Sentai Filmworks has laid out their December 2015 plans and after a few months where there’s been a lot of releases this one may feel a little light. First, the company has their next Sentai Selects release with Lunar Legend Tsukihime, which was released previously on DVD only and gets the same treatment here. It does get a low price of $29.99 and puts the show back into circulation once again. The company announced a pair of movies recently with AURA and Hayate the Combat Butler and those go about as expected as they both get separate DVD nad BD releases but AURA gets a bilingual presentation. Part of me hoped that they’d take the chance with the Hayate movie since it’s self contained.
Chaika – The Coffin Princess gets its first season released in bilingual form on both DVD and BD as expected while Rail Wars makes its debut on DVD only and in Japanese only. The lack of a BD release is due to licensor holdback as they can’t produce one for a good bit of time until after it’s fully settled in Japan. We also get a new collection with Majestic Prince arriving.
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Title: LUNAR LEGEND TSUKIHIME COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Selects
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 12/1/2015
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98
SYNOPSIS: Shiki Tohno has a secret. As the result of a childhood injury, he can see the lines of energy that bind all things together… and by severing those lines he can destroy almost anything! Only a special pair of glasses that mute his extraordinary perceptions has kept him sane, but his attempts at living a “normal” life come to a shocking end when he is approached by a strange and dangerous woman with her own terrifying secret. Now, Shiki is fighting both for his life and to unravel the secrets of his own past; for even with a mysterious female vampire as an ally, how can anyone defeat an enemy whose power is to always be reborn? Unstoppable forces collide as the ultimate battle begins in LUNAR LEGEND – TSUKIHIME!
Title: SPACE BROTHERS COLLECTION 6
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 275 min.
Street Date: 12/1/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98, $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Taking a makeup exam after learning the test results of Sharon’s condition, Mutta stands on the verge of achieving the first major step on his journey to the stars: officially becoming an astronaut. But the written test is only a prelude to the most hazardous trials of all. Strapped into the seat of a T38 jet, flying faster than the speed of sound, and learning to fly on instruments only, a single mistake on Mutta’s part can mean instant disaster. On the positive side, if he’s going Mach 1 when something does go wrong, Mutta probably won’t have to worry about it very long. It’s time to kick in the afterburners and aim for the stars in the sixth spectacular collection of SPACE BROTHERS!
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 90 min.
Street Date: 12/8/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98, $39.98
SYNOPSIS: Ichiro Sato used to spend his life dreaming, pretending to be a great fantasy hero. Pretend heroics, however, aren’t much protection from bullies and social ridicule. Now determined to follow a different path and fit in, Ichiro thought he’d managed to give up his old fantasies. Until he encountered Ryouko Satou, who’s even more deeply immersed in her own imaginary world than Ichiro was—and is bullied just as cruelly for it. If he stands up for Ryouko, Ichiro could destroy the new life he’s trying to build. But at the same time, the intensity of her fantasies and predicament reminds him all too vividly of the person he once was. In the end, it may just be that the only one who can really rescue this damsel in distress is the dream hero that Ichiro thought he had buried forever in AURA.
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 12/8/2015
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: All train fanatic Naoto Takayama has ever dreamed of is becoming an engineer, but when he finally makes the grade and scores a trainee position with the JNR, his ambitions are totally derailed. Now, instead of the big front cab of his dreams, Naoto’s stuck in the security division working with a squad of gorgeous girls and escorting pretty idol singers. Oh, what a nightmare! Okay, so there are the occasional bomb threats, thieves, and members of the rogue railway privatization group RJ to deal with, but that’s what trigger-happy harpy Aoi and Sho, the squad’s only other male member, are for. And if Naoto’s one-track mind could just see the light at the end of the tunnel, he might realize that he’s already on an express train to paradise with multiple lovely cabooses. Will getting railroaded take on a whole new meaning? Find out as everyone gets off on the wrong side of the tracks in RAIL WARS!
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 12/15/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98, $69.98
SYNOPSIS: The end of the war with the Gaz Empire only meant unemployment for former Saboteur Toru Acura. So when he collides with fate in the form of a young girl carrying a coffin through a forest, it doesn’t take much convincing for Toru and his similarly inclined step-sister Akari to join young wizard Chaika on her bizarre quest: to collect the scattered body parts of the former Emperor. Unfortunately, the severed pieces were carried off by the Heroes who killed him, and some think that reassembling them could restart the war! On top of that, Chaika may not be who she claims to be, as there are others conducting similar missions all across the kingdoms. Is Chaika a dead man’s daughter, picking up the pieces for burial, or is there something far more sinister in the works? The winds of war are stirring and there are dragons waiting in the darkness ahead for CHAIKA – THE COFFIN PRINCESS!
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 60 min.
Street Date: 12/15/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98, $39.98
SYNOPSIS: It’s no understatement to say that the stormy relationship between Nagi and her butler Hayate is often the result of the fact that they see things from entirely different social perspectives. However, when Nagi decides to bring Hayate, her maid Maria, and their friends to a secluded vacation retreat, our star-crossed couple soon find themselves seeing things from completely conflicting realities! In a bizarre turn of fate, Hayate finds himself in a world where his mistress is Maria, and Nagi no longer seems to exist! Meanwhile, Nagi is having her own problems, trapped in an amusement park of doom! What’s going on and how does this relate to a mysterious silver-haired woman who seems to hold the key to everything? It’s nothing like they’ve ever seen before as both their worlds are turned on their heads in HAYATE THE COMBAT BUTLER – HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH!
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 600 min.
Street Date: 12/15/2015
Format: DVD, BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $79.98, $99.98
SYNOPSIS: The original reason for creating genetically enhanced humans was to explore outer space; but when the alien Wulgaru attacked using vastly advanced technology, the Evolved Children were instead turned into Mankind’s last line of defense. Which, for the members of the newly created Team Rabbits, means that their only hope for survival is to do the impossible: to somehow master an entirely new generation of weapon systems in the middle of a desperate war. To become a team and keep each other alive, even as Earth’s defense force repeatedly throws them back into the slaughter. And, between the battles, to uncover the secret motivations behind the mystifying actions of both the Wulgaru and Team Rabbits’ own command. Izuru, Asagi, Kei, Tamaki, and Suruga may have been created as cannon fodder, but in the end, their will to survive may be the only thing that can save the entire human race in MAJESTIC PRINCE!
Title: IRON GIRL II
Published by: Switchblade Pictures
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 84 min.
Street Date: 12/1/2015
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $19.98
SYNOPSIS: It’s the same post-apocalyptic world and Chris, the mysterious bounty hunter better known as Iron Girl, is still the deadliest fighter on the planet. Unfortunately, she also still has no memory of who she is or where she came from, and, in a land where knowledge is power that means her days could be numbered. Everything may be about to change, however, if she can acquire a priceless memory-retrieving device called The Storage. But to get it, Iron Girl will have to save a colony and take on both an army of assassins and a renegade group of bandit militia called Sparti United. It’s a sequel that’s far more than an equal, with more daring stunts, more explosions and more Iron Girl action than ever before as fist, feet, and other body parts go flying in IRON GIRL: ULTIMATE WEAPON!
Don’t see anything I want there. The only possible one I might get eventually is Aura.
Rail Wars was a nice show.
I can’t believe that they are dubbing Rail Wars and Chaika. Those are insta-buys for me.
While Chaika indeed is, Rail Wars will not be getting a dub.
I don’t know where I got that from then…but that seems weird because I thought Rail Wars was more popular than Chaika. Now I’m back to being disappointed with Sentai.
[b]Rail Wars![/b] is the only definite title for me from this list. It’s a fun show & one that I’m looking forward to owning when Sentai releases it in December.