Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment - Anime Central Announcements

GRIMES, IA, May 19, 2017 — New anime licenses were announced by anime distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Nozomi Entertainment during their panel at Anime Central 2017 in Rosemont, Illinois. Details were provided for the Sunrise/Right Stuf release of the MOBILE SUIT ZETA GUNDAM: A NEW TRANSLATION BLU-RAY. Nozomi Entertainment also revealed that GALAXY ANGEL Z is coming soon, and also shared plans for a Blu-ray release of NINJA NONSENSE.

RIGHT STUF EXCLUSIVES

MOBILE SUIT ZETA GUNDAM: A NEW TRANSLATION
Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. are excited to announce that the compilation film collection of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation, will be released on Blu-ray in the coming months.

About Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation
Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the A.E.U.G.. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he accidentally steals the Gundam Mk-II and joins the A.E.U.G., running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation will be released for the first time ever in North America on Blu-ray in 2017 and will feature Japanese audio with English subtitles.

A trade-in program for customers that purchased Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation on DVD will be available with more details to come when the release date is announced.

NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT NEW ACQUISITIONS

GALAXY ANGEL Z
Nozomi Entertainment announced its license for Galaxy Angel Z, the science fiction comedy anime directed by Morio Asaka (Sword Art Online, Gunslinger Girl, Chobits) and featuring animation from Madhouse (Black Lagoon, Death Note, Magic User's Club). Galaxy Angel Z consists of 18 episodes and will be available on Blu-ray in North America for the first time ever.

About Galaxy Angel Z
The five Galaxy Angels are back with a mission for more gut-busting laughs! For their newest assignment, the girls must investigate a haunted mansion - but as it turns out, it's a hideout for thieves. Later, Ranpha receives free tickets to a wrestling match, but ends up facing Great Muscle, the strongest man in the universe, in the ring! Then, Milfeulle and Mint pick up a tribal leader who happens to have a costume of a fabled creature for the tribal festival. Mint can't help herself… She puts on the costume, and ends up the village celebrity!

Galaxy Angel Z will be released in 2018 on Blu-ray with English and Japanese audio with English subtitles.

NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT BLU-RAY RELEASES

NINJA NONSENSE
Nozomi Entertainment is pleased to announce the upcoming Blu-ray release of Ninja Nonsense. Ninja Nonsense is a comedy from ufotable the animation studio behind Coyote Ragtime Show and the Tales of Symphonia OVA, and is based on the manga Ninin ga Shinobuden by Ryoichi Koga.

About Ninja Nonsense
This is the story of super-handsome Onsokumaru, beautiful girls, and their animated adventures of love, lust and tears!!

Shinobu, a voluptuous young ninja-in-training, is a student of the great ninja master Onsokumaru – a lecherous, loud, shapeshifting yellow ball. Onsokumaru sends Shinobu out on a mission of vital importance: to stealthily acquire the panties of local high school girls! In the midst of failing miserably, she manages to befriend hot-tempered schoolgirl Kaede, and the two quickly find themselves embarking on countless outrageous adventures with Onsokumaru and his ninja clan.

Ninja Nonsense will be released for the first time ever in North America on Blu-ray in 2017 and will feature English and Japanese audio with English subtitles.

About Right Stuf, Inc.
Founded in 1987, Right Stuf, Inc. is among North America's largest distributors and retailers in the anime and manga marketplace. One of the industry's original pioneers, Right Stuf operates one of the trade's most recognized Internet storefronts, rightstufanime.com. Right Stuf also works in a variety of media vehicles including video streaming, podcasts and special publications. Also under the Right Stuf corporate umbrella is print publisher Right Stuf On-Demand, and video production labels Nozomi Entertainment, Lucky Penny Entertainment, and 5 Points Pictures.

Visit www.rightstufanime.com for additional information.

About Nozomi Entertainment
One of North America's oldest anime publishers, Nozomi Entertainment is dedicated to releasing anime classics and modern favorites. Initially founded in 1987, the studio focused on classic acquisitions such as Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and other early anime. Today, Nozomi Entertainment is known for its quality releases of treasured titles like The Rose of Versailles, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Space Adventure Cobra, Cat's Eye, ARIA, and much more. Nozomi Entertainment's corporate headquarters are located in Grimes, Iowa. Their licensed products are carried by online and physical retailers throughout North America.

Visit www.nozomient.com for additional information.

About Sunrise Inc.
Sunrise Inc., a Namco Bandai Group Company, is an animation production studio which produces smash hit anime series like the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and all of the subsequent series in the Gundam franchise, as well as Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Code Geass, TIGER & BUNNY, and many more. The company is located in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan and was established in 1972. The President and CEO is Mr. Yasuo Miyakawa.

Visit http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp for additional information.