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The Deets Are In for Time of Eve’s Home Video Release

Whether or not the themes explored in the anime Time of Eve is considered ahead of its time, fans can find out when this collection comes out!

Time of Eve Cover
Also available to preorder on Amazon USA

Release Date:
Dec 10, 2024

The challenge with artificial intelligence is that will the creators allow it to evolve and grow, and back when the anime Time of Eve first came out (2009), not everyone felt too concerned. Not everyone may have been aware about this web series; these days, the concern with what machines can do is cause for concern. There’s consequences, which many documentaries have explored, and the can of worms that various works of entertainment have opened up suggests many possible ways machines can go renegade!

Now, anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD are bringing this series for all to discuss and examine with the upcoming blu-ray release. That’s because there’s an all new featurette which may delve into the discourse too!

From the Press Release:

An auteur independent work from director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Patema Inverted, Sing a Bit of Harmony), Time of Eve is a critical darling that won the 2010 Tokyo Anime Award for Original Video Animation. This new edition from AnimEigo contains the feature film version in English and Japanese, along with the original 6-episode web series from which it was assembled.

Time of Eve is set during a time when humanoid robots are everywhere, and every home has one as a servant. Some people treat them with contempt, while others become obsessed. One day, two high school boys stumble across a mysterious café that offers a third option: talk to them, free of prejudice, or even full knowledge of who’s a robot and who’s human. Shocked and rattled by the experience, the boys find themselves learning more about the world and themselves than they ever could have imagined.

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Taking a Peek into Ghostbusters Frozen Empire’s Digital and Home Distribution Plans

Summer is almost here to justify the release of Ghostbusters Frozen Empire, which debuted back in March, and we got deets on what else is included.

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire Steelbook
Steelbook Edition is to preorder on Amazon USA

For the movie review, please visit this link.

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire is now out on VOD, and fans don’t have to wait for any home video release for the bonus material. Although I can jump onto the digital bandwagon anytime, I’ll still hold out for the physical product because what’s teased (according to unofficial sources) sounds good.

The sizzle reel that’s been released makes me believe the look behind the scenes in making the ghosts come alive look good. It’s not like the early days of ILM where they had in Raiders of the Lost Ark, dolls with loose fabric attached to it and its put into a fishtank filled with water to make those strands appear to swim in the air. I seem to recall the same concept was used in the making of Poltergeist too, and the designs seem to share a common DNA.

Ghostbusters Behind the Scenes

The following videos are available to stream alongside the film and be included in the home video release:

  • Deleted & Extended Scenes
  • Easter Eggs Unleashed
  • Return to the Firehouse: Making Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Busted: Capturing the Ghosts of Frozen Empire
  • Manifesting Garraka
  • New York, New Gear
  • Welcome to the Paranormal Discovery Center
  • Knowing the Score
  • Commentary with Director, Co-Writer Gil Kenan

For the home video release, which is expected on the following month, these bits of information was revealed on the Ghostbusters social media accounts.

Ghostbusters Skateboard

Zavvi 

  • 4K, Blu-ray Steelbook (Art Cover) RRP: £34.99 (Approximately $44.09)

Walmart

Ghostbusters Ice Cube Edition

  • Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Steelbook (Art Cover) MSRP: $29.96
  • Exclusive 4K, Blu-ray, and Digital with Wall Art Skateboard MSRP: $149.96
  • 2-Movie Collection (Regular)
    Afterlife/Frozen Empire (Blu-ray and Digital or DVD) MSRP $49.99 and $45.99
  • Afterlife/Frozen Empire with Limited Edition Ice Cube Mold (4K, Blu-ray and Digital MSRP TBA

When Hundreds of Beavers Leave Their Nest, The Road Show Can Only Go So Far, but the Chase Will Be Country-Wide!

Not only do we have dates for when Hundreds of Beavers will hit Digital and Home Video, but it’ll continue to screen at theatres!

Hundreds of Beavers Movie PosterRyland B. Cole Tews and Mike Cheslik‘s Hundreds of Beavers is continuing to invade North America! After a successful film festival run back in 2023 at Fantasia (movie review link), this slapstick maverick film is spreading nation-wide and across two countries. This tour started its run at Minneapolis, MN back on January 26 with a Great Lakes Roadshow, and although newcomers won’t see that outside of the region, my hope is that it was recorded!

If its certified cult status is any indication, perhaps local theatre groups can pick up on the idea and continue in what that crew has started.

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Are You Ready To Ride with Avatar: The Last Airbender Next 2 Releases

Avatar: The Last Airbender continues with the release of an all-new story and omnibus collection!

Avatar: The Last Airbenderr—Azula in the Spirit TempleDark Horse Books has twice the The Last Airbender fun planned this year with the release of an all-new story and omnibus collection! To read these works will help those who are impatient with  waiting for the next animated tale. There’s no timeline for when they will release, but thankfully these works provide some excellent side stories.

These works are all canon. The first release is in partnership with Avatar Studios to tell Avatar: The Last Airbender—Azula in the Spirit Temple!

From the Press Release:

The veteran, award-winning team of Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, and Adele Matera is back with a new story. This graphic novel, taking place in the world of the hit Nickelodeon series, also features letters by ComicCraft’s Jimmy Betancourt and cover art by Wartman and Matera.

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Is There Room in Secret Space UFOs? Apollo 1 to 11 Gets Re-Examined!

Secret Space UFOS: Apollo 1 to 11 is set to reveal some dark answers to the mysteries when it comes to digital April 2023.

Secret Space UFOs
Secret Space UFOs

Uncork’d Entertainment continues its love for outer space with Secret Space UFOS: Apollo 1 to 11 and the mysteries that they hope to uncover will be streamed April 2023. Darcy Weir is no stranger to the subject with his past works about UAPs. From Secret Space UFOs: NASA’s First Missions to Volcanic UFO Mysteries which we at otakunculture.com reviewed, what he reveals offers something regular series doesn’t always say.

From the Press Release:

The UFO phenomenon has been recorded far beyond the boundaries of Earth with hundreds of sightings during the Apollo missions 1-11. James Fox, Darcy Weir, Mike Bara and Richard Dolan discuss this hidden history of UFOs in space and structures on the Moon. A history of NASA’s early Apollo missions as astronauts endeavor to set foot on the moon and go further in space than any man has before.

“Another fascinating, eye-opening documentary from Darcy Weir, SECRET SPACE UFOs : APOLLO 1-11 is one of our most anticipated non-fiction releases for first quarter, 2023”, said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “You’ll be absolutely intrigued by the findings in this film, and what Fox, Weir, Bara and Dolan reveal.   The truth really is out there, it seems.”

Says Weir, “I have spent the greater part of the past decade researching Apollo era UFOs and anomalies reported by our NASA astronauts. With the help of fellow filmmaker James Fox (The Phenomenon), I was able to unpack an entertaining and profound experience regarding those early Apollo space missions.”

Secret Space UFOS Apollos 1 – 11 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZJltXOiqFU&t=30s

Are You ‘Up’ to the Challenge to Wait for Arcana of Paradise–The Tower?

The survival videogame, Arcana of Paradise–The Tower is delayed. Fans can expect it later this year.

Arcana of ParadiseArcana of Paradise–The Tower is a real-time roguelike deckbuilding survival videogame is getting its release date pushed to later this year. Those fans who saw the product demo at Japanese-language Indie World showcase will have to wait just a bit longer. The trailer shows a wonderful design aesthetic that will have many anxious for the final product, and for now, the news is that the Nintendo Switch version and its Steam (PC) counterpart now has a date of April 20, 2023 so the developers can iron out the kinks.

SHUEISHA GAMES, a new video game publishing arm of prestigious manga publisher SHUEISHA (One Piece, Naruto, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Death Note), is working hard at getting the game properly running.

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