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    Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2010 National Arts Films Production Limited

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock and Philippa Lamb The "Asian Eye" line from Australian distributor Madman Entertainment will be releasing the following anime and live action titles on Blu-ray and Region 4 DVD in March, 2011... IP MAN: THE LEGEND IS BORN Featuring some of the most spectacular, innovative and explosive martial arts ever staged, The Legend is Born is the remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee’s mentor. Beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become the supreme master of the art of Wing Chun, The Legend is Born has already been hailed as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time and features an all-star cast, including Sammo Hung (Enter The Dragon), Yuen Biao and Ip

    SHIN KOHIME†MUSO - COMPLETE COLLECTION. Photo courtesy of Section23 Films.

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    GUIN SAGA COLLECTION 1 BLU-RAY EDITION Available on March 29th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has provided details on its March 2011 slate of releases, including the sweeping anime epic for the ages, GUIN SAGA! The first collection will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray by Section23 client Sentai Filmworks. Product details follow, in order of release... SHIN KOHIME†MUSO - COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 325 min. Street Date: 3/1/2011 Format: DVD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $49.98 What do you do once you’ve made your epic journey and accomplished the legendary quest you set out for yourself. Well, you could hang around the village looking important, but when Kan`u and Chouhi`s rescue a mysterious girl, they find that a more enjoyable option may be a brand new

    Win the new REBOOT Seasons 1 and 2 DVD. Photo courtesy of Shout! Factory. © 2011 Rainmaker Inc.

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    Get the 4 Disc DVD Set for Free, Courtesy of Shout! Factory and SciFi Japan Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Tom Chen A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE SciFi Japan is pleased to present out first contest with Shout! Factory, who have offered our readers a chance to win the new 4 disc DVD set of REBOOT Seasons 1 and 2. Since early 1990s, Dot Matrix, Enzo, Guardian Bob and thousands of Binomes from REBOOT have thrust into battles with corrupt forces of Megabyte and Hexadecimal to stop their relentless pursuit of chaos and destruction of the high-tech city Mainframe. REBOOT made history for being the first fully computer-generated animated TV series when it debuted on U.S and Canadian television in 1994. The series ran four successful seasons and was seen in over 70 countries around the world, boasting a large fan base of loyal followers

    A killer alien engages in a bloody battle to the death with ninja in Sushi Typhoon`s ALIEN VS NINJA, coming to home video in North America. Photo courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment. © 2010 Sushi Typhoon & “Alien vs. Ninja” Production Committee

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    Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Official Site: funimation.com/avn, Sushi Typhoon Special Thanks to Jackie Smith and Manny Alcala On February 22nd, ALIEN VS NINJA will be released on North American DVD and Blu-ray from FUNimation Entertainment. The filmmakers behind TOKYO GORE POLICE and THE MACHINE GIRL joined studio Sushi Typhoon for this side-splitting horror-comedy... a new hybrid of science fiction and period action film brought to fans by legendary action directors and fight choregraphers Yuji Shimomura (VERSUS, SHINOBI, DEATH TRANCE) and Kensuke Sonomura (MACHINE GIRL, HARD REVENGE MILLY: BLOODY BATTLE), and directed by Seiji Chiba (DEATH TRANCE, EVIL NINJA)! In ancient Japan, the fiercest ninjas of the Iga clan face their toughest enemies - and they aren`t from this planet! A fiery mass crashes in the forest and soon horrifyingly savage creatures reduce the warriors to tasty snacks. But these jerks from outer

    Cover art for the UK DVD of DEATH NOTICE: IKIGAMI. Photo courtesy of The Associates. © 2008 IKIGAMI: The Ultimate Limit Production Committee

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    His Job is to Deliver a Message: Tomorrow You Die… Source: The Associates press release Directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto (THE INVESTIGATION GAME), based on the best selling manga series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase, and sharing similar thematic elements with LOGAN`S RUN, BATTLE ROYALE, and 1984, DEATH NOTICE: IKIGAMI (????, Ikigami, 2008) paints a vivid and shocking portrait of a dystopian future Japan in which citizens are routinely killed, by law, “for the good of the nation”. In the interests of national prosperity, in a near-future Japan all children are given an inoculation on their first day at school. One in every thousand of the injections contains a lethal nano-capsule, which will end the recipient’s life some time between the ages of 18 and 24. Having been randomly selected to die, prior to their termination these citizens are given 24 hours’ notification of their impending

    Front and back cover art for Shout! Factory`s GAMERA VS ZIGRA/ GAMERA: THE SUPER MONSTER Double Feature DVD. Photos courtesy of Shout! Factory. © 1971. 1980 Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

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    Source: Shout! Factory Special Thanks to Tom Chen Our friends at Shout! Factory sent over an advance copy of their GAMERA VS ZIGRA/ GAMERA: THE SUPER MONSTER Double Feature Collector’s Edition DVD set, so we`re pleased to give SciFi Japan readers an early look at what`s coming their way on March 15th. The DVD has a suggested retail price of $19.93. Both films are presented in their original widescreen theatrical aspect ratios. The quality of the image and Japanese audio tracks matches the high standards of Shout! Factory`s previous Gamera releases. The English dubs are the same ones used for the original American releases; unfortunately the English audio for GAMERA: THE SUPER MONSTER appears to have been lifted from inferior elements as it is rather muffled. It is also incomplete... the narration switches briefly to Japanese during Barugon`s rampage and is missing the line "The chilling monster

    Hayao Miyazaki`s NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND is coming to Blu-ray in North America. Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. © 1984 NIBARIKI - TOKUMA SHOTEN - HAKUHODO. © Disney Enterprises, Inc.

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    Source: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Inc. Press release Official Movie Site: disneypictures/earthsea (US) On March 8th, Studio Ghibli`s TALES FROM EARTHSEA (DVD only) and NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack) will be available to bring home from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Goro Miyazaki`s directorial debut, TALES FROM EARTHSEA (Gedo Senki, 2006), features exquisite hand-drawn animation and the vocal talents of Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, and Mariska Hargitay. Bonus material includes a behind-the-scenes look at the studio and Studio Ghibli Trivia Challenge. NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Kaze no Tani no Naushika, 1984) launched the Academy Award-winning career of famed director Hayao Miyazaki! This stunning animated tale features the voices of Uma Thurman, Shia LeBeouf, and Patrick Stewart. Bonus features include a behind-the-scenes look into the recording booth and the birth story of Studio Ghibli. NAUSICAA

    Matsuko Kawajiri (Miki Nakatani) fins joy in the mundane in MEMORIES OF MATSUKO, the multi-award winning tragic fairytale from CONFESSIONS director Tetsuya Nakashima. Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © 2006

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    Source: Third Window Films, TBS Official Movie Site: thirdwindowfilms.com/memories-of-matsuko (UK) Special Thanks to Adam Torel When a bored college student learns that a long lost aunt has been found dead in a park, he begins piecing together her life to see if it had any value. What he finds is a revelation. On February 14th, Third Window Films will release MEMORIES OF MATSUKO (Kiraware Matsuko no Isshoo, 2006) on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom. Talented film director Tetsuya Nakashima (KAMIKAZE GIRLS, CONFESSIONS) wields a host of cinematic tools to make a memorably entertaining and emotionally powerful "fairytale tragedy," weaving together realistic human drama with offbeat comedy and spectacular, Bob Fosse-like production numbers to tell the heartbreaking story of Matsuko Kawajiri, a starry-eyed woman who spends her entire life searching for a worthy "prince" capable of returning her limitless love. After losing her job

    VIZ Pictures, Inc. has announced that it will now operate as NEW PEOPLE, Inc. © 2011 NEW PEOPLE, Inc

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    Source: MediaLab press release Official Site: NewPeopleEnt.com Special Thanks to Erik Jansen VIZ Pictures, Inc., the film distributor and producer behind the Japanese pop culture venue in San Francisco known as NEW PEOPLE, has announced that it will now operate as a newly established company, NEW PEOPLE, Inc., to re-brand and create synergy between all corporate divisions. The company’s film distribution and licensing division will now operate as NEW PEOPLE Entertainment. NEW PEOPLE Entertainment is complemented by the launch of another dedicated film and event production division – NEW PEOPLE Productions – that will organize and manage the annual J-Pop Summit Festival as well as future film premieres, live events, and the development of original programming. The J-Pop Summit Festival takes place in San Francisco every summer and has become one of the largest events in the U.S. devoted to Japanese pop culture, film, fashion, food, art,

    Shout! Factory completes their DVD releases of the original Gamera films with the GAMERA VS. ZIGRA/GAMERA: THE SUPER MONSTER DOUBLE-FEATURE, on sale March 15th. Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures and Golden Media Group, Inc. © 1980 Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

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    Final Two Classic Gamera Movies to be Released March 15th Source: Shout! Factory press release, Golden Media Group, Inc. Special Thanks to Tom Chen, Roy McAree and Richard Noboru Kekahuna The wait is over! On March 15, 2011, Shout! Factory will unleash the final two films in Daiei Motion Picture Company`s illustrious Gamera franchise: GAMERA VS. ZIGRA and GAMERA: THE SUPER MONSTER! Witness twice the excitement as Gamera takes on the malevolent underwater alien creature Zigra and then revisits each of his deadliest foes on by one while trying to save the word! Both films feature newly remastered transfers in their original Japanese language as well as English dubs. Until the partnership of Shout! Factory and Kadokawa Pictures in May 2010, the original Gamera films were woefully underrepresented on DVD in the United States, especially in featuring the authentic original Japanese versions of

    NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Box Set 5. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2002 Masashi Kishimoto/ 2007 Shippuden

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    Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media) has announced a trio of new anime DVD releases set for release this week that expand some of the company’s most potent properties including NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, VAMPIRE KNIGHT and POKÉMON. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET, Volume 5 Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens MSRP: $49.95 U.S. / $71.99 CAN Available Now! Naruto is troubled by nightmares after his second failed attempt to bring Sasuke home. Kakashi, recovering in the hospital, suggests a new training regimen for Naruto that puts him in touch with his wind chakra nature. Naruto seeks advice from another wind type, the Leaf Jonin Asuma. Then, when Tsunade sends Team Kakashi on a mission to the Fire Temple, the truth about a shocking event involving Asuma and the Guardian Shinobi Twelve begins to unfold. This latest

    Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. ©2010 Rei Mikamoto (Bunkasha Publishing Co.,Ltd.)

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock and Philippa Lamb The Australian distributor Madman Entertainment is releasing the following anime and Asian live action titles on Blu-ray and Region 4 DVD in February, 2011... BIG TITS ZOMBIE Strippers vs the Undead! Meet five bored strippers, working in a quiet club with no customers. One night, they stumble across a secret passageway in their dressing room which leads to The Book of the Dead. They begin reading the incantations out loud and unknowingly unleash hordes of the Undead on to the world! Armed with swords, chainsaws and kick-arse fighting moves - it`s time for the real fun to begin! Based on the manga Big Tits Dragon: Hot Spring Zombie Vs. Stripper 5. Release Date: 02/02/2011 SRP: $29.95 Year Of Production: 2010 Audio tracks: Dolby 5.1, 2.0 Languages: Japanese Genre: Cult Movies, Horror Subtitles: English Runtime: 73.0

    Natsuki Shinohara enters the virtual reality of OZ in Mamoru Hosoda`s Japanese Academy Award-winning SUMMER WARS, coming to DVD and Blu-ray. Photo courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment. © 2009 Summer Wars Film Partners

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    Japanese Academy Award-Winner Coming February 15th Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Official Site: s-wars.jp (Japan), funimation.com/summer-wars, gkids.tv/summer (US) Special Thanks to Jackie Smith and Manny Alcala From the visionary director of THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2007 Japanese Academy Prize winner, Best Animated Feature) comes the story of an ordinary family going to extraordinary lengths to avert the impending cyber apocalypse! The internationally acclaimed animated sci-fi film SUMMER WARS (Samaa Woozu, 2009) makes its North American home video debut on February 15th. The first pressings of the 2 disc DVD set ($29.98) and Blu-ray edition ($34.98) from FUNimation Entertainment will come with bonus limited edition art cards. Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only

    YOU`RE UNDER ARREST: FAST & FURIOUS COMPLETE COLLECTION. Photo courtesy of Section23 Films.

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    NEEDLESS COLLECTION 1 BLU-RAY EDITION Available on February 15th Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has provided details on its February 2011 slate of releases, including the popular series NEEDLESS. The first collection will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray by Section23 client Sentai Filmworks. Product details follow, in order of release... YOU`RE UNDER ARREST: FAST & FURIOUS COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 650 min. Street Date: 2/1/2011 Format: DVD Language: Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 Get ready for non-stop, pedal to the metal action and hijinks galore as Japan`s most irregular team of police officers hits the streets again on an all new tour of duty! As usual, the Bokuto Police station is a magnet for the weird and UN-usual, and that`s about the only rule this duty

    Promotional art for the brand new anime series INFINITE STRATOS. Photo courtesy of Sentai Filmworks. © 2011 Izuru Yumizuru, Media Factory/Project IS

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    Brand New Anime Series to Begin Simulcasting This Month in North America Source: Sentai Filmworks, Anime Network press releases Official Site: tbs.co.jp/anime/is (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams and Christian Lopez Sentai Filmworks has announced its acquisition of INFINITE STRATOS (IS, IS< Infinitto Sutoratosu >, 2011), the latest hit anime series from 8-Bit (DURARARA!!, MACROSS FRONTIER). Based on the series of hit novels by Izuru Yumizuru that have already spawned a hit manga and internet radio series, INFINITE STRATOS takes the battle of the sexes to a new level, flipping conventional gender relationships through a maverick series of high speed inverted power rolls over the course of 12 extraordinary episodes. The series debuted on Japanese television this past January 6th, and will begin simulcasting in North America this month on Anime Network Online. 10 years ago, the development of the revolutionary Infinite Stratos powered exoskeleton changed

    Click on the above image to download a pdf file of this CLANNAD: AFTER STORY COMPLETE COLLECTION upgrade order form. Photo courtesy of Section23 Films. © 2008 Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.

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    Save Over $48 Off the COMPLETE COLLECTION Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff The hit anime series CLANNAD: AFTER STORY is being reissued on DVD by Sentai Filmworks with a brand-new English dub. Originally released in a subtitled only format, CLANNAD: AFTER STORY is receiving the dub as part of an agreement in which several affiliated groups have come together to create English language versions for five of Sentai’s most popular titles. In appreciation of those who supported the subtitled only release of these shows, Sentai Filmworks and Section23 Films have set up an “Upgrade” program which will allow owners of the subtitled versions to upgrade their DVDs for the new CLANNAD: AFTER STORY COMPLETE COLLECTION release containing the English dub. Using the order form below, owners of the previous DVDs can save more than $48.00 off the COMPLETE COLLECTION`s suggested retail price of $69.98. This

    Naomitsu Hatakeyama (Shun Oguri) is betrayed by his brother in TAJOMARU: AVENGING BLADE, a retelling of the short stories that inspired Akira Kurosawa`s RASHOMON. Photo courtesy of The Associates. ©2009 Tajomaru Film Partners

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    A Lavish Retelling of a Classic Tale Source: The Associates press release Official Movie Site: warnerbros.co.jp/tajomaru (Japan) Loosely based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short stories Rashomon and In A Grove (most famously adapted for the screen by Akira Kurosawa in his 1950 masterpiece RASHOMON), TAJOMARU: AVENGING BLADE (??????, Tajomaru, 2009) is an epic tale of greed, betrayal, deceit, tragedy and revenge directed by Hiroyuki Nakano (STEREO FUTURE) and starring Shun Oguri (SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, CROWS ZERO), Kyosuke Yabe (SAMURAI ZOMBIE) and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (IP MAN, SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO). Set during Japan’s late Muromachi period, TAJOMARU: AVENGING BLADE begins with the story of two brothers, Naomitsu (Shun Oguri) and Nobutsuna Hatakeyama (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), born into a wealthy and powerful family and both destined for greatness. However, when the father of their lifelong friend and Naomitsu’s love interest Ako (Yuki Shibamoto, I WANT TO BE A

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    Anime Series Available January 25, 2011 Source: FUNimation Entertainment Official Site: gantz.net (Japan), funimation.com/gantz (US) Special Thanks to Manny Alcala Life and Death. It`s nothing but a game. He thought he was dead. The last thing Kei remembers is the train running over his own body. But now he is in a room filled with strangers, all resurrected by a strange, featureless black sphere known only as the Gantz. Caught in a strange realm between life and death, Kei and the others must undertake brutal missions that the Gantz assigns. Otherwise, none of them will live long enough to leave the room. Is it a game? A nightmare? All Kei knows is that this reprieve from death may only be temporary. If they fail, they will die again... Excitement

    The new movie POKÉMON: ARCEUS AND THE JEWEL OF LIFE will be released by VIZ Media on DVD and in manga adaptation. Photos courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2010 Pokémon. © 1997-2011 Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak, TV Tokyo, ShoPro, JR Kikaku. © Pikachu Project 2009. ARUSEUS CHOUKOKU NO JIKUU E © 2009 Makoto Mizobuchi/Shogakukan

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    Twelfth POKÉMON Feature Film Delivers Another Action-Packed Adventure With Ash And His Friends Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: www.PokemonArceus.com Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC has announced the release of POKÉMON: ARCEUS AND THE JEWEL OF LIFE (Gekijoban Poketto Monsuta Daiyamondo & Paru: Arseusu Chuokoku no Jikuu e, 2009) on DVD and in a manga adaption on February 1st (both under the VIZ Kids imprint). The feature film DVD is rated ‘A’ for All Ages with a MSRP of $19.97 U.S. / $28.99 CAN; the manga adaptation is rated ‘A’ for All Ages, with a MSRP of $7.99 U.S. / $9.99 CAN. Long ago, Arceus created the Jewel of Life from fragments of its awesome power. Humans used the Jewel of Life to turn Michina Town from a barren wasteland to a lush and thriving

    Three SciFi Japan readers have won copies of the new KAMUI GAIDEN Region 1 DVD. Photo courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment. © 2009 Kamui Film Partners

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    Source: FUNimation Entertainment Official Movie Site: kamuigaiden.jp (Japan), funimation.com/kamui (US) Special Thanks to Manny Alcala A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Thank you to everyone who entered FUNimation Entertainment and SciFi Japan`s contest for free KAMUI GAIDEN DVDs. The winning entries are: Maurine Starkey Linda Conrad Scott Jones Congratulations to the winners! The DVDs will be shipped in the next week so keep an eye on your mailboxes. Based on the 1964 manga series by Sanpei Shirato, KAMUI GAIDEN is the 17th Century story of the young ninja Kamui. Disillusioned with the laws and principles of his ninja clan, which dictate that he must use his skills to kill others, Kamui chooses to leave his past behind him and go in search of true freedom. But, for a ninja, liberation comes at a price and the only way to escape the bonds of the ninja brotherhood is

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