SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES DECEMBER SLATE

HOUSTON, August 28, 2018 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its December slate of releases which includes Sentai Filmworks beloved ballet fantasy drama, Princess Tutu, Available for the first time on Blu-ray!

Product details follow, in order of release

Coming December 2018

Title:                 AKAME GA KILL COMPLETE BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         600 min.

Street Date:      12/4/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $89.98 

SYNOPSIS:  When Tatsumi set off for the Capital, it was with fantasies of earning riches for his poverty-stricken hometown. Instead, his friends were murdered and Tatsumi finds himself at the center of a bloody revolution. With an evil Prime Minister, the Secret Police, and the armies of an Empire on one side, and the elite assassins known as Night Raid and a handful of rebels on the other, it might sound like an impossible battle for Tatsumi's new allies to win. However the playing field is leveled with the addition of a legendary set of unstoppable weapons, the Imperial Arms. Unfortunately, to use an Imperial Arm is practically a death sentence in itself, for while the Arms are indestructible, few wielders can survive using them for long in AKAME GA KILL - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!

Title:                 CORPSE PRISON 2 BLU-RAY

Published by:    Switchblade Pictures

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         95 min.

Street Date:      12/4/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $19.98

SYNOPSIS:  They thought they were coming to study a mysterious town hidden in the mountains of Japan. Instead, they've discovered that their Professor brought them to Yasaka for a much darker purpose. Now Mikoto and the other girls are trapped in a monstrous nightmare. As the villagers become increasingly more insane, the college students find themselves at the center of arcane rituals focused on blood and rotting flesh. Their only chance is to escape, but their captors are far too numerous and know the lay of the local land far too well. The horror continues as the second feature film based on the Muroi Masane's hit online horror manga "Shishugoku" builds to its bloodcurdling conclusion in CORPSE PRISON 2!

Title:                 DEN-NOH COIL COMPLETE BLU-RAY

Published by:    Maiden Japan

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         650 min.

Street Date:      12/4/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $89.98

SYNOPSISWhen Yuko "Yasako" Okonogi wears her digitally-augmented glasses to view e-space, she sees an amazing series of images, information and programs laid on top of the "real" world around her. But when her family moves to Daikoku City, Yasako discovers that the e-space has a dark side as well. Her new classmates are involved in e-hacking, and the urban legends about dangerous entities hidden in the programming become much more believable when she learns that one of their friends might have died chasing one. Scariest of all, Yasako soon realizes that she has missing memories! Did something happen to her? And did it happen in our world or one that shouldn't even exist? To find out, she'll have to take a journey through the digital looking glass and learn the shocking secrets of the DEN-NOH COIL!

 Title:                 DIVE!! BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      12/11/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

SYNOPSISTomoko Sakai has loved the sport of diving since he was a child, and there's no place he'd rather be than the high board at the Mizuki Diving Club. Unfortunately, the MDC's having hard time staying afloat financially and there's a sinking certainty that the club is about to drown in a sea of its own debt. Fiery female coach Kayoko Asaki has a bold plan to throw the club a lifeline, but it's going to require achieving something that's almost impossible: get one of the club's members on the National team for the next Olympics! Can this struggling group of young athletes pool their talents in time to resuscitate their club, or will they make the ultimate belly flop? It's time to sink or swim as the whole team leaps for the gold in DIVE!!

 Title:                 PRINCESS TUTU COMPLETE BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         650 min.

Street Date:      12/11/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $69.98

SYNOPSISOnce there was a writer, a creator of tales, who was blessed with the ability to bring his stories to life. But when the writer dies before his story is finished, what becomes of the characters left behind? For the girl known as Duck, the world changed when an old man gave her a pendant that transformed the duck that she was into a young girl. Now she must gather the shards of a shattered Prince's heart and finish the story of the Prince and the Raven. But that will require Duck to make a sacrifice of her own? Enter a world of dance and wonder as ballet, myth and romance come together in the anime hailed as a modern classic, PRINCESS TUTU.

 Title:                 SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON BLU-RAY

Published by:    Maiden Japan

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         1158 min.

Street Date:      12/11/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

 SYNOPSISWhen Earth archaeologists on the planet Solo dig up a set of strange vehicles, they have no idea that they've unearthed something that will change the course of mankind. Even more shocking is the discovery that a SECOND human race called the Buff Clan is also seeking the mechs! A deadly competition ensues as the two races battle to secure the secrets of what the Buff Clan calls the "Ide". While the fight initially favors the Buff Clan, everything changes when young Cosmo Yuki and his friends accidentally power up the ancient machines that form the most powerful robot the universe has ever seen! But even with the Ideon defending them, the return to Earth won't be easy, and there's a long hard journey filled with combat and sacrifice ahead in SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON!

 Title:                 XABUNGLE BLU-RAY

Published by:    Maiden Japan

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         1334 min.

Street Date:      12/18/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS:  On the planet Zola, the statute of limitations for any crime is just three days, so when Jiron Amos' family is murdered and he fails to catch their killer before he receives full immunity, Jiron snaps and continues to pursue his quest for revenge; even though that now makes HIM the lawbreaker! With the help of desert drifter Rag and her gang of Sand Rats, Jiron soon finds the opportunity to steal the perfect weapon for his quest: a giant robot called the Xabungle. Taking the Xabungle, however, entangles our heroes with culture-obsessed rich girl Elchi Cargo, the highly dysfunctional crew of the giant land ship Iron Gear, a bevy of chorus girls, gun-toting toddlers, a Man with No Name named Timp, and an insanely escalating series of increasingly strange plot twists in the weirdest, wildest and most hilarious parody of outer space westerns ever animated: BLUE GALE XABUNGLE!

Title:                 TAKUNOMI BLU-RAY

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         150 min.

Street Date:      12/18/2018

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

SYNOPSIS:  When Michiru Amatsuki moves to Tokyo from Okayama, she knows that it will take a while to acclimate to the hustle and bustle of the big city. Fortunately, though, she always has a place to go when things get a little too hectic. That's because Michiru was lucky enough to move into Stella House Haruno, a women's-only shared apartment where the companionship and conversation are always flowing and the tradition of having a little drink after work has evolved into an ongoing study of alcoholic beverages in all their many varied flavors and fermentations. Whether the subject is cocktails, nightcaps, or just a little wine session, every day is a new libation as Michiru, Nao, Makoto and Kae pull up the comfy chairs of the best place to lounge in town in TAKUNOMI!

About Section23 Films:

Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan, Kraken Releasing and AEsir Holdings.  With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.

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