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Something to Watch: Discs

The movies this week include The Last Witch Hunter with Vin Diesel. I missed this one in the theaters, I will catch it when it gets on one of the premium services I already have. There are also two animated feature films, Batman: Bad Blood is a direct to video story that may have The Dark Knight on the dark side. And the 1937 animation classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be released on Blu Ray/Digital HD for the first time, completely remastered and restored. Finally I have to mention Simon Pegg’s Man Up, which isn’t genre but is a whole lot of fun. Supposedly. Sadly it didn’t play at a theater close enough to me so I could see it on the big screen, but I will get to see it now.

TV has Falling Skies: The Complete Fifth Season and the continuing battle of alien invaders vs. human defenders. Since that was the final season, you will also be able to pick up Falling Skies: The Complete Series in Blu Ray or DVD. We also get From Dusk Till Dawn: Season Two this week, one of a number of spin-offs generated by the original film.

Anime finally gives us the next episode of a true classic after entirely too long a wait! Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo is hitting the shelves, and as a person who was trying to watch it 3 years ago, I am thrilled to finally see it make it into the light of day. It is a reboot of one of the iconic Anime series of all time, and now we just have to wait for the fourth and final part to be released. The other release this week is worth everyone’s attention is From the New World, where the lines between Time and Space may blur, but the lines between people are razor sharp.

Night on the Galactic Railroad is a classic from the 80s telling the story of a young kitten who faces problems well beyond his age. The Festival of Stars becomes his escape, and he and his childhood friend are thrilled as the Galactic Railroad whisks the two away for parts unknown! Then there was Blade Dance of the Elementalers: Complete Collection, where maidens try to control spirits, before the Demon King gets their contracts before them.

Something to Do: Movies

The only choice this weekend is Kung Fu Panda 3, at least from my perspective, another excellent entry in the franchise. The animation on this series has been very well done, using different artistic styles to differentiate the different aspects of the story. The cast is world class, and the story itself is one worth telling. I have been a fan since the first one, no way I am missing this on the big screen.

Something to Watch: Discs

Movies bring us Goosebumps, a wonderful little film based on the books of R.L. Stine, and starring Jack Black. Thats pretty much it this week for Western TV and Movies.

Anime has Corpse Party: Tortured Souls – Complete Collection, where Heavenly Host School was burned to the ground and replaced by another school in the hopes that everyone would forget the gruesome things that happened there. THAT didn’t work out the way people were hoping, and now the students of the new school are battling the undead in the hallways of the old. In Momokyun Sword, Momoko must band together with some Heavenly-sent Celestial Goddesses to rid feudal Japan from a rampaging hoard of Evil Oni. Re:␣Hamatora – Complete Collection has a detective agency made up of the supernaturally powerful up against the returning dead who came back specifically to steal their powers.

Kingdom: Season 1 has all 38 episodes of the Waring States Period story about two war orphans who vowed to prove themselves, one of whom looks just like the young man who was the King of Qin, and would become the Emperor Shi Huangdi. There are a few returning favorites with new volumes this time around, One Piece – Season 7 Voyage 5 and Naruto Shippuden Uncut Set 25.

Parasyte Live Action Film Trailers

Parasyte: The Maxim was fun as an Anime, I can’t wait to see what they do with it as not one, but 2 Parasyte Live Action Films. The films have already been made and released, but I missed them, in part because the only theaters I know they showed in were in Australia. You can pick it up as an import DVD or Blue Ray, but it is just as pricey as you would expect for that release path. I guess I will have to lobby for someone to release it domestically in North America, because even though I am not a horror fan I do love comedy, and this series has a lot of that in all its iterations.