Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its September slate of releases; including Sentai Filmworks’ latest acquisition, HAMATORA. Available English dubbed on DVD & Blu-ray.
Product details, in order of release:
Title: ARGEVOLLEN COLLECTION 1
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 9/1/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98, $59.98
SYNOPSIS Tokimune
Susumu has every reason to distrust the military and question orders.
His sister has already died in the service of the Arandas military, and
his secret reason for enlisting is to ferret out the truth behind her
mysterious death. So, when a civilian convoy is in jeopardy and his own
battle mech is destroyed, Susumu's all too ready to break ranks and
jump into the cockpit of the experimental Argevollen. What he isn't
expecting, however, is that activating the Argevollen conforms it to his
mind alone. Now he's on the frontline of the ongoing meat-grinder that
the war between Arandas and Ingelmia has become, and his only certain
ally is an attractive civilian contractor whose reasons for being in the
war are as convoluted as his own. Knowledge is the most powerful
weapon and Truth is the first victim as the mechs of war are unleashed
in ARGEVOLLEN!
Title: K-ON! SEASON 1 BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 350 min.
Street Date: 9/1/2015
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Rock
n' Roll may never die, but the Sakuragoaka Girl's High School Light
Music Club might not be here to stay unless would-be drummer Ritsu
Tainaka can find three more members to replace the graduated seniors.
Determined to see that the beat goes on, Ritsu can get a little help
from her friend Mio Akiyama on bass, and together they might be able to
convince choir-inclined Tsumugi Kotobuki to join on the keyboards. But
even then, they'll still need a hero, preferably of the juke-box variety
with stars in her eyes. Instead they find Yui Hirasawa, who's looking
for a club to join and who's never held a guitar in her life. But when
Yui does pick up a beat-up six-string, it feels good in her hands, and
it doesn't take long to understand that maybe she's finally found a
place where she belongs. Because you can't stop the music when four
girls share a dream, even if it's something as crazy as someday playing
at the famous Budokan. It's going to be a long and winding road, but if
they find their passion and follow their muse, they could go anywhere
in K-ON!
Title: SNAFU BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 9/1/2015
Format: BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Opposites
may attract, but putting them together can result in chemical burns,
electric shocks, and explosions. Enter Hachiman Hikigaya, a pessimistic
high school student with no friends, no interest in making any, and the
firm belief that everyone else's cherished high school experiences are
either delusions or outright lies. Hachiman finds himself coerced by his
well-meaning student advisor into joining the one member Service Club.
There he encounters club founder Yukino Yukinoshita, a smart,
attractive, walking superiority complex who looks down on the entire
student body. These two negative personalities are quick to attract Yui
Yuigahama, who's cute, bright, cheerful, and needs the Service Club's
help to… bake cookies? Is this a recipe for romance or the precursor for
a nuclear meltdown? Will there be cookies, nookie, or a reason for
everyone to play hooky? Get ready for rom-com gone totally wrong as the
barrage a trois of the Service Club is unleashed on the unsuspecting
student body in MY TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY - SNAFU!
Title: APPLESEED
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 105 min.
Street Date: 9/8/2015
Format: COMBO
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $19.98
SYNOPSIS:
Plucked from the last battlefields of the final war, mercenary Deunan
Knute finds herself pressed into duty with the ESWAT, defenders of the
Utopian city of Olympus. But serpents beneath the peaceful surface of
this apparent Garden of Eden, and new seeds of destruction have already
been planted! Now it’s up to Deunan and her former lover, the
now-cyborg Briareos, to unravel a deadly web of plots that threaten to
bring down Olympus from within! With blazing battles between giant
Land-Mates and state of the art animation that set a new standard for cg
anime, the spectacular feature film from creator Shirow Masamune (Ghost
In the Shell) and director Shinji Aramaki is back in an amazing new
special edition that pushes home entertainment technology to its
limits! Get ready to survive the future with the animated masterpiece
APPLESEED!
Title: PATLABOR WXIII
Published by: Maiden Japan
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 107 min.
Street Date: 9/8/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98, $39.98
SYNOPSIS:
The SV2's giant Ingram Patrol Labors may be the ultimate in
crime-fighting technology, but there are never enough to tackle every
pending case. So when a mysterious series of deadly attacks targets
Labor operators across Tokyo's harbor region, the job goes to
"conventional" detectives Hata and Kusumi. After all, just because it
looks like a giant robot created crime doesn't mean that it is a giant
robot-created crime, and deep inside a web of half-truths and government
cover-ups, the detectives uncover a secret biological weapons project
called WXIII. But while this secret may have been buried, it's still
very much alive. And that's when having the armored force of the SV2 as
backup may become a literal lifesaver for the entire city in WXIII -
PATLABOR THE MOVIE 3! As a special bonus, this deluxe edition of the
final animated feature in the Patlabor franchise also includes the
acclaimed MINIPATO CG animated shorts.
Title: THE COMIC ARTIST AND HIS ASSISTANTS
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 205 min.
Street Date: 9/15/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $39.98, $49.98
SYNOPSIS: Lechery,
perversion and a lack of respect for the feelings of others are all
qualities that would normally look really bad on one's resume. For
manga artist Yuki Aito, however, they're the fundamentals of his art.
And that art is good enough that managing editor Mihari will put up with
the panicked panty runs, barrages of breast jokes and other even
lower-brow forms of self-amusement that Yuki wallows in. But when the
continuing cavalcade of carnal crudity causes Yuki to get off his work
schedule, Mihari's last straw breaks and she's forced to bring in a team
of assistants. Young, attractive, female assistants. Needless to say,
it's not the schedule that Yuki will be trying to get on top of now,
and getting a four-panel strip out on time may involve stripping AND
drawing and quartering. But if misery loves company, then Mihari will
certainly have found it with THE COMIC ARTIST AND HIS ASSISTANTS!
Title: HAMATORA
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 9/22/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98, $69.98
SYNOPSIS: Nowhere
may seem like just another Yokohama cafe, but as with many of its
employees, this apparently innocent eatery leads a double life. Because
Nowhere is also where you can find Hamatora, the mysterious detective
agency run by P.I.s who are also M.H.s. That's M.H. as in Minimum
Holders, individuals gifted with extraordinary powers and abilities.
For the right price, you can hire founder Nice, who moves at the speed
of sound, and partner Murasaki, whose super strength and near
invulnerability are a significant asset. Of course, with incredible
talents like these up their sleeves, Nice may not decide to take a case
unless it personally interests him. But when a series of serial murders
all turn out to involve other Minimum Holders, that interest is about
to become extremely personal. Something monstrous is going on, and
Minimum Holders as a class may be targeted for extinction in HAMATORA -
THE ANIMATION!
Title: SABAGEBU! SURVIVAL GAME CLUB
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 9/22/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98, $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Momoko's
family moves a lot, so she's always "that new girl" and the schools
she's attended have all blurred together. Until her first day at Aogiri
High, that is, where she's rescued by an armed vigilante, assaulted by a
platypus and coerced into joining a secret organization of gun-toting
female commandos. Okay, maybe that last one is really just the school's
survival club, but the platypus is real and so are the extremes that
club president Miou is willing to execute to recruit Momoko. Can
uber-jaded Momoko's body armor-clad heart resist the charms of a girl
who's all too ready to whip out her twin Desert Eagles in defense of
another girl's virtue? Especially when it turns out that Momoko has her
own talent for air pistols and senseless violence? Their course is
locked and the odds are loaded as the rest of the club joins in the
firefight in Sabagebu! - Survival Game Club!
Title: NOBUNAGA THE FOOL COLLECTION 2
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 275 min.
Street Date: 9/29/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98, $69.98
SYNOPSIS: As
the ley-lines of the Western Star near the point of collapse, the
threat of invasion continues to escalate. Fearing attack from their
sister world, the Eastern Star braces for the eruption of full-scale
interstellar war. Meanwhile, betrayal follows betrayal as the factions
seeking the Holy Grail continue to turn on each other. The Table is
shattered and with Jeanne in the clutches of Cesare Borgia and
Machiavelli, the seer seems destined for torture and burning at the
stake. Will history repeat itself or will Nobu be able to pull off a
daring rescue? King Arthur's horrifying plan comes to fruition and the
fates of two planets depend on the actions of one man in the sense
shattering second collection of NOBUNAGA THE FOOL!
Title: PERSONA 4 THE ANIMATION COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 670 min.
Street Date: 9/29/2015
Format: COMBO
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $139.98
SYNOPSIS: When
Yu Narukami moves to the country town of Inaba to stay with his uncle
and cousin, he's expecting 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 the ultimate complete collector's edition of
PERSONA 4 - the Animation!
