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    DARKER THAN BLACK V6 © 2007 TBONES, Tensai Okamura / DTB Committee, MBS

    North American distributor FUNimation Entertainment unleashes a huge selection of anime titles (and one live-action film) on DVD this month. DARKER THAN BLACK V6 August 11 SRP $29.98 A new and deadly breed of covert agent walks the streets. Known as Contractors, these assassins and spies wield bizarre supernatural powers to carry out the dirty work of others. One among these operatives is more mysterious than the rest – The masked killer BK201, the Black Reaper. The mysteries of his violent past have been revealed, but the future is still in question. Something big is on the horizon for those who dwell in the shadows. As the spotted sun rises over Hell’s Gate, the clock ticks toward imminent destruction. The final battle in the war between humanity and the Contractors has begun. Should the Black Reaper survive, reality will be his to mold. Episodes 23-26 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 100 Minutes

    UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE © ©2002 Kaishaku /Tokinoyu

    UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE: BOX SET (SEASONS 3 AND 4) August 11 SRP $49.98 It`s time to scrape your jaw off the bathhouse floor and get an eyeful of the wildest maidens this side of Valhalla! Watch your favorite girls wiggling and jiggling in and out of outfits so revealing they may as well wear nothing. Except glasses. Because Princess Pharm`s in town, and she`s cruising the local high school looking for chicks that can pull off the bookish and busty look. Wanna see more? Sanada loves stripping down to her unmentionables in public phone booths, and Princess Inarba`s watching for naughty behavior, so she can punish the wicked as she sees fit! These ladies may sound crazy, but who are we to cast judgment on girls and their fetishes? Besides, once the action winds down, there`s a good chance someone will tie the knot - thus rendering their bedroom behavior fully legal and binding! 8 Episodes (OVAs 1-6 of Season 3 and OVAs 1-2 of Season 4) Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 190 Minutes

    ROMEO X JULIET © 2007 GONZO/CBC, GDH, SPWT

    ROMEO X JULIET, PART 2 August 11 SRP $59.98 Romeo and Juliet share a romance not meant for this mortal coil. Their love has the power to alter the course of time - and change the world they must if there is to be any hope for a future. Together they`ll discover the brutal truths of both past and future while maintaining their devotion to a love once found only in fairy tales. All the while, villainous Conrad Montague opposes their union and crushes Neo Verona with a boot to its throat. As their cherished city tumbles down around them, Romeo and Juliet have no choice but to face an otherworldly destiny that threatens to destroy them both. Episodes 13-24 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 290 Minutes BIG WINDUP! OOFURI PART 1 August 18 SRP $59.98 Most guys can`t wait for baseball to start, but not Mihashi. For this kid, the crack of the bat is the sound of failure. Every summer he gets caught in a pickle between wanting to stay on the mound and watching his pitches get blasted out of the park. But each spring brings a fresh start, and this year, Mihashi`s at a new school with teammates that don`t know how bad he used to be. Most importantly, he`s got Abe - a real superstar behind the plate. If Mihashi can learn to trust his new catcher, this could be the year he falls in love with the game all over again. Episodes 1-13 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 315 Minutes

    GUNSLINGER GIRL: IL TEATRINO © 2008 Yu Aida /ASCII Media Works, Marvelous Entertainment

    GUNSLINGER GIRL: IL TEATRINO SEASON 2 BOX SET August 18 SRP $59.98 The girls of the Social Welfare Agency are no ordinary children. They are the grizzly remains of human wreckage pieced back together with cybernetic implants and trained to kill by the government. The oldest, Triela, pursues her targets with a ferocious enthusiasm – unwilling to settle for less than total annihilation. Her mirror in this bloody stalemate is Pinocchio – a shell of a boy raised as an assassin by the FRF – a terrorist faction at war with the SWA. Cold and cruelly efficient, he wields sharpened steel as though it were his own hand. Once human, these shattered souls have become murderous machines with only vague recollections of what it meant to be real – and a brutal compulsion to be the last killer standing. Episodes 1-13 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 320 Minutes WHEN THEY CRY: COMPLETE BOX SET August 25 SRP $69.98 It`s tough to be the new guy in town, but when Keiichi joins an after school club with four cute girls, he thinks he`s got it made. Then he learns about demonic cults, the failed dam construction project and the murders that happen every year after the town festival. How many of his "friends" from his club are involved - and what are their plans for him?! Episodes 1-26 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 624 Minutes

    MUSHI-SHI: THE MOVIE © 2006 Tohokushinsha Film

    MUSHI-SHI: THE MOVIE August 25 SRP $24.98 A man (Joe Odagiri), afflicted with the gift of seeing strange natural spirits called Mushi, travels the countryside ridding people of these ancient, troublesome forces. He is haunted by the childhood events that turned him into a Mushi-Shi, or Mushi Master, and struggles with the realization that the very same Mushi that changed him could now be controlling an old mentor and wrecking havoc on the natural world. Japanese 5.1 Audio, English 5.1 Audio English Subtitles Deleted/Extended Scenes Theatrical Premiere Trailer Previews Run Time: 131 Minutes ONE PIECE: SEASON 2- SECOND VOYAGE August 25 SRP $49.98 The Grand Line is no place for a crew of yellow-bellied land-lubbers! Lucky for the Straw Hats, they`ve got Monkey D. Luffy - the bravest captain sailing the high seas. So when a night of drinking turns into a daring attempt to protect a princess from treacherous assassins, Luffy`s crew is ready for action! Their death-defying rescue mission sees them cross paths with monstrous sea creatures, prehistoric predators, and battle-tested giants with an explosive thirst for ale. Adventures like this might take the wind out of some swashbucklers, but it`s all in a days work for a rubberman determined to become the king of all pirates! Episodes 67-78 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 320 Minutes

    PUMPKIN SCISSORS © 2006 Ryotaro Iwanaga, Kodansha/ Izumi Project

    PUMPKIN SCISSORS: THE COMPLETE SERIES August 25 SRP $69.98 In the wake of the Great War, Lieutenant Alice Malvin assumes command of the Imperial Army`s Intelligence Section III - a ragtag bunch of pencil-pushers used to spread military propaganda. But Malvin, an idealistic soldier who refuses to rest while her people suffer, yearns to cut through the thick skin of deception perpetrated by power-crazed nobles. When her investigation reveals a clandestine super-soldier program known as The Invisible Nine, she finds herself trapped in a whirlwind of deadly secrets. The closer Malvin gets to exposing government corruption, the less likely her beloved IS3 is to survive. With the fate of the Empire hanging in the balance, Malvin turns to an unlikely ally - Randel Orland, a hulking veteran who may hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of The Invisible Nine. In a world where nobility and power make the rules, the truth can get an honest soldier killed. Episodes 1-24 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 600 Minutes WELCOME TO THE N-H-K: THE COMPLETE SERIES August 25 SRP $69.98

    WELCOME TO THE N-H-K © 2006 Kadokawa Shoten /Welcome to the N-H-K Partners

    Sato`s life is going down the drain. He`s dropped out of college, only goes outside once a week, and sleeps sixteen hours a day. Surviving on a steady diet of internet porn sites, he finds himself falling further into a pit of despair. Then he has a sudden epiphany. Sato decides that the sinister broadcast company known as "The NHK" is trying to transform their viewers into jobless, societal recluses, and they bombard them with images of cutesy anime girls. Unable to resist the charms of such addictive programming, innocent victims like Sato are soon too busy watching TV, reading erotic comics, and playing pornographic computer games to pursue a normal life. In Sato`s darkest hour, he has a chance encounter with a beautiful girl named Misaki, who claims that she can cure him of his perverse ways. Is this mysterious visitor an angel of mercy, or a devilish agent of the NHK? Will he get a job and counter the evil organization, or will he submit to his weakness and download porn all day? Swimming in a sea of corruption, Sato prepares for the battle of his life. Welcome to the NHK! Episodes 1-24 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 600 Minutes

    DEVIL MAY CRY © 2007 Capcom Co., Ltd./DMC Committee

    DEVIL MAY CRY: COMPLETE SERIES BOX August 25 SRP $49.98 Cursed to live as both monster and man, Dante must spend his life fighting the demonic forces of darkness. Brandishing his sword, Rebellion, and his always-loaded guns, Ebony and Ivory, Dante is more than happy to send the demons back to hell - especially when there`s money to be made. The COMPLETE SERIES BOX includes episodes 1. Devil May Cry, 2. Highway Star, 3. Not Love, 4. Rolling Thunder, 5. In Private, 6. Rock Queen, 7. Wishes Come True, 8. Once Upon A Time, 9. Death Poker, 10. The Last Promise, 11. Showtime! 12. Stylish! Episodes 1-12 Japanese Audio, English Audio English Subtitles Run Time: 300 Minutes

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