First Trailer for South Korean anime Green Days by Han Hye-jin-I and Ahn Jae-hoon that already screened on several festivals and will officially open in theaters in June.
Talking of South Korean animation, I still haven’t watched My Beautiful Girl, Mari that’s collecting dust for over five years now…

Synopsis:

Not wanting to lose, Yi-rang orchestrates a collapse in the middle of a relay race even though she’s on the verge of giving up her dream of becoming an athlete. At the same time, Soo-min transfers in from Seoul and Cheol-soo, who dreams of becoming a scientist, come into her life. They are all immature but they are in the midst of youthful aspiration.
With this warm-hearted animation, Han Hye-jin-I and Ahn Jae-hoon encourage Yi-rang’s dreams and portray the fantasy and flutter of adolescence through encounters with good people. Set in the ’80s and ’90s, an old umbrella and a railroad crossing the downtown in the film is the stuff that reminds us of our lost past, evoking a reminiscence in the audience of that which is vanished. It is a way of evoking the real “dreams” that we have lost in this modern society where a rapid capitalization is progressing.

[via Catsuka & Han Cinema]

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Fans of high octane racing rejoice! TC Entertainment announced to release Takeshi Koike’s Studio Madhouse racing anime REDLINE on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Japan with English subtitles on August 10th.
Both versions will be available in a regular and Collector’s edition. While the regular editions come in a standard amaray package, the more expensive editions will be packed in a digibook plus sleeve with a bonus SD DVD with several extra material and a never released bonus film (without English subtitles).

Those of you who don’t want to pay the premium Japanese prices just have to wait until September 12th when Manga Entertainment UK plans to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. US releases have also been announced, but so far without a proper release date.
Preorder REDLINE on DVD or Blu-ray Disc @ Amazon.co.jp
[via Can you Moe? & WTK]

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DO WANT!

[via First Showing]

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Studio Gonzo has released a first trailer for the sequel of their 2003 series Last Exile. Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing (Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam) will premiere during the Los Angeles Anime Expo in July.

[via ANN]

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This Summer could become really expensive for Studio Ghibli fans. This weekend Disney Home Entertainment Japan announced to release Yoshifumi Kondo and Hayao Miyazaki’s 1995 Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば) on Blu-ray Disc on July 20th to follow the home video release of Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) in June.
Next to the original Japanese dub and subtitles, AV Watch also mentions English, German, Korean and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) dubs with English, Korean and Chinese subtitles.
[Thanks to WTK for the heads-up!]
Preorder Whisper of the Heart Blu-ray Disc @ Amazon.co.jp

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The best news you’ll read today…

[via Japan Cinema]

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Amazon and CDJapan just added the Japanese Blu-ray Disc release of Studio Ghibli’s latest film The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) to their stock!
The full specs haven’t been announced yet, but CDJapan tells us that the disc will include English, French and Japanese subtitles with the French, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese dub next to the original Japanese audio track. The supposed release date is set for June 17th.
Judging by the cover artwork from Amazon.co.jp, this one will look great next to the Japanese releases of Nausicaä, Laputa and My Neighbors the Yamadas.

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