Music: Brian the Sun
By Tom Smith.
Quirky superhero romp My Hero Academia follows schoolboy Izuku Midoriya as he goes about his daily life in a world populated by people with special abilities. Unfortunately for our hero (if you can call him that) he doesn’t possess any extra powers. He’s just a typical human. But he won’t let that stand in his way from becoming the superhero he’s always dreamed to be. Continue Reading
NEW RELEASES: 30th April 2018
We have a packed week of new releases to start the month of May with! So if you've got a craving to add some new anime to your collection, here's a look at what's available from us now, plus details on a special offer we're currently having.
Read on below for the details.
NEW RELEASES FOR WEEK COMMENCING:
30th APRIL 2018
ERASED: PART 2
FORMAT: Ltd. Collector's Ed. Blu-ray+DVD (pictured left), Standard DVD
BBFC CERT.: 15
SRP: Ltd Ed. Blu-ray - £39.99 | Standard DVD - £29.99
Language: English, Japanese with English subtitles
Includes episodes 7-12 [end] of the of the series, and the Collector's Ed. version comes in collector's packaging that features loaded a 40-page book that follows on from where the book included with Part 1* (*sold separately) left off. Featuring character files, Revival Chronology, ERASED Key Animation Selection, an interview with the director of the series Tomohiko Ito.
Synopsis: "Erased is a sci-fi thriller series based on the award winning manga series (2014 Manga Taisho Award) by Kei Sanbe. The dream production team includes director Tomohiko Ito (Sword Art Online), character designer Keigo Sasaki (Blue Exorcist), composer Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online), Fate/Zero, Madoka Magica), and animation studio A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Your Lie in April, Blue Exorcist).
The series finale that ends with a shocking yet emotional twist..."
On Disc extras: Audio commentaries for episodes 7,8,11 & 12, Textless Opening & Closing title sequences.
You can watch the trailer for this (originally published when we released Part 1) below
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
-- See a full unboxing of this release we published HERE
-- Want to know more about this series? Red this piece at our blog HERE
-- Andrew Osmond compares the anime of Erased to it's live-action counterpart HERE.
KISS HIM, NOT ME
FORMAT: Standard ed. Blu-ray, Standard ed. DVD
BBFC CERT.: 12
SRP: Standard Blu-ray - £34.99 | Standard DVD - £29.99
Language: English, Japanese with English subtitles
Synopsis: From the studio that brought you Durarara!! and My Little Monster
"Kae Serinuma believes one thing - princes belong together! As an avid boys’ love fan, she loves nothing more than fantasizing about faux relationships between the boys at her school. But when she loses weight due to the stress of her favorite anime character suddenly dying, the boys want…her?! From pretty average to prettiest girl, Kae just wants these boys to date each other, not her!"
Watch a subtitled trailer for the series below:
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
-- Want to read more about Kiss Him, Not Me? Have a read of this piece published at our blog HERE.
MIND GAME
FORMAT: Standard ed. Blu-ray
BBFC CERT.: 12
SRP: Standard Blu-ray - £19.99
Language: English, Japanese with English subtitles
Synopsis: From Masaaki Yuasa, director of Night is Short, Walk on Girl, Lu Over the Wall and The Tatami Galaxy.
"Nishi has always loved Myon since they were little. And now as adults, he wants to pursue his dream of becoming a manga artist and marrying his childhood sweetheart. There's one problem, though. She's already been proposed to and thinks Nishi is too much of a wimp.
But upon meeting the fiancé while at her family's diner and accepting him as a good guy, they encounter a couple of yakuza, only to have Nishi grasp a certain revelation. And, with his newly acquired look on life, adventures abound as he, Myon, and her sister, Yan, escape the yakuza into a most unlikely location where they meet an old man... "
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
-- Want to know more about MIND GAME? Have a read of this piece by Andrew Osmond at our blog HERE
"LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!" SPECIAL OFFER
For those of you looking forward to our release of Love Live! Sunshine!!, we're having a special offer at our AllTheAnime.com web shop until this Thursday (3rd May) on our Ltd Collector's Ed. Blu-ray release! Worth noting that this product is limited to only 500 units. So don't miss out on this! Click on the link below for more details.
Signing out~!
Jeremy
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Home Video Release Info. Coming to Ltd Collector's Ed. Blu-ray, Standard Blu-ray and DVD on 28th May 2018.
With so many major releases coming your way over the coming months, we've been offering you first glimpses at a number of our big titles - including a surprise or two - to whet your appetite recently. However, one big forthcoming release we haven't let you take a peek at yet is our home video release of Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, which we know many of you loved when we brought it to UK cinemas last year.
So, how about we right that wrong here and now, and let you take a look at what we have in store for Fairy Tail fans when it comes to adding this great movie to your collection?
First up though, let's talk about the film itself in case you're not up to speed with Dragon Cry and what it's all about.
ABOUT "FAIRY TAIL: DRAGON CRY"
Synopsis: “The Dragon Cry is a magic artefact with enough power to destroy the world. Enshrined within a temple in the Kingdom of Fiore, the Dragon Cry is stolen by Zash, a traitor of Fiore, and delivered to Animus, the ruler of the Kingdom of Stella.
The task of recapturing the Dragon Cry falls to Natsu and the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild. During their mission to track down Zash, they infiltrate the Kingdom of Stella, and it is here they meet Animus’ magician, Sonya…
What does Animus plan to do with the Dragon Cry? Sonya wants to save her country, but what secret is she hiding? Within the interlacing ulterior motives, Fairy Tail fights against the danger that is the menacing world!
And in the middle of this heroic battle, Natsu’s instinct awakens…“
Check out a subtitled trailer from our theatrical release of the film below -
WHAT'S PLANNED FOR OUR DRAGON CRY RELEASE?
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry will be coming to the UK as a Blu-ray+DVD Limited Collector's Edition, as well as via Standard Edition Blu-ray and DVD editions, all of which will be available from Monday, 28th May 2018. On the disc itself you'll find the film in full (featuring both English and Japanese 5.1 audio with English subtitles), alongside trailers and promotional videos for the movie on the Blu-ray.
The Ltd Collector's Ed. Blu-ray version will also come packed in an eye-catching rigid slipcase (which uses a spot UV effect to make the characters and logo upon it stand out), within which you'll find:
- A digipak holding the film on Blu-ray and DVD
- A set of five art card featuring images and visuals from the film
- An A3-sized poster, utilising the same design you may have seen from our advertising of the film's UK theatrical release last year
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?
You can pre-order your copy of the film from many retailers including the following -
Order at Amazon UK
Order at Zavvi
Order at Base.com
Order at HMV Online
Order at Anime-on-Line
When it comes to our AllTheAnime.com web shop, we'll start taking orders from Friday, 18th May 2018. In the interim you can see the listing in the link below:
VIEW AT ALL THE ANIME WEB SHOP
If you are planning to order Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry from our own online store, then you should read on for news of an exclusive - and strictly limited - bonus item that we'll be providing alongside this release.
ALLTHEANIME.COM SHOP EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION BONUS ITEM
For those looking to pre-order our Limited Collector's Edition Blu-ray, we'll be offering the first fifty (and only fifty) customers who place a pre-order for Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry a copy of the official Japanese storyboard book for the film - this very same book was also distributed to some attendees of the film's original theatrical release in Japan.
This book totals 200 pages and is packed with draft storyboards from the original creator of the Fairy Tail manga, Hiro Mashima. It's full of fascinating insight into the creative process around Dragon Cry and is a must-have for fans of the film, or indeed of Fairy Tail as a whole.
As we noted previously, pre-orders for our Collector's Edition will open on Friday, 18th May at around 5PM, so be sure to check the shop listing below then to be amongst the first to pre-order and ensure you nab a copy of the film which includes this bonus item!
Stock of this storyboard will be allocated strictly on a first-come, first-served basis as orders are received, so when it's gone, it's gone.
And that's that for our look at Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry on home video! We hope to see you around on May 18th when pre-orders open, and as a final reminder all of our editions of the film will be hitting retail stores on Monday, 28th May 2018.
Until next time, take care!
~ Andy H
Mind Game
By Andrew Osmond.
Mind Game is a trip. Struggling to describe it in my book 100 Animated Feature Films, I called it “spectacular, spontaneous, confusing, kooky and hilarious.” It’s also dense, packed with so many dizzying visual ideas screaming for a rewatch. Its visual style is freehand, lopsided, a virtuoso exercise of virtuous sloppiness.
Its story is a crazy fantasy about one man and his thrown-together companions discovering themselves, finding the meaning of their lives. But the film starts – after a typically giddy montage of “random” scenes to be pieced together over several viewings – as a kind of romcom. Our hero is a loser, twenty-something comic artist who happens to bump into his old school sweetheart on a rainy Osaka night. He ends up in the bar she runs with his sister, fuming over “his” girl’s handsome boyfriend like the epitome of all sad losers. And from that point… Chaos reigns. Continue Reading
Anime Limited acquires “Penguin Highway”. Coming to cinemas in 2019.
Thus far, 2018 is shaping up to be another great year for anime in the cinema, and it's fair to say that we've already screened some great films this year in the form of fan favourites Attack on Titan and Code Geass, while we're looking forward to bringing you some excellent original film experiences via both Mari Okada's directorial debut Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (for which you can book tickets now) and Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai.
Such is our drive to bring the best of Japanese animation to the cinemas however, we're already making plans for our 2019 line-up, which brings us to today's announcement, as we here at Anime Limited are very proud to announce that we've acquired the UK rights to Penguin Highway.
This film marks the first feature-length film from animation Studio Colorido (Typhoon Noruda), produced in conjunction with Fuji Television. The film's story is based on a novel written by Tomihiko Morimi, who you might recognise as the author of Night is Short, Walk on Girl, The Tatami Galaxy and The Eccentric Family, while the movie is directed by an exciting young upcoming director in the form of Hiroyasu Ishida and character designs are provided by Yojiro Arai (whose animation credits include Napping Princess and Flip Flappers).
The film premieres in Japanese cinemas in August 2018, while the UK theatrical release is currently scheduled for an as-yet undetermined date in 2019 - however, don't be surprised if we provide some other opportunities to catch the film on the big screen before 2019 rolls around!
For more on the film - as if the prospect of animated penguins isn't enough in itself - read on...
ABOUT "PENGUIN HIGHWAY"
© 2018 Tomihiko Morimi, KADOKAWA / Penguin Highway Production Committee
Synopsis: "Aoyama is a serious 10 year-old boy who records all of his day-to-day experiences in his notebook. One day in May, penguins inexplicably appear in his home town, despite being located a long way from the sea. When Aoyama sees "Big Sis" - a young woman who works at a dentist's office - drop a soft drink can which inexplicably turns into a penguin, he decides to investigate and resolve the mystery behind these strange events.
Together with his classmates, Aoyama happens upon a strange phenomena which is surely the key to these goings-on. Will their investigation bear fruit, and just how is "Big Sis" linked to these occurrences?"
You can view an (unsubtitled) Japanese trailer for the film below:
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Born in 1988 in Aichi Prefecture, Hiroyasu Ishida graduated from the Animation Department of Kyoto Seika University. He has independently produced various animated shorts since his high school days.
In 2009, his short movie entitled Fumiko's Confession drew world attention as it won several awards such as the Japanese YouTube Video Award and a Special Mention at Ottawa International Animation Festival.
In 2011, his graduation work Rain Town also won numerous awards including the New Artist Prize of the Japan Media Arts Festival.
In 2013, he directed the critically acclaimed short movie Sonny Boy & Dewdrop Girl.
ABOUT STUDIO COLORIDO
Founded in 2011 by Hiroyasu Ishida and Yojiro Arai, formerly of Studio Ghibli, Studio Colorido gathers young and dynamic creators. Although using only digital animation techniques, their works are characterised by a warmth and gentle expression.
In 2013, Studio Colorido released its first theatrical short movie, Sonny Boy & Dewdrop Girl, the animation quality of which was highly praised and perceived as very promising.
Since then, the studio has worked on various projects including a short animated web sites for YKK in collaboration with the J-pop group Perfume; a TV commercial for the game PUZZLE & DRAGONS, and the theatrical short film Typhoon Noruda.
Needless to say, we'll be sharing more news as and when we have it around Penguin Highway, but it's all set to be another beautiful, engaging and entertaining addition to our theatrical line-up, so we hope you're as excited about it as we are!
Until next time, take care.
~Andy H