The traditional Japanese production company Tohokushinsha Film announced to bring back the classic Mobile Police Patlabor franchise surrounding Special Vehicles Devision 2 back to live with a new live-action project. Details haven’t been announced yet, but the launch site mentions 2014 for the yet unnamed project.

[via ANN]

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Je t’aime is the extended version of a music video created by Mamoru Oshii for the J-Rock band GLAY and their song Satellite of Love or rather a declaration of love for basset hounds all over the planet. Skip to minute nine if you’d rather see some cyberpunk action from the director of Ghost in the Shell than dogs with too much skin…

[via Catsuka & @animeresearch]

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The Sky Crawlers isn’t exactly a hot topic, but just in time for the upcoming German DVD and Blu-ray Disc release, Universum Anime brings us a dubbed trailer for Mamoru Oshii’s latest theatrical anime. You may not understand a word if you’re reading the English version of this site, but let me tell you that this trailer is quite different from the misleading US trailer from Sony Pictures that tries to sell the film as a Top Gun type action flick.

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Asian Blu-ray Guide Contributor AnimeOnBlu just reported that Well Go USA will release Mamoru Oshii’s Assault Girls not only on DVD (as mentioned here) but also on Blu-ray Disc on October 19th. So Oshii fans have the chance to get their Girls with Guns kick with English subtitles for cheap if they don’t want to import the Japanese release.
My copy of the Japanese limited edition Blu-ray Disc arrived a few days ago and will be the subject of my next Blu-ray Disc Spotlight.
Pre-order Mamoru Oshii’s Assault Girls on Blu-ray Disc at Amazon.com

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After the first announcement back in December, the first images from Mamoru Oshii’s live-action adaptation of Tetsujin 28 (aka Gigantor) have surfaced. The film will be called 28 ½, I guess to seperate this version from the other adapations.
The first shot kinda reminds me of Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers…

[via Twitch & Official Website]

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Good news for those who’d like to take a closer look at Mamoru Oshii’s Assault Girls without importing the Japanese DVD or Blu-ray Disc that will be released next week on June 23rd.
Nippon Cinema reports that Well Go USA has acquired the US rights for Oshii’s Girls with Guns flick starring Meisa Kuroki, Rinko Kikuchi and Hinako Saeki, and will release it on R1 DVD on October 19th.
This release is supposed to include English subtitles for the Engrish dialogues. Although Well Go USA has already released several titles on Blu-ray Disc, no high definition release has been announced this time.

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Fans of heavily armed and armored girls rejoice! Geneon Entertainment Japan has announced to release Assault Girls, Mamoru Oshii’s quasi-sequel to Avalon on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 23, 2010 in standard and special collector’s editions. The latter will include a bonus disc with a bunch of promotion material, the ‘prequels’ to Assault Girls, Assault Girl (Oshii’s segment for True Female Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters, click here to watch) and Assault Girl 2 (taken from the Kiru ~ KILL omnibus), a 92-page storyboard script written by Oshii and an enhanced booklet (16 pages instead of just four).
None of these editions will include English subtitles, but according to some theatrical reviews the films dialogues are all in Eng(l/r)ish anyway. Hopefully our sweet girls had access to better vocal coaches than those cowboys in Takashi Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django…
[via @wildgrounds]

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