SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES AUGUST SLATE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

 

SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES AUGUST SLATE

 

THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS Available on August 14th

 

HOUSTON, May 15, 2012 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its August slate of releases; including THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS. Written and created by director Soubi Yamamoto, the newest and most innovating creator in the anime field, and produced by CoMix Wave Inc., THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS will be released on DVD & BLU-RAY by Section23 client, Sentai Filmworks.

 

 

Product details follow, in order of release

 

Coming August 2012

 

 

Title:                 THE WORLD GOD ONLY KNOWS SEASON 2

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      8/7/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

 

SYNOPSIS:  Every otaku’s favorite dating sims champion is back! And Keima still has his adorable lost soul-hunting, demon cutie with him!  Together, they continue their pursuit of finding escaped lost souls who are hiding within beautiful, young school girls.  But how to release these trapped spirits?  Why they have to get the girls to fall in love of course!  And this time when lost souls turn up in everyone from the school’s sexy bully to the school’s hottest new student teacher, Keima finds even his romantic powers are going to have to be working over time.  And when a giant loose soul turns the entire school into a group of love-starved zombies, Keima and Elsie have to recruit a new demon to help!  It’s two times the adventure, two times the excitement, and two times the romance in The World God Only Knows Season Two!

 

 

Title:                 THE WORLD GOD ONLY KNOWS SEASON 2 BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      8/7/2012

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $69.98

 

SYNOPSIS: Every otaku’s favorite dating sims champion is back! And Keima still has his adorable lost soul-hunting, demon cutie with him!  Together, they continue their pursuit of finding escaped lost souls who are hiding within beautiful, young school girls.  But how to release these trapped spirits?  Why they have to get the girls to fall in love of course!  And this time when lost souls turn up in everyone from the school’s sexy bully to the school’s hottest new student teacher, Keima finds even his romantic powers are going to have to be working over time.  And when a giant loose soul turns the entire school into a group of love-starved zombies, Keima and Elsie have to recruit a new demon to help!  It’s two times the adventure, two times the excitement, and two times the romance in The World God Only Knows Season Two!

 

 

Title:                 PARASITE DOLLS COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    AEsir Holdings

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         95 min.

Street Date:      8/7/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $19.98

 

SYNOPSIS:  In a near future world where the dividing line between the people and the plastic is becoming increasingly blurred, it’s the job of the Branch to keep the streets of Genom City safe from the dangers of a technology that no one yet knows the limits of.  If it even has any.  Between the evolving sentience of an entirely new manufactured species, the chaos that inevitably ensues when backyard cyber-hackers attempt to do their own field mods and the willingness of powerful hi-tech corporations to cut a few corners, the men and women of the Branch have already got their work cut out for them.  And that’s before they factor in the danger of internal corruption, given that one of their own members boasts a metal endoskeleton.  Join the ultimate robo-cops as they patrol the dark side of the day after tomorrow in PARASITE DOLLS!

 

 

Title                  THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         28 min.

Street Date:      8/14/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $14.98

 

SYNOPSIS:  When aliens suddenly invade the world, Earth seems to be fighting a losing battle until Arikawa, one of the defense command staff, accidentally discovers a young man lying on a hill.  Tests soon prove the impossible: this one teenager, Kakashi, has the power to defeat the attackers!  Unfortunately, Kakashi has also lost his memory, and with it the knowledge of how to actually use his power.  Moving Kakashi in with himself and his own commander, Shiro, Arikawa accidentally starts a strange triangle of emotions and relationships.  A triangle that threatens the fate of the planet as Kakashi begins to question his own motivations!  From up and coming director Soubi Yamamoto, and CoMix Wave, who spearheaded Japan’s new wave of independent anime production with the works of Makoto Shinkai, comes a film that turns The War of The Worlds inside out:  THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS!

 

 

Title:                 THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         28 min.

Street Date:      8/14/2012

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $24.98

 

SYNOPSIS:  When aliens suddenly invade the world, Earth seems to be fighting a losing battle until Arikawa, one of the defense command staff, accidentally discovers a young man lying on a hill.  Tests soon prove the impossible: this one teenager, Kakashi, has the power to defeat the attackers!  Unfortunately, Kakashi has also lost his memory, and with it the knowledge of how to actually use his power.  Moving Kakashi in with himself and his own commander, Shiro, Arikawa accidentally starts a strange triangle of emotions and relationships.  A triangle that threatens the fate of the planet as Kakashi begins to question his own motivations!  From up and coming director Soubi Yamamoto, and CoMix Wave, who spearheaded Japan’s new wave of independent anime production with the works of Makoto Shinkai, comes a film that turns The War of The Worlds inside out:  THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS!

 

 

Title:                 SULTRY ASSASSIN: NINJA BRAINWASH

Published by:    Switchblade Pictures

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         73 min.

Street Date:      8/14/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $19.98

 

SYNOPSIS: When Yui Kusunoki, an undercover geisha secretly in the employ of the Inner Secret Guard, disappears while en route to deliver an oral message concerning rogue Koga Ninja penetrations in southern Hikone, there’s just one sword-mistress who can go down after her: the notorious but very easy on the eyes Rin Saejima a.k.a. the Sultry Assassin!  But knowing that her identity may have already been compromised as a result of the Koga’s Erotic Brainwashing technique, Rin devises a cunning plan of her own: one that involves bringing her “associate” Yasuburo back into her fold posing as her husband!  Get ready for sword-handling of every kind and lots of derring-do getting done in the most unexpected places (and locations) as the team behind the sizzling escapades of THE APHRODISIAC KILL reunite for a double-sworded, sordid ero-ninja epic that scholars of Japanese history would very much prefer that you don’t bring up in class: SULTRY ASSASSIN: NINJA BRAINWASH!

 

 

Title:                 NO. 6

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         275 min.

Street Date:      8/21/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

 

SYNOPSIS: In a near future world after the last great war, most of mankind now lives in a handful of city states.  There, for the privileged elite, life should be perfect.  But for young Shion, the only thing perfect has been the nightmare his life has become since letting a strange boy called Rat spend the night in his apartment.  Banished to the outskirts of the city and stripped of all privileges for helping the mysterious stranger who has since disappeared, Shion now finds himself in even worse danger as his inquiry into a new series of mysterious deaths results in his being arrested on suspicion of murder!  But even as Shion is being sent to the city’s Correctional Institute, the long missing Rat reappears to rescue him!  Now, on the run, the two young men have only one chance at survival: uncover the mysterious secrets that lie at the sinister heart of No. 6!

 

 

Title:                 NO. 6 BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         275 min.

Street Date:      8/21/2012

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $69.98

 

SYNOPSIS: In a near future world after the last great war, most of mankind now lives in a handful of city states.  There, for the privileged elite, life should be perfect.  But for young Shion, the only thing perfect has been the nightmare his life has become since letting a strange boy called Rat spend the night in his apartment.  Banished to the outskirts of the city and stripped of all privileges for helping the mysterious stranger who has since disappeared, Shion now finds himself in even worse danger as his inquiry into a new series of mysterious deaths results in his being arrested on suspicion of murder!  But even as Shion is being sent to the city’s Correctional Institute, the long missing Rat reappears to rescue him!  Now, on the run, the two young men have only one chance at survival: uncover the mysterious secrets that lie at the sinister heart of No. 6!

 

 

Title:                 K-ON! SEASON 2 COLLECTION 2

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         350 min.

Street Date:      8/28/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

 

SYNOPSIS: Sometimes music and words come together so perfectly that the combination is far more powerful than either would be alone.  In much the same way, the five members of the Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School’s Light Music Club have become far more than just a group of girls with similar interests.  More, even, than just a group of friends.  Through the medium of music they’ve found a common course in life, and whatever the future may bring, they know they can get through it if they stand together. Which makes the coming end of the school year and the graduation of the four older members something that’s dreaded as much as it’s looked forward to.  But in the meantime there’s so much going on, it’s as life has decided to throw everything it can at them.  Going to music festivals won’t be hard to swing, but running a marathon?  That will be a stretch!  Yearbook photos?  The horror!  And a school play with Mio and Ritsu cast as Romeo and Juliet?  Ooo, VERY awkward.  And then, of course, there’s one big final performance for the band!  The tempo is rising and emotions run wild as the final encore approaches in K-ON! Season 2 Collection 2!!

 

 

Title:                 K-ON! SEASON 2 COLLECTION 2 BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         350 min.

Street Date:      8/28/2012

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $69.98

 

SYNOPSIS: Sometimes music and words come together so perfectly that the combination is far more powerful than either would be alone.  In much the same way, the five members of the Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School’s Light Music Club have become far more than just a group of girls with similar interests.  More, even, than just a group of friends.  Through the medium of music they’ve found a common course in life, and whatever the future may bring, they know they can get through it if they stand together. Which makes the coming end of the school year and the graduation of the four older members something that’s dreaded as much as it’s looked forward to.  But in the meantime there’s so much going on, it’s as life has decided to throw everything it can at them.  Going to music festivals won’t be hard to swing, but running a marathon?  That will be a stretch!  Yearbook photos?  The horror!  And a school play with Mio and Ritsu cast as Romeo and Juliet?  Ooo, VERY awkward.  And then, of course, there’s one big final performance for the band!  The tempo is rising and emotions run wild as the final encore approaches in K-ON! Season 2 Collection 2!!

 

 

Title:                 KOIHIME ULTIMATE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         975 min.

Street Date:      8/28/2012

Format:             DVD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $89.98

 

SYNOPSIS: You’ve heard of Mulan, you may have heard of Wu Zetian, but even before those legendary lady warriors, the soil of Ancient China had proved fertile ground for the cultivation of an elite force of ferociously female fighters!  The saga begins as a girl named Aisha takes on the name Kan’u and sets forth on a journey that inspires others to shatter the shackles of their own tradition and take up the way of the sword.  And once you and the girls have accomplished one heroic quest, how do you top it except by taking up another?  And then another!  (Some epochs it just seems like a woman’s work is never done!)  All three epic adventures in the spectacular Koihime Muso series, including the OVAs, are collected together at last as the ancient epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms takes on an unexpected new look and some very feminine curves in KOIHIME MUSO – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION!

 

 

 

About Section23 Films:

Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings.  With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES “TSURITAMA”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES

“TSURITAMA”

HOUSTON, April 18, 2012 — Sentai Filmworks is proud to announce their latest catch: Kenji Nakamura’s (Ayakashi – Samurai Horror Tales) tsuritama.  Originally airing in Fuji Television’s prestigious noitaminA block, tsuritama is sure to be the catch of the day.

 

You can’t catch fish if you don’t go fishing, and you can’t make friends if you don’t at least try.  Which is how relationship-challenged student Yuki finds himself on a fishing trip to a tiny island with three other boys he barely knows.  Well, two other boys and Haru, who claims that he’s an alien.  Not that constantly stewing Natsuki or mysterious Akira are any more likely as prospects for good companionship.  But there’s something about fishing that makes it unlike any other pastime, and maybe that quiet sense of companionship and hopeful expectation is just what Yuki needs to start charting the unfamiliar waters of personal connections.  Or maybe it will turn out that Haru’s right and they’re going to have to save the entire planet.  There are lots of different kinds of fish stories, from the “ones that got away” to the “best catches ever,” but whichever way the currents of life take them, for four young men, this trip may turn out to be the biggest whopper ever in tsuritama!

 

tsuritama will begin release through select digital outlets soon with a home video release to follow.

 

About noitaminA:  With a top rated late-night anime time slot and major advertising sponsorship from Japan’s largest corporations, Fuji Television’s prestigious noitaminA block was designed to drive creativity and innovation in the art of anime. Assembling high profile teams of creators to produce eight new half hour series per annum, from both famous literary works and original concepts, noitaminA has consistently produced unique and innovative programming that pushes the boundaries of animation to its edge and beyond.

 

 

About Sentai Filmworks:

Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, producing hit series like High School of the Dead, Towanoquon, Samurai Girls, Guin Saga, Needless and Angel Beats as well as high profile theatrical films such as Grave of the Fireflies and Appleseed. Sentai Filmworks’ programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors.  Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network, Android Market and YouTube.

www.sentai-filmworks.com

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES “MEDAKA BOX”

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES

“MEDAKA BOX”

HOUSTON, April 16, 2012 — Sentai Filmworks is pleased to announce its acquitsition of MEDAKA BOX, the newest production of the famed Gainax studio (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gurren Laggan).  Featuring series composition and direction by (Shouji Saeki (He Is My Master, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World) and music by Tatsuya Katou (Samurai Girls, Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere), MEDAKA BOX is sure to prove that good intentions don’t always matter.

 

When newly elected Student Council President Medaka Kurokami institutes her idea for a suggestion box where people can submit problems that need to be solved, she’s expecting things like rescuing lost puppies and giving advice.  What she and her best friend Zenkichi find instead, however, are the first hints of an unbelievable secret, and their school, Hakoniwa Academy, and Medaka herself are somehow at the very center of the growing maelstrom!  As what seemed like an innocent past time turns into a dangerous game, Medaka and her recruits to the Student Council discover new depths to both themselves and their own unexpected abilities.  And then things get REALLY out of control!  Get ready for a battle royal unlike anything you’ve ever seen before as the simple power of suggestion unlocks the secrets of MEDAKA BOX!

 

MEDAKA BOX will begin release through select digital outlets soon with a home video release to follow.

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES “MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES

“MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X”

HOUSTON, April 13, 2012— Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder, Sentai Filmworks proudly announces its acquisition of a tale of strange, sticky bonds and slobbering repercussions: Riichi Ueshiba’s Mysterious Girlfriend X!  Featuring direction by Ayumu Watanabe (Space Brothers), music by Tomoki Hasegawa (DNAngel, NANA) and character designs by Kenichi Konishi (Bokurano, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos), Mysterious Girlfriend X is sure to be a hit with any self-respecting salivator.

 

When the oddly peculiar Mikoto Urabe transfers into Akira Tsubaki’s class, he finds that life has thrown him the weirdest curve ball ever.  Because while Urabe may be an anti-social loner who sleeps on her desk, carries a pair of scissors in her underwear and breaks out in sudden fits of insane laughter, there’s something about her that Tsubaki just can’t quite put his finger on.  Until he accidentally puts his finger in it, and suddenly the phrase “sharing spit with a girl” takes on an entirely new meaning!  Before he can wipe her drool off his face, Tsubaki is mysteriously addicted to Urabe, which isn’t half as strange as the fact that she not only finds this normal, but already seems to have plans for her new drooling boyfriend.  So can a girl spitting in your face ever be a GOOD thing?  Is this relationship bound for disaster or great expectorations?  Find out as Urabe puts a spittle love in Tsubaki’s heart and things get REALLY bizarre in the most dysfunctional bodily functional anime ever: Mysterious Girlfriend X!

 

Mysterious Girlfriend X will begin release through select digital outlets soon with a home video release to follow.

 

About Sentai Filmworks:

Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, producing hit series like High School of the Dead, Towanoquon, Samurai Girls, Guin Saga, Needless and Angel Beats as well as high profile theatrical films such as Grave of the Fireflies and Appleseed. Sentai Filmworks’ programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors.  Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network, Android Market and YouTube.

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES NEW Watanabe/KANNO TEAM UP “KIDS ON THE SLOPE”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES

NEW Watanabe/KANNO TEAM UP

“KIDS ON THE SLOPE”

HOUSTON, April 12, 2012— Sentai Filmworks is proud to announce the acquisition of one of the most anticipated animated series of the decade,  KIDS ON THE SLOPE, the long awaited reunion of the team behind COWBOY BEBOP and MACROSS PLUS, director Shinichiro Watanabe (SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, THE ANIMATRIX ) and composer Yoko Kanno (RAHXEPHON, ESCAFLOWNE, GHOST IN THE SHELL S.A.C.).  Produced for Fuji Televisions prestigious noitaminA block and based on the manga “Sakamichi no Apollon” by Yuki Kodama, the 12 episode series’ already blockbuster list of production credits grows even more impressive with the addition of character designer Nobuteru Yuki (RECORD OF LODOSS WAR, ESCAFLOWNE, BATTLE ANGEL) and scripting by Yuko Kakihara (PERSONA 4-THE ANIMATION, TAYUTAMA-KISS ON MY DIETY,) and his second season collaborator on Disney’s STITCH! anime series, Ayako Kato.  There is perhaps no better summation of the astonishing caliber of talent assembled for this project than Ms. Kodama’s own words: “When it comes to adapting this manga to anime, I can say with no reservations that the series has been blessed with a brilliant combination of staff members that couldn’t be any better.”

 

It’s the summer of 1966 and high school freshman Kaoru Nishimi is struggling to adjust to the latest of many moves in his young life, this time to his uncle’s home in the seaside town of Kyushu.  It’s never easy adjusting.  It’s never easy fitting in.

 

But this time will be different.  This time he’ll meet friends who’ll change his life forever.  And he’ll discover a new passion, one that grabs his heart and rocks him to his very soul.

 

It’s a music.  A beat.  A whole new way of looking at life.  It’s called JAZZ, and together with bad boy Sentaro and music store girl Ritsuko, they’re going to follow their muse to wherever their music takes them!  You think garage bands are something new?  Think again and travel to a time when dreams and a couple of musical instruments really could change the world!   Get ready to be blown away as the acclaimed team behind COWBOY BEBOP reunites for a tale of life, love and all that jazz in THE KIDS ON THE SLOPE!

 

THE KIDS ON THE SLOPE will begin release through select digital outlets soon with a home video release on DVD & BD to follow.

 

About noitaminA:  With a top rated late-night anime time slot and major advertising sponsorship from Japan’s largest corporations, Fuji Television’s prestigious noitaminA block was designed to drive creativity and innovation in the art of anime. Assembling high profile teams of creators to produce eight new half hour series per annum, from both famous literary works and original concepts, noitaminA has consistently produced unique and innovative programming that pushes the boundaries of animation to its edge and beyond.

 

 

About Sentai Filmworks:

Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, producing hit series like High School of the Dead, Towanoquon, Samurai Girls, Guin Saga, Needless and Angel Beats as well as high profile theatrical films such as Grave of the Fireflies and Appleseed. Sentai Filmworks’ programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors.  Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network, Android Market and YouTube.

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES “HIDAMARI SKETCH X SP”

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES

HIDAMARI SKETCH X SP”

HOUSTON, April 10, 2012— Sentai Filmworks is pleased to invite you along for another visit with everyone’s favorite art students in HIDAMARI SKETCH X SP.  These two special episodes feature the cast and staff that have brought the girls of the Hidamari Apartments to life, including direction by Akiyuki Shinbo (Maria Holic, And Yet the Town Moves) and character designs by Yoshiaki Ito (Alice Academy).

Even though studying at a prestigious art school like Yamabuki is hard work, the girls who live at the Hidamari Apartments always manage to squeeze in time for a little fun and exploration.  And when they actually get a day off?  Watch out world!  Yuno, Sae, Hiro, Miyako and new students Nori and Nazuna return to create another masterpiece of life as art, with all new adventures that include swimming, pajama parties, trips to the art museum and even an all-you-can-eat diner courtesy of the landlady!  Of course, there’s always a little housework that has to be squeezed in, but with a pinch of resourcefulness and a dash of creativity, even the most onerous of chores can be turned into something magical.  Get ready for another illustrious collection of life, laughter and togetherness as Yuno and her friends always put a little love in their art in HIDAMARI SKETCH X SP!

 

HIDAMARI SKETCH X SP will be available digitally soon, with a home video release on subtitled DVD scheduled for later this year.

 

About Sentai Filmworks:

Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, producing hit series like High School of the Dead, Towanoquon, Samurai Girls, Guin Saga, Needless and Angel Beats as well as high profile theatrical films such as Grave of the Fireflies and Appleseed. Sentai Filmworks’ programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors.  Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network, Android Market and YouTube.

SWITCHBLADE PICTURES LICENSES Oniroku Dan’s THE DEVIL’S FEAST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

SWITCHBLADE PICTURES LICENSES

Oniroku Dan’s THE DEVIL’S FEAST

 

HOUSTON, April 10thth,  2012 — Switchblade Pictures has tied up the rights to THE DEVIL’S FEAST, the suspense and shibari erotic thriller from the late, internationally acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Oniroku Dan (FLOWER AND SNAKE, ROPE HELL, LADY BLACK ROSE.)   Widely considered to be  Japan’s greatest master of dark erotica, Dan, who passed away in May of 2011, wrote over two hundred novels over his career, as well as the screenplays for many of Japan’s most successful and influential features, being especially known his popularization of the Japanese rope-bondage art of Shibari.  Directed by Kenji Hanyu from an adaption by Hiroshi Yoshino, THE DEVIL’S FEAST was distributed theatrically in Japan by Shintoho and stars Chihiro Koganezaki (CRUEL RESTAURANT,) Yuya Matsuura (ZOMBIE HUNTER RIKA,) Hitoshi Kajiki (RINKO 18) and famed AV model Arisa Matsumoto.  

 

When the beautiful Kumiko joins the editorial desk at a small local newspaper, the most deeply kept secrets of the rich and powerful leader of a religious cult suddenly begin finding their way into print in blistering exposes… scandalous exposes which have even more shocking repercussions for the paper’s sales manager, Okomoto, and his elegant wife Shizuyo.   Ensnared in the escalating war of wits and chains between the sadistic cult master and Kumiko, his former sex slave, Shizuyo finds herself strung in the rope bonds of a ruthless game that mixes sensuality with humiliation.  Could it be that Shizuyo’s only hope of release may come in the form of her own husband’s mistress?  Or is that exactly what the Devil has been planning on all along?  From the novels of the late legendary SM Master Oniroku Dan, prepare to be served a dark and unsettling vision of twisted lust and inhuman bondage:  THE DEVIL’S FEAST! 

 

THE DEVIL’S FEAST will begin Home Video release on subtitled DVD July 31st 2012.

 

About Switchblade Pictures:

Switchblade Pictures is a distributor of Japanese exploitation films in North America, with a rapidly growing roster of releases that includes cult phenomenons like ATTACK GIRLS SWIM TEAM VS. THE UNDEAD, ZOMBIE HUNTER RIKA, A FISTFULL OF FUKU and SIREN,) and together with sister company and anime specialist Maiden Japan (GLASS MAIDEN, HIMAWARI!, RAY and POLYPHONICA CRIMSON S)  is dedicated to bringing the best in international entertainment to the western hemisphere.

 

About Section23 Films:

Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings.  With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Mahoromatic: I’m Home

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES

MAHOROMATIC: I’M HOME”

HOUSTON, April 4, 2012— Sentai Filmworks is happy to announce that it has licensed MAHOROMATIC: I’M HOME!  Featuring a screenplay by Tatsuhiko Urata (A-Channel, Aria the Natural) and character designs by Kazuhiro Takamura (He is My Master, Strike Witches), these two special episodes are the perfect morsel for those wanting just a little bit more of the unforgettable Mahoro.

As Mahoro’s life timer rapidly approaches her two hundred and fiftieth day, a more joyous chronological observance occurs to distract her: the 120th anniversary of the founding of the town of Hiryushi.  And as part of the celebration, Suguru, Miyuki, Hamaji and several other friends have come up with the perfect tribute: a Maid Café!  Unfortunately, their Maid Café may end up completely Maid-Less, as Mahoro and Minawa are attacked by Management forces under the command of Feldrance!  Prepare to return to the world of the hit series once more in this very special side story– MAHOROMATIC – I’M HOME!

 

MAHOROMATIC – I’M HOME! will be available soon through multiple digital outlets, with a home video release on DVD this summer, featuring an English dub by Bang Zoom Entertainment.

 

About Sentai Filmworks:

Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, producing hit series like High School of the Dead, Towanoquon, Samurai Girls, Guin Saga, Needless and Angel Beats as well as high profile theatrical films such as Grave of the Fireflies and Appleseed. Sentai Filmworks’ programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors.  Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network, Android Market and YouTube.

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES PHI-BRAIN ~ KAMI NO PUZZLE SEASON 2

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Ph-Brain ~ Kami no Puzzle Season 2

HOUSTON, March 29, 2012—Sentai Filmworks announces it has added Season 2 of the new adventure series PHI-BRAIN ~ KAMI NO PUZZLE from famed director and manga creator Junichi Sato (Sailor Moon, Sergeant Frog, Pretear, Aria,) and legendary anime studio SUNRISE (Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Sorceror Hunters, Dirty Pair, Escaflowne.) Season 2 takes the outstanding 25 episodes of Season 1 and builds from there with another 25 action-packed episodes.

The puzzles get tougher and even more deadly as Kaito Daimon continues his battle against the power hungry Givers of the POG. And with one team member already switching sides, will Kaito have what it takes to keep solving the deadly puzzle traps put before him and reach the fabled Puzzle of God? More importantly, will he be able to solve the puzzles AND maintain his sanity? The fate of the entire world might just depend on it in PHI-BRAIN ~ KAMI NO PUZZLE SEASON 2!

PHI-BRAIN ~ KAMI NO PUZZLE SEASON 2 will soon be available digitally on Anime Network Online, followed by many other digital outlets. A home video release will follow later in the year.

About Sentai Filmworks:
Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, including hit series like Highschool of the Dead, Guin Saga, Needless, Canaan and Angel Beats. Sentai Filmworks programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuff and other good and fine distributors. Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network and YouTube.

[5 Points Pictures] PRESS RELEASE: 5 Points Pictures Announces July 2012 Release of FINDING MR. DESTINY

5 POINTS PICTURES Announces the DVD Release of
FINDING MR. DESTINY

July 2012 release of LIM Soo-jung & GONG Yoo romantic comedy to include

new English-language subtitles & translated video extras.

GRIMES, Iowa, March 21, 2012 – Film distributor 5 Points Pictures is pleased to announce the DVD release of FINDING MR. DESTINY will be available on July 17, 2012.

Also known as “Finding Kim Jong-wook” (or김종욱 찾기), the South Korean romantic comedy stars LIM Soo-jung (I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK) and GONG Yoo (Silenced, TV’s Coffee Prince). This stage-to-screen adaptation features a script by LEE Kyoung-eui, direction by CHANG You-jeong (writer/ director of the original stage version), and production by Soo Film (Antique, The Naked Kitchen). It is presented by CJ Entertainment.

5 Points Pictures’ release of Finding Mr. Destiny will feature an upgraded English translation of the film, plus more than 30 minutes of translated video extras from the South Korean limited-edition DVD release.

Visit www.5pointspictures.com for more information about Finding Mr. Destiny, to sign up for 5 Points Pictures’ newsletter and press release lists, or to inquire about retail opportunities.

About FINDING MR. DESTINY

Looking for your long-lost first love? Call the First Love Agency!

He’s fussy, organized, and honest to a fault. When Gi-joon (GONG Yoo, Coffee Prince) is fired from his job, he opens the First Love Agency, a one-man organization dedicated to helping others find their long-lost first loves.

She’s independent and feisty. Stage director Ji-woo (LIM Soo-jung, I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK) is dragged to the First Love Agency by her father, who is convinced she won’t get married because she isn’t over the handsome stranger she met during a long-ago vacation in India.

With a name and the dates of her trip as their only clues, can Gi-joon and Ji-woo work together to find her first love? Or will they discover that destiny has some surprises in store for them?

Includes the feature film and more than 30 minutes of video extras – all with on/off English subtitles!

 


FINDING MR. DESTINY
Original Title:
Finding Kim Jong-wook, 김종욱 찾기
Format: DVD (Region 1)
Pre-Book: 6/12/2012
Street Date: 7/17/2012

Feature Runtime: 112 minutes, exclusive of bonus material.
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Suggested Rating: 13+

Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Production: 2010

Audio: Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: On/off English subtitles and English on-screen translations
Video: 2.35:1 Anamorphic widescreen, Color
Catalog #: FPDVD1222
ISBN: 1-57032-728-9
UPC: 7-42617-1222-2-4
SRP: $24.99

Discs: 1
Case Quantity: 30

Features:
“The Making of Finding Mr. Destiny,” production video, poster shoot video, “A Second First Love” music video with Gong Yoo, TV commercial, original South Korean trailer,
 cast and staff bios, Q&A with Director Chang You-jeong, cultural and production notes, and 5 Points Pictures trailers.

* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/fpdvd1222.jpg 
Finding Mr. Destiny
© 2010 CJ Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

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** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.

 

ABOUT 5 POINTS PICTURES
5 Points Pictures is the live-action film distribution arm of Right Stuf, Inc., a firm with 25 years of experience in marketing Asian entertainment to English-speaking audiences, via online retailer RightStuf.com and anime specialty label Nozomi Entertainment. 5 Points Pictures is dedicated to acquiring, introducing and distributing an eclectic array of live-action programming to North American audiences who demand both quality presentation and premier content. For more information, visit www.5pointspictures.com.


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