Just in time for New Year’s Eve, Amazon.com gives us another chance to max out our credit cards. The retailer is running a nice Anime on Blu-ray Disc Sale with 26 titles from FUNimation including box sets, single releases and some niché live-action films.
Check the FUNimation studio listing at the Asian Blu-ray Disc Guide to see, which of these releases are locked to Region A and which will also play on European machines (some are Region A and B). In the comment section you should also see if these are just upscales or proper HD releases.
FUNimation Anime Blu-ray Disc Sale @ Amazon.com
[Thanks to Baitrunner for the heads up!]

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Somehow all the holiday stress got the best of me, so please excuse me for using the same holiday header (featuring Kim Ha-Yul) as last year. Have a great time with your family and loved ones during the holidays (I know I will) and don’t expect any updates in the next few days…

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Synopsis:

Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Sweden. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

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I guess these two mini movies from the Despicable Me DVD & Blu-ray Disc won’t stay online for long, so watch them while you can…
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meh…

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The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950′s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.

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ANN has posted some first details on the next anime coming from the glorious Ghibli studio. Based on a 1980 manga from Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsuro Sayama, Kokuriko-Zaka Kara will be directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro Miyazaki after his first theatrical feature Gedo Senki – Tales of Earthsea. According to reports, Hayao Miyazaki will plan and co-write the film that is supposed to hit Japanese theaters next summer.
The manga is set in 1963 and tells of the everyday life of a young girl named Komatsuzaki.
The films official website is already online and shows us some nice first hand-drawn artwork.

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