Media Blasters have just announced their release slate for the rest of the year - as well as addressing some recent delays - and there are some fun titles in there. Voltron or a remastered Debbie Does Dallas ... which do you think is going to sell better?
Read on for the full slate.
KEY:
CR=Code Red
ED=Exploitation Digital
GP=Guilty Pleasures
RT=Raincoat Theater
SS=Shriek Show
TS=Tokyo Shock
7/25
RED NIGHTS OF THE GESTAPO (ED) **Delayed until late August.
BODYGUARD KIBA (TS, early Miike) **Should ship in the next two weeks.
8/15
THE COMMITMENT (TS)
8/29
THE NUN OF MONZA (ED)
TOMIE: REVENGE (TS)
FAMILY (TS, Early Miike)
ZATOICHI VOL 5 (TS)
9/12
SHADOW: DEAD RIOT Unrated 2 Disc Special Edition (SS)
THE GREAT YOKAI WAR 2 Disc Special Edition (TS)
9/26
VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE Collection One Episodes 1-15 (AnimeWorks)
SAMURAI CHICKS (TS)
10/10
DON'T GO IN THE WOODS...ALONE! (CR)
WITCHERY (SS)
KAZUO UMEZZ HORROR THEATER VOL 3 (TS)
10/31
JULES VERNE'S THE FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (CR)
JOY STICKS (GP)
GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY (ED)
THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES (RT)
GONIN 1 & 2 (TS)
11/7
THE FOREST (CR)
DEBBIE DOES DALLAS (RT) Stunning new transfer!
ZEIRAM Special Edition (TS)
11/21
VOLTRON Collection Two Episodes 16-30 (AnimeWorks)
DEVIL TIMES FIVE (CR)
THE RETURN (SS)
NUNS OF ST. ARCHANGEL (ED)
WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU (TS)
MAN EATER (aka ZEE-OUI, TS)
Media Blasters now own the rights to the first GONIN as well?!? That seems promising considering that the best DVD so far has been from the UK's shoddy Tokyo Bullet label. There's a lot that could be done in terms of special features as well ... An extended director's cut exists on Laserdisc in Japan, for example!
"Yaji and Kita"'s already released (at least according to Amazon). But what about "Baian Vol.4" (Sept. 12) and "P" (Oct. 31), which are both listed on Amazon but not on that list?
the only reason amazon.com appears to say 'yaji and kita' has been released is because the release date has passed - nowheres shipped it and nowheres got it - as for 'P', media blasters removed it from their schedules and this suggests its no longer releasing it, yet amazon.com havent managed to remove it yet.
You sure about that? Amazon claims to have four copies in stock right now and DVD Empire says they've got one. Maybe you should place an order with one of them and see what happens.
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