News and reviews, contemplations and considerations of Asian films and filmmakers. With the occasional piece on manga, dance, music, or whatever else Asian that might be of interest. Written by Dr. Stan Glick, a columnist for Asian Cult Cinema magazine.
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
Sunday, January 01, 2017
Section23 Films has announced its February 2017 slate of releases
Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its February slate of releases; including Sentai Filmworks’ Amagi Brilliant Park! Available on DVD, Blu-ray and Collector’s Edition Premium Box Set!
Product details in order of release:
Title: YOUNG BLACK JACK COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 2/7/2017
Format: BD, DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98, $49.98
SYNOPSIS: The year is 1968, the war in Vietnam is approaching its zenith, and the counterculture movement that's been sweeping the world is engulfing Japan. While others are in the streets protesting, one young medical student becomes embroiled in a different kind of battle. As new medical technologies to save and extend lives come into play, the temptation for a surgeon to play God has never been so powerful. Even as he strives to prove his own skills to his colleagues, Hazama Kuroo begins to suspect that the potentials for abuse inherent in the medical system are already being exploited. To attempt to change the system means risking his own promising career as a surgeon, and to move against the perpetrators will put his own life in danger. However, as a doctor, how can he not act when lives are on the line? The diagnosis is murder as the origin of Osamu Tezuka's legendary rogue surgeon Black Jack is finally revealed in YOUNG BLACK JACK!
Title: BUSOU SHINKI COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 2/14/2017
Format: BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Some guys wait their entire lives to meet the girl of their dreams, but Rihito is already living with three of them! How did a high school freshman get so lucky? Well, the truth is that Anne, Aines, and Lene aren't normal girls: they're Shinki - 6-inch-high, customizable androids that are the latest hit in the toy world. Don't let their tiny size or doll-like appearance fool you; these little ladies have more than full-size intelligence and emotions, and, since each one would secretly prefer to be Rihito's favorite, there's always a little mechanical friction going on. Then, what happens when a fourth Shinki, Hina, is suddenly added to the mix? Get ready for sparks to fly as four battery-powered princesses take charge of Rihito's world in BUSOU SHINKI!
Title: COMET LUCIFER COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 2/14/2017
Format: BD, DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98, $49.98
SYNOPSIS: Sogo Amagi has spent a good portion of his young life looking for rare crystals in abandoned Giftdium mines, but it's not until he's lost in the ruins beneath his own home town that he and his friend Kaon make the most incredible discovery of all: a giant crystal with a girl trapped inside! Things only get wilder when the girl is unexpectedly freed. Suddenly, the mines are invaded by giant robots controlled by a secret military organization, which is in turn fought off by a mysterious being made of crystal! That leaves Sogo, Kaon, and their friends scrambling to figure out what to do with Felia, a red-eyed girl with strange powers who doesn't even speak their language! They need to figure everything out quickly, because unless they can unravel Felia's secrets and learn why the military is after her, their whole planet may be in danger of complete annihilation in COMET LUCIFER!
Title: GREEN LEGEND RAN COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 140 min.
Street Date: 2/21/2017
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $24.98
SYNOPSIS: The objects fell from the sky, swallowing most of Earth's water, vegetation and animal life. Now, while the remnants of humanity struggle to survive in a world of endless deserts, the followers of the alien Rodo rule from enclaves that control the little water that is left. However, not everyone is willing to bow to the Rodo and their disciples, and resistance groups like Hazzard continue to fight back. Seeking revenge against the man who killed his mother, a young man named Ran sets out to join Hazzard, but fate intervenes and he finds himself in the middle of a battle between the two sides. Hoping to rescue a beautiful silver-haired girl named Aira, Ran will ultimately take on an even greater mission: to learn the shocking secrets that both Hazzard and the Rodoists have been hiding from the world. The classic adventure that enthralled a generation returns in GREEN LEGEND RAN!
Title: UTA NO PRINCE SAMA REVOLUTIONS COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 2/21/2017
Format: BD, DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98, $49.98
SYNOPSIS: Get ready for a madcap round of dueling duets as Haruka and the members of the all-male vocal group ST☆RISH find themselves broken down into smaller teams of two! It's part of a plan to help the budding boy band become the star singing attraction at the famous Triple S sports festival, but Haruka and the boys can't help but wonder if being divided into Cross Units won't end up making them cross with each other instead. It doesn't help that the festival's current top pick is the band made up of ST☆RISH's own senior supervisors, QUARTET NIGHT! No matter what motivations their manager Saotome Shining might have for playing mix-and-match with these golden-throated gents, their future is ultimately going to be determined by their loyalty to each other and Haruka's ability to convert everything into song. Music is the most extreme sport and the competition is on in UTA NO PRINCE-SAMA REVOLUTIONS!
Title: AMAGI BRILLIANT PARK COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 350 min.
Street Date: 2/28/2017
Format: BD, DVD, COMBO
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98, $59.98, $179.98
SYNOPSIS: When new transfer student Isuzu asks Seiya Kanie out on a date at gunpoint, he knows something odd is going on. Especially since she wants to go to Amagi Brilliant Park, where the rides are either dangerous or mind-numbingly dull and the only costumed performers who aren't rude or apathetic are the ones who didn't show up for work. So when Isuzu asks Seiya to take over as the park's new manager, he knows she's crazy. (Well, crazy-er, given the gunpoint thing.) But when Seiya learns that Amagi Brilliant Park is a REAL Magic Kingdom, that the costumed performers aren't wearing costumes, that they live off the energy created by attendees, and that unless they can attract 250,000 attendees in three months, they'll lose their jobs and homes… he goes a little crazy himself. But, even with the aid of scantily clad fairies, giant mice and sniper-trained sheep, can anyone rescue a park that's sunk so low that its own bus doesn't stop there anymore? The race is on to get the turnstiles turning and save AMAGI BRILLIANT PARK!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Check out the interesting details about Films at dialbe.com
ReplyDelete