Speedgrapher Collection

Label:

MVM

Certificate:

15

Format:

DVD

Discs:

6.

Running time:

600 mins approx

Subtitles:

English

Video:

16:9 anamorphic

Sound:

English 5.1, Japanese 2.0

Release date:

7th March 2011

RRP:

£39.99 - Amazon - Play - MVM

Brief synopsis:

In a future not too far and not too different from now, burnt out war-zone photographer Tatsumi Saiga has resigned himself to spending the rest of his days as a photojournalist for a cheap and nasty tabloid rag in the festering rat hole that was once the proud city of Japan. In the ten years since the end of the Bubble War, the rich have just got richer and the poor, well they just get shit upon from an even greater height than before. Money really has become power and the rich can now have any desire fulfilled, any dream answered and any craving satisfied - no matter how sick, depraved or illegal it may be - but only if they have the finances to pay the price.

When Saiga uncovers a secret underground society - with it’s membership restricted to only the Japan’s most influential figures and the super rich - his old instincts kick in and he just has to investigate. Infiltrating the club’s subterranean lair of forbidden vice and hedonistic sin, Saiga’s cover is soon blown when he witnesses a bizarre and shocking ritual in which the society’s Goddess mistakenly bestows upon him her most powerful gift in the form of a kiss. Their brief contact grants him a new and dangerous supernatural ability and with it he escapes his pursuers taking the Goddess, in reality a young girl called Kagura, with him to the outside world.

This leaves the society with two new objectives: the return of their goddess and the death of the man who would dare infiltrate their club. Having not just money and the services of the most powerful people in the country on their side, they also have at their disposal a whole host of individuals who have also received the blessing of the goddess and the supernatural powers and abilities that go with it. But more than just granting Saiga his devastating new powers, Kagura’s kiss has also set in motion events that could lead not just to the fall of Tokyo but could bring the whole country to ruin, both financially and morally.

Extras:

Spread across the six discs are plenty of Image Galleries; Dub cast auditions; Character profiles; text-less opening and closing animations; Trailers as well as a three part documentary.

Speedgrapher Collection is available from today from most high streets and online retailers.

Shakugan No Shana Complete Collection

Label:

MVM

Certificate:

15

Format:

DVD

Discs:

6.

Running time:

600 mins approx

Subtitles:

English

Video:

16:9 anamorphic

Sound:

English 2.0, Japanese 2.0

Release date:

4th April 2011

RRP:

£39.99 - Amazon - Play - MVM

Brief synopsis:

High-school student Yuji Sakai has a problem. You see, Yuji’s dead, and has been for some time, he just hasn’t realised it yet. What he thinks is his real body is just a short lived facsimile that will completely fade out of existence with time leaving the world unaware that he ever existed. This is the fate of so called “Torches”, humans who have been drained of their life essence by denizens of the Crimson Realm, strange and powerful beings from another reality. When Yuji is attacked by denizens of the Crimson Realm he’s saved by a strange, nameless teenage girl with flaming hair, red-hot eyes and a mysterious Japanese sword. Yuji names the girl Shana after her sword, the Nietono no Shana, and she in turn opens his eyes to the shocking reality of the world around him. Some rogue members of the Crimson Realm plan to drain the life essence from all the humans in the city for their own nefarious gains whilst chosen warriors like Shana, called Flame Hazes, fight to the death to defeat them. Now that Yuji knows the truth he vows to use what little time he has left in this world to assist Shana in her fight to defeat any denizens who would dare to threaten human life in this city she has sworn to protect

Extras:

Spread over the 6 discs are: various production art galleries, Naze Nani (why/how & what of…) Shana videos, several trailers and “Shana-Tan #1-2” which are short self-parody episodes of Shakugan no Shana starring a chibi (mini) sized version of Shana and her friends..

Shakugan No Shana Complete Collection will be available from most high streets and online retailers from 4th April 2011.

Saiyuki Reload Collection

Label:

MVM

Certificate:

15

Format:

DVD

Discs:

7.

Running time:

625 mins approx

Subtitles:

English

Video:

4:3

Sound:

English 2.0, Japanese 2.0

Release date:

7th March 2011

RRP:

£39.99 - Amazon - Play - MVM

Brief synopsis:

In the world of Shangri-la humans and demons have happily co-existed in a land built on both magic and technology for as long as people can remember. Or ai least that used to be the case but unfortunately times have changed. A multitude of unsuccessful attempts to revive the long vanquished demon Lord Gyumaoh have turned this land of peace and harmony into a world of chaos and mistrust. The only chance Shangri-La has of returning to it’s previous state of peace and prosperity lies in the hands of a young priest, Genjyo Sanzo, and his three travelling companions, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku. The four must travel far to the west where they will attempt to put a stop to these attempts to revive Gyumaoh once and for all and hopefully return order to the world in the process. The journey isn’t going to be easy as not only is there interference from the heavens to deal with, there’s also a number of demonic forces wishing to use the raging chaos to further their own nefarious schemes and they’ll stop at nothing to ensure that the Sanzo party fails in their task, and the quickest way to do that is to kill them.

Extras:

Pretty lacking in the extras department, there's the obligatory text-less opening and closing animations, trailers and the original Japanese promos. Every episode except the finale has a short "Urasai" bonus episode after the closing credits.

Saiyuki Reload Collection is available from today from most high streets and online retailers.

Paranoia Agent Collection

Label:

MVM

Certificate:

18

Format:

DVD

Discs:

4.

Running time:

325 mins approx

Subtitles:

English

Video:

16;9 anamorphic

Sound:

English 2.0, Japanese 2.0

Release date:

7th Feb 2011

RRP:

£29.99 - Amazon - Play - MVM

Brief synopsis:

From the genius mind of the late Satoshi Kon, the visionary and award-winning director responsible for the anime features Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress and Paprika, comes Paranoia Agent, a 13-episode complete series box set available now on DVD.

Paranoia Agent is a dark, sometimes unsettling and constantly intriguing story of two police detectives attempting to unravel the labyrinthine mystery of a phantom criminal dubbed Lil' Slugger.

Extras:

Just the usual textless opening and closing animations and some trailers.

Paranoia Agent Collection is available now from most high streets and online retailers.

R.O.D The TV Collection

Label:

MVM

Certificate:

15

Format:

DVD

Discs:

7.

Running time:

650 mins approx

Subtitles:

English

Video:

4:3

Sound:

English 5.1, Japanese 5.1, Japanese 2.0

Release date:

7th March 2011

RRP:

£39.99 - Amazon - Play - MVM

Brief synopsis:

Japanese author Nenene Sumiregawa's promotional visit to Hong Kong turns into a life-threatening situation when she is targeted by a crazed bomber. Determined to go ahead with her visit, she reluctantly takes up the offer of her guides – sisters Michelle and Maggie – to act as her personal bodyguards. When not acting as guides, Michelle and Maggie are members of the Three Sisters Detective Agency, along with their younger sibling Anita. As well as being passionate bibliophiles, they are also highly skilled Paper Masters, possessing amazing powers that enable them to manipulate paper in any way they choose.

But the Three Sisters are not the only Paper Masters known to Nenene. Several years earlier, Nenene was the best friend and student of a very powerful Paper Master and agent of the British Library Task Force, Yomiko Readman. That was until Yomiko disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Extras:

Art Galleries, Commentaries and Japanese previews.

R.O.D The TV Collection is available from today from most high streets and online retailers. A trailer for this series can be downloaded here.