the King of the Monsters against the combined might of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and more. Today, see what’s to come with the reveal of

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    Photo courtesy of U-TREASURE. ©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: U-TREASURE Official Site: https://godzilla-movie2023.toho.co.jp/ (Japan), https://godzilla.com/ (US)Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/godzilla231103 (Japan), https://twitter.com/Godzilla_Toho (US) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godzilla231103/ (Japan), https://www.instagram.com/godzilla_toho/ (US) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@godzilla.toho Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tohogodzillaofficial/ (US) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Godzilla_Toho (US)   U-TREASURE Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Koichi Aoki) is now taking pre-orders for a limited edition "Godzilla-1.0 Mini Figure Gold Model" in collaboration with Toho Co., Ltd. Reservations will run, while supplies last, through July 22, 2025 at the U-TREASURE Concept Store Ikebukuro and U-TREASURE Online Shop.  In commemoration of the huge success of the first Godzilla movie of the "Reiwa" era, GODZILLA MINUS ONE (ゴジラ-1.0/ゴジラマイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan, 2023), a mini-sized, skillfully crafted gold (K18 yellow gold) figure will be released. Based on the 3D data used in the movie, it has been fine-tuned many times and made into a three-dimensional figure by a skilled jewelry craftsman. At about 1 cm

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    Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: The Criterion Collection press release Special Thanks to Courtney Ott Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. The Criterion Collection has announced that Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW will be released September 9, 2025 in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray set. A Blu-ray edition is also available for purchase. Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in HIGH AND LOW, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese society.   HIGH AND LOW 1963 • 143 minutes • Black & White/Color • 4.0

    Front and back packaging artwork for the ULTRAMAN DECKER: The Complete Series + ULTRAMAN DECKER FINALE: JOURNEY TO BEYOND Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. Series: ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN DECKER PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM・TV TOKYO. Movie: ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN DECKER FILM PARTNERS

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    Front and back packaging artwork for the ULTRAMAN DECKER: The Complete Series + ULTRAMAN DECKER FINALE: JOURNEY TO BEYOND Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. Series: ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN DECKER PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM・TV TOKYO. Movie: ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN DECKER FILM PARTNERS Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Spencer Kopp Mill Creek Entertainment, a division of Alliance Entertainment, will release ULTRAMAN DECKER: The Complete Series + ULTRAMAN DECKER FINALE: JOURNEY TO BEYOND on Blu-ray August 12, 2025.  Both the series and movie will be presented in the original Japanese with English subtitles. This release comes from Mill Creek Entertainment’s recently announced extension and expansion of its current partnership with Tsuburaya Fields Media & Pictures Entertainment, Inc. The deal includes digital and physical rights for a full slate of episodic series and feature films from the international powerhouse brand, ULTRAMAN, including many that have not been available

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    Photo courtesy of Drone Show Japan. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS Source: Drone Show Japan Photo courtesy of Drone Show Japan. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN OMEGA PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM・TV TOKYO Drone Show Japan, Inc. (Head office: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, CEO: Yuki Yamamoto) has announced that on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in collaboration with Taiwan Hope Innovation Co., Ltd., the first Ultraman drone show in Japan and Taiwan will be held in Tainan City, Taiwan. This drone show is the first attempt for a Japanese-Taiwanese joint production, featuring Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman, a character hugely popular both domestically and overseas. It was realized with the official permission of Taiwan's official distributor, Beast Country.  Combining the technology and creativity of both countries, the drone show will portray the legendary hero of the Japanese special effects world, Ultraman, in the beautiful early summer night sky of Tainan. The latest hero, Ultraman Omega, will

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    Source: TMS Entertainment, Wright Film Co. Official Site: https://www.lupin-3rd.net/zenigata-twolupins/ (Japan)Official X: https://x.com/lupin_anime  Photo courtesy of TMS Entertainment and Wright Film. © Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved. © TMS All Rights Reserved. TMS Entertainment and Wright Film have provided a new update for LUPIN THE IIIRD: ZENIGATA AND THE TWO LUPINS (LUPIN THE IIIRD 銭形と2人のルパン, LUPIN THE IIIRD Zenigata to 2-ri no Rupan), a short action movie starring Inspector Zenigata that will be available on several streaming services in Japan starting on June 20th. ZENIGATA AND THE TWO LUPINS is the prequel to the feature film, LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE: THE IMMORTAL BLOODLINE (LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE 不死身の血族, LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE Fujimi no Ketsuzoku), which is coming to the theaters across Japan on June 27th.   ■ New Special Program and Watch Party Announced Ahead of the broadcast of LUPIN THE IIIRD: ZENIGATA AND THE

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    Source: MVD Entertainment, 88 Films Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of 88 Films and MVD Entertainment. ©Toei 88 Films and MVD Enertainment have posted an English subtitled, R-rated trailer for the 1975 Toei film DETONATION! VIOLENT RIDERS (爆発! 暴走族, Bakuhatsu! Bōzōzoku, 1975) which will be released in the US and UK on a limited edition Blu-ray in July. Leather up and get ready for the ride of your lives, in this high-octane biker movie by cult director Teruo Ishii (HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN) with a cast headed by Sonny Chiba (STREET FIGHTER, KILL BILL VOL.1)! Iwaki (Koichi Iwaki, THE MOLE SONG) is a motorbike mechanic with big dreams of racing professionally. Then temptation arrives in the shapely form of Mayumi (Junko Matsudaira, THE BULLET TRAIN), the wild and free lover of Mitsuda (Yusuke Natsu, SPACE IRONMEN KYODYNE), the leader of the

    Catch a day of daikaiju movie screenings this August in Derby, UK. Photo courtesy of Satori Screen. Artwork by Ed Pirrie (colored by John-Paul Bove). Godzilla and Mothra TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Gamera and Daimajin © KADOKAWA

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    Catch a day of daikaiju movie screenings this August in Derby, UK. Photo courtesy of Satori Screen. Artwork by Ed Pirrie (colored by John-Paul Bove). Godzilla and Mothra TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Gamera and Daimajin © KADOKAWA Official Site: https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/kaiju-a-go-go/ Special Thanks to Peter Munford After two hugely successful GODZILLA-A-GO-GO events, QUAD - Derby and Satori Screen are expanding their focus a little to take in some other spectacular monsters from Japan, with a day of screenings at the QUAD arts center in Derby on Saturday 23 August 2025. Never fear, Godzilla will still feature, but this time he is joined by such classic monsters as Mothra, Gamera, Daimajin and more! Tickets are now on sale.   KAIJU-A-GO-GO! Saturday 23 August 2025 QUAD  - DerbyThe Market Place, DE1 3AS Derby, United Kingdom Screening Schedule: 1:00pm – MOTHRA (PG) 3:00pm

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    ©KADOKAWA 1966 Source: Radiance Films, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of Radiance Films and MVD Entertainment. ©KADOKAWA 1966 Daiei's THE BETRAYAL (大殺陣 雄呂血, Ōtate Orochi, 1966) will be released for the first time on Blu-ray in a special edition from Radiance Films, 4K restored and loaded with extras.  To protect his clan, an honorable samurai (Raizo Ichikawa, SHINOBI) takes the blame for a murder committed by one of his fellows. He is promised a safe return after one year in exile, but this vow is broken and he becomes a fugitive chased by his own clansmen. Disillusioned by the bushido code of honor, he realises there are only two ways out: vengeance or death. From director Tokuzo Tanaka (THE SNOW WOMAN), a former assistant to Akira Kurosawa, this cruel jidaigeki stands alongside such notable works of the genre as HARAKIRI

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    Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©2025 GKIDS, INC. Source: GKIDS   GKIDS returned to the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival with record-breaking momentum as the North American studio unveiled its most expansive and artistically daring lineup to date. Recognized as a lead curator in global animation and known for championing bold, visionary artists, the company’s latest acquisition slate of Annecy titles is a testament to the company’s unyielding commitment to the animated art form. GKIDS’ acquired Annecy titles include (in alphabetical order): ALL YOU NEED IS KILL ANOTHER WORLD CHAO LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN   GKIDS-co-produced films presented at Annecy are (in alphabetical order): 100 METERS ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED SUNNY (in development)   The GKIDS retrospective title which played in Annecy Classics

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