Yoshihiro Tatsumi, he of Push Man, etc., has a manga biography coming out called A Drifting Life (edited by Adrian Tomine, who also edited the other Drawn & Quarterly Tatsumi productions). I still have to do reviews of Abandon the Old in Tokyo and Good-Bye when time permits.
An interview with the director of the upcoming Geisha Vs. Ninjas. Come on — with a title like that, what's not to like? It doesn't hurt that he's worked on Death Trance and the soon-to-be-released-here One[e]Chanbara. No word on when G×N comes Stateside, though.
Ichi the Killer is to be one of the next Blu-ray releases from Tokyo Shock. I'm one of the few Miike fans who dislikes the film intensely; the man's a talented director, but I felt Ichi squandered his talents in the service of a story that wasn't anywhere nearly as smart or edgy as it thought it was.
Kar-Wai Wong's Ashes of Time Redux is getting a Blu-ray release, although I'm not sure if it's an all-region or Region B only encode. (The same company also appears to be releasing Chungking Express on BD, but you might as well go for the Criterion version if you're in the U.S.)
The third of the Shinobi no Mono films is also getting a domestic release. I've still to finish with the first two, sadly.
Fans of Kino's Journey will be heartened to know a full series box set is on the way.
The domestic Blu-ray for Akira, set for a March '09 release, is being solicited right now.
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Eh? There already exists a Kino's Journey Complete Collection; it's sitting on my shelf, and has been for a couple years. I wonder what this new edition is about? Some part of ADV Films' marketing strategy?
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Sounds like a reissue; if yours was a full box set, then this one is probably a thinpak.
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