Section23 Films has announced its March 2016 slate of releases

Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its March slate of releases; including Sentai Filmworks’ latest acquisition, the romantic comedy series Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun. Available on DVD, Blu-ray and Limited Edition Premium Box Set.

Product details, in order of release:

Title:                 WIZARD BARRISTERS COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      3/1/2016

Format:             DVD, BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98, $69.98

SYNOPSIS:  When the laws of magic are broken, it's the duty of the Police Department's deadly Section 1 to enforce them.  But, since even craven maven mages and nefarious necromancers have the right to a fair trial, the job of defending them belongs to the Benmashi, the Wizard Barristers!  It's a tricky profession, requiring both arcane ability and a judicious sense of jurisprudence, and at just seventeen, Cecil Sudo is the youngest Benmashi that Butterfly Law has ever employed.  That means a lot of late nights burning the midnight brimstone, summoning up summaries, parsing phrases with paranormal paralegals and cutting deals with opposing counsels from hell.  And when a young Benmashi starts to discover that her own charm may be more magically-based than she realized, there'll be a hex-tra incentive to work wonders outside the courtroom as well!  Every trial is a witch trial as the most enchantingly Adept Attorney ever becomes a Master of the Art of Defensive Spells in WIZARD BARRISTERS!

Title:                 WOLF GIRL & BLACK PRINCE COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      3/8/2016

Format:             DVD, BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98, $59.98

SYNOPSIS:  Everyone knows that lies can come back to bite you, but when Erika makes up a fake boyfriend to impress her new classmates, the results may literally end up hounding her forever!   Yes, it was dumb, but what were the odds that the random guy whose picture she used would turn out to be a student at her own school?  Or that said faux-boyfriend's silence would come with such a horrible price?   Now Erika doesn't just have to run and fetch at Kyoya Sata's command, she has to bark too!  Because he's literally treating her like a dog, and she just has to roll over and take it, or he'll tell everyone the truth!  But that's not the worst part, because even though this wolf in hunk's clothing has Erika collared, she may be starting to have REAL feelings for him anyway!  Is she barking up the wrong tree, or could true love be unleashed in WOLF GIRL & BLACK PRINCE? 

Title:                 THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Selects

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         600 min.

Street Date:      3/15/2016

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $39.98

SYNOPSIS:  Tales of traveling to alternate dimensions are fun to watch in the movies, but when you get stuck in one yourself, it's not quite as much fun.  So when strongman Junpei, actress Airi, and teenage gun fanatic Ritsuko find themselves transported to a world populated by elves and other mystical beings, all they want to do is go home.  Unfortunately, after putting their trust in the scatterbrained sorceress Celcia, the spell to send them back to Earth ends up getting scattered to the winds, with different parts attaching themselves to the bodies of Elves all across the planet.  Now the only way to put it back together is to travel around the world, convincing elves to take off all their clothes for a "spell check"!  Fortunately, the team also has access to a T-74 tank, so it's time for the weirdest road trip ever.  Warning!  There are naked elves ahead as the ultimate fanboy fantasy is launched in THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES!

Title:                 WAITING IN THE SUMMER COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         325 min.

Street Date:      3/15/2016

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSIS:  When a group of friends decide to make a movie over a long summer holiday, they end up learning a little about filmmaking and a lot more about each other and themselves.  What begins as a simple way to avoid the summer doldrums quickly turns into something much more complex, intimate, and downright revealing.  As the summer heats up, so do the maturing relationships between the young cast members, taking some new, and sometimes unexpected, turns.  Get ready for a whole new look at summer romance as hidden emotions get captured and secrets meant to be kept hidden inside young hearts instead spill off the screen for your viewing pleasure in WAITING IN THE SUMMER!  

Title:                 WHEN THEY CRY SEASON 1

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         650 min.

Street Date:      3/15/2016

Format:             DVD, BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98, $69.98

SYNOPSIS:  Moving to the picturesque town of Hinamizawa is going to be a big adjustment for Keiichi.  For all its beauty, it's also tiny… so small that there's only one school, one where most of the students have known each other all their lives.  Fortunately, he soon meets four girls… Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika, who're willing to let the new guy in town join their afterschool club.  And for a while, things seem wonderful.  Until Keiichi starts discovering strange things, like the project manager for a controversial dam project being found dismembered five years ago.  As he digs deeper, there are whispers and rumors of other murders and disappearances, stories of a town curse, and mysterious rituals.  And then people he knows start to die.  What secrets have the people of Hinamizawa kept hidden from the rest of the world?  And could his new friends somehow be involved?  The shocking answers will be revealed WHEN THEY CRY!

 

Title:                 CELESTIAL METHOD COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         325 min.

Street Date:      3/22/2016

Format:             DVD, BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98, $59.98

SYNOPSIS:  It's been seven years since Nonoka Komiya last lived in Lake Kiriya City.  However, while she knew that there would be changes in the town, she's still unprepared for what she finds upon her return:  A giant saucer hovers over the entire city, as it has since shortly after she and her family left.  Stranger yet, a girl she doesn't know, Noel, is waiting for her, claiming that they have met before.  Confused, Nonaka tries to focus on reconnecting with her old friends, but odd memories, suppressed in the wake of her mother's death, begin to float to the top of her consciousness.  Can it be that she has met Noel before?  And how does this connect with the appearance of the saucer itself?  To solve the riddle, Nonoka must join with her friends and rediscover the events that occurred before she left Lake Kiriya.  Because there's more than a mystery that must be solved: there's a promise that has to be kept in CELESTIAL METHOD. 

Title:                 MONTHLY GIRLS' NOZAKI-KUN COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      3/29/2016

Format:             DVD, BD, COMBO

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98, $69.98, $129.98

SYNOPSIS:  You know how the story goes:  girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application.  Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels.  Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date!  But while it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts.  And when Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless.  Could Chiyo's romantic frustration possibly get any more drawn out of proportion?  The answer will be profusely illustrated in MONTHLY GIRLS' NOZAKI-KUN!

Title:                 UTAWARERUMONO OVA

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         85 min.

Street Date:      3/29/2016

Format:             DVD, BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $29.98, $39.98

SYNOPSIS:  You may have thought the saga of the mysterious masked warrior Hakuoro was over, but the fight for justice and honor never ends.  Even in a world filled with sorcery and epic battles, there's always time for a few adventures on the side!  Journey back to the world of UTAWARERUMONO and discover three amazing new stories:  Can the priestess Urutori find a way to solve the problem of an abandoned infant, or will she end up raising the child herself?  Can healer Eluluu resolve a situation that involves youth potions, some unusually well-intentioned kidnappers, and a very unorthodox romance?  And finally, learn just how much trouble a couple of girls can get into on a simple afternoon fishing trip.  (Because when it involves magic fish, and two of the girls are Touka and Aruruu, the answer is… plenty!)  The tales may be a little shorter, but the fantasy is every bit as fantastic as all the characters you love return in UTAWARERUMONO - THE OVA COLLECTION!

Title:                 VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Maiden Japan

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         650 min.

Street Date:      3/29/2016

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS:  She may use the name Miyu Yamano when dealing with mortals, but the truth is that not even Miyu knows who she really is.  What is certain is that she was born of Vampire and Human; the human half granting her the ability to walk by day, while her craving for the blood of the living brands her forever as a creature of the night.  Now, together with her sole companion, the Shinma known as Larva, she exists in the twilight realm where the worlds of light and shadow overlap, trapped in the body of a teenager forever.  Her task:  to serve as Mankind's last defense against the forces of Darkness.  To hunt down those who would seek to harm the human race, and to cast them back into the depths from which they came.  Prepare to stalk the night as the death-dance of undead predator and prey begins in the anime classic VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU - THE SERIES!