This article is about the German DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Takeshi Koike’s REDLINE Anime. Because it won’t include English subtitles or audio the full article is only available in German. Manga Entertainment UK will release two (Standard and Double Play) English friendly Blu-ray Disc versions on November 14th.

Da habe ich vor einiger Zeit so oft von Studio Madhouses Racing Anime Redline berichtet und dann vergesse ich doch glatt hier auch mal etwas über die kommende deutsche Veröffentlichung zu schreiben.
Kaze wird “das krasseste Rennen des Universums” ( ) von Regisseur Takeshi Koike nämlich am 28. Oktober hierzulande auf Blu-ray Disc (und DVD) auf den Markt bringen. Wie so oft stattet Kaze seine Veröffentlichungen europaweit gleich aus, weshalb die BD im Amaray neben dem japanischen Originalton auch eine deutsche, französische und italienische Tonspur enthält. Für Leseratten gibt es Untertitel auf Deutsch, Französisch, Niederländisch, Italienisch und Polnisch.
Wer eine schönere Verpackung möchte, muss entweder bis zum November auf die UK Double Play Veröffentlichung von Manga Entertainment warten oder tiefer in der Tasche grabebn und zur englisch untertitelten japanischen Limited Edition greifen. Die liegt übrigens seit ca. einer Woche aufgrund akutem Zeitmangel und noch nicht aufgebauter Heimkinoanlage noch jungfräulich verpackt irgendwo in meiner neuen Wohnung herum…

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[via Wildgrounds]

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First official poster for Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War (aka Nanjing Heroes, 13 Flowers of Nanjing) starring Christian Bale as an American witnessing the Japanese invasion of Nanking. If you’ve seen City of Life and Death, you know the historical background of the film.

[via First Showing & Recent Movie Posters]

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Two new TV spots for the first of three Berserk movies named BERSERK: Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler which will open in theaters across Japan next January.

[via ANN]

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US Trailer for Jackie Chan and Li Zhang’s 1911 (aka Xinhai Revolution) opening October 7th in the US. Well Go USA will later release the drama starring Jackie Chan, his son Jaycee Chan, Bingbing Li and Winston Chao on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen), is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. With ordinary citizens beginning to revolt openly, the Qing Dynasty has created a powerful, modern army (the “New Army”) to quash any rebellion. But weapons are expensive, and desperate for cash, the Qing leaders are trading anything they can get their hands on with foreign countries… and selling China

[via ComingSoon.net & iTunes]

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Looks like Machine Girl and RoboGeisha director Noboru Iguchi is at it again, this time he combines the more or less popular themes zombies, school girls, gore…and poop.
His latest film Zombie Ass will premiere during the upcoming Fantastic Fest in Austin.

Synopsis:

Wracked with guilt over the suicide of her sister Ai, who was tormented by high school bullies, pretty young karate student Megumi accompanies a group of older friends on a trip into the woods: smart girl Aya, her druggie boyfriend Tak, big-boobed model Maki, and nerdy Naoi. Things start to go badly when Maki finds a parasitical worm inside a fish they catch – and wolfs it down alive, in the hope that it’ll help keep her skinny! And then….zombies! The group is attacked by a crowd of poop-covered undead who emerge from an outhouse toilet, and seek refuge at the home of strange Dr. Tanaka and his daughter Sachi. But unbeknownst to them, Tanaka has been conducting experiments on the parasites–and the zombies!–and has another fate in mind for the five strangers from the city. What’s the connection between the parasites and the undead? And can Megumi’s karate alone help them escape, or will she have to rely on the liberating power of farts to save the day?

[via 24Framespersecond.net]

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I couldn’t find an official synopsis, but just take a look at the first trailer and the sweet old-school poster for director Ching-Po Wong’s (Revenge: A Love Story) LET’S GO!. According to Wong, the film starring Juno Mak, Patricia Ha, Stephy Tang and Wang Yu will be based on the vintage Japanese anime Space Emperor God Sigma (宇宙大帝ゴッドシグマ) and will be released late 2011.

[via Film Smash]

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Finally a new old-school espionage thriller without all-powerful high-tech gadgets and emo Tom Cruise in a hoodie! Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and John Hurt, and is directed by Tomas Alfredson who also brought us the fantastic Swedish vampire drama Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In).

Synopsis:

The time is 1973. The Cold War of the mid-20th Century continues to damage international relations. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, is striving to keep pace with other countries’ espionage efforts and to keep the U.K. secure. The head of the Circus, known as Control, personally sends dedicated operative Jim Prideaux into Hungary. But Jim’s mission goes bloodily awry, and Control is forced out of the Circus – as is his top lieutenant, George Smiley, a career spy with razor-sharp senses.

Estranged from his absent wife Ann, Smiley is soon called in to see undersecretary Oliver Lacon; he is to be rehired in secret at the government’s behest, as there is a gnawing fear that the Circus has long been compromised by a double agent, or mole, working for the Soviets and jeopardizing England. Supported by younger agent Peter Guillam, Smiley parses Circus activities past and present. In trying to track and identify the mole, Smiley is haunted by his decades-earlier interaction with the shadowy Russian spy master Karla.

[via Yahoo! Movies]

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First teaser and several clips for Xu Haofenh’s directorial debut The Sword Identity showing a martial arts film without quick cuts, hectic mass battle scenes or extensive use of wires.
Xu Haofeng is also the author and screenwriter of Wong Kar-Wais Ip Man biopic The Grandmasters.

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Visit Wildgrounds for two more clips…
Synopsis:

In a martial arts event during the Ming Dynasty, a young swordsman must use not only his exquisite swordplay technique, but also his wits, when competing against the masters of four different philosophies of combat…

[via Wildgrounds & Film Press Plus]

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International (meaning English subtitled) trailer for Headshot by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang who some of you might remember from his 2003 drama Last Life in the Universe. The film will is based on the novel Rain Falling Up the Sky by Win Lyovarin and will premiere on the Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis:

Present-day Thailand is rife with corruption. Tul, a straight-laced cop, is blackmailed by a powerful politician and framed from a crime he did not commit. Disillusioned and vengeful, he is soon recruited to become a hitman for a shadowy group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law. But one day, Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. He wakes up after a three-month coma to find that he sees everything upside down, literally.
Unaware of whether the condition is medical or a result of karmic retribution, Tul begins to have second thoughts about his profession. But when he tries to quit, roles are reversed and the hunter becomes the hunted. Then he meets a girl that turns his world even more upside down. Can Tul find redemption from the violence that continues to haunt him?

[via Twitch]

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