With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

Sunday, March 02, 2014

Section23 Films announces its June 2014 slate of releases


Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its June slate of releases; including Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: Samurai Bride. It’s the follow up to the smash series Samurai Girls.

Product details follow, in order of release.

Title:                 AMNESIA COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/3/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSIS:  She runs through the flaming building seeking escape.  She struggles in the water, desperate to keep afloat.  And then she wakes in the hospital, with no knowledge of how she got there or memory of who she was.  People she doesn't know come to visit her, but only the one that no one else can see, the spirit boy who calls himself Olion, seems to understand what has happened to her.  And he tells her not to let anyone know of her amnesia.  As the Heroine struggles to recall her past and connect the random recollections in her mind to form memories, one thing seems sure:  Time is no longer a constant, and the date of August 1st… the day she keeps waking up in the hospital… is somehow significant.  As are each of the people she meets, though the stories that link her to them seem to shift like sands in an emptying hourglass.   Will she be able put the pieces of the puzzle together, and what will she see if it becomes complete?  Lost to both the world and herself, the Heroine must lift the veils of AMNESIA.


Title:                 AMNESIA COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/3/2014
Format:             BD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $69.98

SYNOPSIS:  She runs through the flaming building seeking escape.  She struggles in the water, desperate to keep afloat.  And then she wakes in the hospital, with no knowledge of how she got there or memory of who she was.  People she doesn't know come to visit her, but only the one that no one else can see, the spirit boy who calls himself Olion, seems to understand what has happened to her.  And he tells her not to let anyone know of her amnesia.  As the Heroine struggles to recall her past and connect the random recollections in her mind to form memories, one thing seems sure:  Time is no longer a constant, and the date of August 1st… the day she keeps waking up in the hospital… is somehow significant.  As are each of the people she meets, though the stories that link her to them seem to shift like sands in an emptying hourglass.   Will she be able put the pieces of the puzzle together, and what will she see if it becomes complete?  Lost to both the world and herself, the Heroine must lift the veils of AMNESIA.


Title:                 HENTAI PRINCE & THE STONY CAT COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/3/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS: Koto is a complete and total pervert, but he doesn't think that's a problem.  What bothers him is that every time he tries to bluff his way through one of his indiscretions, his inability to drop his emotionless façade inevitably digs him in even deeper.  Tsukiko also has an issue and wants to get rid of her childish habit of blurting out whatever she happens to be thinking.  So when they learn about a statue of a cat that can take away a single personality trait that you want to get rid of, they're both eager to try it out.  However, what neither of them realizes until it's too late is that the cat doesn't just take the personality trait away from you, it GIVES it to somebody else!  Now Koto can't keep himself from saying exactly what's on his mind, while Tsukiko has picked up a complete inability to display emotion!  Could the solution be finding the original owners of all the assorted problems and arranging an un-swap?  And if it is, just how are they going to find everyone?  A crazed game of musical personalities encompassing a very surprising cast of characters has only just begun in HENTAI PRINCE AND THE STONY CAT.


Title:                 HENTAI PRINCE & THE STONY CAT COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/3/2014
Format:             BD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSIS: Koto is a complete and total pervert, but he doesn't think that's a problem.  What bothers him is that every time he tries to bluff his way through one of his indiscretions, his inability to drop his emotionless façade inevitably digs him in even deeper.  Tsukiko also has an issue and wants to get rid of her childish habit of blurting out whatever she happens to be thinking.  So when they learn about a statue of a cat that can take away a single personality trait that you want to get rid of, they're both eager to try it out.  However, what neither of them realizes until it's too late is that the cat doesn't just take the personality trait away from you, it GIVES it to somebody else!  Now Koto can't keep himself from saying exactly what's on his mind, while Tsukiko has picked up a complete inability to display emotion!  Could the solution be finding the original owners of all the assorted problems and arranging an un-swap?  And if it is, just how are they going to find everyone?  A crazed game of musical personalities encompassing a very surprising cast of characters has only just begun in HENTAI PRINCE AND THE STONY CAT.


Title:                 DOG & SCISSORS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/10/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS: Harumi Kazuhito was the ultimate bookworm, spending days at a time with his head buried in his beloved books, and little could make him happier than perusing the pages of his favorite author, Kirihime Natsuno.  Unfortunately, Harumi's life goes to the dogs, literally, when he gets himself killed while trying to stop a robber!  Thanks to the power of a true bookworm, however, Harumi inexplicably finds himself reincarnated as a dog… which might not be so bad if dogs could READ.  Or if the woman who adopts him didn't have twin predilections for playing with scissors and tormenting her new pet! But what truly makes this strange reincarnation the worst of all possible worlds is that she's also his FAVORITE AUTHOR!   The horror!  Can Harumi find a way to live with this tantrum throwing typist, or will her crazed clippings prove to be his undoing?   Can he escape her constant hounding via the doggy door, or is he barking up the wrong tree?  There's a rough, rough time ahead as canine compulsive readers and literary she-wolves get snippy with each other when doggies do what they gotta do in DOG AND SCISSORS.


Title:                 LEVIATHAN ~ THE LAST DEFENSE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         325 min.
Street Date:      6/10/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS: There lands of Aquafall were a paradise, where water flowed freely, the hills were covered with lush vegetation and life in all forms flourished in peace and abundance.  But that was before the meteors began to fall, each impact spawning new, hideous monsters, until it soon became clear that there were others who wanted to claim the entire green world for themselves.   An enemy that would not stop until all opposition had been vanquished.  Fortunately, the fairy Syrup was on guard and knew exactly what to do.  Working quickly, she began to recruit an extraordinary team of young women to form the base of the Aquafall Defense Force: the incredibly strong Jormungandr, the extravagant Bahamut and the stoic Leviathan.  But can three girls, alone, really turn the tide of an alien invasion?  They can when each of the ladies in question is also a member of a Dragon Clan, and when it comes to fighting tooth, nail and claw, the invaders have just met their match!  Get ready for the ultimate monster showdown as alien takes on dragon while the scales of fate hang in the balance in LEVIATHAN ~ THE LAST DEFENSE.


Title:                 LEVIATHAN ~ THE LAST DEFENSE COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         325 min.
Street Date:      6/10/2014
Format:             BD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSIS: There lands of Aquafall were a paradise, where water flowed freely, the hills were covered with lush vegetation and life in all forms flourished in peace and abundance.  But that was before the meteors began to fall, each impact spawning new, hideous monsters, until it soon became clear that there were others who wanted to claim the entire green world for themselves.   An enemy that would not stop until all opposition had been vanquished.  Fortunately, the fairy Syrup was on guard and knew exactly what to do.  Working quickly, she began to recruit an extraordinary team of young women to form the base of the Aquafall Defense Force: the incredibly strong Jormungandr, the extravagant Bahamut and the stoic Leviathan.  But can three girls, alone, really turn the tide of an alien invasion?  They can when each of the ladies in question is also a member of a Dragon Clan, and when it comes to fighting tooth, nail and claw, the invaders have just met their match!  Get ready for the ultimate monster showdown as alien takes on dragon while the scales of fate hang in the balance in LEVIATHAN ~ THE LAST DEFENSE.


Title:                 MAOYU - ARCHENEMY & HERO COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/10/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS: Names can be deceiving, something the warrior known as Hero quickly discovers when he storms the castle of the dread Demon King that mankind has fought for fifteen years.  For one thing, the "king" turns out to be a queen!  Even more shocking, though, is that she's waiting for him with an unexpected proposal.  She points out that it would be bad for BOTH sides if the war was to end immediately, as without a common enemy, the individual factions of the winning side are certain to turn on each other in a new series of civil wars.  However, she has a plan to end the war, bring democracy and advanced knowledge to humanity, and ensure lasting prosperity for both sides, no matter who "wins".  But to accomplish this, she needs a collaborator on the human side, and she's chosen Hero as the one partner she can trust!  Is it a deal with the devil, or mankind's only hope for lasting peace?  The traditional rules of Swords and Sorcery are completely rewritten as the "good guy" and the "bad girl" join forces to save the world in MAOYU - ARCHENEMY & HERO.


Title:                 MAOYU - ARCHENEMY & HERO COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/10/2014
Format:             BD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSIS: Names can be deceiving, something the warrior known as Hero quickly discovers when he storms the castle of the dread Demon King that mankind has fought for fifteen years.  For one thing, the "king" turns out to be a queen!  Even more shocking, though, is that she's waiting for him with an unexpected proposal.  She points out that it would be bad for BOTH sides if the war was to end immediately, as without a common enemy, the individual factions of the winning side are certain to turn on each other in a new series of civil wars.  However, she has a plan to end the war, bring democracy and advanced knowledge to humanity, and ensure lasting prosperity for both sides, no matter who "wins".  But to accomplish this, she needs a collaborator on the human side, and she's chosen Hero as the one partner she can trust!  Is it a deal with the devil, or mankind's only hope for lasting peace?  The traditional rules of Swords and Sorcery are completely rewritten as the "good guy" and the "bad girl" join forces to save the world in MAOYU - ARCHENEMY & HERO.
   

Title:                 BUSOU SHINKI COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/17/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS: Some guys wait their entire life to meet the girl of their dreams, but high school freshman Rihito is already living with FOUR of them!  And they're (almost) always ready and willing to help him with whatever difficult task their "Master" needs to be handled.  So, how did Rihito get to be so lucky?  Well, while Hina, Ann, Ines and Rene may not be exactly high maintenance, Rihito does have to make sure that they're lubricated regularly and their batteries are recharged.  That's because they're Shinki: tiny, six-inch high, customizable androids.  But don't let their tiny size fool you.  These little ladies have more than full-size intelligence and emotions, and since each one would prefer to be Rihito's favorite, there's sure to be a little mechanical friction!  Get ready for sparks to fly as these battery powered princesses take charge of Rihito's world in BUSOU SHINKI.


Title:                 SAMURAI BRIDE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/24/2014
Format:             DVD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSIS: Things seemed to be going so well for Muneakira Yagyu.  On top of dealing with Jubei, the immortal samurai warrior who fell out of the sky and into his arms and lips, he used his ability to awaken the latent power of a female samurai with a kiss to successfully juggle a handful of very powerful, very female master samurai, AND led them all to victory against the minion of a great evil.  So was it too much to ask for a little break in the routine of saving Japan?  Apparently it was, as another great evil has appeared in the land, this one even stronger than the last.  However, that's the LEAST of Muneakira's problems, because with all the women he's kissed in order to awaken their latent samurai powers, the inevitable has finally happened.  Someone's taking the long walk down the aisle with a samurai girl!  It's going to be a REALLY old fashioned wedding and any resistance by the groom will be totally feudal in SAMURAI BRIDE.


Title:                 SAMURAI BRIDE COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      6/24/2014
Format:             BD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                $69.98

SYNOPSIS: Things seemed to be going so well for Muneakira Yagyu.  On top of dealing with Jubei, the immortal samurai warrior who fell out of the sky and into his arms and lips, he used his ability to awaken the latent power of a female samurai with a kiss to successfully juggle a handful of very powerful, very female master samurai, AND led them all to victory against the minion of a great evil.  So was it too much to ask for a little break in the routine of saving Japan?  Apparently it was, as another great evil has appeared in the land, this one even stronger than the last.  However, that's the LEAST of Muneakira's problems, because with all the women he's kissed in order to awaken their latent samurai powers, the inevitable has finally happened.  Someone's taking the long walk down the aisle with a samurai girl!  It's going to be a REALLY old fashioned wedding and any resistance by the groom will be totally feudal in SAMURAI BRIDE.