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Media Blasters Acquires Zatoichi

posted on 2005-06-02 16:40 EDT by Christopher Macdonald

Media Blasters has acquired rights to the live-action Zatoichi TV series. They will release the first 26-episodes on DVD next year and will release the remaining 74 episodes dependant on the succcess of the first season.

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