Nozomi Entertainment, with sales and distribution
expertise provided by Bayview Entertainment, has tabbed Dec. 3 for the Blu-ray
debut of Japanese filmmaker Sunao Katabuchi’s Mai Mai
Miracle, the animated film adaptation of
Nobuko Takagi’s biographic book, “Maimai Shinko.”
The film opened at Switzerland’s Locarno
International Film Festival in August of 2009, worked the domestic Japanese
film circuit beginning in November of the same year and then went on a nearly
seven-year odyssey of international film festivals, which left Anime fans to
wonder if Mai Mai Miracle
would ever be available in the United States.
That problem is solved on Dec. 3 with the Blu-ray
debut, which will be presented with its original Japanese language track, with
English subtitles, as well as an English-language dubbed version.
Bonus goodies include the featurette titled “Dubbing
Mai Mai Miracle,” which is an extensive interview session with international
voice talent, Michael Sinterniklaas (Hanazuki:
Full of Treasures, Gekijôban Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry,
etc.).
Also on the release calendar in early December from
Bayview Entertainment is the Critical Mass three-episode collection — on
Blu-ray, Dec. 3 — of director Masami Obari’s adult-themed anime presentation of
Angel Blade: The Complete Collection. Both English-dubbed and Japanese language
(with English subtitles) viewing options are available.
Shifting to Dec. 10, Bayview Entertainment has two
Christmas season films making their way to DVD. The first of these is the English-language
debut of Finnish filmmaker Rike Jokela’s An
Oddsville Christmas, an utterly weird adaptation of
author Sami Toivonen’s equally strange book on the adventures of Tatu (Antti
Holma) and Patu (Riku Nieminen).
As denizens of Oddsville (Outola), the pair have no
concept of “normal” life and when they wander away from the train station —
missing their meeting with the young Veera (Eedit Patrakka), who has befriended
them — they suddenly find themselves in a mysterious world where Santa Claus is
a complete unknown to them (think: adult-like “Teletubbies” encountering Santa
Claus at the local mall).
Also streeting on Dec. 10 is writer/director David
Wall’s Noëlle. We are introduced to Father Jonathan Keene
(played by filmmaker David Wall — Gold Dust, Shades of Truth),
who is a no-nonsense priest on a mission.
Close the local church, it is what he does … nothing personal. The current priest, Father Simeon Joyce
(Sean Patrick Brennan), buys a bit of time by convincing Father Keene that a
Christmas Eve Nativity play will bring back the parishioners and the church
will be saved.
Mysterious visions guide Father Joyce in the form of
a young girl, Noëlle (played by Brennan Wall), whose purpose will be revealed
as the film progresses. The town has
another secret, that everyone knows about, except, of course, Father
Keene. It too will be revealed in time.
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