Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its May slate of releases; including classic GODZILLA® titles from the new international video distribution label KRAKEN RELEASING, which has acquired “GODZILLA® VS. HEDORAH™”, “EBIRAH™, HORROR OF THE DEEP” & “GODZILLA® VS.GIGAN™”, which will be available on both DVD and for the first time, Blu-ray.
Product details follow, in order of release.
Title: EBIRAH™, HORROR OF THE DEEP
Published by: Kraken Releasing
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 88 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $9.98
SYNOPSIS:
When Ryota's brother Yata disappears at sea, the intrepid youth and his
friends join forces with a slightly trustworthy bank robber, steal
a boat and go after him! Of course, there's the little problem that
Yata may be lost on a mysterious island where the evil terrorist
organization Red Bamboo has enslaved natives to make heavy water for
nefarious purposes. And that means dealing with the island's
monstrous, 164 feet tall guardian Ebirah™, as well as Red Bamboo's
arsenal of super advanced weaponry. On the plus side, help may be at
hand in the form of a nubile island girl, two tiny fairies, their giant
protector Mothra™ and the big G himself, the mighty
Godzilla®. Surviving the results of all that "assistance" may not be
guaranteed, but Red Bamboo will never want to tangle with teenagers AND
Godzilla® at the same time again! Take a South Seas cruise to non-stop
mayhem and giant monster destruction with
EBIRAH™- HORROR OF THE DEEP!
Title: EBIRAH™, HORROR OF THE DEEP BLU-RAY
Published by: Kraken Releasing
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 88 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $14.98
SYNOPSIS:
When Ryota's brother Yata disappears at sea, the intrepid youth and his
friends join forces with a slightly trustworthy bank robber, steal
a boat and go after him! Of course, there's the little problem that
Yata may be lost on a mysterious island where the evil terrorist
organization Red Bamboo has enslaved natives to make heavy water for
nefarious purposes. And that means dealing with the island's
monstrous, 164 feet tall guardian Ebirah™, as well as Red Bamboo's
arsenal of super advanced weaponry. On the plus side, help may be at
hand in the form of a nubile island girl, two tiny fairies, their giant
protector Mothra™ and the big G himself, the mighty
Godzilla®. Surviving the results of all that "assistance" may not be
guaranteed, but Red Bamboo will never want to tangle with teenagers AND
Godzilla® at the same time again! Take a South Seas cruise to non-stop
mayhem and giant monster destruction with
EBIRAH™- HORROR OF THE DEEP!
Title: GODZILLA® VS.GIGAN™
Published by: Kraken Releasing
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 90 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $9.98
SYNOPSIS:
When alien invaders, plans for a children's theme park and four giant
monsters with six heads between them all collide, the result is the
inevitable battle for the fate of the Earth. At least, that's how it is
for Godzilla®, who teams up with his former spiky foe Anguirus™ for a
tag team match against two of his greatest adversaries: the legendary
three headed King Ghidorah™ and Gigan™, the
cyborg hench-monster for insidious insect aliens whose plot to wipe out
all human life is cleverly disguised as plans for the construction of a
new children's theme park. Unfortunately for the bug's diabolical
designs, their secret monster control codes are
accidentally discovered by comic book artist Gengo Kotaka, who
broadcasts the master tape and brings Team Godzilla® into play. It's
not going to be an easy fight, though, as the odds are four heads to
two, and King Ghidorah™'s one of Godzilla®'s toughest
opponents. With his cybernetic weaponry Gigan™ is equally ruthless,
and his alien masters are as hard to kill as the cockroaches they
resemble. Will Earth's biggest defenders finally fall? Or will
Godzilla®, and insecticide, triumph over all? Find out
in GODZILLA® VS. GIGAN™!
Title: GODZILLA® VS.GIGAN™ BLU-RAY
Published by: Kraken Releasing
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 90 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $14.98
SYNOPSIS:
When alien invaders, plans for a children's theme park and four giant
monsters with six heads between them all collide, the result is the
inevitable battle for the fate of the Earth. At least, that's how it is
for Godzilla®, who teams up with his former spiky foe Anguirus™ for a
tag team match against two of his greatest adversaries: the legendary
three headed King Ghidorah™ and Gigan™, the
cyborg hench-monster for insidious insect aliens whose plot to wipe out
all human life is cleverly disguised as plans for the construction of a
new children's theme park. Unfortunately for the bug's diabolical
designs, their secret monster control codes are
accidentally discovered by comic book artist Gengo Kotaka, who
broadcasts the master tape and brings Team Godzilla® into play. It's
not going to be an easy fight, though, as the odds are four heads to
two, and King Ghidorah™'s one of Godzilla®'s toughest
opponents. With his cybernetic weaponry Gigan™ is equally ruthless,
and his alien masters are as hard to kill as the cockroaches they
resemble. Will Earth's biggest defenders finally fall? Or will
Godzilla®, and insecticide, triumph over all? Find out
in GODZILLA® VS. GIGAN™!
Title: GODZILLA® VS. HEDORAH™
Published by: Kraken Releasing
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 86 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $9.98
SYNOPSIS:
Forget about acid rain and global warming! The worst ecological
nightmare is actually Hedorah™, which starts off small but quickly
mutates
into a giant flying monster capable of wiping out all life on whatever
unfortunate planet it lands on! And since Hedorah™ grows by consuming
the toxic gases and chemicals mankind has spilled into the air and
water, in the early 1970s that means that its potential
growth is unlimited! Fortunately for the human race, the Earth has an
ultimate green defender who doesn't need to sing protest songs or try to
enact new laws to get things done. Because nobody, and nothing, can
stop Godzilla® when he decides to push an environmental
issue, and while Hedorah™ may be the dirtiest opponent Godzilla® has
ever faced, his name is going to be mud by the time he's been stomped
into the whole Earth a few dozen times. Get ready for the wildest
Godzilla® film ever as the social concerns and way
out fashions of the seventies collide head on with the ultimate in big
monster brawls in GODZILLA® VS. HEDORAH™!
Title: GODZILLA® VS. HEDORAH™
Published by: Kraken Releasing
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 86 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $14.98
SYNOPSIS:
Forget about acid rain and global warming! The worst ecological
nightmare is actually Hedorah™, which starts off small but quickly
mutates
into a giant flying monster capable of wiping out all life on whatever
unfortunate planet it lands on! And since Hedorah™ grows by consuming
the toxic gases and chemicals mankind has spilled into the air and
water, in the early 1970s that means that its potential
growth is unlimited! Fortunately for the human race, the Earth has an
ultimate green defender who doesn't need to sing protest songs or try to
enact new laws to get things done. Because nobody, and nothing, can
stop Godzilla® when he decides to push an environmental
issue, and while Hedorah™ may be the dirtiest opponent Godzilla® has
ever faced, his name is going to be mud by the time he's been stomped
into the whole Earth a few dozen times. Get ready for the wildest
Godzilla® film ever as the social concerns and way
out fashions of the seventies collide head on with the ultimate in big
monster brawls in GODZILLA® VS. HEDORAH™!
Title: PERSONA 4: THE ANIMATION COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 670 min.
Street Date: 5/6/2014
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $79.98
SYNOPSIS:
When Yu Narukami moves to the country town of Inaba to stay with his
uncle and cousin, he's expecting a lot more peace and quiet than he's
been used to in the big city. What he isn't expecting is for his
uncle's job as a police detective to spill over into his own life. Or
for the murders that are occurring across town to be somehow linked to
Yu's own strange experiences: odd local weather
patterns, and a mysterious TV show world that seems to be attempting to
get Yu to enter it! Now, together with a new group of friends, Yu must
plunge into a bizarre alternate reality where he gains unique abilities
that will either help him solve the riddle
of the mystery killer, or lead him to his doom. Journey into the
Velvet Room and beyond as the hit PlayStation 2® game becomes a
spectacular anime in PERSONA 4: The Complete Collection!
Title: BOOK OF BANTORRA COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 675 min.
Street Date: 5/13/2014
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $79.98
SYNOPSIS:
In another time and place,
on a world of pain and sorrow, when someone dies, their soul doesn't go
to Heaven or Hell - it becomes a book. A book that reveals the
deceased's innermost secrets and that can be read
by anyone. Protecting these priceless treasures is the elite
organization known as the Armed Librarians. It's their job to keep the
books and the knowledge within them safe from those who would misuse or
destroy them. It's a tough, dangerous job, so Chief
Librarian Hamyuts Maseta recruits only the best and the brightest
psychics to join her team of expert fighters. Even so, will they be
able to stop the fanatics of the Shindeki Church from wreaking vengeance
on the entire world? Only time will tell, but that
book hasn't been written yet. Don't miss the non-stop action of The
Book of Bantorra Complete Collection.
Title: BOOK OF BANTORRA COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 675 min.
Street Date: 5/13/2014
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $99.98
SYNOPSIS:
In another time and place, on a world of pain and sorrow, when someone
dies, their soul doesn't go to Heaven or Hell - it becomes a book.
A book that reveals the deceased's innermost secrets and that can be
read by anyone. Protecting these priceless treasures is the elite
organization known as the Armed Librarians. It's their job to keep the
books and the knowledge within them safe from those
who would misuse or destroy them. It's a tough, dangerous job, so
Chief Librarian Hamyuts Maseta recruits only the best and the brightest
psychics to join her team of expert fighters. Even so, will they be
able to stop the fanatics of the Shindeki Church
from wreaking vengeance on the entire world? Only time will tell, but
that book hasn't been written yet. Don't miss the non-stop action of
The Book of Bantorra Complete Collection.
Title: HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF THE EAST SEASON 1
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 5/20/2014
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS:
When their village was wiped out five years ago, there were only three
young survivors: Shino Inuzuka, Sosuke Inukawa, and the girl Hamaji.
Through a quirk of fate, both boys share the same peony-shaped
birthmark. Genpachi Inukai and Kobungo Inuta were raised hundreds of
miles away as foster brothers, but they too share the same birthmark.
When they went north as part of the army three years
ago, they went to confront demons and came back forever transformed.
Now the Imperial Church has come for Shino and Sosuke and they must find
eight mystical gems and their owners or face a fate worse than death at
the hands of the Church. One of Japan's
greatest works of literature is born again in HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF
THE EAST!
Title: HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF THE EAST SEASON 1 BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 5/20/2014
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98
SYNOPSIS:
When their village was wiped out five years ago, there were only three
young survivors: Shino Inuzuka, Sosuke Inukawa, and the girl Hamaji.
Through a quirk of fate, both boys share the same peony-shaped
birthmark. Genpachi Inukai and Kobungo Inuta were raised hundreds of
miles away as foster brothers, but they too share the same birthmark.
When they went north as part of the army three years
ago, they went to confront demons and came back forever transformed.
Now the Imperial Church has come for Shino and Sosuke and they must find
eight mystical gems and their owners or face a fate worse than death at
the hands of the Church. One of Japan's
greatest works of literature is born again in HAKKENDEN: EIGHT DOGS OF
THE EAST!
Title: LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 5/27/2014
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS:
Yuta Togashi has a problem. He used to be a "chunibyo", one of the
thousands of Japanese students so desperate to stand out that they've
literally convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and
hidden powers. But now that he's starting high school, he's determined
to put aside his delusions and face life head on. The trouble is Rikka
Takanashi, his upstairs neighbor, is JUST a little
bit delusional herself. And she knows all about his past
indiscretions. Yuta thought his delusions were all behind him. Now
he's not so sure. "Crazy in love" gets a whole new meaning as fantasy
worlds collide in LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS!
Title: LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 5/27/2014
Format: BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS:
Yuta Togashi has a problem. He used to be a "chunibyo", one of the
thousands of Japanese students so desperate to stand out that they've
literally convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and
hidden powers. But now that he's starting high school, he's determined
to put aside his delusions and face life head on. The trouble is Rikka
Takanashi, his upstairs neighbor, is JUST a little
bit delusional herself. And she knows all about his past
indiscretions. Yuta thought his delusions were all behind him. Now
he's not so sure. "Crazy in love" gets a whole new meaning as fantasy
worlds collide in LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS!
Title: MOTTO TO LOVE RU SEASON 2 BLU-RAYCOLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 5/27/2014
Format: BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
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,
and worst of all, 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! Now in high definition!
