Geneon Announces February Releases
In Shadow, Nothing Is As It Seems…
Requiem From The Darkness
Pain Of The Damned (V.3)
Next Volume Of Geneon Entertainment's Supernatural Thriller Arrives On DVD February 15
“Edgar Allan Poe couldn't have done any
better in creating a totally warped world.”
- AnimeNewsNetwork.com
LONG BEACH, CA – Based on the award-winning original stories by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, haunting and vividly realized, the dark and twisted Requiem From The Darkness – Pain Of The Damned (V.3) slinks out of the shadows and onto DVD February 15 from Geneon Entertainment. The third volume continues with the mysterious adventures of the three travelers - The Tricker, The Puppeteer and The Bird Caller – as they journey across the feudal Japan enforcing karmic justice. Featuring scenarios by noted writers Yoshinobu Fujioka (the Tomie film series), Hiroshi Takahashi (Ringu, Don't Look Up!) and Sadayuki Murai (Steamboy, Millennium Actress), as well as direction by Hideki Tonkatsu (Lupin The 3rd TV Special), Requiem From The Darkness creates a world of supernatural horror and twisted reality that will have audiences on the edge of their seats… and begging for more. Requiem From The Darkness – Pain Of The Damned (V.3) DVD is priced for retail at $24.98 and each volume comes with a limited edition glow-in-the-dark pencil board.
Requiem From The Darkness – Pain Of The Damned (V.3)
Momosuke visits his brother, only to find a murder mystery underway; a man has been killed in a rare manner. Ogin then faces her mother's killer, who has been dying and coming back to life over and over again, terrorizing the local townspeople. After they are confronted by a formidable spectre, the group is charged with finding a lost bride. But the situation is more complex than they first thought… and people are not who they seem!
THE HORRIFYING SUPERNATURAL TALE CONTINUES WITH GENEON ENTERTAINMENT'S
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
Nocturnal Fate – Volume 3
Brace For The Terror When Four New Episodes Arrive On February 22
Original Soundtracks Also Available
LONG BEACH, CA – The frightening twisted tales of a vampire and her slayer continue, as the third volume of Lunar Legend Tsukihime – Nocturnal Fate arrives on DVD
February 22, 2005 from Geneon Entertainment. Based on the Japanese dojinshi, a.k.a comic, Lunar Legend Tsukihime follows Shiki, a high school student who has an ominous power, and Arcueid a vampire that has fallen prey to his deadly gaze, as the two try to rid the world of evil and use their mutual strengths to survive.
Featuring production design by Noriyuki Jinguji (Read Or Die OVA, Trigun, Scryed), original story by Hideyuki Kurata (Read Or Die OVA, Excel Saga), music by Taku Iwasaki (Read Or Die OVA, Witch Hunter Robin) and animation produced by J.C. Staff (R.O.D The TV, Ai Yori Aoshi, Ikki Tousen, Sugar, Excel Saga), the second volume of Lunar Legend Tsukihime includes a full art gallery, four bilingual episodes, non-credit opening animation and reversible DVD wraps in a clear keepsake case. Priced at $29.98, prebook is January 18, 2005.
The mesmerizing CD soundtrack, Tsukihime: Original Soundtrack 2 - Moonlit Memoirs is available February 8, 2005. Composer Toshiyuki O'mori (Nadesico, Evangelion, Dirty Pair) assembles perfect, harmonized pieces using strings, violins, harps, guitar, bass, percussion instruments and more, in order to craft 19 expressive instrumental tracks that penetrate deeply into the aural senses. Beautiful, yet tragic and foreboding, this CD is the follow-up to the first Tsukihime original soundtrack, further highlighting the rich background music appeal of this anime series.
Lunar Legend Tsukihime – Lunar Dance Volume 3 Synopsis
The relationship between Arcueid and Shiki is deeper than others may realize. But can this relationship endure their heritage? Roa has finally appeared and Arcueid's mission couldn't be more evident than now. But how is Shiki tied to this? The Tohno family secret is revealed as Shiki's memories of the past return…
Being Lost In Space And Time Can Be Fun With The Right Attitude
Popotan
Enigma (V.2)
Geneon Entertainment's Bouncy, Fun-Filled Fan Service
Series Continues On DVD February 22, 2005
LONG BEACH, CA – Facing the unknown with every hop through new dimensions… it's a wonder that these three girls can maintain such a positive outlook! With a spring in their step and plenty of bounce in their blouses, three sisters take-off in Popotan – Enigma (V.2), debuting on DVD February 22 from Geneon Entertainment. With an all-star creative team behind the production – including writer Jukki Hanada (Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful), production Studio SHAFT (Mahoromatic) and anime director Shinichiro Kimura (Sugar, Hand Maid May) – Popotan is fun-filled entertainment with all the sexy humor that fans expect from the makers of Mahoromatic. Volume 2 is available as a single disc for $24.98 SRP.
POPOTAN - Enigma (V.2)
The mystery of Popotan is becoming clear little by little… but what fearsome adventures will the sisters face next? Bathing in hot springs, selling ice cream at the beach and even spending Christmas at a Shinto shrine… but why? As they continue their wandering quest with the help of the popotan, they meet a mysterious man who may know the secrets, but soon the sisters have a bigger problem when they don't all make it back to the house before it transports!
About Geneon Entertainment
A leading supplier of Japanese animation in North America, GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC. (www.Geneon-Ent.com) is a full-service producer and distributor of entertainment content including film, music, animation and television shows on DVD and CD. Continually introducing new and classic anime and live-action programming, as well as anime CD soundtracks, the company also serves as a creative partner to many of Japan's top anime production companies. Additionally, Geneon Entertainment distributes critically acclaimed musical performances on DVD and CD from renowned artists. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Geneon Entertainment's parent company is Tokyo-based advertising
giant Dentsu, Inc.
Dentsu Inc., founded in 1901, is the largest advertising agency brand and the fifth largest marketing and communications organization in the world. Based in Tokyo, Dentsu offers national, multinational and global clients the most comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services through its unique "Total Communications Services" approach. Dentsu has pioneered and set global standards for integrated communications, which in latter years have been adopted by a number of major international networks. The group has more than 6,000 clients and 14,447 full-time employees in both Japan and in its offices overseas. Consolidated revenues for fiscal term 03/04 were recorded at $2,679,705 billion. Dentsu is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
REQUIEM FROM THE DARKNESS – Pain of the Damned (V.3)
Street Date: 3/15/2005
Price: $24.98 (DVD)
Catalog Number: 12325
Running Time: 75 minutes
Rating: 16 UP
Audio: 2.0 Japanese and English
Lunar Legend Tsukihime – Lunar Dance Volume 3
Street Date: 2/22/2005
Price: $29.98 (DVD)
$14.98 (CD)
Catalog Number: 12349 (DVD)
52672 (CD)
Running Time: 100 minutes (DVD) / 48 minutes (CD)
Rating: 16UP
Audio: 2.0 Japanese and English
POPOTAN – Enigma (V.2)
Street Date: 2/22/2005
Price: $24.98 (DVD)
Catalog Number: 12344 (DVD)
Running Time: 100 minutes
Rating: 16 UP (nudity)
Requiem From The Darkness
Pain Of The Damned (V.3)
Next Volume Of Geneon Entertainment's Supernatural Thriller Arrives On DVD February 15
“Edgar Allan Poe couldn't have done any
better in creating a totally warped world.”
- AnimeNewsNetwork.com
LONG BEACH, CA – Based on the award-winning original stories by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, haunting and vividly realized, the dark and twisted Requiem From The Darkness – Pain Of The Damned (V.3) slinks out of the shadows and onto DVD February 15 from Geneon Entertainment. The third volume continues with the mysterious adventures of the three travelers - The Tricker, The Puppeteer and The Bird Caller – as they journey across the feudal Japan enforcing karmic justice. Featuring scenarios by noted writers Yoshinobu Fujioka (the Tomie film series), Hiroshi Takahashi (Ringu, Don't Look Up!) and Sadayuki Murai (Steamboy, Millennium Actress), as well as direction by Hideki Tonkatsu (Lupin The 3rd TV Special), Requiem From The Darkness creates a world of supernatural horror and twisted reality that will have audiences on the edge of their seats… and begging for more. Requiem From The Darkness – Pain Of The Damned (V.3) DVD is priced for retail at $24.98 and each volume comes with a limited edition glow-in-the-dark pencil board.
Requiem From The Darkness – Pain Of The Damned (V.3)
Momosuke visits his brother, only to find a murder mystery underway; a man has been killed in a rare manner. Ogin then faces her mother's killer, who has been dying and coming back to life over and over again, terrorizing the local townspeople. After they are confronted by a formidable spectre, the group is charged with finding a lost bride. But the situation is more complex than they first thought… and people are not who they seem!
THE HORRIFYING SUPERNATURAL TALE CONTINUES WITH GENEON ENTERTAINMENT'S
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
Nocturnal Fate – Volume 3
Brace For The Terror When Four New Episodes Arrive On February 22
Original Soundtracks Also Available
LONG BEACH, CA – The frightening twisted tales of a vampire and her slayer continue, as the third volume of Lunar Legend Tsukihime – Nocturnal Fate arrives on DVD
February 22, 2005 from Geneon Entertainment. Based on the Japanese dojinshi, a.k.a comic, Lunar Legend Tsukihime follows Shiki, a high school student who has an ominous power, and Arcueid a vampire that has fallen prey to his deadly gaze, as the two try to rid the world of evil and use their mutual strengths to survive.
Featuring production design by Noriyuki Jinguji (Read Or Die OVA, Trigun, Scryed), original story by Hideyuki Kurata (Read Or Die OVA, Excel Saga), music by Taku Iwasaki (Read Or Die OVA, Witch Hunter Robin) and animation produced by J.C. Staff (R.O.D The TV, Ai Yori Aoshi, Ikki Tousen, Sugar, Excel Saga), the second volume of Lunar Legend Tsukihime includes a full art gallery, four bilingual episodes, non-credit opening animation and reversible DVD wraps in a clear keepsake case. Priced at $29.98, prebook is January 18, 2005.
The mesmerizing CD soundtrack, Tsukihime: Original Soundtrack 2 - Moonlit Memoirs is available February 8, 2005. Composer Toshiyuki O'mori (Nadesico, Evangelion, Dirty Pair) assembles perfect, harmonized pieces using strings, violins, harps, guitar, bass, percussion instruments and more, in order to craft 19 expressive instrumental tracks that penetrate deeply into the aural senses. Beautiful, yet tragic and foreboding, this CD is the follow-up to the first Tsukihime original soundtrack, further highlighting the rich background music appeal of this anime series.
Lunar Legend Tsukihime – Lunar Dance Volume 3 Synopsis
The relationship between Arcueid and Shiki is deeper than others may realize. But can this relationship endure their heritage? Roa has finally appeared and Arcueid's mission couldn't be more evident than now. But how is Shiki tied to this? The Tohno family secret is revealed as Shiki's memories of the past return…
Being Lost In Space And Time Can Be Fun With The Right Attitude
Popotan
Enigma (V.2)
Geneon Entertainment's Bouncy, Fun-Filled Fan Service
Series Continues On DVD February 22, 2005
LONG BEACH, CA – Facing the unknown with every hop through new dimensions… it's a wonder that these three girls can maintain such a positive outlook! With a spring in their step and plenty of bounce in their blouses, three sisters take-off in Popotan – Enigma (V.2), debuting on DVD February 22 from Geneon Entertainment. With an all-star creative team behind the production – including writer Jukki Hanada (Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful), production Studio SHAFT (Mahoromatic) and anime director Shinichiro Kimura (Sugar, Hand Maid May) – Popotan is fun-filled entertainment with all the sexy humor that fans expect from the makers of Mahoromatic. Volume 2 is available as a single disc for $24.98 SRP.
POPOTAN - Enigma (V.2)
The mystery of Popotan is becoming clear little by little… but what fearsome adventures will the sisters face next? Bathing in hot springs, selling ice cream at the beach and even spending Christmas at a Shinto shrine… but why? As they continue their wandering quest with the help of the popotan, they meet a mysterious man who may know the secrets, but soon the sisters have a bigger problem when they don't all make it back to the house before it transports!
About Geneon Entertainment
A leading supplier of Japanese animation in North America, GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC. (www.Geneon-Ent.com) is a full-service producer and distributor of entertainment content including film, music, animation and television shows on DVD and CD. Continually introducing new and classic anime and live-action programming, as well as anime CD soundtracks, the company also serves as a creative partner to many of Japan's top anime production companies. Additionally, Geneon Entertainment distributes critically acclaimed musical performances on DVD and CD from renowned artists. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Geneon Entertainment's parent company is Tokyo-based advertising
giant Dentsu, Inc.
Dentsu Inc., founded in 1901, is the largest advertising agency brand and the fifth largest marketing and communications organization in the world. Based in Tokyo, Dentsu offers national, multinational and global clients the most comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services through its unique "Total Communications Services" approach. Dentsu has pioneered and set global standards for integrated communications, which in latter years have been adopted by a number of major international networks. The group has more than 6,000 clients and 14,447 full-time employees in both Japan and in its offices overseas. Consolidated revenues for fiscal term 03/04 were recorded at $2,679,705 billion. Dentsu is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
REQUIEM FROM THE DARKNESS – Pain of the Damned (V.3)
Street Date: 3/15/2005
Price: $24.98 (DVD)
Catalog Number: 12325
Running Time: 75 minutes
Rating: 16 UP
Audio: 2.0 Japanese and English
Lunar Legend Tsukihime – Lunar Dance Volume 3
Street Date: 2/22/2005
Price: $29.98 (DVD)
$14.98 (CD)
Catalog Number: 12349 (DVD)
52672 (CD)
Running Time: 100 minutes (DVD) / 48 minutes (CD)
Rating: 16UP
Audio: 2.0 Japanese and English
POPOTAN – Enigma (V.2)
Street Date: 2/22/2005
Price: $24.98 (DVD)
Catalog Number: 12344 (DVD)
Running Time: 100 minutes
Rating: 16 UP (nudity)
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