Anime - Movie Releases for 08/25

Here are the releases for today (08/25) at your local Video, Book Stores or the infamous Amazon website in the US. I only review Movies and Box Sets that are coming out as this will get the most bang for your buck. I did "borrow" the summaries from various sites so you can get a brief review of the story.

My personal favorites this week are Mushi-Shi the Movie, Naruto Uncut Box Set Vol. 15 (for my son) and One Piece: Season 2 - Second Voyage.

Live Action

Mushi –Shi the Movie



Onechanbara – Bikini Samurai Squad




Anime

One Piece: Season 2 - Second Voyage
The Grand Line is no place for a crew of yellow-bellied land-lubbers! Lucky for the Straw Hats, they’ve got Monkey D. Luffy - the bravest captain sailing the high seas. So when a night of drinking turns into a daring attempt to protect a princess from treacherous assassins, Luffy’s crew is ready for action! Their death-defying rescue mission sees them cross paths with monstrous sea creatures, prehistoric predators, and battle-tested giants with an explosive thirst for ale. Adventures like this might take the wind out of some swashbucklers, but it’s all in a days work for a rubberman determined to become the king of all pirates!




Welcome to the NHK: Complete Box Set
Sato's life - or what's left of it - is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He's terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it's not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N-H-K is out there, and they're determined to turn society's fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses.





Naruto Uncut Box Set Vol. 15
Ino faces an unusual exercise in royal etiquette when she is asked by an overweight princess to take her place and attend the first meeting with the young prince she adores. Then the Hidden Leaf Village comes under serious threat when important blueprints of the village are stolen! Naruto, Shikamaru and the others have their hands full finding and removing the massive numbers of paper bombs placed throughout the village. Can they save the Hidden Leaf Village from utter demolition?




Devil May Cry: The Complete Collection
Cursed to live as both monster and man, Dante must spend his life fighting the demonic forces of darkness. Brandishing his sword, Rebellion, and his always-loaded guns, Ebony and Ivory, Dante is more than happy to send the demons back to hell - especially when there's money to be made.






Destiny of the Shrine Maiden: Complete Collection
The Advent of the Priestess of the Godless Month! Shy, timid Himeko happily attends school with both the popular and beautiful Chikane and her childhood friend, Souma, blissfully unaware of what's in store for her. However, the destiny of these three changes on Himeko's 16th birthday when the mark of the sun appears on her chest. What does this solar mark represent? At the same time, why has a black aura of agony burst forth from Souma? Who is the enemy? The legend of the eight-headed beast returns to Japan!




Pumpkin Scissors: The Complete Series Box
In the wake of the Great War, Lieutenant Alice Malvin assumes command of the Imperial Army’s Intelligence Section III – a ragtag bunch of pencil-pushers used to spread military propaganda. But Malvin, an idealistic soldier who refuses to rest while her people suffer, yearns to cut through the thick skin of deception perpetrated by power-crazed nobles. When her investigation reveals a clandestine super-soldier program known as The Invisible Nine, she finds herself trapped in a whirlwind of deadly secrets.




When They Cry: Complete Box Set
It's tough being the new guy in town, having just moved into the small rural village of Hinamizawa, but when Keiichi joins an after-school club and befriends four cute girls, life doesn't seem too bad. That is, until he learns about demonic cults and a failed dam construction project, plus the grisly murders and disappearances that have occurred every year on the day of the town festival. As shocking past events are unveiled through different viewpoints, Keiichi learns that things and even people aren't what they appear to be.