Upcoming U.S. Anime Releases - 2012 Edition
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Viz Media Apr '12 Solicitation
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Re: Upcoming U.S. Anime Releases - 2012 Edition
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via PR... | Fate/Zero product page
- Fate/Zero Blu-Ray Box 1 (S) (Import) (Non-US Customers)
- Fate/Zero Blu-Ray Box 1 (S) (Import) (US Customers)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1st, 2011
Aniplex of America launches the “Fate/Zero” Blu-ray Disc Box set on March 7th, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA (December 1, 2011) – Aniplex of America Inc. announced today that the Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I will be imported from Japan and released in North America on March 7th, 2012 through anime distributor RightStuf.com. This highly anticipated release—featuring thirteen episodes with unaired, new footage, all subtitled in English over five Blu-ray discs—is the latest example of the company‘s objective to expedite its line-up of wildly popular properties to North America. Fans in North America can take comfort in knowing this BD box set will be released simultaneously with Japan‘s release date, and will mark the first time that
Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I is officially made available in North America. In addition, Aniplex of America will include an English translation booklet to accompany the featured Production Material booklet in the North American release.
We‘re very excited that we can bring this fan-favorite title to North America at the same time it is being released in Japan, says Hideki Goto, the president of Animation Business of Aniplex of America. Like our previous releases of The Garden of Sinners and Rurouni Kenshin, this project comes from our continuous challenge to deliver the latest show as soon as possible. Aniplex originally simulcasted Fate/Zero worldwide in association with niconico, now I‘m glad to announce the BD release date to the North American audience will be the same street date as in Japan. I have no doubt this Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I will satisfy not only the Fate/stay night‘ fans who enthusiastically waited for this show, but also all those who want to watch the most recent and sophisticated anime show to date. It‘s our hope that you‘ll find this a worthy showpiece to add to your collection to enjoy and treasure repeatedly.
Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I features:
<BD Features and Bonus Contents>
- Video: 16:9 HD Widescreen / 1920×1080p / MPEG-4 AVC
- Audio: Japanese dialog / Linear PCM / Stereo 48KHz/24bit
- Subtitles: English and Japanese
- Includes 7 discs (5 Blu-ray discs + 2 Bonus CDs): Total length of more than 330 minutes!!
- Extras include New bonus animation (written by Kinoko Nasu), Trailers, TV spots and Textless Opening and Ending
- Bonus CD 1: Fate/Zero Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 with Music by Yuki Kajiura
- Bonus CD 2: Fate/Zero Original Drama CD written by Gen Urobuchi
<Special Packaging>
- Deluxe Production Material Booklet: Staff interviews, conceptual art, and other ―never-seen-before‖ production materials
* Exclusive for the North American release: a separate booklet of just English translations of the Japanese text from the Production Material Booklet!
- New cover art exclusively drawn by Co-creator/Artist TAKASHI TAKEUCHI, who envisioned the series‘ original character concepts and designs
*Cover Art Subject to Change
the Fate/Zero Blu-ray Disc Box I can be pre-ordered and purchased at: Right Stuf: www.Rightstuf.com
Product number and UPC bar code
Street Date - March 7th 2012
SKU # - ANSX-9431-9437
UPC - 4534530051691
SRP - $498.98
Store price - $369.98
December 1st, 2011
Aniplex of America launches the “Fate/Zero” Blu-ray Disc Box set on March 7th, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA (December 1, 2011) – Aniplex of America Inc. announced today that the Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I will be imported from Japan and released in North America on March 7th, 2012 through anime distributor RightStuf.com. This highly anticipated release—featuring thirteen episodes with unaired, new footage, all subtitled in English over five Blu-ray discs—is the latest example of the company‘s objective to expedite its line-up of wildly popular properties to North America. Fans in North America can take comfort in knowing this BD box set will be released simultaneously with Japan‘s release date, and will mark the first time that
Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I is officially made available in North America. In addition, Aniplex of America will include an English translation booklet to accompany the featured Production Material booklet in the North American release.
We‘re very excited that we can bring this fan-favorite title to North America at the same time it is being released in Japan, says Hideki Goto, the president of Animation Business of Aniplex of America. Like our previous releases of The Garden of Sinners and Rurouni Kenshin, this project comes from our continuous challenge to deliver the latest show as soon as possible. Aniplex originally simulcasted Fate/Zero worldwide in association with niconico, now I‘m glad to announce the BD release date to the North American audience will be the same street date as in Japan. I have no doubt this Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I will satisfy not only the Fate/stay night‘ fans who enthusiastically waited for this show, but also all those who want to watch the most recent and sophisticated anime show to date. It‘s our hope that you‘ll find this a worthy showpiece to add to your collection to enjoy and treasure repeatedly.
Fate/Zero - Blu-ray Disc Box I features:
<BD Features and Bonus Contents>
- Video: 16:9 HD Widescreen / 1920×1080p / MPEG-4 AVC
- Audio: Japanese dialog / Linear PCM / Stereo 48KHz/24bit
- Subtitles: English and Japanese
- Includes 7 discs (5 Blu-ray discs + 2 Bonus CDs): Total length of more than 330 minutes!!
- Extras include New bonus animation (written by Kinoko Nasu), Trailers, TV spots and Textless Opening and Ending
- Bonus CD 1: Fate/Zero Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 with Music by Yuki Kajiura
- Bonus CD 2: Fate/Zero Original Drama CD written by Gen Urobuchi
<Special Packaging>
- Deluxe Production Material Booklet: Staff interviews, conceptual art, and other ―never-seen-before‖ production materials
* Exclusive for the North American release: a separate booklet of just English translations of the Japanese text from the Production Material Booklet!
- New cover art exclusively drawn by Co-creator/Artist TAKASHI TAKEUCHI, who envisioned the series‘ original character concepts and designs
*Cover Art Subject to Change
the Fate/Zero Blu-ray Disc Box I can be pre-ordered and purchased at: Right Stuf: www.Rightstuf.com
Product number and UPC bar code
Street Date - March 7th 2012
SKU # - ANSX-9431-9437
UPC - 4534530051691
SRP - $498.98
Store price - $369.98
Last edited by WTK; 12-01-11 at 01:10 PM.
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NIS America March '12 Solicitation
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This premium edition includes a full-color, 30-page hardcover artbook featuring character information, episode guides, artwork, behind-the-scenes storyboards, draft designs, concept art, and a glossary of terms for insight into the culture of feudal Japan.
Contains episodes 1-12.
Special Features: Textless Opening, Textless Ending, Japanese Trailer.
Spoken Languages: Japanese, English subtitles.
Contains episodes 1-12.
Special Features: Textless Opening, Textless Ending, Japanese Trailer.
Spoken Languages: Japanese, English subtitles.
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Bandai Ent. Jan '12 Solicitations
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- Star Driver, Part 2 (DVD) - 300 minutes - $39.98 - 1/17/12
- Textless Opening and Endings (Mizuno Version & Kate Version) / Bandai Previews
- Star Driver, Part 2 (Blu-ray) - 300 minutes - $49.98 - 1/17/12
- Textless Opening and Endings (Mizuno Version & Kate Version) / Bandai Previews
- Tales of the Abyss, Part 2 - 175 minutes - $29.98 - 1/3/12 (Was 12/6/11)
- Textless Ending “Bouken Suisei” Version 1 / Bandai Trailers
- Tales of the Abyss, Part 2 (LE) - 175 minutes - $34.98 - 1/3/12 (Was 12/6/11)
- Textless Ending “Bouken Suisei” Version 1 / Bandai Trailers
- LE Extra: Tales of the Abyss: Asch the Blood Vol. 2 Manga
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Space, Vol.4 - 150 minutes - $29.98 - 1/17/12
- Textless Ending #2 / Special Version Episode 26 / Trailers
Last edited by WTK; 12-09-11 at 01:21 PM.
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Shout! Factory Jan '12 Solicitation
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Transformers: The Japanese Collection with Bonus Lithograph!
Release Date: 1/10/2012
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION features Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory in a collectible 13-dvd box set! This set ships the week of January 2, 2012, exclusively from ShoutFactory.com!
As a limited-time offer, receive 10% off the $99.99 list price!
Limited-edition TRANSFORMERS lithograph available free with purchase while supplies last!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION
First Time On DVD In North America!
Early happy New Year 2012! Fans and collectors can finally bring home TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION DVD box set from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro. This is the rare Japanese trilogy that followed the popular "Generation 1" animated series. Available for the first time in North America, this 13-DVD box set is fully loaded with over 42 hours of entertainment, including all episodes that originally aired from the three Japanese series — Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce and Victory — each with their original Japanese audio tracks, English subtitles, and an art gallery. Pre-order begins now!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION – Headmasters -- Optimus Prime lives again, the energy of the Matrix has been released and peace reigns on Cybertron . . . but all that is about to change with the startling arrival of the newest breed of TRANSFORMERS warriors.
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION – Super-God Masterforce -- Following their victory over the DESTRONS (a/k/a DECEPTICONS) at the end of Headmasters, the CYBERTRONS (AUTOBOTS) depart Earth, leaving behind only a small group to protect the planet from any future menace. But when the powerful DESTRONS return to an unsuspecting planet, the CYBERTRONS must come out of hiding to defend their human friends once again — only this time they’ll be unable to do it on their own!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION – Victory -- Victory is the third and final installment of this Japanese trilogy— introduces four new factions to the TRANSFORMERS universe. Each group comes equipped with its own unique power and the ability to combine to form much larger, more powerful TRANSFORMERS, making each and every battle even more epic!
Release Date: 1/10/2012
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION features Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory in a collectible 13-dvd box set! This set ships the week of January 2, 2012, exclusively from ShoutFactory.com!
As a limited-time offer, receive 10% off the $99.99 list price!
Limited-edition TRANSFORMERS lithograph available free with purchase while supplies last!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION
First Time On DVD In North America!
Early happy New Year 2012! Fans and collectors can finally bring home TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION DVD box set from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro. This is the rare Japanese trilogy that followed the popular "Generation 1" animated series. Available for the first time in North America, this 13-DVD box set is fully loaded with over 42 hours of entertainment, including all episodes that originally aired from the three Japanese series — Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce and Victory — each with their original Japanese audio tracks, English subtitles, and an art gallery. Pre-order begins now!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION – Headmasters -- Optimus Prime lives again, the energy of the Matrix has been released and peace reigns on Cybertron . . . but all that is about to change with the startling arrival of the newest breed of TRANSFORMERS warriors.
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION – Super-God Masterforce -- Following their victory over the DESTRONS (a/k/a DECEPTICONS) at the end of Headmasters, the CYBERTRONS (AUTOBOTS) depart Earth, leaving behind only a small group to protect the planet from any future menace. But when the powerful DESTRONS return to an unsuspecting planet, the CYBERTRONS must come out of hiding to defend their human friends once again — only this time they’ll be unable to do it on their own!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION – Victory -- Victory is the third and final installment of this Japanese trilogy— introduces four new factions to the TRANSFORMERS universe. Each group comes equipped with its own unique power and the ability to combine to form much larger, more powerful TRANSFORMERS, making each and every battle even more epic!
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Section23 Films Mar '12 Solicitations
- Dream Eater Merry: Complete Collection (DVD) - 325 minutes - $59.98 - 3/27/12
- Dream Eater Merry: Complete Collection (Blu-ray) - 325 minutes - $69.98 - 3/27/12
- ef - a tale of melodies.: Complete Collection (DVD) - 300 minutes - $59.98 - 3/20/12
- ef - a tale of melodies.: Complete Collection (Blu-ray) - 300 minutes - $69.98 - 3/20/12
- Grave of the Fireflies (Remastered Edition) - 89 minutes - $19.98 - 3/6/12
- KimiKiss - Pure Rouge: Complete Collection - 625 minutes - $69.98 - 3/6/12
- Mardock Scramble - The First Compression (Director's Cut) (DVD) - 125 minutes - $29.98 - 3/13/12
- Mardock Scramble - The First Compression (Director's Cut) (Blu-ray) - 125 minutes - $39.98 - 3/13/12
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HOUSTON, December 13, 2011 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its March slate of releases; including GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. Now digitally remastered and restored, it is one of the rare films that truly deserves to be called a masterpiece. It will be released on DVD by Section23 client, Sentai Filmworks.
Product details follow, in order of release
Coming March 2012
Title: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES REMASTERED EDITION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 89 min.
Street Date: 3/6/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $19.98
SYNOPSIS: As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. This is the story of Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. Forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fires that swept entire cities from the face of the earth, their doomed struggle is both a tribute to the human spirit and the stuff of nightmares. Beautiful, yet at times brutal and horrifying. Based on the retellings of survivor Nosaka Akiyuki and directed by Iaso Takahata (co-founder, with Hayao Miyazaki, of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli,) GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES has been universally hailed as an artistic and emotional tour de force.
Title: KIMIKISS: PURE ROUGE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 625 min.
Street Date: 3/6/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Kouichi always thought of Mao as his little sister, but when she returns after living in France for several years, she's definitely not his little sister anymore! Which makes the fact that Koichi's mom has invited Mao to stay at their house while she attends the same high school a path that will be fraught with peril. Especially since Kouichi's been trying to build a relationship with Yuumi, and the revelation that the cute new house guest is a non-related girl may become a full blown disaster by the time his best friend Kazuki, her sister Nana, her best friend Narumi, Asuka, Eriko, Mitsuki, Megumi, Eiji and all the other kids at school get overly involved. Little girls grow up in the most unexpected ways as young love, teenage angst and a little higher education all collide in KIMIKISS PURE ROUGE - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!
Title: MARDOCK SCRAMBLE DIRECTOR'S CUT
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 125 min.
Street Date: 3/13/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98
SYNOPSIS: To stop the unstoppable you need the irresistible. To kill the un-killable, you need someone for whom death no longer has a meaning. And to catch the perfect serial killer, you need the one person who knows his methods the best… his last victim. Murdered and now reborn, the female cyborg named Balot exists for only one reason-to track down the man who killed her and bring him to justice. But can even the ultimate hybrid between ghost and machine take down a monster who wipes his own memory? Or will a shadowy cabal of gruesome mutants who want her body parts for their own perverse purposes get to her first? This new, special edition director's cut of MARDOCK SCRAMBLE deepens the mystery of this hit anime, providing even more insight into the dark psyche of the cyborg assassin and her dangerous assignment!
Title: MARDOCK SCRAMBLE DIRECTOR'S CUT BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 125 min.
Street Date: 3/13/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $39.98
SYNOPSIS: To stop the unstoppable you need the irresistible. To kill the un-killable, you need someone for whom death no longer has a meaning. And to catch the perfect serial killer, you need the one person who knows his methods the best… his last victim. Murdered and now reborn, the female cyborg named Balot exists for only one reason-to track down the man who killed her and bring him to justice. But can even the ultimate hybrid between ghost and machine take down a monster who wipes his own memory? Or will a shadowy cabal of gruesome mutants who want her body parts for their own perverse purposes get to her first? This new, special edition director's cut of MARDOCK SCRAMBLE deepens the mystery of this hit anime, providing even more insight into the dark psyche of the cyborg assassin and her dangerous assignment!
Title: EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 3/20/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Shuichi Kuze's been spending time with Mizuki Hayama and as they've been getting to know each other, they've been growing closer. Sadly, Kuze discovers that he's contracted a fatal illness and decides to break all romantic ties for the little time left to him. Before he can break things off, however, Mizuki tells him that she loves him. Will her declaration change Kuze's mind? In another city, in the not so distant past, Yuu Himura meets a girl who seems to know him, but he doesn't know her. Soon enough, however, he remembers Yuko Amamiya, a girl he met long ago, and begins to rediscover the depth of their feelings for each other. Will Yuko's love reach across time to find her true love once and for all? Kuze and Mizuki, Yu and Yuko… Intertwining fate, tragic, bittersweet and beautiful - EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES.
Title: EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 3/20/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Shuichi Kuze's been spending time with Mizuki Hayama and as they've been getting to know each other, they've been growing closer. Sadly, Kuze discovers that he's contracted a fatal illness and decides to break all romantic ties for the little time left to him. Before he can break things off, however, Mizuki tells him that she loves him. Will her declaration change Kuze's mind? In another city, in the not so distant past, Yuu Himura meets a girl who seems to know him, but he doesn't know her. Soon enough, however, he remembers Yuko Amamiya, a girl he met long ago, and begins to rediscover the depth of their feelings for each other. Will Yuko's love reach across time to find her true love once and for all? Kuze and Mizuki, Yu and Yuko… Intertwining fate, tragic, bittersweet and beautiful - EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES.
Title: DREAM EATER MERRY COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 3/27/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes daydreaming can get you into trouble, but what do you do when it's OTHER people's dreams that you have to watch out for? Yumeji Fujiwara's has the unique ability to predict what kind of dreams other people will have. But lately, his own dreams have taken a bizarre turn in which he's being pursued by armies of cats. Stranger yet, Yumeji learns that the leader of the dream cats needs his body to access the Real World. And finally, the strange becomes downright weird when a beautiful girl suddenly drops on top of him and announces that she's a Dream Demon looking for a way back to the Dream World! The fabric that separates reality and fantasy is torn to shreds, and Yumeji has a lot of sleepless nights ahead of him as he has to deal with both the dream stalking and a dream walking in DREAM EATER MERRY!
Title: DREAM EATER MERRY COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 3/27/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes daydreaming can get you into trouble, but what do you do when it's OTHER people's dreams that you have to watch out for? Yumeji Fujiwara's has the unique ability to predict what kind of dreams other people will have. But lately, his own dreams have taken a bizarre turn in which he's being pursued by armies of cats. Stranger yet, Yumeji learns that the leader of the dream cats needs his body to access the Real World. And finally, the strange becomes downright weird when a beautiful girl suddenly drops on top of him and announces that she's a Dream Demon looking for a way back to the Dream World! The fabric that separates reality and fantasy is torn to shreds, and Yumeji has a lot of sleepless nights ahead of him as he has to deal with both the dream stalking and a dream walking in DREAM EATER MERRY!
About Section23 Films:
Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.
SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES MARCH SLATE
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES REMASTERED EDITION Available on March 6th
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES REMASTERED EDITION Available on March 6th
Product details follow, in order of release
Coming March 2012
Title: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES REMASTERED EDITION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 89 min.
Street Date: 3/6/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $19.98
SYNOPSIS: As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. This is the story of Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. Forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fires that swept entire cities from the face of the earth, their doomed struggle is both a tribute to the human spirit and the stuff of nightmares. Beautiful, yet at times brutal and horrifying. Based on the retellings of survivor Nosaka Akiyuki and directed by Iaso Takahata (co-founder, with Hayao Miyazaki, of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli,) GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES has been universally hailed as an artistic and emotional tour de force.
Title: KIMIKISS: PURE ROUGE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 625 min.
Street Date: 3/6/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Kouichi always thought of Mao as his little sister, but when she returns after living in France for several years, she's definitely not his little sister anymore! Which makes the fact that Koichi's mom has invited Mao to stay at their house while she attends the same high school a path that will be fraught with peril. Especially since Kouichi's been trying to build a relationship with Yuumi, and the revelation that the cute new house guest is a non-related girl may become a full blown disaster by the time his best friend Kazuki, her sister Nana, her best friend Narumi, Asuka, Eriko, Mitsuki, Megumi, Eiji and all the other kids at school get overly involved. Little girls grow up in the most unexpected ways as young love, teenage angst and a little higher education all collide in KIMIKISS PURE ROUGE - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!
Title: MARDOCK SCRAMBLE DIRECTOR'S CUT
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 125 min.
Street Date: 3/13/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98
SYNOPSIS: To stop the unstoppable you need the irresistible. To kill the un-killable, you need someone for whom death no longer has a meaning. And to catch the perfect serial killer, you need the one person who knows his methods the best… his last victim. Murdered and now reborn, the female cyborg named Balot exists for only one reason-to track down the man who killed her and bring him to justice. But can even the ultimate hybrid between ghost and machine take down a monster who wipes his own memory? Or will a shadowy cabal of gruesome mutants who want her body parts for their own perverse purposes get to her first? This new, special edition director's cut of MARDOCK SCRAMBLE deepens the mystery of this hit anime, providing even more insight into the dark psyche of the cyborg assassin and her dangerous assignment!
Title: MARDOCK SCRAMBLE DIRECTOR'S CUT BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 125 min.
Street Date: 3/13/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $39.98
SYNOPSIS: To stop the unstoppable you need the irresistible. To kill the un-killable, you need someone for whom death no longer has a meaning. And to catch the perfect serial killer, you need the one person who knows his methods the best… his last victim. Murdered and now reborn, the female cyborg named Balot exists for only one reason-to track down the man who killed her and bring him to justice. But can even the ultimate hybrid between ghost and machine take down a monster who wipes his own memory? Or will a shadowy cabal of gruesome mutants who want her body parts for their own perverse purposes get to her first? This new, special edition director's cut of MARDOCK SCRAMBLE deepens the mystery of this hit anime, providing even more insight into the dark psyche of the cyborg assassin and her dangerous assignment!
Title: EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 3/20/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Shuichi Kuze's been spending time with Mizuki Hayama and as they've been getting to know each other, they've been growing closer. Sadly, Kuze discovers that he's contracted a fatal illness and decides to break all romantic ties for the little time left to him. Before he can break things off, however, Mizuki tells him that she loves him. Will her declaration change Kuze's mind? In another city, in the not so distant past, Yuu Himura meets a girl who seems to know him, but he doesn't know her. Soon enough, however, he remembers Yuko Amamiya, a girl he met long ago, and begins to rediscover the depth of their feelings for each other. Will Yuko's love reach across time to find her true love once and for all? Kuze and Mizuki, Yu and Yuko… Intertwining fate, tragic, bittersweet and beautiful - EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES.
Title: EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 3/20/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Shuichi Kuze's been spending time with Mizuki Hayama and as they've been getting to know each other, they've been growing closer. Sadly, Kuze discovers that he's contracted a fatal illness and decides to break all romantic ties for the little time left to him. Before he can break things off, however, Mizuki tells him that she loves him. Will her declaration change Kuze's mind? In another city, in the not so distant past, Yuu Himura meets a girl who seems to know him, but he doesn't know her. Soon enough, however, he remembers Yuko Amamiya, a girl he met long ago, and begins to rediscover the depth of their feelings for each other. Will Yuko's love reach across time to find her true love once and for all? Kuze and Mizuki, Yu and Yuko… Intertwining fate, tragic, bittersweet and beautiful - EF ~ A TALE OF MELODIES.
Title: DREAM EATER MERRY COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 3/27/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes daydreaming can get you into trouble, but what do you do when it's OTHER people's dreams that you have to watch out for? Yumeji Fujiwara's has the unique ability to predict what kind of dreams other people will have. But lately, his own dreams have taken a bizarre turn in which he's being pursued by armies of cats. Stranger yet, Yumeji learns that the leader of the dream cats needs his body to access the Real World. And finally, the strange becomes downright weird when a beautiful girl suddenly drops on top of him and announces that she's a Dream Demon looking for a way back to the Dream World! The fabric that separates reality and fantasy is torn to shreds, and Yumeji has a lot of sleepless nights ahead of him as he has to deal with both the dream stalking and a dream walking in DREAM EATER MERRY!
Title: DREAM EATER MERRY COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 3/27/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes daydreaming can get you into trouble, but what do you do when it's OTHER people's dreams that you have to watch out for? Yumeji Fujiwara's has the unique ability to predict what kind of dreams other people will have. But lately, his own dreams have taken a bizarre turn in which he's being pursued by armies of cats. Stranger yet, Yumeji learns that the leader of the dream cats needs his body to access the Real World. And finally, the strange becomes downright weird when a beautiful girl suddenly drops on top of him and announces that she's a Dream Demon looking for a way back to the Dream World! The fabric that separates reality and fantasy is torn to shreds, and Yumeji has a lot of sleepless nights ahead of him as he has to deal with both the dream stalking and a dream walking in DREAM EATER MERRY!
About Section23 Films:
Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.
Last edited by WTK; 12-12-11 at 06:19 PM.
#32
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FUNimation Mar '12 Solicitations
via TRSI...
- Dragon Ball Z - Level 2.1 (Blu-ray) - 425 minutes - $34.98 - 3/27/12
- Dragon Ball Z - Level 2.2 (Blu-ray) - 400 minutes - $34.98 - 3/27/12
- Dragon Ball Z Kai, Part 7 (DVD) - 275 minutes - $29.98 - 3/20/12
- Dragon Ball Z Kai, Part 7 (Blu-ray) - 275 minutes - $34.98 - 3/20/12
- Hetalia - Axis Powers: Seasons 1 & 2 Collection - 260 minutes - $44.98 - 3/6/12
- One Piece: Collection 5 - 650 minutes - $34.98 - 3/13/12
- Sands of Destruction: Complete Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition) - 325 minutes - $19.98 - 3/6/12
#33
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Bandai Ent. Feb '12 Solicitations
via TRSI...
- Akira (DVD) - 124 minutes - $19.98 - 2/7/12
- Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Complete Collection (Anime Legends) - 625 minutes - $49.98 - 2/7/12
- DVD Extras: Audio Commentaries / Key Animation Galleries / Prize Announcements / Extra FLASH: BABA Theater Redux / Textless Opening / Textless Ending / Extra Prologues and Previews (Broadcast Version)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Complete Collection 2 (Anime Legends) - 500 minutes - $49.98 - 2/7/12
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Season 1 Collection (Anime Legends) - 625 minutes - $49.98 - 2/7/12
- DVD Extras: Tactical Forecasts / Promotional Videos / Textless Endings / Textless Openings / Audio Commentaries / New Flash-like Anime: CB Characters Announce “Gundam 00” 2nd Season / Director’s Interview: Prologue to 2nd Season / Trailers
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Season 2 Collection (Anime Legends) - 625 minutes - $49.98 - 2/7/12
- DVD Extras: Special Program: Trajectory of Angels / Audio Commentaries / Textless Openings / Textless Endings / Promotional Videos: Tactical Forecasts / New Flash-like Anime: Gundam 00 CB Chara Second Season “Theatrical Trailer” / Textless Epilogue: Episode 25
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Part 2 (DVD) - 120 minutes - $29.98 - 2/7/12
- DVD Extras: episode 3 Recap / episode 4 Recap / episode 3 Textless Ending / episode 2 Promotional Video 01 (Long Version) / episode 2 Promotional Video 01 (Short Version) / episode 2 Promotional Video 02 / episode 3 Promotional Video 01 (Long Version) / episode 3 Promotional Video 01 (Short Version) / episode 2 trailer / episode 3 trailer / MS & Character Highlights: Sinanju & Full Frontal / Character Highlights: Daguza Mackle / Character Highlights: Riddhe Marcenas
- Tales of the Abyss, Part 3 - 150 minutes - $29.98 - 2/7/12
- DVD Extras: Textless Ending “Karma” Version 2 / Bandai Trailers
- Tales of the Abyss, Part 4 - 150 minutes - $29.98 - 2/7/12
- DVD Extras: Textless Ending “Bouken Suisei” Version 2 / Textless Ending “Bouken Suisei” Version 3 / Bandai Trailers
Last edited by WTK; 12-17-11 at 12:03 PM.
#34
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Viz Media May '12 Solicitation (was April)
Last edited by WTK; 12-22-11 at 11:18 AM.
#35
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Viz Media Apr '12 Solicitation [updated]
via TRSI...
Last edited by WTK; 05-07-12 at 11:41 AM.
#36
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Late FUNimation February 2012 Addition
Now listed @ TRSI...
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Last edited by WTK; 12-30-11 at 05:55 PM.
#37
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Late FUNimation March 2012 Addition
#38
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Bandai Ent. Feb '12 Solicitation Addition
Last edited by WTK; 01-05-12 at 07:25 PM.
#39
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Media Blasters Update (originally for March)
Release date update for Ikki-Tousen Great Guardians: Complete Collection:
- Old release date: 3/27/12
- New release date: "Coming Soon, Date to be Determined"
#40
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NIS America January '12 Solicitation Additions
Standard Editions now listed @ TRSI...
- Our Home's Fox Deity DVD Set 1 (S) - 310 minutes - $39.99 - 1/24/12
- Vol. 1 Standard Edition Includes:
• 2 DVD disc set
- Total of 12 episodes
- Approximately 25 min/episode
- Features original Japanese voice acting
- English subtitles
- Exclusive Bonus Movies as featured
in the Premium Edition:
- TV Commercials
• Brief story guide leaflet
- Our Home's Fox Deity DVD Set 2 (S) - 310 minutes - $39.99 - 1/24/12
- Vol. 2 Standard Edition Includes:
• 2 DVD disc set
- Total of 12 episodes
- Approximately 25 min/episode
- Features original Japanese voice acting
- English subtitles
- Exclusive Bonus Movies as featured
in the Premium Edition:
- Clean ED 2, Japanese TV Commercials
• Brief story guide leaflet
- Pandora Hearts DVD Set 1 (S) - 330 minutes - $44.99 - 1/24/12
- Vol. 1 Standard Edition Includes:
• 2 DVD disc set
- Total of 13 episodes
- Approximately 25 min/episode
- Features original Japanese voice acting
- English subtitles
- Exclusive Bonus Movies as featured
in the Premium Edition:
- Detective Break!, Sharon's "Mission: Innocent
Maiden!," Heartthrob Pandora Academy!, Alice and
Echo's Errand!, Heartthrob Pandora Academy!
Part 2!, Clean Opening and Ending
• Brief story guide leaflet
- Pandora Hearts DVD Set 2 (S) - 310 minutes - $44.99 - 1/24/12
- Vol. 2 Standard Edition Includes:
• 2 DVD disc set
- Total of 12 episodes
- Approximately 25 min/episode
- Features original Japanese voice acting
- English subtitles
- Exclusive Bonus Movies as featured
in the Premium Edition:
- 9th Time's the Charm?!, Holy Knight (Picture Story),
Cheshire's Room, Relaxation Dimension Abyss,
Clean ED
• Brief story guide leaflet
- Persona -Trinity Soul- DVD Set 1 (S) - 310 minutes - $39.99 - 1/24/12
- Vol. 1 Standard Edition Includes:
• 2 DVD disc set
- Total of 13 episodes
- Approximately 23 min/episode
- Features original Japanese voice acting
- English subtitles
- Exclusive Bonus Content as featured
in the Premium Edition:
- Japanese TV Commercials and a Promotion Movie
• Brief story guide leaflet
- Persona -Trinity Soul- DVD Set 2 (S) - 307 minutes - $39.99 - 1/24/12
- Vol. 2 Standard Edition Includes:
• 2 DVD disc set
- Total of 13 episodes
- Approximately 23 min/episode
- Features original Japanese voice acting
- English subtitles
- Exclusive Bonus Movies as featured
in the Premium Edition:
- A Perfect Guide, Episode 26 Clean Ending
• Brief story guide leaflet
Last edited by WTK; 01-06-12 at 02:59 PM.
#41
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NIS America April '12 Solicitation
#42
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Re: Upcoming U.S. Anime Releases - 2012 Edition
http://www.animeigo.com/hk
Kids have fun while they learn with Hello Kitty!
Each Growing Up with Hello Kitty contains 6 entertaining stories that teach young children important basic life lessons.
Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy learn to share, eat their vegetables, sleeping by themselves, answer the phone, use proper table manners, and much more.
Available March 2012 at Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, Amazon, major retailers, or right here on AnimEigo.com.
Each Growing Up with Hello Kitty contains 6 entertaining stories that teach young children important basic life lessons.
Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmy learn to share, eat their vegetables, sleeping by themselves, answer the phone, use proper table manners, and much more.
Available March 2012 at Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, Amazon, major retailers, or right here on AnimEigo.com.
#43
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FUNimation Release Date Updates
via RACS
Funimation put out a revised release schedule today and officially placed the Strike Witches 2 release date as 'To Be Determined' - I was hoping they would be giving us a new date, but it definitely will not be Feb 21st but will mostly likely will be an April or May title now. They also moved the release of Dragonball Z - Level 2.2 - Blu-ray (FN-08933) from 3/27 to 6/19. We'll keep you updated as info comes in!
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Re: Late FUNimation March 2012 Addition
via RACS
Heavens Lost Property Forte (S2) Update: Funi just informed us that the Heavens Lost Property Forte Complete Season 2 Boxed Set (Limited Edition) that they recently added to the March schedule has been changed from a BD/DVD combo box to a DVD only box. They have dropped the BLURAY release. MSRP has been lowered from $69.98 to $64.98. Anyone who has already pre-ordered this box and wants to cancel that order or make a change should e-mail our customer service team. Thanks!
From what I was told the licensor in Japan was leary about the dates for an overseas BD release being too soon after the Japanese release, so Funi is moving ahead on a DVD only release rather than delay the title.
From what I was told the licensor in Japan was leary about the dates for an overseas BD release being too soon after the Japanese release, so Funi is moving ahead on a DVD only release rather than delay the title.
Last edited by WTK; 01-11-12 at 03:37 PM.
#45
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Re: FUNimation Release Date Updates
via RACS
Funimation put out a revised release schedule today and officially placed the Strike Witches 2 release date as 'To Be Determined' - I was hoping they would be giving us a new date, but it definitely will not be Feb 21st but will mostly likely will be an April or May title now. They also moved the release of Dragonball Z - Level 2.2 - Blu-ray (FN-08933) from 3/27 to 6/19. We'll keep you updated as info comes in!
#46
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Section23 Films / Sentai Filmworks Apr '12 Solicitations
Now listed @ TRSI...
via PR...
Maiden JapanSentai Filmworks
- Golgo 13: Collection 3 - 300 minutes - $59.98 - 4/24/12
- Infinite Stratos: Complete Collection (w/OVA + CD) (DVD) - 325 minutes - $59.98 - 4/10/12
- Infinite Stratos: Complete Collection (w/OVA + CD) (Blu-ray) - 325 minutes - $69.98 - 4/10/12
- Motto To Love Ru: Complete Collection - 300 minutes - $49.98 - 4/3/12
- Someday's Dreamers: Complete Collection - 300 minutes - $49.98 - 4/17/12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HOUSTON, January 12, 2012 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its April slate of releases; including INFINITE STRATOS. Loaded with special features and a bonus soundtrack CD, the series will be released on both DVD & Blu-Ray by Section23 client, Sentai Filmworks.
Product details follow, in order of release
Coming April 2012
Title: MOTTO TO LOVERU COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/3/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: The insanity that began when a very naked (and very female) alien teleported into Rito Yuki's bathtub (while he was in it) continues. And even though Princess Lala has finally started to admit her true feelings for the young man she's inexplicably engaged to marry (as a result of what happened in said bathtub and Develuke customs,) her sometimes erratic technology and the snags and snarls of intergalactic politics and intrigue are still causing major problems. That transporter? Yeah, it still has the nasty habit of leaving the clothes behind. Alien bounty hunters? Yep, even more of them and they're even more devious. Add body switches, alien skunks, a bathroom that changes size and shape, the inevitable sleepover that you just know it's going to go horribly, horribly wrong (spoiler: it does.) Worst of all, there's Valentine's Day, and even in space you'll be able to hear Rito scream! Love takes a quantum shift into the wrong gear and the star brakes are broken in the extra-special, extra-crazy extraterrestrial romance to end them all, MOTTO TO LOVE RU - The Complete Collection!!!
Title: POLYPHONICA CRIMSON S COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Maiden Japan
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/3/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: To bring law and order you need police, to make music you need musicians, and to make the former using the latter, you need a Dantist! Ever since he was visited by a mysterious spirit as a boy, Phoron's wanted to become one of the elite battle bards who watch over the continent of Polyphonica. Yet even though he's mastered the basic skills for singing the Commandia spells and operating a One-Man Orchestra, he's been unable to summon the required spirit companion because of a promise he made to that first spirit: to sing only for her. But that silence is shattered and Phoron's musical meanderings are over when his supernatural partner suddenly returns, intent on finalizing the 'contract' they made twelve years ago! Which would be great except for one thing: she's not just any spirit, but the dreaded Corticarte, the Crimson Annihilator! But what the heck, sometimes you just you just have to grit your teeth and duet! Get ready for a musical partnership with more than its share of discord and a distinctly martial beat in Polyphonica Crimson S!
Title: INFINITE STRATOS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 4/10/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Ten years ago, the development of the revolutionary Infinite Stratos powered exoskeleton changed the world's balance of power overnight. Unfortunately, while the distribution of IS systems to every nation on Earth HAS ushered in a new era of peace, the fact that only women have thus far been able to pilot the Stratos systems has sent the relationship between the XX and XY-chromosomed halves of the human race into a spiraling tailspin! So when fifteen-year-old Ichika Orimura is suddenly discovered to be the first male with the ability to control an IS, whatever plans he might have had for his own future are tossed out the window even as he's thrown to the wolves and enrolled at the otherwise entirely female Infinite Stratos Academy by order of the Japanese government! It's One Boy Vs. All the Girls as Ichika get taken for a ride on some serious heavy metal in INFINITE STRATOS - The Complete Collection!
Title: INFINITE STRATOS COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 4/10/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Ten years ago, the development of the revolutionary Infinite Stratos powered exoskeleton changed the world's balance of power overnight. Unfortunately, while the distribution of IS systems to every nation on Earth HAS ushered in a new era of peace, the fact that only women have thus far been able to pilot the Stratos systems has sent the relationship between the XX and XY-chromosomed halves of the human race into a spiraling tailspin! So when fifteen-year-old Ichika Orimura is suddenly discovered to be the first male with the ability to control an IS, whatever plans he might have had for his own future are tossed out the window even as he's thrown to the wolves and enrolled at the otherwise entirely female Infinite Stratos Academy by order of the Japanese government! It's One Boy Vs. All the Girls as Ichika get taken for a ride on some serious heavy metal in INFINITE STRATOS - The Complete Collection!
Title: SOMEDAY'S DREAMERS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/17/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: When can flunking a spelling test cause major problems? When you're learning how to use magic, of course! And that's exactly the situation fifteen-year-old Yume Kikuchi finds herself in when she travels to Tokyo to begin her apprenticeship as a licensed magic user. Unfortunately, Yume's a country girl in the big city for the first time and there are a lot of new-fangled ideas to get used to. Like her new mentor, Oyamada, turning out to be a man instead of the expected woman! Add to that the fact that Yume's not really very confident about her abilities to achieve her goal of a magic license and she might just jinx herself into failing! It will take a lot of helping hands from her equally challenged fellow students and even more aid from her teachers if she's going to succeed, but in the end, the most important lesson she'll learn may not even be about spellcasting. The process of growing up and discovering what lies inside your own heart is the most wonderful magic of all in SOMEDAY'S DREAMERS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!
Title: GOLGO 13 COLLECTION 3
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/24/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: He never misses his target. No one has ever seen him kill and lived to speak of it. Any witnesses-beautiful woman or stray cat-become just collateral damage, part of the job. And now Golgo 13 is back with some of his most heartless cases ever. The targets this time? Accident survivors turned mindless terrorists. A disgraced politician's mistress. A Trump-like CEO. Ocean pirates with a sniper of their own. And in the strangest assignment of all time, Golgo is hired to take out an 1800 Romanée-Monts Luisants. (Yes, he's going to kill a bottle of wine.) Solve the puzzles-if you can-in the most mysterious, action-packed shoot-'em-up ever!
About Section23 Films:
Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.
SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES APRIL SLATE
INFINITE STRATOS Available on April 10th
INFINITE STRATOS Available on April 10th
HOUSTON, January 12, 2012 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its April slate of releases; including INFINITE STRATOS. Loaded with special features and a bonus soundtrack CD, the series will be released on both DVD & Blu-Ray by Section23 client, Sentai Filmworks.
Product details follow, in order of release
Coming April 2012
Title: MOTTO TO LOVERU COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/3/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: The insanity that began when a very naked (and very female) alien teleported into Rito Yuki's bathtub (while he was in it) continues. And even though Princess Lala has finally started to admit her true feelings for the young man she's inexplicably engaged to marry (as a result of what happened in said bathtub and Develuke customs,) her sometimes erratic technology and the snags and snarls of intergalactic politics and intrigue are still causing major problems. That transporter? Yeah, it still has the nasty habit of leaving the clothes behind. Alien bounty hunters? Yep, even more of them and they're even more devious. Add body switches, alien skunks, a bathroom that changes size and shape, the inevitable sleepover that you just know it's going to go horribly, horribly wrong (spoiler: it does.) Worst of all, there's Valentine's Day, and even in space you'll be able to hear Rito scream! Love takes a quantum shift into the wrong gear and the star brakes are broken in the extra-special, extra-crazy extraterrestrial romance to end them all, MOTTO TO LOVE RU - The Complete Collection!!!
Title: POLYPHONICA CRIMSON S COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Maiden Japan
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/3/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: To bring law and order you need police, to make music you need musicians, and to make the former using the latter, you need a Dantist! Ever since he was visited by a mysterious spirit as a boy, Phoron's wanted to become one of the elite battle bards who watch over the continent of Polyphonica. Yet even though he's mastered the basic skills for singing the Commandia spells and operating a One-Man Orchestra, he's been unable to summon the required spirit companion because of a promise he made to that first spirit: to sing only for her. But that silence is shattered and Phoron's musical meanderings are over when his supernatural partner suddenly returns, intent on finalizing the 'contract' they made twelve years ago! Which would be great except for one thing: she's not just any spirit, but the dreaded Corticarte, the Crimson Annihilator! But what the heck, sometimes you just you just have to grit your teeth and duet! Get ready for a musical partnership with more than its share of discord and a distinctly martial beat in Polyphonica Crimson S!
Title: INFINITE STRATOS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 4/10/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Ten years ago, the development of the revolutionary Infinite Stratos powered exoskeleton changed the world's balance of power overnight. Unfortunately, while the distribution of IS systems to every nation on Earth HAS ushered in a new era of peace, the fact that only women have thus far been able to pilot the Stratos systems has sent the relationship between the XX and XY-chromosomed halves of the human race into a spiraling tailspin! So when fifteen-year-old Ichika Orimura is suddenly discovered to be the first male with the ability to control an IS, whatever plans he might have had for his own future are tossed out the window even as he's thrown to the wolves and enrolled at the otherwise entirely female Infinite Stratos Academy by order of the Japanese government! It's One Boy Vs. All the Girls as Ichika get taken for a ride on some serious heavy metal in INFINITE STRATOS - The Complete Collection!
Title: INFINITE STRATOS COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 4/10/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Ten years ago, the development of the revolutionary Infinite Stratos powered exoskeleton changed the world's balance of power overnight. Unfortunately, while the distribution of IS systems to every nation on Earth HAS ushered in a new era of peace, the fact that only women have thus far been able to pilot the Stratos systems has sent the relationship between the XX and XY-chromosomed halves of the human race into a spiraling tailspin! So when fifteen-year-old Ichika Orimura is suddenly discovered to be the first male with the ability to control an IS, whatever plans he might have had for his own future are tossed out the window even as he's thrown to the wolves and enrolled at the otherwise entirely female Infinite Stratos Academy by order of the Japanese government! It's One Boy Vs. All the Girls as Ichika get taken for a ride on some serious heavy metal in INFINITE STRATOS - The Complete Collection!
Title: SOMEDAY'S DREAMERS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/17/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: When can flunking a spelling test cause major problems? When you're learning how to use magic, of course! And that's exactly the situation fifteen-year-old Yume Kikuchi finds herself in when she travels to Tokyo to begin her apprenticeship as a licensed magic user. Unfortunately, Yume's a country girl in the big city for the first time and there are a lot of new-fangled ideas to get used to. Like her new mentor, Oyamada, turning out to be a man instead of the expected woman! Add to that the fact that Yume's not really very confident about her abilities to achieve her goal of a magic license and she might just jinx herself into failing! It will take a lot of helping hands from her equally challenged fellow students and even more aid from her teachers if she's going to succeed, but in the end, the most important lesson she'll learn may not even be about spellcasting. The process of growing up and discovering what lies inside your own heart is the most wonderful magic of all in SOMEDAY'S DREAMERS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!
Title: GOLGO 13 COLLECTION 3
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 4/24/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: He never misses his target. No one has ever seen him kill and lived to speak of it. Any witnesses-beautiful woman or stray cat-become just collateral damage, part of the job. And now Golgo 13 is back with some of his most heartless cases ever. The targets this time? Accident survivors turned mindless terrorists. A disgraced politician's mistress. A Trump-like CEO. Ocean pirates with a sniper of their own. And in the strangest assignment of all time, Golgo is hired to take out an 1800 Romanée-Monts Luisants. (Yes, he's going to kill a bottle of wine.) Solve the puzzles-if you can-in the most mysterious, action-packed shoot-'em-up ever!
About Section23 Films:
Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.
Last edited by WTK; 01-13-12 at 05:42 PM.
#47
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Media Blasters Apr / May '12 Solicitations
APRILMAY
Last edited by WTK; 01-16-12 at 03:18 PM.
#48
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Media Blasters Apr / May '12 Solicitations
#50
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Thread Starter
S'more Entertainment March '12 Solicitation