Out This Week: Ghost In The Shell 4K, Transformers The Movie, Robotech, Dr Who and More
Now, this is more like it. After the traditional relative
quietness of the summer months, this week's new release round-up is one of the
most exciting in some time. Two fan faves get a 4K upgrade, with
Ghost In The Shell releasing in the UK, and
Transformers the Movie hitting in the US. Both also offer fancy limited
editions. Another of the lost serials of Doctor Who has been resurrected through
animation- the second Doctor stars in Evil Of The Daleks, landing in the UK this
week. It's also a banner week for retro anime Stateside. The first part of the
iconic Robotech: The Macross Saga finally arrives on Blu-Ray this week via
Funimation. Discotek Media offer old-school sci-fi shows Orguss 02 and Galaxy Cyclone Braiger, 90's game-based action with Fatal Fury OVA Collection and more private eye thrills and spills
from City Hunter. Arriving in multiple editions this week in the United Kingdom is Goro "son of Hayao" Miyazaki's CG feature Earwig And The Witch.
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UK Releases for September 27, 2021
Doctor Who: The Evil Of The Daleks (BBC, 12) "The TARDIS has been
stolen. Marooned on Earth in the year 1966, the Doctor and Jamie set out to
find the missing time-machine. Their investigations bring them to a mysterious
London antiques shop, where all the antiques all seem to be brand new.
Kidnapped by the antique shop's owner, the Doctor is then brought face to face
with a very old enemy - the Daleks. Working from a house in Victorian England,
the Daleks have a new master plan to conquer the universe. And in order to
carry it out, they need the Doctor's help. The original 1967 master recordings
of 'The Evil of the Daleks' were lost soon after the programme's original
transmission. However, audio-only recordings of all seven episodes have
survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated
presentation of this lost classic."
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital
Earwig And The Witch (Elysian, PG) "Growing up in an orphanage in the
British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers.
Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is
forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to
uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and
potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she
has always wanted."
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Steelbook, Blu-Ray Limited Edition, DVD
Fruits Basket Season 2 Part 2 (Funimation, 12) "Every day with the
Somas brings new surprises, and Tohru s resilience shines through it all! Her
mother s beautiful lessons slowly reach everyone, from Yuki s self-absorbed
sibling to a tiny, timid tiger. Even Tohru s childhood friends were changed by
the kindness of the Crimson Butterfly. But for Kyo, is any heart big enough to
accept his deep dark secret?"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD, Blu-Ray Limited Edition
Ghost In The Shell 4K Edition (Funimation, 15) "Celebrate one of the
most critically acclaimed anime films of all time in 4K Ultra HD! 2029: A
female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal
Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of The Puppet Master,” a
mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts.
Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a
high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity."
💿 FORMATS: 4k+ Blu-Ray, 4K Steelbook
Gundam Narrative (Anime Ltd, 12) "One year has passed since the events
of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and the Laplace's Box was opened. Following the
conflict called the "Laplace Incident", the Neo Zeon remnant force known as
the Sleeves is destroyed. Both the Banshee and Unicorn Gundam are sealed away
from public consciousness, locked in secrecy and meant to be forgotten by
history. However, sightings of another Gundam are suddenly being reported. The
Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex, thought to be lost since two years ago, has
reappeared.
💿 FORMATS Blu-Ray
Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam (Warner Bros, U) "Sound the alarm! A
spacecraft hovers over Jump City, and the Teen Titans spring into action and
investigate. What they find is a troop of alien visitors. While the discovery
puts Robin on the defensive, Cyborg is overwhelmed with excitement, because
only he recognizes these strange beings as Nerdlucks, the aliens from the 1996
film Space Jam. It's a movie party back at Titans Tower as Cyborg introduces
the rest of the Titans to the classic film – and you're invited! Enjoy a
Titans-style movie screening, complete with wisecracks and wacky on-screen
doodles courtesy of Teen Titans Go!"
💿 FORMATS: DVD
US Releases For September 28, 2021
10 Tokyo Warriors The Final Battle (Media Blasters, 16+) "10 Tokyo
Warriors: The Final Battle contains episodes 4-6 of the anime directed by
Hikaru Takanashi, Keizo Shimizu, and Noboru Ishiguro.
Long ago, the land was in a state of chaos as the feudal lords waged
territorial wars. In the midst of the bloodshed, a ferocious warrior, known as
the Demon King, appeared and conquered all. Now, 400 years later, he returns
to wield his apocalyptic wrath upon the city of Tokyo! Only ten ancient
warriors have the power to stop him and there’s a problem. The 10th warrior,
Jutto Segu, is reincarnated as a student at Fuuin High School. One day, Jutto
is approached by a group of mysterious strangers who claim to be the returning
souls of the valiant fighters who long ago defeated the Demon King. Will Jutto
join the ancient supernatural slayers and help to destroy the Demon King?"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD
Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare (Discotek Media, 13+) "A mysterious
car accident leaves Detective Conan and his Junior Detective League pals with
a new friend: a striking woman with different-colored eyes and retrograde
amnesia. While the kids hope their fellowship will restore the woman’s memory,
Conan and his older crime-busting colleagues have darker suspicions about her
background — suspicions stoked when a coterie of international double agents
start being assassinated. As the glittering Touto Aquarium’s Ferris wheel
spins, a showdown with the Black Organization’s deadliest killers beckons –
but with even Conan in over his head, can Japan Public Security’s Amuro and
FBI ace Akai set aside their differences long enough to stand with Conan, and
against the nightmare?"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray
City Hunter Season 2 Part 2 (Discotek Media, TV-14) "The latter
half of the second season features major changes to the City Hunter universe!
Miki, a beautiful ex-mercenary seeks to marry her old mentor, Umibozu. Sayuri,
a newspaper editor, confides to Ryo that she’s actually Kaori’s older sister.
The coffee shop Cat’s Eye becomes a regular meet-up place for the characters
and place of employment for Kasumi, the retired thief once known as Phantom
305. Meanwhile, Kaori sees a lot of action, such as becoming a thief to save
an orphanage and rescuing herself and her sister from kidnappers. The second
season culminates in a special three-part story, in which Ryo’s former partner
from the US, “Bloody Mary,” reappears. Though a successful model now, Mary is
haunted by her past, which threatens to kill both her and Ryo in the present.
All this, plus Ryo Saeba’s “secret origin”!"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Fatal Fury OVA Collection (Discotek Media, 13+) "Having
witnessed the murder of their father at the hands of crime lord Geese Howard,
Terry and Andy Bogard spend their life training for revenge. When they return
to Southtown, they deal with street fight after street fight as their master
decides which of the two to teach the ultimate technique, the Senpuu Ken! Even
if they manage to defeat Geese, they’ll also have to contend with his
half-brother, Wolfgang Krauser, who is said to be even more powerful than the
man who killed their father. This Blu-ray contains both specials, Legend of
the Hungry Wolf and The New Battle, remastered in high-def for the first
time!"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Galaxy Cyclone Braiger (Discotek Media, 13+) "In the year 2111,
humanity has colonized the Solar System in earnest, but unfortunately,
criminal syndicates called Connections often dominate the planets. When the
police are overwhelmed and the Earth Federation government is ineffective, if
not corrupt, only Cosmo Rangers J9 can protect the average citizens of the
Solar System. J9 is a group of mercenaries in the asteroid belt, but they only
fight for what’s right, with the help of their giant robot, Braiger. Even as
Isaac (the brains), Kido (the marksman), Bowie (the pilot), and Omachi (the
bomber) grow as a team, Khamen Khamen, the head of the Nubia Connection, rises
above the other criminal organizations and enacts a plan that will devastate
the Solar System and murder the majority of the human race. Inspired by
samurai TV dramas, this super robot mecha anime is the first series of the J9
trilogy."
💿 FORMATS: SD Blu-Ray
Rick and Morty Season 4 (Warner Bros )"Welcome to the world of Rick and
Morty, a genius inventor grandfather and his less than genius grandson.
Missing for nearly 20 years, Rick arrives at his daughter’s doorstep looking
to move in, but her husband isn’t too thrilled. Rick converts the garage into
his lab and involves Morty in his insane adventures."
💿 FORMATS; Blu-Ray
Robotech: Part 1 The Macross Saga (Funimation, 7+) "When an alien ship
crashes in the South Pacific, humanity reverse-engineers its Robotechnology to
build the warship SDF-1 and prepare for another assault. But the arrival of a
new armada will kick off a generation-long war for both Earth and the cosmos!"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray+Digital
Super Dimension Century Orguss (Discotek Media, 13+) "Today, Kei
Katsuragi's only concern is the love of his life. It doesn't really matter to
him that he has more than one love - after all, as a pilot for the Freedom
Space Corps, he might be dead tomorrow! In the future, war has changed, and
Kei is all too familiar with the horrors it can bring. Atomic, biological, and
chemical weapons are all in use, but even worse than those are the dimensional
weapons, ordnance capable of tearing apart even time and space! As it happens,
his next mission involves one of these terrifying weapons, the latest risky
gambit in the war over the space elevator on Earth. Fleeing from the warmth of
his lover (and her father's gun) to the coldness of space, Kei fights to
protect a team of engineers as they arm the dimensional weapon on-site. But
when they get orders to pull out without detonating the bomb, Kei disobeys,
unwilling to make the sacrifices of the day meaningless. His brash actions
have dire consequences beyond just a big kaboom, as that explosion flings him
into the future!"
💿 FORMATS: SD Blu-Ray
Transformers The Movie 35th Anniversary Edition (Shout Factory, 13+) "The year is 2005… For millennia, the heroic Autobots, led by Optimus Prime,
have been at war with the evil Megatron and his Decepticons over control of
their home planet of Cybertron. However, an even greater threat - Unicron, a
colossal converting planet that devours everything in its path - is heading
right for Cybertron. The only hope is the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Will
the Autobots be able to save themselves and their home world in time?"
💿 FORMATS; 4k+Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray+DVD
To Love Ru Darkness 2 (Sentai Filmworks, 17+) "What is it about Rito
Yuki that continues to draw beautiful alien girls towards him from all across
the galaxy? It's not as though he's particularly attractive or talented, and
his social skills are mediocre at best. And yet, somehow, this lackluster
Japanese student has become the center of a girl-vortex that's sucking in more
out of this world beauties than a black hole during a sale in a lingerie shop!
Between Develukan Princess Momo, who's steadfastly determined to nail her
Earthling paramour into a permanent relationship, even if she has to recruit
family help to do it, and the transforming assassin Golden Darkness, who has
her eyes set on taking Rito's hide as a trophy, things are just as out of
control as ever when the Develuke Saga continues in To Love Ru Darkness Season
2!"
💿 FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Upcoming Releases
The Little Vampire (Shout Factory) Blu-Ray+DVD, DVD Oct 5
Injustice (Warner Bros, R) Blu-ray+Digital, DVD, 4K, Digital Oct 19
Venus Wars (Sentai Filmworks, 14+ ) Blu-ray Oct 26
Transformers The Movie 35th Anniversary (Funimation UK, PG) 4K, 4K Steelbook, Blu-Ray Oct 25 [UK]
Neon Genesis Evangelion (GKIDS/Shout Factory) Blu-Ray, CE Blu-Ray November 8
Future Boy Conan Complete Series (GKIDS/Shout Factory) Blu-ray Nov 16
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime Ltd) Blu-Ray, CE Blu-Ray Dec 8 [UK]
Project A-Ko (Discotek
Media) Blu-Ray Dec 21
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