Toei has another classic getting a new Blu-ray release in Japan with the announcement of Wicked City getting the treatment. The film is being built around a new 4k master scan based on the 35mm negative telecine that’s planned for a January 9th, 2019 debut. The set is priced at 14,800 yen and will include the English language dub. Presumably, this is the Streamline dub that was also used in the previous Japanese DVD release.
Check out our review of the film and of the Black Guard novel.
The film was originally released in 1987 directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiro, who also served as the character designer. The film is based on the novels from Hideyuki Kikuchi that began in 1985.
Plot concept: There is Earth, our familiar world, and then there is the Black World, a parallel dimension that very few people are aware of. For centuries, a pact between the two worlds has been observed to maintain peace, and terms must be negotiated and renewed soon to continue relative harmony.
This time around, there is a militant faction that will stop at nothing to prevent the signing of a new treaty for inter-dimensional peace. Two agents of the elite organization known as the Black guards—defenders of the balance between the two worlds—are charged with ensuring the success of the treaty.
[Source: Wicked City]
