NEW RELEASES: 2nd April 2018
We have officially reached the month April and we kick off the month with two very different releases that are available to add to your collection.
Read on below for the details.
NEW RELEASES FOR WEEK COMMENCING:
2nd APRIL 2018
THE TESTAMENT OF SISTER NEW DEVIL:
SEASON 1
FORMAT: Ltd. Collector's Ed. Blu-ray, standard DVD
BBFC CERT.: 18
SRP: Ltd Collector's Ed. Blu-ray - £59.99 | Standard DVD - £34.99
Language: English, Japanese with English subtitles
Synopsis: From the studio that brought you Castle Town Dandelion and Gonna Be The Twin-Tail!!
When a pair of sexy girls, Maria and Mio, come to live with high school student Basara Tojo, his life changes forever. The two girls have a secret that they don't keep for long - Maria is a succubus, and Mio is a future Demon Lord. But Basara has a secret of his own - he's the last descendant from a clan of demon-fighting heroes.
To make things even more complicated, the girls force Basara into a master-servant contract, and Basara ends up becoming their master!
What happens when you put a succubus, a demoness, and a demon-fighting hero under the same roof? They form a bond that will help them to take on anything!
You can watch the trailer for this below
ADDITIONAL NOTES
-- See a full unboxing of this product HERE
-- Want to know more about the series? Have a read of the piece at our blog HERE
MOMOTARO, SACRED SAILORS
FORMAT: Ltd. Collector's Ed. Blu-ray+DVD
BBFC CERT.: 15
SRP: £39.99
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Synopsis: Momotaro, Sacred Sailors played a major role in setting the stage fo the rise of anime and was Japan’s first feature-length animated film. A notable accomplishment for its time, the project was funded by the Navy Ministry of Japan during World War II.
This infamous 1945 black-and-white propaganda film that saw Japanese fairy tale hero Momotaro leads a squad of heroic animal soldiers against evil British demons, was funded to promote recruitment and Japan’s military agenda in the South Seas. Believed destroyed after Japan’s surrender, the film was rediscovered in a warehouse in 1983 and digitally restored from the sole surviving negative.
Along with another early masterpiece, Spider and Tulip, these films have been restored into HD so a whole new audience can see the milestones of the industry and historical artifacts from World War II.
Our release also includes the 128-page book "Sacred Sailors: The Life and Work of Seo Mitsuyo" written by Dr. Jonathan Clements (Author of Anime: A History, co-author of the Anime Encyclopedia)
You can watch a preview for the film below
ADDITIONAL NOTES
-- See a full unboxing of this release HERE
-- Want to know more about this? Read the piece at our blog by Jasper Sharp HERE
SPECIAL SCREENINGS OF MAQUIA FEAT. DIRECTOR MARI OKADA Q&A SESSION THIS MONTH
In case you missed it late last week, there are going to be two special screenings of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms this month! They're special as the director of the film, Mari Okada will be in attendance to take part in a Q&A session!
First of all for anime fans in Ireland we're happy to say that the Irish Premiere of the film will be taking place at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on Saturday 14th April at 6pm as part the annual Japan Film Festival!
Then a few days later Monday 16th April, we bring the film to England for the first time as there will be a special screening of the film at the Prince Charles Cinema in the heart of London at 6pm that evening.
Book your tickets for both events featuring a Q&A with director Mari Okada now:
TICKETS TO JFF SCREENING+Q&A IN DUBLIN
TICKETS TO PCC SCREENING+Q&A IN LONDON
And that concludes this post! We hope you're excited to add these releases to your collection, for the special screenings of Maquia this month!
Signing out~!
Jeremy
Anime Ltd acquires “Tokyo Ghoul: re”. Simulcasting to the UK & Ireland April 2018 at Crunchyroll.
Tokyo Ghoul is a franchise we have a close affinity to here at Anime Ltd. We brought the first two seasons of the anime to the UK, screened the live-action movie in cinemas and we were the first English speaking territory to release the two OVA episodes "Jack" & "Pinto" on Blu-ray and DVD.
We're delighted to confirm that we have acquired Tokyo Ghoul: re, the upcoming third season of the Tokyo Ghoul franchise! We can confirm for you that you will be able to watch the series via a simulcast via our friends at Crunchyroll - details to be announced soon - and down the line we'll also be bringing this to home video as well. (Though it's worth noting there won't be any other news regarding home video until likely mid-2019 at the earliest.)
Read on below for details on the series.
©Sui Ishida/Shueisha, Tokyo Ghoul:re Production Committee
ABOUT TOKYO GHOUL: re
Synopsis (for the manga of Tokyo Ghoul:re volume 1)
Haise Sasaki has been tasked with teaching Qs Squad (note from Anime Ltd: Qs is read as "Quinx") how to be outstanding investigators, but his assignment is complicated by the troublesome personalities of his students and his own uncertain grasp of his Ghoul powers. Can he pull them together as a team, or will Qs Squad first assignment be their last?
You can watch a subtitled trailer for the series below, released by our friends AnimeLab in Australia:
WATCH IT ON CRUNCHYROLL
Fans in UK & Ireland can watch the series at Crunchyroll.com
Don't forget that we've released the first two seasons and "Jack" & "Pinto" OVAs of Tokyo Ghoul on Blu-ray and DVD! So now is the perfect time to do a catchup and be primed for the upcoming season!
We hope you're excited for Tokyo Ghoul: re!
Signing out~!
Jeremy
Anime Ltd. Acquire Lupin the 3rd Part 5. Series will be simulcast on weekly to U.K. & Ireland on Crunchyroll.
Later this year we're going to be bringing a recent incarnation of a classic franchise to Blu-ray in the United Kingdom - that being Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure (aka Lupin the 3rd Part IV) and we're very excited for how that is shaping up, with details to follow soon.
However today we want to share the exciting news that we (Anime Ltd.) have acquired the rights to the next chapter in the franchise, Lupin the 3rd Part 5 and you'll be able to watch episodes of the new series as it airs in Japan via a simulcast through our good friends at Crunchyroll starting tomorrow (3rd April 2018.) The first episode will launch at 7:30pm (UK) that day!
ABOUT LUPIN THE 3RD PART 5
© TMS · NTV
The director and studio of Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure (aka Lupin the 3rd Part IV) return to bring you more daring capers involving the world's greatest thief and his pals!
Synopsis: "Lupin the 3rd Part 5 finds our renowned thief and his associate Daisuke Jigen hiding out in an apartment in modern-day rural France, which provides the backdrop for this latest series.
This time around Lupin is drawn into the world of technology via a site on the so-called “dark web” known as Marco Polo - a go-to place for undesirables to purchase illegal items from drugs to firearms. Can Lupin successfully infiltrate a datacenter and carry out a heist to steal digital currency from this virtual realm?
It’s a unique challenge, made all the more so by the presence of Ami, a mysterious hacking genius who has her own interest in Marco Polo, as well as a man who claims to know details of Lupin the 3rd’s past..."
Check out a Japanese preview for the series below
WHERE CAN I WATCH THE SERIES?
You'll be able to watch new subtitled episodes every week at Crunchyroll.com starting tomorrow (3rd April.) The first episode will launch at 7:30pm (UK)!
We hope you're excited about this, because we sure are! Make sure you check out the first episode on Crunchyroll when it's available this week!
And as we mentioned earlier, we'll have details about our home video release of Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure (aka Lupin the 3rd Part IV) coming soon. So stay tuned for that info!
Signing out~!
Jeremy
UPDATED: 2nd April, 5:06pm - Simulcast launch time added.
Testament of Sister New Devil
By Andrew Osmond.
In a memorable podcast by the BBFC from a few years ago, examiner Emily Fussell complained that anime could be deceptive. “Sometimes you are thrown complete curveballs. So you will think that you are watching a series about a bunch of schoolchildren fighting aliens… and then one of them will stick their finger up another one’s bum, or they’ll show their boobs… Sometimes it’s just not what you think it is.”
At first it seems all too obvious what The Testament of Sister New Devil is. It’s a series that starts with a father and son in a café in present-day Japan. The dad announces out of nowhere that his lucky boy Basara has acquired two little sisters, thanks to the dad remarrying. Moments later, the boy encounters one of the girls – an irascible redhead called Mio – in a toilet cubicle with a tragically unlocked door. It’s the kind of meet-cute only anime can do. The younger-looking sibling, meanwhile, is called Maria, who demonstrates a minxish sense of humour that’s both scary and borderline illegal. Continue Reading
“Maquia” director Mari Okada to attend special screenings this April. Taking place at Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin & Prince Charles Cinema in London.
It's Good Friday and boy do we have some good news to share with you today! The next film we'll be bringing to cinemas in the UK & Ireland will be Maquia: When the Promised Flowers Bloom on 27th June. But today we're very excited to announce that there will be two very special advance screenings of the film next month!
First of all for anime fans in Ireland we're happy to say that the Irish Premiere of the film will be taking place at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on Saturday 14th April at 6pm as part the annual Japan Film Festival!
Then a few days later Monday 16th April, we bring the film to England for the first time as there will be a special screening of the film at the Prince Charles Cinema in the heart of London at 6pm that evening.
Now, you might be wondering what's so special about these screenings? Well apart from the fact it's an opportunity to see the film ahead of the general theatrical date in June, we're delighted to say that the director of the film Mari Okada will be in attendance at both screenings to take part in a Q&A session! That's right, you'll get to watch the film and then hear the director talk about it! It's an opportunity not to be missed!
Book your tickets for both events featuring a Q&A with director Mari Okada now:
TICKETS TO JFF SCREENING+Q&A IN DUBLIN
TICKETS TO PCC SCREENING+Q&A IN LONDON
ABOUT MARI OKADA
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- Scriptwriter for Anthem of the Heart
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- Series composition & scriptwriter for Anohana
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- Series composition & scriptwriter for A Lull in the Sea
MARI OKADA (born 1976) is a screenwriter who works on a variety of media, including direct-to-video films, games and radio dramas. Her anime debut was on the 1998 TV series DT Eightron. Since then, she has gained attention through her work on the series composition and scripts of numerous titles including true tears (08), Toradora! (08), Hanasaku Iroha (11), AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day (11) and Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (13). Anthem of the Heart (15) marked her first effort at writing an original anime feature film. In 2011 she was the recipient of the 16th Animation Kobe Award.
ABOUT "MAQUIA:
WHEN THE PROMISED FLOWERS BLOOM"
Japanese title: Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarou (Let's Decorate the Promised Flowers in the Farewell Morning)
Synopsis: "Acclaimed screenwriter Mari Okada makes her directorial debut in this animated fantasy feature.
The people of Iorph have a lifespan of hundreds of years and maintain their teenage appearances for life, but when the peace of this town is shattered by those who want the secret to their longevity for themselves, a young girl named Maquia is forced to escape. Wandering the land alone, upon finding an orphaned baby she chooses to raise him, but as this boy grows up so the difference in their lifespans is thrown into ever-sharper relief."
Official English subtitled trailer:
Art Director: Kazuki Higashiji
Voice Cast:
We hope you're as excited about this as we are! It will be the first time that Mari Okada will be travelling to the United Kingdom & Ireland to discuss her work. Don't miss out on this very unique opportunity!
Signing out~!
Jeremy