With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

Saturday, December 01, 2012

ACF 1740: Section23 Films announces January 2013 slate of releases


Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its January slate of releases, including the second combustible volume of Mardock Scramble! The second release of the spectacular trilogy, Mardock Scramble: Second Combustion will be available on both DVD and Blue-Ray.
 
Product details follow, in order of release.

Title:                  MARDOCK SCRAMBLE: SECOND COMBUSTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         61 min.
Street Date:      1/1/2013
Format:             DVD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $29.98

SYNOPSIS:  Rescued by Doctor Easter from a deadly assault on their headquarters by Dimsdale Boiled, Rune Balot finds temporary shelter in "Paradise", a high-tech laboratory where the Scramble 09 protocol originated.  While the severely injured Oeufcoque regenerates in a healing vat, Rune struggles to find the answers within herself that will let her equally injured psyche find some measure of peace.  But as the search for clues to the location of Shell's hidden memories continues, Boiled finds them again, and Rune and the Doctor decide it's time to carry the war to the enemy.  It's a world of high-stakes gambling and glamour, as Rune struggles to bring the man that murdered her to justice in the second combustible volume of Mardock Scramble!


Title:                  MARDOCK SCRAMBLE: SECOND COMBUSTION BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         61 min.
Street Date:      1/1/2013
Format:             BD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $39.98

SYNOPSIS: Rescued by Doctor Easter from a deadly assault on their headquarters by Dimsdale Boiled, Rune Balot finds temporary shelter in "Paradise", a high-tech laboratory where the Scramble 09 protocol originated.  While the severely injured Oeufcoque regenerates in a healing vat, Rune struggles to find the answers within herself that will let her equally injured psyche find some measure of peace.  But as the search for clues to the location of Shell's hidden memories continues, Boiled finds them again, and Rune and the Doctor decide it's time to carry the war to the enemy.  It's a world of high-stakes gambling and glamour, as Rune struggles to bring the man that murdered her to justice in the second combustible volume of Mardock Scramble!


Title:                  BODACIOUS SPACE PIRATES
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         325 min.
Street Date:      1/8/2013
Format:             DVD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $59.98

SYNOPSIS:  Most families have a skeleton or two in the closet, but Marika is understandably shocked to learn that what her family has been hiding is a skull and crossbones!  And while the revelation that her late father was a space pirate would have been earthshaking enough for most teenage girls, discovering that he was the captain of the notorious pirate ship Benten Maru will change Marika's life forever.  Because, you see, pirating is a family business, and she's just inherited the position of captain.  Not to mention that her father's former crew is quite intent on making sure Marika accepts the job!  So what's a girl to do?  Well, if you're a high school student whose prior total naval experience has been working at the space yacht club, there's really only one moral dilemma that has to be resolved: are pirates allowed to wear really short mini-skirts?  Get ready for intergalactic buccaneering unlike any you've ever seen before as the spaceways get broad-sided by cutting lasses, curvy knaves and the sexiest pirate's chest ever in Bodacious Space Pirates Collection 1!


Title                   BODACIOUS SPACE PIRATES BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         325 min.
Street Date:      1/8/2013
Format:             BD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $69.98

SYNOPSIS:  Most families have a skeleton or two in the closet, but Marika is understandably shocked to learn that what her family has been hiding is a skull and crossbones!  And while the revelation that her late father was a space pirate would have been earthshaking enough for most teenage girls, discovering that he was the captain of the notorious pirate ship Benten Maru will change Marika's life forever.  Because, you see, pirating is a family business, and she's just inherited the position of captain.  Not to mention that her father's former crew is quite intent on making sure Marika accepts the job!  So what's a girl to do?  Well, if you're a high school student whose prior total naval experience has been working at the space yacht club, there's really only one moral dilemma that has to be resolved: are pirates allowed to wear really short mini-skirts?  Get ready for intergalactic buccaneering unlike any you've ever seen before as the spaceways get broad-sided by cutting lasses, curvy knaves and the sexiest pirate's chest ever in Bodacious Space Pirates Collection 1!


Title:                  PERSONA 4 COLLECTION 2
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         365 min.
Street Date:      1/15/2013
Format:             DVD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $59.98

SYNOPSIS: The mystery of the murders seems to have been solved, but the riddle of the Velvet Room and the lethal Midnight Channel is an enigma that Yu and the other students who form the Investigation Team still have to crack.  And that's to say nothing of the question of how their powers of Persona work in the first place, and how the fictional Teddie can exist in the real world.  As conundrums wrap in conundrums, and the school year burns inexorably towards a blistering summer, the team must prepare for the most deadly challenge yet while still pretending to lead normal high school lives.  But that won't be easy under the evil eye of their new homeroom teacher.  And when Detective Shirogane reenters the game with new information about irregularities in the police investigation and clues that may lead to an entirely different conclusion; both team and detective find themselves playing the role of prey once more!  The body count is on the rise, the Shadows attack and new Persona are about to ascend as the Midnight Channel launches the ultimate cancellation program in the grand finale of PERSONA4!


Title:                  PERSONA 4 COLLECTION 2 BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         365 min.
Street Date:      1/15/2013
Format:             BD
Language:         English
SRP:                 $59.98

SYNOPSIS: The mystery of the murders seems to have been solved, but the riddle of the Velvet Room and the lethal Midnight Channel is an enigma that Yu and the other students who form the Investigation Team still have to crack.  And that's to say nothing of the question of how their powers of Persona work in the first place, and how the fictional Teddie can exist in the real world.  As conundrums wrap in conundrums, and the school year burns inexorably towards a blistering summer, the team must prepare for the most deadly challenge yet while still pretending to lead normal high school lives.  But that won't be easy under the evil eye of their new homeroom teacher.  And when Detective Shirogane reenters the game with new information about irregularities in the police investigation and clues that may lead to an entirely different conclusion; both team and detective find themselves playing the role of prey once more!  The body count is on the rise, the Shadows attack and new Persona are about to ascend as the Midnight Channel launches the ultimate cancellation program in the grand finale of PERSONA4!


Title:                  SAIYUKI GAIDEN COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         90 min.
Street Date:      1/22/2013
Format:             DVD
Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $49.98

SYNOPSIS: In their former lives, 500 years before Genjyo Sanzo and his crew of misfits began their journey west, they were gods, but being godly didn't make them act any more divine.  And when Goku flies into a murderous rage after seeing his best friend die, Heaven's had enough and wants him dead!  But Konzen Douji, Field Marshal Tenpou and General Kenren are willing to do anything to protect Goku, even if it means turning all of Heaven against them.  Will the three of them be enough to break through the Heavenly Western Army and escape to the Lower World?  Or will the Journey to the West be over before it's even begun?


Title:                  FATE / STAY NIGHT TV COLLECTION 1 BLU-RAY
Published by:    Sentai Filmworks
Distributed by:  Section23 Films
Run Time:         300 min.
Street Date:      1/29/2013
Format:             BD
Language:        English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP:                 $69.98

SYNOPSIS: Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the horrific death of his parents, Shiro Emiya has only just begun to help others using the small tidbits of magic that he's learned.  However, when he's suddenly caught in a battle between two more powerful Magus, Shiro finds himself performing a spell above his expected ability, summoning the beautiful spirit warrior Saber to protect him!  But safety is only momentary as Shiro and Saber now find themselves thrust into in a secret world of dark magic and deadly challenges: a no-holds barred duel to the death known as the Holy Grail War!  At stake: a prize of unimaginable power.  But can the inexperienced Shiro and Saber survive long enough to even enter the contest?  First they'll have to withstand waves of treachery and assassination, even as Shiro scrambles to learn everything he'll need to know to stay alive as seven teams of Magus and Spirit Servants face off in mortal combat!  The ultimate game of death and magic comes to Blu-Ray as the Holy War erupts in FATE/STAY NIGHT- Collection One!

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