Section23 Films Announces June 2012 Slate

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[size=16]SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES JUNE SLATE[/size]

FATE / STAY NIGHT UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS Available on June 12th

HOUSTON, March 13, 2012 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its June slate of releases. Packed with top titles by Section23 client, Sentai Filmworks, including FATE / STAY NIGHT UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS, K-ON! and TOWANOQUON, June promises to make this the hottest summer on record!

Product details follow, in order of release
Coming June 2012

Title: KURENAI COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 6/5/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98

SYNOPSIS: He’s only a teenager, but Kurenai Shinkurou is already both a master of an arcane martial art and an experienced professional mediator with a long track record of resolving disputes. Not bad for someone who’s just sixteen and still in school, but everyone has their limits and Kurenai may have met his when his boss and role model Benika responds to his request for a more challenging assignment by giving him the task of protecting young Murasaki Kuhoin. Never mind that she’s only seven, the fact that the people Kurenai’s supposed to protect her from are her own very rich and extremely powerful family is guaranteed to take this job into the danger zone. Now the heat is on and Kurenai’s scrambling to put out as many fires as he can, even as the secrets surrounding his young charge bring everything else to a flashpoint in KURENAI- THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!

Title: FATE / STAY NIGHT UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 105 min.
Street Date: 6/12/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98

SYNOPSIS: Having spent the last ten years of his life studying under a mysterious sorcerer, Shiro Emiya has become a Magi, a sorcerer who has summoned a “Servant,” a mystical female warrior of incredible power named Saber, to stand together in the ultimate test of sorcery and magic: the Holy Grail War. But Shiro’s own feelings for Saber may conflict with their goal. For to win the contest means to take the risk of losing everything, even as he also begins to empathize with members of the rival battleteams. For while seven teams will enter the battle, only one will leave, and the winners will receive the prize of the Grail itself and their greatest wish granted. Will that wish be worth the price Shiro must ultimately pay? The battle is on in FATE/STAY NIGHT - UNLIMITED BLADEWORKS!

Title: FATE / STAY NIGHT UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 105 min.
Street Date: 6/12/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $39.98

SYNOPSIS: Having spent the last ten years of his life studying under a mysterious sorcerer, Shiro Emiya has become a Magi, a sorcerer who has summoned a “Servant,” a mystical female warrior of incredible power named Saber, to stand together in the ultimate test of sorcery and magic: the Holy Grail War. But Shiro’s own feelings for Saber may conflict with their goal. For to win the contest means to take the risk of losing everything, even as he also begins to empathize with members of the rival battleteams. For while seven teams will enter the battle, only one will leave, and the winners will receive the prize of the Grail itself and their greatest wish granted. Will that wish be worth the price Shiro must ultimately pay? The battle is on in FATE/STAY NIGHT - UNLIMITED BLADEWORKS!

Title: SULTRY ASSASSIN APHRODISIAC KILL
Published by: Switchblade Pictures
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 68 min.
Street Date: 6/12/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $19.98

SYNOPSIS: When drugs, graft and the illegal sex trade, come together, the outcome can be deadly; especially in ancient Edo, where the law is dictated by he who wields the strongest sword. That’s why Yasaburo, a mere commoner, spends all his spare time practicing and refining his prowess with a blade. But when Yasaburo comes to the aid of a woman he believes to be a prostitute, he soon learns that there are more kinds of weapons than he’d ever imagined… For the woman is actually Rin, a female ninja enforcer assigned to pose as a prostitute in order to investigate shipments of an illegal aphrodisiac, and the deadliest weapon in ancient Japan isn’t made of steel or wood, but rather of human flesh in the form of a deadly kunoichi assassin. Get ready for the wildest eroninja film ever as three of Japan’s hottest female stars - Akiho Yoshizawa, Asami and Rin Kawaii - bring Junichi Yagami’s epic erotic novels of sex and steel to life in SULTRY ASSASSIN - THE APHRODISIAC KILL!

Title: GOLGO 13 COLLECTION 4
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 6/19/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98

SYNOPSIS: The hit anime series about the stone-cold assassin Golgo 13 ends with a bang as Golgo faces his most dangerous assignments yet. A beautiful CIA operative seeks Golgo’s help as she is hunted by a hired hit squad. But does she have a hidden agenda? And how is it that a woman suddenly comes to his rescue after a car accident erases his memory? Is she to be trusted? What of the hooker being held captive by mobsters? And the little baby who bears a striking resemblance to Golgo himself? When the stakes are raised this high, is it possible anime’s most heartless killer will finally discover he actually has a soul? Find out in this thrilling ending to one of the smartest animated crime stories ever!

Title: K-ON! SEASON 2 COLLECTION 1
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 6/19/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98

SYNOPSIS: For two full years, Yui, Mio, Ritsu and Tsumugi have worked together to keep Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School’s struggling Light Music Club alive, and along the way they’ve begun to build a reputation as real rock musicians… especially since the previous year’s addition of underclassman rhythm guitarist Azusa. But as a new school year begins, there are new and scary challenges ahead. With four fifths of the club graduating at the end of the year, replacement members have to be recruited. There are college exams to prepare for. There are colleges to choose. And there are friends to prepare to say goodbye to. But no matter what happens, they’ll have their faculty adviser and secret former Death Metal guitar/vocalist Sawako Yamada there to help them in her own unusual way, especially since she’s now their homeroom teacher as well!! And most of all, they’ll have each other. Because the group of amateur musicians who barely knew each other has become much more than just a band, and by the time this school year is over, they’re going to achieve something so amazing it requires multiple exclamation marks!! Get ready to be blown away as the girls from K-ON! rock on in an all new adventure in K-ON!! - THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON Volume One!!

Title: K-ON! SEASON 2 COLLECTION 1 BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 325 min.
Street Date: 6/19/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98

SYNOPSIS: For two full years, Yui, Mio, Ritsu and Tsumugi have worked together to keep Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School’s struggling Light Music Club alive, and along the way they’ve begun to build a reputation as real rock musicians… especially since the previous year’s addition of underclassman rhythm guitarist Azusa. But as a new school year begins, there are new and scary challenges ahead. With four fifths of the club graduating at the end of the year, replacement members have to be recruited. There are college exams to prepare for. There are colleges to choose. And there are friends to prepare to say goodbye to. But no matter what happens, they’ll have their faculty adviser and secret former Death Metal guitar/vocalist Sawako Yamada there to help them in her own unusual way, especially since she’s now their homeroom teacher as well!! And most of all, they’ll have each other. Because the group of amateur musicians who barely knew each other has become much more than just a band, and by the time this school year is over, they’re going to achieve something so amazing it requires multiple exclamation marks!! Get ready to be blown away as the girls from K-ON! rock on in an all new adventure in K-ON!! - THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON Volume One!!

Title: MARIA HOLIC ALIVE! COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 6/26/2012
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $49.98

SYNOPSIS: Some things never change: Ame no Kisaki, that famous and exclusive boarding school, STILL doesn’t accept boys, and Kanako, Kisaki’s most romantically unfortunate student, STILL doesn’t accept them either. (They give her the hives. Literally.) Sadly, that means that Kanako’s STILL trying to connect with ANYONE of the same sex, and having the usual horrid luck. She’s STILL in imminent peril of dying from the constant nosebleeds she gets from being over stimulated by the presence of her fellow classmates. And she’s STILL forced to endure the tragedy of sharing a room with the school’s most beautiful girl who is, of course, STILL a guy in drag. Poor Kanako! She came hoping to find love and happiness, and all she’s found is misery, frustration and a level of desperation so great that she’ll even take a chance on a sleepover in a dorm filled with deathtraps. But what YOU’LL find is non-stop hilarity as the girl least likely to succeed refuses to give up, even if it kills her (and it probably will,) as Kanako’s quest for love continues in MARIA HOLIC ALIVE! The Complete Series!

Title: TOWANOQUON COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 6/26/2012
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $59.98

SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future, children are being born with special powers, marvelous and remarkable abilities. But what would seem like a wondrous gift turns out to be a dangerous curse. For the world is now run by The Order, and these miraculous “deviants” are hunted down-and killed. But Quon and his group of Attractors are out to rescue these children before The Order’s elite squad of ruthless cyborgs detect them. From their hideout beneath a popular amusement park, the Attractors use high tech gadgetry and their own remarkable abilities to save these children, and teach them to harness and control their powers to overthrow the very powers that seek to destroy them. With spectacular animation, stunning fight sequences, and richly detailed characters, Towanoquon is destined to be an anime classic and must-have for any animation fan’s library.

Title: TOWANOQUON COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY
Published by: Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 300 min.
Street Date: 6/26/2012
Format: BD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $69.98

SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future, children are being born with special powers, marvelous and remarkable abilities. But what would seem like a wondrous gift turns out to be a dangerous curse. For the world is now run by The Order, and these miraculous “deviants” are hunted down-and killed. But Quon and his group of Attractors are out to rescue these children before The Order’s elite squad of ruthless cyborgs detect them. From their hideout beneath a popular amusement park, the Attractors use high tech gadgetry and their own remarkable abilities to save these children, and teach them to harness and control their powers to overthrow the very powers that seek to destroy them. With spectacular animation, stunning fight sequences, and richly detailed characters, Towanoquon is destined to be an anime classic and must-have for any animation fan’s library.

About Section23 Films:
Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.

GOLGO 13 COLLECTION 4
KURENAI COMPLETE COLLECTION
MARIA HOLIC ALIVE! COMPLETE COLLECTION
TOWANOQUON COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY

I’m sure about those though K-on , Fate , and Sultry I am probably going to pass on.

K-ON is a locked on purchase here.

Looks like Sentai split the 27 Season 2 episodes into two sets, No singles this time.

Mark Gosdin

That’s a very nice lineup there. It’s interesting that half of the dubbed releases will be done by Bang Zoom. Fate is a definite purchase for me, but I’m holding off on K-On! for now. I want to finish season one first. It’s nice to see them doing sets though, instead of singles. Hopefully no lossy audio this time. :slight_smile:

As for the rest, Towanoquan and Maria-holic are definites. The rest I will have too look into, though I will probably skip the Switchblade release.

FATE / STAY NIGHT UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS BLU-RAY
GOLGO 13 COLLECTION 4
MARIA HOLIC ALIVE! COMPLETE COLLECTION
TOWANOQUON COMPLETE COLLECTION BLU-RAY

KURENAI COMPLETE COLLECTION
K-ON! SEASON 2 COLLECTION 1

SULTRY ASSASSIN APHRODISIAC KILL

I’m ambivalent about Sentai throwing Bang/Zoom a chunk of business. I’m surprised that there’s no “bad blood” between the companies after the Gurren Lagaan incident. I suppose that’s Bandai’s fault first and foremost, but I’d be irked at Bang/Zoom. Just sayin’ :wink:

Anyhow, I know I’ll be getting Go-ru-go Shiruteen, misuta Duku Togo volume 4. I really enjoy the dub and David Wald is Golgo 13 as far as I’m concerned, but I saw the whole show first and foremost subbed and that’s what I know. Plus, the Engrish pronunciation is hilarious. Almost as hilarious as the live-action John “The Duke” Wayne movie spliced into the Golgo 13 episode where Golgo has to defend a rising Asian movie star.

I’ll probably get Fate/Unlimited after seeing it here first. I’m not really a Fate Franchise fan (Only thing I liked was Carnival Phantasm) but I’m willing to give it a shot. Especially when it kicks a few bucks back to my favorite NA anime company.

Maria Holic Alive for sure. I should purchase season 1 with it.