Section23 Films / Sentai Filmworks: Four Anime Titles in August
Posted April 25, 2013 11:00 PM by Webmaster
Section23 Films, Houston-based distributor of Sentai Filmworks anime, has announced the Blu-ray releases of The Garden of Words, Shining Hearts: Complete Collection, Tsuritama: Complete Collection and Medaka Box (Season One). Section23 is releasing one title per week throughout the month of August.
Synopsis: When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Older, but perhaps not as much wiser, she seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves, without planning, with random meetings that always occur in the same garden on each rainy day. But the rainy season is coming to a close, and there are so many things still left unsaid and undone between them. Will there be time left for Takao to put his feelings into actions and words?
From acclaimed filmmaker Makoto Shinkai (Children Who Chase Lost Voices, The Place Promised in Our Early Days) comes a new 45-minute film about life, love and the spaces between. The Garden of Words is directed by Makoto Shinkai and features character designs by Kenichi Tsuchiya, with music by Kashiwa Daisuke. Blu-ray technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
Synopsis: Over the years, many strange things have washed up on the shores of Windaria, a mysterious island where humans, elves and other beings all live in harmony. Rick, a former swordsman who runs the Le Coeur Bakery with his three beautiful coworkers Neris, Amil and Airy, knows this all too well, having been found on the beach with a profound case of amnesia himself. Perhaps that's why Rick takes a quick interest in Kaguya, a girl who arrives in Windaria in a similar fashion. Whatever the reason, it soon becomes apparent that his skills with a sword may be required to protect the lovely castaway. For dark forces are on the move, the red moon is on the rise and a deathly wind is blowing into Windaria in the form of pirates, brigands and other strangers, all of whom seem to be seeking Kaguya. Or is it the mysterious pendant that she wears that they're after? The one thing that's sure is that there will be no time for loafing around the bakery now, because everything's about to come out of the oven and go into the fire.
Based on the best selling Sega game of the same name, this 12-episode series is directed and written by Itsuro Kawasaki (Listen To Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Arc the Lad) and features character designs by Keita Matsumoto (Bungaku Shojo, Sands of Destruction), sound direction by Yukio Nagasaki (Tsuritama, Dragon Ball Z Kai) and music by Hiroki Kikuta. Blu-ray tech specs and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
Synopsis: When Yuki Sanada ends up living in Enoshima with his grandmother, it's just one more in a long line of transfers to a new school and new friends. Except Yuki doesn't make friends easily, so he's used to making do without any. All that's about to change, however, when the other new transfer student arrives in class -- complete with a rod and reel -- and announces that he's an alien. Now as he learns to fine art of fishing, Yuki finds himself drawn into a friendship with Haru the alien, moody Natsuki the Fishing Prince, and the mysterious Akira with his pet duck, Tapioca. But there's something sinister afoot in Enoshima, and more than Yuki's new found friendships is at stake. If Yuki can't make the catch of the day, the whole of Japan, and perhaps the world itself, will be caught in an alien net.
Kenji Nakamura's (Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales) Tsuritama originally aired as part of Fuji Television's prestigious noitaminA block. Blu-ray tech specs and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
Season One Synopsis: When newly elected Student Council President Medaka Kurokami instituted her idea for a suggestion box where people can suggest problems that need to be solved, she was expecting things like rescuing lost puppies and giving advice. What she and her best friend Zenkichi find instead, however, are the first hints of an unbelievable secret and their school, Hakoniwa Academy, and Medaka herself, are somehow at the very center of the growing maelstrom! As what seemed like an innocent past time turns into a dangerous game, Medaka and her recruits to the Student Council discover new depths to both themselves and their own unexpected abilities. And then things get really out of control.
The first season 12-episode season of the hit series returns with Shouji Saeki (This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, He is My Master) directing, with character designs by Ikuo Kuwana, sound direction by Jun Watanabe (Steel Angel Kurumi, Comic Party) and music by Tatsuya Katou (Samurai Girls, Campione). Blu-ray tech specs and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.