The folks at Sentai Filmworks have set up their plans for the month of September 2022 with a slate of titles that are pretty good for fans to be excited about. The distributor has the third installment of the Girls Und Panzer – Das Finale project, we get a Dororo premium collection, and we get a multi-series collection for Yuki Yuna is a Hero, which hasn’t always been easy to acquire. Additionally, we get the Saiyuki Gaiden property and the Gunbuster movie version being released along with a new edition for Magical Warfare.
Title: MAGICAL WARFARE
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 300 min.
- Street Date: 9/6/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $59.98
SYNOPSIS: Takeshi Nanase’s life hasn’t been great since the accident that crippled his little brother, who blames Nanase for both that and stealing the girl he loved, while his parents have completely distanced themselves. Since Kurumi, his childhood friend, is not even really his girlfriend, the only thing that Takeshi has left is studying the art of Kendo. Until, that is, he discovers an unconscious girl in a strange uniform and suddenly finds himself in the business of rescuing damsels in distress, facing off against a group of magic users, and ends up with magical powers himself! Which, considering that he had no idea magic was even real, is quite a change in perspective. Unfortunately, all this means is that Takeshi now has a target on his back, and he’s going to have to learn the basics really quickly if he expects to survive MAGICAL WARFARE!
Title: SAIYUKI GAIDEN
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 120 min.
- Street Date: 9/13/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $49.98
SYNOPSIS: In a time when Death was unknown, a boy was brought into Heaven and entrusted to the care of the minor God Konzen Douji. Named Goku, the boy soon became the best of friends with gods Tenpou and Kenren of the Army of Heaven, and the War Prince Nataku. Yet even Heaven has its devils, and when a plot to seize the throne of Heaven leaves Nataku dead, Goku loses control of his powers, causing a massacre, while Konzen, Tenpou and Kenren find themselves accused as heretics for attempting to defend their friend. Now their only hope is to break through the ranks of the Army of Heaven and escape to the lower world. The origins of the heroes of the classic anime series SAIYUKI are unveiled in an epic, expanded series of original animation videos in SAIYUKI GAIDEN!
Title: GUNBUSTER THE MOVIE
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 95 min.
- Street Date: 9/13/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $29.98
SYNOPSIS: When alien nightmares attacked humanity’s push into interstellar space, Noriko Takaya’s father sacrificed himself to stop their advance. What he bought for mankind was time. Time to create a weapon capable of stopping the monsters once and for all. Now that weapon is nearly ready, and a teenage Noriko is determined to be in the battle, though it’s not until she models herself after top pilot candidate Kazumi Amano that she discovers her own abilities. However, even as Noriko and Kazumi become both partners and rivals for the same man’s affections, there’s one aspect of this war that will affect them unlike any other: Pilots traveling faster than light experience time differently than those they’ve left on Earth. Which means that even if Noriko survives each battle, home will no longer be the same place she left behind in GUNBUSTER!
Title: GIRLS UND PANZER DAS FINALE – PART 3
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 60 min.
- Street Date: 9/20/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $29.98
SYNOPSIS: Amateurs study strategy, but professionals study logistics, because it doesn’t matter how many tanks you can get into position if you don’t have enough ammo to keep firing! Firepower and constantly evolving strategies are the name of the game as not two, not four, but six more schools square off on three additional battlegrounds! As Oarai’s tank team continues their brutal face off against Chi-Ha-Tan, the firefights also rage between Anzio and St. Gloriana, Kuromorimine and Pravda, and Jatkosota and Saunders! Six teams enter and only the survivors will advance! Also, in the weirdest side trip yet, the ladies of Team Anglerfish suddenly find themselves as cow… er, radishgirls in the wild, wild west in GIRLS UND PANZER DAS FINALE – PART 3 with BONUS- THE DAIKON WAR!
Title: SEITOKAI YAKUINDOMO 2
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 80 min.
- Street Date: 9/20/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $29.98
SYNOPSIS: Being an anime fan is rather like an obsession and true otaku will go to extreme lengths to support their favorite sagas. SEITOKAI YAKUINDOMO fans are no exception, and here’s the payoff: another ridiculous story of the former all-girl’s school where seemingly all of the ladies have sex on the mind constantly… or at least talk that way… while poor Takatoshi dutifully labors on as the male focus of the rest of the student council’s hyper-focused attentions. From appearing in questionably-intended student films to taking some very hands-on wrestling lessons, no good deed will ever come without pun-ishment when it’s constantly innuendo and out the other in SEITOKAI YAKUINDOMO 2!
Title: DORORO PREMIUM BOX SET
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 600 min.
- Street Date: 9/27/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $199.98
SYNOPSIS: Life as an orphan in feudal Japan is brutal, and while street thief Dororo has managed to survive, wile and craft can only go so far in the body of a child. Then, just when it seems that Dororo’s luck has run out, he’s rescued from a man-eating ghoul by a mysterious young man wearing a doll-like mask and artificial limbs that conceal deadly blades! Born without arms, legs, sight, hearing and even skin after his father crafted a monstrous deal with the forces of darkness, Hyakkimaru now somehow seeks out the demons who cursed him, regaining one of his lost attributes for each monster slain. With deadly secrets from his own past to protect, the young thief joins into an alliance with the impossible warrior, setting forth on a quest to restore Hyakkimaru’s stolen humanity and rid Japan of devils in DORORO!
Title: YUKI YUNA IS A HERO
- Published by: Sentai Filmworks
- Distributed by: Section23 Films
- Run Time: 900 min.
- Street Date: 9/27/2022
- Format: BD
- Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
- SRP: $99.98
SYNOPSIS: Lots of people talk about helping others, but Yuna Yuki and her friends Mimori Togo, Fu, and Itsuki have gone a step further, forming a “Hero Club” that people can ask for assistance. Then things go further than they ever expected when they find themselves offered real super powers in exchange for helping defeat the Vertexes, who seek to destroy the Divine Tree and kill all life! It’s an easy decision to make, but what they don’t know is the price that each of them will have to pay for their new abilities. With great power comes great responsibility, but in this case it also comes with a devastating cost for every girl who enters the Hero System. Get ready for the genre-bending series that changed Magical Girl anime forever in the complete multi-series collection of YUKI YUNA IS A HERO!
