From a young age, the only thing Sakiko Suzuki (Naomi Nishida; Train_Man, Honey & Clover) cared about was money. Naturally, her family suggested she take her passion for counting and playing with money to find a job working at a bank. But counting other people’s money just wasn’t as fun as having it herself. Bored with her job, Sakiko wishes the bank would get robbed and she could be taken as a hostage… Be careful what you wish for, because it can come true. Taken hostage and thrown into the trunk of a car, along with a briefcase full of money, Sakiko starts to worry about what could happen to her when the robbers run the vehicle off a cliff in the Aokigahara wilderness. Sakiko and the briefcase are thrown clear and into the river before the car explodes. Sakiko is found safe-but-injured from the ordeal. The briefcase, on the other hand, remains missing with 500 million yen stuffed inside, and only Sakiko knows where it’s disappeared to. Director Shinobu Yaguchi’s (Waterboys) comedic story of a lazy girl who will do anything to get her hands on the lost 500 million yen is finally in English as My Secret Cache from Geneon Entertainment. (more…)

Based on the manga characer by Tohru Shinohara (Female Prisoner Scorpion #701) comes the third installment to the Zero Woman franchise. Rei (Japanese AV model Kumiko Takeda; Close Your Eyes and Hold Me), Zero Woman, has reached her limit on wanting to work for the special Zero Division of the police department. However, Rei is an assassin and is in the middle of an assignment, which means she can’t walk away just yet. The only early way out for the Zero Woman is to die in the line of fire. But when a fellow assassin, Katsumura (Keiji Matsuda), foils Rei’s attempt at suicide by shootout, the Zero Woman is renewed in wanting to kill all of her targets to end this mission. Central Park Media’s Asia Pulp Cinema brings Zero Woman III: Keishicho 0-ka no onna to America as Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers. (more…)

Uryu Ishida’s little contest has gotten out of control as the Hollow population grows exponentially larger. While Ichigo and Uryu battle the Hollows across the city, yet another of Ichigo’s regular friends are going to discover something inside themselves and finally see a glimpse of the life Ichigo has been living the past couple months. Meanwhile, Rukia has started to act strangely and no one knows why. Based on the popular manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump comes Bleach: Volume 4 from Viz Media. (more…)

Based on Masashi Kishimoto’s manga series published in Shonen Jump comes the brash, hyperactive ninja who dreams of becoming the Hokage of his village. Years ago a nine-tailed demon fox attacked the village of Konohagakure. Many died in the destruction brought by the demon, but the Leaf Village’s powerful leader, the Fourth Hokage, was able to defeat the beast by sealing it inside a newborn child at the expense of his own life. Naruto Uzumaki grew up as an orphan which has molded his personality to be a class clown and troublemaker to get attention from others. Despised by the villagers for his actions and his connection with the nine-tailed fox demon, Naruto’s goal has become to reach the title of Hokage so that the villagers will have to recognize him. Unlike the TV Edit release of the series, Naruto: Uncut Box Set 1 delivers the first thirteen episodes of the series unedited and it includes the original Japanese track. (more…)

Tow Ubukata’s original fantasy novel is (very) loosely based on the real 18th-century French diplomat/spy, Chevalier d’Eon, who would switch between presenting himself as a man and a woman. In novel, manga, and animated form, Le Chevalier D’Eon follows a supernatural murder/mystery surrounding the death of Lia de Beaumont and several other French women whose only connection to each other is the word PSALMS appearing with the bodies found. Now her younger brother D’Eon is on the hunt to uncover the truth behind his sister’s death. Animated by Production I.G. (IGPX, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) comes Le Chevalier D’Eon: livre III – Danse Macabre, the third of six volumes, from ADV Films. (more…)

The year is 2013 and a mysterious woman in black has been spotted defeating the demons plaguing the modern world. Her name is Alicia Claus and she is the Bullet Witch. Originally developed by Cavia in Japan, Atari brings to America the 3rd-person magical shooter Bullet Witch for the Xbox 360. Sexy siren Alicia is going to rid the world of evil with her almighty gunrod and mysterious demonic powers. (more…)

Based on a story by Yumeaki Hirayama (Tokyo Psycho), Nao Niigaki (j-idol Hiroko Sato) works part-time at Mitsuya Mart, a store that has some weird things going on. Odd customers, disturbing owners, and strange events keep occurring. Ryouko Kagami (Kyoko Akiba) of the large Cosmos Mart convienence-store-chain has arrived to oversee adding the small Mitsuya Mart run by the Kitaura family, yet even her first moments in the store are met with odd happenings. The owners look almost like corpses and the wall clock reveals that she’s already two hours late to her appointment with the Kitaura family, despite Nao being able to see that the clock really says Kagami is on-time. Tokyo Shock brings Yoshihiro Hoshino’s vision of Hirayama’s original story with Cursed (‘Cho’ Kowai Hanashi A: Yami no Karasu). (more…)

Resuming from the cliffhanger ending of volume 2, Ichigo Kurosaki finds a Hollow standing over the grave of his mother and Ichigo’s two sisters are in its clutches. However, the growing trouble for the temporary Soul Reaper doesn’t stop with just monsters this time. Charasmatic TV-host Don Kan’onji has a show about ghosts and believes he can free the restless spirits from their Earthly bonds. To make matters worse, a rival for Ichigo has appeared. Classmate Uryu Ishida decends from an ancient tribe of warriors that kills Hollows instead of freeing the souls inside. Uryu’s role as a Quincy makes him a rival for the Soul Reapers and he carries a strong hatred for them. Based on the popular manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump comes Bleach: Volume 3 from Viz Media. (more…)

Writer/director Koki Mitani (Welcome Back Mr. MacDonald) brings his twisted sense of family comedy to film once again, covering the trials and tribulations of a middle class couple trying to build their dream home. Naosuke Iijima (Naoki Tanaka; There’s Always Tomorrow) and his wife Tamiko (Akiko Yagi) need a bigger home. Both are busy with work, but Tamiko knows an interior designer who might be able to design a modern house for them. However, they will still need a contractor to build the final design, leading Tamiko to think of her father who has been building homes for over fifty years. It sounds easy enough, but everyone involved wants to do it their own way. Geneon Entertainment brings the silly-natured home comedy All About Our House to DVD. (more…)

Daisuke Ichijyo is a new teacher at the high school, but he’s already become very popular with the female students and staff. Daisuke teaches “Career Dramatic Practice,” in addition to his normal class, which allows the girls to act out their possible future job and hopefully get some special lessons during their practice. But if he’s not careful, Ms. Touko may find out what he’s doing and want to get involved. Based on the popular Crossnet-Pie hentai game boin and animated by Milky comes Boin: Lecture One from JapanAnime. (more…)